A Monster of a Birthday Party

 

My adorable daughter turned 6 right before Halloween. We decided to have a monster party this year...

 

 

With a monster cake...

 

I used marshmallows for the eyes and pre-colored teal frosting so the cake came together quickly.

 

 

I made the girls each a monster bean bag (well they are filled with rice and not beans) I made them just with scraps of felt.

 



 

I also made each girl a monster shirt to match their monster bean bag. I got the shirts from the 99cent store and then using my Cricut and freezer paper I painted a monster onto each.

 

 

I sent the girls on a "Monster Hunt" (scavenger hunt where one clue leads to a monster and the next clue) until all the girls had matching monsters. Then they lined up for a bean bag toss...

 

 

I just made the bean bag toss target out of a cardboard box. I used acrylic paint for the body and white & black construction paper for the teeth and eyes.

 





 

 Also for the birthday girl I made a Bubble Ruffle Tutu Skirt using this tutorial from the Creative Vault.

 

The girls had a great time and were all pleased to be leaving with a monster shirt like the birthday girl and a little baby monster to play with.
~Jessica

Owl Party Favors

So I can't take credit for this idea, I found these cute owl favor boxes on this blog: http://loriannmuse.blogspot.com and figured out how to make them.

I designed the little boxes in my Sure Cuts Alot program for my Cricut. The program isn't the best or most user friendly but after messing with it for a bit I got the lines to "weld" which means if the lines intersect they wont cut. The circle at the bottom I only have there so that the front of the bags will have an arch to the top for the ears.

I made the bags/boxes from a thick piece of teal card stock and the other pieces from regular construction paper. I glued the ears, beaks, chests and drew on the black eyes before assembling the bags.

I recruited a few family members to help me put it all together, we did it in like an assembly line and we were done in no time!

I didn't take a photo of what we put into the owls, but we decided on brown malt balls, round pretzel cookies, (see example below, except not in Christmas colors, in blue and brown) and a couple pretzel sticks.