Things You'll Need
Moon and Star Cookies:
Refrigerated sugar cookie dough
Star and moon cookie cutters
Rolling pin
White paper lollipop sticks
Cookie sheet lined with baking parchment
Spatula
Oven
Pot holders
Wire rack
Tub of white frosting
Yellow and blue sugar
Moon & Star Cookies
Note: Make sure you supervise the oven and hot cookie sheet when the girls bake the cookies.
Roll out cookie dough 1/4-1/3 inch thick. Cut star and moon shapes with cookie cutters.
Use spatula to move cookies onto cookie sheet. Stick a lollipop stick in side of each cookie. Bake cookies following directions on package.
Using pot holder or oven mitt, carefully remove hot cookies from oven. Use spatula to move cookies to wire rack to cool.
Frost cookies with white frosting. Decorate stars with blue sugar. Decorate moon with yellow sugar.
Things You'll Need
Cloud Ornaments:
White craft foam
Light blue parchment card stock
Computer with printer or black felt-tip pen
Glittery dimensional paint
Pencil
Scissors
Plain white paper
8 white paper lollipop sticks
Wire cutters
Craft glue
Cloud Ornaments
Write song titles or other phrases on blue parchment with felt-tip pen (or print them out on computer). Leave enough room between titles to cut out a cloud shape around each.
Cut out simple cloud shapes around titles. They should measure about 3 1/2 x 1 3/4 inches. Check the cloud pattern to make sure your paper clouds will fit on it with room to spare.
Trace cloud pattern onto white paper. Cut it out. Trace around pattern onto white craft foam eight times. Cut out with scissors. Erase any pencil marks.
Glue a blue cloud in center of each foam cloud. Decorate clouds with swirls of glitter paint. Let dry.
Trim eight lollipop sticks with wire cutters. They should measure 3 3/4 inches. Glue one to back of each cloud.
Things You'll Need
Wreath:
12-inch plastic foam wreath
Adhesive dots or craft glue
1/2-inch double-sided tape
Small blue and clear rhinestone stars
Fluffy craft stuffing
String of tiny clear Christmas lights
1 1/2-inch silver star spangles
1 1/2-inch blue gingham ribbon
Wire nippers
Tape measure
Wreath
Use tape measure to measure length around wreath. Cut a piece of ribbon that long, adding about 1/2 inch so ends will overlap.
Wrap double-sided tape around wreath. Cover sides of wreath with ribbon, pressing it onto tape. Cut tiny piece of tape to hold ribbon end in place.
Pull handfuls of stuffing and glue them over edge of wreath. Use only a little glue. Don't mash stuffing flat. You want to make fluffy clouds. Pull another fluffy lump of stuffing to rest in center of wreath.
Glue a star rhinestone in center of each star bangle. Glue bangles to stuffing. Glue a few clear star rhinestones to stuffing. Let dry.
Poke sticks of cookies and clouds through stuffing into foam wreath.
Add Starlight!
Before guests arrive, arrange Christmas lights on table so that they will fit in center of wreath. Set wreath over lights, leaving light plug free.
Plug lights into nearest outlet. They will "sparkle" through the clouds.
Safety Note: Use an extension cord if needed. Don't put cord where you will have to walk over it. Don't cover the cord with sleeping bags, pillows or blankets. Unplug the wreath before you go to sleep.
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Slumber Fun Table Accents
Things You'll Need
For each place mat:
12 x 18-inch sheet white craft foam
Light blue parchment card stock
Solid yellow card stock
Yellow print decorative paper
Light blue craft paint
Round painting sponge or small piece of sponge
Craft glue
1/2-inch double-sided tape
6 blue small rhinestone stars
5 silver 1 1/2-inch star spangles
4 inches 1 1/2-inch-wide blue gingham ribbon
Yellow paper dinner napkin
Glittery dimensional paint
Shiny white dimensional paint
Computer with printer or black felt-tip pen
Paper plate
Paper towels
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Place Mat
Trim edges of craft foam to make cloud shape.
Pour a little blue paint onto paper plate. Dab sponge into paint. Dab sponge onto folded paper towel until most of the paint comes off.
Dab sponge lightly around edges of place mat. Set aside to dry.
Stars & Moon
Trace patterns for small and large stars and moon onto white paper. Cut out. Trace around one large star and four small stars on back of blue parchment.
Trace one moon on back of solid yellow card stock. Cut out.
Trace another moon on back of yellow print paper. Cut out, cutting a little inside pencil lines so this moon is smaller. Glue a star spangle to each parchment star. Glue a rhinestone star to each spangle.
Outline all parchment stars with squiggly lines of glitter paint. On large star, add a squiggly outline of shiny white paint inside glittery outline. Let dry.
Glue print moon in center of solid moon. Glue on star rhinestone for eye. Outline smaller moon with squiggly line of glittery paint. Add smile with shiny white paint.
