Teen Beach Movie Party

This summer D went nuts for the Teen Beach Movie.  We have seen it... a lot.  Naturally she requested a TBM birthday party!

 

We had to make a tiki hut to serve as Big Mamma's for the food table.  We made a frame using PVC pipe we had in the garage, a grass beach mat for the back, and cardboard and a grass skirt table skirt for the roof...

Mini bunting for the tiki hut.  I found a beach themed paper pack at Hobby Lobby for lots of details...

Drink station...

 

 

Paper ware from Walmart...

 

 

Beach ball cake.  I used a soccer ball mold and brown sugar around the bottom to look like sand...

 

Beachy decorations and Happy Birthday bunting...

 

For one activity the girls decorated cardboard surfboards (Oriental Trading) with stickers, markers and glitter glue...

 

And they made jewelry with these pre-packaged sets I found at Hobby Lobby and Walmart.  I added beads from my stash to round out the activity...

 

Flower leis for everyone when they came in...

 

Goody bags: mini metal pails (Target) filled with stickers, tatoos, bubbles, braclets, and mini beach balls (Oriental Trading)...

 

Invites...

Coat Rack Before and After

One of the things I like about our house is our good size entryway- it has just enough space for greeting guests and taking coats.  But our front hall closet is stuffed with board games, winter coats, and snow pants, so there's no place to put guests' coats!  I went in search of a free or very, very cheap coat rack.  One day my husband brought home this unbelievably uninspired stand that he found in the basement at work.  Time for an makeover. 

 

This project was very simple- remove old hardware, sand, paint, install new hardware.  One afternoon and finally a spot to hang your hat!

Planes Birthday Party

Since we have some CARS movie fanatics in our house, it's no surprise we were counting the days before Planes came out in theaters this summer.  And I guess it shouldn't have been a surprise when M requested a Planes party for his third birthday this year... after I had spent months pinning monster truck party ideas!  Thankfully Hobby Lobby took back all my monster truck supplies, and M promises that next year he'll be expecting monster trucks when he turns four.

So I went to work on Planes.  These are the boarding pass inspired invitations.  Our last name is Bong, in case your wondering if that's an appropriate name for an airline at a child's birthday party...

Baggage Claim in our entryway where kids picked up their goody bags...

 

 

I made the suitcases our of brown, blue, and orange card stock.  Since the movie had already been released it was easy to find Planes themed treats for the bag...

I used a yard of fabric hung from a rafter as a backdrop for the food counter...

 

The in-flight meal: your choice of sandwich in to-go boxes...

Caprese ka-bobs...

In-Flight snacks to eat with dinner or take home...

 

Treats included Jello and Cool Whip cups, color coordinated jelly beans, and cupcakes...

 

 

Drink station where guests could fill up on jet fuel (blue Hawaiian Punch mixed with fruit juices)...

 

 

Birthday banner...

Sky balloons...

For games we had a large styrofoam airplane for the kids to zoom around in the back yard and Pin the Propeller on Dusty.  My mom painted this picture of Dusty on a piece of foam core (amazing, yes?)...

And the kids tried to pin propellers made from craft foam onto the picture...

I think the birthday boy had plenty of high flying fun!