Thursday, August 30, 2012

PAST HALLOWEENS


HALLOWEEN IS ALMOST UPON US AGAIN!  IT IS ONE OF MY
FAVORITE TIMES OF THE YEAR!  I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE
SOME PICTURES FROM PAST HALLOWEENS.

Cute decorations I found at various stores

I found a Nightmare Before Christmas marshmallow pop
for the middle.  We made cupcakes with black tinted
icing. We painted on faces on marshmallows and stuck
on lollipop sticks and inserted into the cupcake.










From Alfred Hitchcock's movie
"The Birds"

























From the movie "The Mask"





Wednesday, August 15, 2012

WIZARD OF OZ 50TH BIRTHDAY PARTY

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My brother celebrated his 50th Birthday and since we did an Alice In Wonderland Themed party for my other brother ,who is an artist, we decided we should do a themed one for this brother as well!  We decided on Wizard Of Oz, it being a classic, lots of great characters and quotes, a good message to the story, some quirky characters, lots of color and something we all grew up watching. We made costumes for the main characters and put on a skit for our guests, served a down on the farm home- cooked meal and a rainbow of desserts. Had some games planned but didn't end up doing them at the last minute.  Some ideas though are:  Try to throw the ring on the witches hat, pin the heart on the tin man, a brain teaser game, a game of courage, water balloon toss with rainbow colored balloons titled "I'm melting" or you can throw them at the witch and try to hit her - ha ha, and fortunes presented by the Professor Marvel from his crystal ball.  Hope you enjoy the pictures and get some inspiration of your own!


Our Candy Buffet - Taste the Rainbow
purple lollipop in background is made with a balloon.
You can see them on www.parents.com


Munchkin with lollipops to represent 'The Lollipop Guild'






Home baked lollipop cookies found on the internet- can get
recipe on my pinterest board under blow out the candles
party ideas or at the website www.thedecoratedcookie.com