The cake was Lola's head. Very simple outline with licorice and then decorated with coloured sugar. Just put a small amount of sugar in a zip-lock bag, add a drop or two of food colouring and shake well. You can create any colour you need. The girls all had pink milk boxes to drink as this is Lola's favourite.
We played Pin The Collar on Sizzles, the dog from the C&L books. I comandeered David's painting skills again and then cut out a blank collar for each guest and had them decorate them. This is a fabulous game for customising to any theme you like.
Love craft activities for the girls to do during parties. It gives them a bit of quiet time to calm down and create. Lola loves butterflies so I printed out a page for each guest with their name printed in a fancy font. Then they each had a glue-stick and LOTS and LOTS of punched out butterflies to stick around their names. When they had finished decorating the cards, we framed them as a take-home gift to hang in their bedrooms or display on a bookshelf. This activity was quite the hit and their kinder teacher told me the following day that several of the girls had bought their name frames in for Show & Tell.
Not forgetting the party boxes ... I made up a sticker for each box that said "Thankyou for helping me celebrate my 5th birthday. Love from your friend, Rebecca". The boxes had some C&L magnets I found some time ago, a box of smarties and a Build Your Own Cupcake pack. These were a really cute idea I found at http://vol25.typepad.com/vol25/kids-projects.html They are a free printable that you just print and cut out and very in keeping with Lola's style.
And now, we breathe a sigh of relief that another party is done and dusted. But just wait until you see what I have planned for next year.
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| The birthday girl, Miss 5 |
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