Finish Place Mat
Glue small stars and moon to place mat as shown. Add squiggles of glittery paint and white paint around edges of place mat.
Finish Napkin Ring
Shape ribbon in a ring. Where ends overlap, tape them together with double-sided tape.
Attach another piece of tape to this seam, and press napkin ring onto place mat.
Glue large star to top of napkin ring. Roll napkin and put in ring.
For each place mat:
12 x 18-inch sheet white craft foam
Light blue parchment card stock
Solid yellow card stock
Yellow print decorative paper
Light blue craft paint
Round painting sponge or small piece of sponge
Craft glue
1/2-inch double-sided tape
6 blue small rhinestone stars
5 silver 1 1/2-inch star spangles
4 inches 1 1/2-inch-wide blue gingham ribbon
Yellow paper dinner napkin
Glittery dimensional paint
Shiny white dimensional paint
Computer with printer or black felt-tip pen
Paper plate
Paper towels
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Place Mat
Trim edges of craft foam to make cloud shape.
Pour a little blue paint onto paper plate. Dab sponge into paint. Dab sponge onto folded paper towel until most of the paint comes off.
Dab sponge lightly around edges of place mat. Set aside to dry.
Stars & Moon
Trace patterns for small and large stars and moon onto white paper. Cut out. Trace around one large star and four small stars on back of blue parchment.
Trace one moon on back of solid yellow card stock. Cut out.
Trace another moon on back of yellow print paper. Cut out, cutting a little inside pencil lines so this moon is smaller. Glue a star spangle to each parchment star. Glue a rhinestone star to each spangle.
Outline all parchment stars with squiggly lines of glitter paint. On large star, add a squiggly outline of shiny white paint inside glittery outline. Let dry.
Glue print moon in center of solid moon. Glue on star rhinestone for eye. Outline smaller moon with squiggly line of glittery paint. Add smile with shiny white paint.
Finish Place Mat
Glue small stars and moon to place mat as shown. Add squiggles of glittery paint and white paint around edges of place mat.
Finish Napkin Ring
Shape ribbon in a ring. Where ends overlap, tape them together with double-sided tape.
Attach another piece of tape to this seam, and press napkin ring onto place mat.
Glue large star to top of napkin ring. Roll napkin and put in ring.
Slumber Songs
Serenade your friends with a collection of sweet bedtime tunes! Burn them onto a CD before your party. It will make perfect background music!
Dream On
Dream Baby
Sleepy-Time Gal
Dream a Little Dream
Sleepless in Seattle
Lullaby of Broadway
Lullaby and Goodnight
Daydream Believer
Dream On
Dream Baby
Sleepy-Time Gal
Dream a Little Dream
Sleepless in Seattle
Lullaby of Broadway
Lullaby and Goodnight
Daydream Believer
Sweet Slumber Cloud
Things You'll Need
4 x 5-inch white invitation card with envelope with fold along 4-inch edge
Light blue parchment card stock
Yellow print decorative paper
Light blue craft paint
Round painting sponge or small piece of sponge
1 clear and 2 blue small rhinestone stars
1 1/2-inch silver star spangle
Glittery dimensional paint
Shiny white dimensional paint
Computer with printer or black felt-tip pen
Paper plate
Paper towels
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Trim edges of card so that invitation is shaped like a cloud, about 5 x 3 1/8 inches. Fold should be on left edge.
Pour a little blue paint onto paper plate. Dab sponge into paint. Dab sponge onto folded paper towel until most of the paint comes off. Dab sponge lightly around edges on front of invitation. Set aside to dry.
Trace patterns for small star and moon onto white paper. Cut out. Trace around one star on back of blue parchment and one moon on back of yellow paper. Cut out.
Using computer or a black felt-tip pen, print "SURPRISE" and "BIRTHDAY SLEEPOVER PARTY" on blue parchment. Cut out each phrase.
Using computer or pen, print out party information (see photo). Cut out. Glue party information inside invitation. Glue moon, star and other phrases to front of invitation as shown.
Glue star spangle to paper star. Glue blue rhinestone star to moon for eye. Glue other blue star to spangle. Glue clear star to invitation near top.
Draw smile on moon with white paint. Add swirls and curlicues of white and glittery paint to front of invitation. Let dry.
4 x 5-inch white invitation card with envelope with fold along 4-inch edge
Light blue parchment card stock
Yellow print decorative paper
Light blue craft paint
Round painting sponge or small piece of sponge
1 clear and 2 blue small rhinestone stars
1 1/2-inch silver star spangle
Glittery dimensional paint
Shiny white dimensional paint
Computer with printer or black felt-tip pen
Paper plate
Paper towels
Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Trim edges of card so that invitation is shaped like a cloud, about 5 x 3 1/8 inches. Fold should be on left edge.
Pour a little blue paint onto paper plate. Dab sponge into paint. Dab sponge onto folded paper towel until most of the paint comes off. Dab sponge lightly around edges on front of invitation. Set aside to dry.
