Rudolph Christmas Party!

We go pretty big on out family Christmas party and this year was no different. We decided early on that we were going to do Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer theme. We generally try to make everything in this room for all the kids at the party and believe me, they had a blast!

 Here is a Semi-before picture of the room we used. Its a great sized room with high ceilings. 

 We set up a castle to represent Misfit Island and the obstacle course next to it is the reindeer games.

 The castle is an outdoor play castle that we found on Craig's List. There is also a tree behind the castle that has mini stuff Misfit Toys on it. Each kid got to bring home a couple Misfits to keep. The back wall has a wall decal of a wintery forest that makes a nice backdrop.

 We couldn't have Misfit Island without Kind Moonraser! We found him at Costco and added wings that we got during the Halloween season, he did have a crown too that was added after the picture was taken.

 I made signs for each section of the room. I made them with PVC pipe and a flat piece of plastic that we just had lying around. 

The obstacle course was great! I made obstacles with pool noodle, a sock-em bop-em and PVC pipe painted red for them to climb threw. There is another wall decal on that is of Santa's Workshop.

 Using a light projector we projected the image of a few of the movies characters onto MDF. We then traced and painted each character. 

 This side of the room was supposed to be the Abominable Snow Monsters Cave! We used a bouncy castle  covered in white sheets too look like a cave (we did take the sheets off when this kids got in to jump) The red sled has a bench across that we used to take pictures in when Santa came.

Here is a closer look!

The party turned out great and all the kids had a great time! I hope this inspires you to create your own Holiday party for your kids!!

50th Birthday Party, Alaska themed

I recently helped plan a 50th birthday party. They wanted the party to be Alaskan themed since the birthday boy was taking a motorcycle trip through Alaska for his birthday. We decided to go more rustic with the decor with a vintage travel look. Here are a few pictures of the centerpieces, the room lighting was very dim so the pictures don't do the centerpieces justice.

Each table setting had a handmade postcard that had different fun facts about Alaska. I was surprised by how many people went to each table to read each postcard.

I bought scrapbook paper that look like a map. I antiqued the paper by poring coffee and dry coffee grounds on it. I then dabbed it dry with a towel and baked it on a low setting for just a few minutes. For added affect I burned the edges. 

We also used specialty candy to add a little extra to the table settings. We used Gold Mine gum, that came in a little sack, chocolate covered rocks and blue/white rock candy to look like glaciers/ice

Instead of a guest book I used the matte of a picture frame for all the guests to sign. This way the birthday boy can put a pictures of his trip inside and have it as a keepsake!