Cactus Birthday!

Cactus Birthday Party!

My daughter loved cacti, so for one of her birthdays we did a cactus party! Funny, I know, but we took all the traditional games and just adjusted them.  It turned out to be very fun! 

This was a "cactus" toss game.  We used green balloons to be our cacti.  The usual fun!

 So here is the traditional, pin the face on the cactus! Ha!  The kids really enjoyed watching the cactus face end up in funny spots! 

Here is a maraca toss.  They had to throw it in the sombrero.  The kids loved it!

This game was definately everyones favourite!   The kids got to dance to fun Latin style music until the music stopped, then they had to strike a crazy cactus pose!  They got so silly and had sooooo much fun!

 Decorations were super simple!
We got a fun balloon that reflected the "fiesta" style party.  Then we cut out cacti shapes and balloon shapes out of bright coloured paper!  They were easy to make and easy to clean up....and super cheap!

Pirate Party!

ARRRRR  Matey!

Boy did we have fun with this party! This was a 3 year old's birthday. We had a treasure hunt, complete with maps.  We followed the maps, to the sandbox, where "X" marked the spot.  Too fun! 

Above:  The party favor bags were filled with goldfish crackers, candy necklaces, gold coins, and water balloons (not filled yet), of course!  

Below: We fished over the patio where the kids each got a toy shovel. 

Then they threw water balloons (cannon balls) into a bucket, which we called captain "Hook's" ship.  

Then they walked the plank, slid down the slide.) Next they tossed the ring on the hook.  Then they diged for buried treasure, which consisted of toys from yard sales and the dollar store, which were in ziploc baggies and buried.




 



































 Don't forget to have all your little guests and friends dress up like pirates. For the cupcakes we made treasure chests out of kit kats that we halfed in half.  We placed them on cupcakes that had been frosted
blue (for the ocean) and brown (for the ground). We placed a few chocolate rocks around them.  Used yellow frosting to make the chest straps, and to put inside the chest. It looked like gold, plus it was like glue for the colorful nerds to stick to.  They looked like treasure.  Then we placed a pirate sword in each cupcake for looks. We actually had different types of cupcakes, but these were the funnest!

Here is a copy of the treasure map we made. Basically you make up what you want to do first, then make your map, taking you from one activity to the next!  So simple, but soooo fun for the kids!  They loved it. The activities were super simple and took a few minutes each.  Depending on the

age of the children, you can go more
or less detailed.  Also for party hats we made simple paper pirate hats.  We spent most of the time letting the kids eat cake and ice cream and play in the yard.
Ahoy!

Totoro Cake!

"Totoro" Cake

Here is a custom "Totoro" cake I 
made for my daughter's birthday!

Totoro is a Japanese animated character that is adorable.  He usually is not pink, however because we liked pink, he became pink for the party!  Due to a friend's allergy, we made the cake out of rice crispies, instead of cake, and covered it in butter cream frosting.  The surrounding gift bags were made from cake.  Rice crispies are so fun to use cause you can shape them into any kind of sculpture you want. The cake was a hit, everybody loved him!