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Harry Potter Themed Halloween Ideas
I got too busy today to upload a tutorial on the Draco Malfoy Death Eater costume, so that will have to wait until tomorrow.
To tide you over, here are some clever Harry Potter halloween ideas, for those who like to mix their All Hallows with the Deathly Hallows!
A few photos below, then links to those ideas and more under the photos.
Harry Potter Halloween Idea Links:
- Deathly Hallows Dinner Party
- Draco Malfoy Death Eater (More on this with Tutorials to come!)
- Harry Potter Dog Costume
- Edible Harry Potter Wands
… Read on…
Tips for throwing a White Elephant holiday party
I’ve been a slacker about the holidays this year, and never got around to planning a christmas party. We usually do a White Elephant Gift Exchange with our friends, and it’s a lot of fun. This year, I think I’m just going to do the party in January, when everyone’s back from the holidays and might actually have a few white elephants they’d like to get rid of! And, conveniently enough, the invitation theme is Winter/Snowflakes, not any holiday per se. Download a printable/emailable version of the invitation graphic from flickr.
If you’ve never done a White Elephant… Read on…
Just. Too. Awesome. Star Wars Party Food
I’m blown away by the awesomeness of this Star Wars party by Just Jenn. From the cutest lil Princess Leia cupcakes to clever Cloud City Pops, to Yoda Soda (straight from Dagobah!) to Carbonite Jello (complete with Han Solo action figure!), this is a great spread… She even did a deathstar watermelon (remember our deathstar cantaloupe from the Star Wars party this summer)? There’s bunches more too…
Happy Fourth! (Shrinkie Glass Markers & Holiday Link Roundup)
Hope everyone has a wonderful holiday today (for those in the States of course, others can just have a lovely day!). If you’re still trying to get into the spirit, or throwing a little party today, here are some links to get ya going!
Here’s one of my favorite party projects, from July 4th a few years ago… Shrinky Stemware Charms made from recyclable #6 plastic (like from to-go containers)!
“For the 4th of July, my husband and best friend were running the Peachtree Road Race, so I decided to have brunch at my house and invite over friends for
… Read on…
Phineas & Ferb / Star Wars the Clone Wars Party Food!
I promised more on the food for the party – we did it as a brunch to try to beat the heat a little bit. Since it’s food related, I’ve actually posted the writeup over at Foodwhirl: Menu for the birthday party brunch food. So go check it out!
The menu included Deathstar Cantaloupe, Mr Slushie Dogs, Roast Bantha, and even Platypus Eggs!
(Thanks to the Evil Mad Scientists for the Deathstar Cantaloupe idea!)
Perry the Platypus Cake, Part 2: Assembly
(See all Phineas & Ferb Meet the Clone Wars Party Posts!)
Ready to make your Perry Cake? Really, you CAN do this!
Yesterday we covered all The Prep Work required to make your platypus cake. Now it’s a day or so before you need the cake, and we’re going to put it all together.
You should have:
- 1 frosted flat cake.
- 1 unfrosted loaf cake
- extra cake (cupcakes)
- 1 batch marshmallow fondant
- the rest of your cream cheese icing
- The Supplies from yesterday’s list.
Clear yourself off a good… Read on…
Perry the Platypus Cake Tutorial: The Prep Work
I have a request for the tutorial to make the Perry the Platypus Cake, and since it’s needed in a hurry, I’m doing this tutorial in two parts. By the way, I did a really detailed tutorial on last year’s dragon cake, and this year’s cake is actually similar, if a little simpler. So it wouldn’t be a bad idea to read through that tutorial in case I miss anything I covered there, as far as techniques.
More pics of the cake and the party here!
We’ll start with the prep work:… Read on…
How to Make Clone Trooper Cupcakes
For the Clone Wars section of the birthday party, (for the Phineas and Ferb themed cake, go here!) the hubby and I came up with the idea for upside down clone trooper helmet cupcakes. These cupcakes were the hit of the party with the five-year-old boy set, though I will warn you, they are a bit time consuming to assemble. But well worth it! So here’s how to do them.
Cupcakes: You’ll need good firm cake, similar to pound cake. Here’s the recipe I used. I don’t know if it was luck, or overfilling the… Read on…
Some photos from The Boy’s birthday party
I’ll have more later, including a how-to on the Perry the Platypus Cake, and the Clone Trooper Cupcakes, but here’s some pic’s from the Phineas & Ferb meet the Clone Wars 5th Birthday Party. It was quite a success!
(See all Phineas & Ferb Meet the Clone Wars Party Posts!)
Click to view larger or as a slideshow…
Party Planning is in the Works!
Posting may be light this week because I’m getting things ready for The Boy’s 5th birthday party this weekend–but I’ll be sharing a bunch of the stuff we do for it here, so stay tuned! As mentioned before, it’s a Phineas and Ferb meet Clone Wars party (Invitation here!).
So what’s in the works? Cake wise we’ll be having a Perry cake, and also clone trooper cupcakes (assuming they work out like I plan!). It’s at brunch time (to try to beat out some of the heat of early june) so I’m planning on brunch food & drinks–… Read on…
