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| Punch with dry ice |
Anne decided to have a Halloween themed birthday party complete with an overnight. She had five girlfriends over. I forgot about the noise level that six girls can make together. HaHa!
Anne put lots of thought into the food. We decided to have a make-your-own pizza bar, make-your-own trail mix, a "fun" cereal and fruit cocktail breakfast bar, and donuts instead of cake. The kids loved it and the clean up was easy.
Make-your-own pizza
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| Jello brains |
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| Anne was thrilled with the mini-boxes of cereal. We never buy them, so they were a real treat. |
My most exciting find was a bag of Boo Chips from Trader Joe's. They are little bats and ghosts. How perfect!
We had lots of activities planned just in case they needed guidance. We didn't get to all of them, but they had fun with the ones they did do. The girls really enjoyed breaking into teams and making Jack O' Lanterns to be judged by Dean.
Dean and Dad made dry ice bombs. Some of the girls thought they were way too loud and scary, so we had lots of screaming. They moved on to making their own trail mix. We had pretzels, candy corn, pop corn, M&M's, mini marshmallows and peanuts. Then we watched
BeetleJuice. It was a hit ~ scary, but not too scary. Then they giggled and squealed until about 2 am. The next morning they went through the breakfast bar and made their plans for the last few hours of the party. They spent a long time doing their nails in shocking Halloween colors and watching videos on YouTube. They had a blast and we can claim another successful party.
The big question is ~ Who is going to clean up?!?!
Blessings, Dawn
What a fun birthday party!! Oh, and belated happy birthday to Anne!
ReplyDeleteOh, do tell...how do you make a dry ice bomb? Sounds like something my boys would like. The party looks like so much fun. I am glad I did not have Dean's job of judging! Happy birthday, teenager Anne!
ReplyDeleteOh, do tell...how do you make a dry ice bomb? Sounds like something my boys would like. The party looks like so much fun. I am glad I did not have Dean's job of judging! Happy birthday, teenager Anne!
ReplyDeleteFantastic party! So many creative ideas. And of course, happy birthday to Anne.
ReplyDeleteThe painted pumpkin turned out great! Thanks for reminding me about the brain jello mold. We have one in a cupboard somewhere. Seems like this would be a good time to get it out, lol. (I got it when we were studying the human body a couple years back.)
ReplyDeleteWhat fun! Sounds like a wonderful way to celebrate.
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