Trace patterns for small star and moon onto white paper. Cut out. Trace around one star on back of blue parchment and one moon on back of yellow paper. Cut out.
Using computer or a black felt-tip pen, print "SURPRISE" and "BIRTHDAY SLEEPOVER PARTY" on blue parchment. Cut out each phrase.
Using computer or pen, print out party information (see photo). Cut out. Glue party information inside invitation. Glue moon, star and other phrases to front of invitation as shown.
Glue star spangle to paper star. Glue blue rhinestone star to moon for eye. Glue other blue star to spangle. Glue clear star to invitation near top.
Draw smile on moon with white paint. Add swirls and curlicues of white and glittery paint to front of invitation. Let dry.
Marshmallow Toss
Lay a line of tape on the floor. Six feet from tape, set up a row of mugs, one for each guest.
Line guests up behind tape, facing mugs. Give each guest some miniature marshmallows.
Set timer for three minutes. See who can throw the most marshmallows into her mug. Make sure no one steps over the line!
Line guests up behind tape, facing mugs. Give each guest some miniature marshmallows.
Set timer for three minutes. See who can throw the most marshmallows into her mug. Make sure no one steps over the line!
Wizard of Oz Party Ideas
Use our Wizard of Oz party ideas to plan your next party...over the rainbow!
Ask everyone to name their favorite movies. Wizard of Oz is on the top of everyone’s list. This party is sure to be a hit with your friends!
Invitations:
Anything with a rainbow!
Party Decorations:
Serve party food from witches cauldrons, beakers, etc.
Serve a party punch (preferably red) from a witches cauldron. Use dry ice if you can!
On the sidewalk leading to the house draw the outline of a yellow brick road with yellow sidewalk chalk
Make an rainbow arch of balloons
Hang a curtain of silk flowers in rainbow colors hanging in the doorway for guests to walk thru. (look in the Luau section of your party store)
Have a pair of witches legs coming out from under the house. Make by stuffing tights with tissue paper and then painting black rings around the tights (to look like the witch’s legs), add an old pair of red sparkly slippers.
Use the colors of the rainbow in your decorating (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple)
Giant, colorful tissue paper flowers
Set up one area to look like a cornfield with haybales and add a scarecrow, You’ll also want a lion (a large stuffed animal or draw one on posterboard), and a tin man in your party area
Use a rainbow arch over your food table
Music:
Fun Party Music from your favorite music era
Music from the Wizard of Oz soundtrack
Music from The Wiz soundtrack
Music from the Wicked soundtrack
Favorite Party Games:
Ask your guests to come in costume as their favorite character. Award prizes for the best.
Make up your own Wizard of Oz Trivia Game
Wizard of Oz Party Birthday Cake Ideas:
Make a rectangular cake covered in little flowers and a yellow brick road, with edible glitter on it. Place Wizard of figurines on the road. At the end of the yellow brick road place a rainbow. Make the rainbow by making a cake in a round cake pan, cut it in half and standing on it’s side to be an arch. Decorate like a rainbow.
Make a cake that looks like a rainbow.
Wizard of Oz Party Favor Ideas
Giant swirled lollipops
Ask everyone to name their favorite movies. Wizard of Oz is on the top of everyone’s list. This party is sure to be a hit with your friends!
Invitations:
Anything with a rainbow!
Party Decorations:
Serve party food from witches cauldrons, beakers, etc.
Serve a party punch (preferably red) from a witches cauldron. Use dry ice if you can!
On the sidewalk leading to the house draw the outline of a yellow brick road with yellow sidewalk chalk
Make an rainbow arch of balloons
Hang a curtain of silk flowers in rainbow colors hanging in the doorway for guests to walk thru. (look in the Luau section of your party store)
Have a pair of witches legs coming out from under the house. Make by stuffing tights with tissue paper and then painting black rings around the tights (to look like the witch’s legs), add an old pair of red sparkly slippers.
Use the colors of the rainbow in your decorating (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple)
Giant, colorful tissue paper flowers
Set up one area to look like a cornfield with haybales and add a scarecrow, You’ll also want a lion (a large stuffed animal or draw one on posterboard), and a tin man in your party area
Use a rainbow arch over your food table
Music:
Fun Party Music from your favorite music era
Music from the Wizard of Oz soundtrack
Music from The Wiz soundtrack
Music from the Wicked soundtrack
Favorite Party Games:
Ask your guests to come in costume as their favorite character. Award prizes for the best.
Make up your own Wizard of Oz Trivia Game
Wizard of Oz Party Birthday Cake Ideas:
Make a rectangular cake covered in little flowers and a yellow brick road, with edible glitter on it. Place Wizard of figurines on the road. At the end of the yellow brick road place a rainbow. Make the rainbow by making a cake in a round cake pan, cut it in half and standing on it’s side to be an arch. Decorate like a rainbow.
Make a cake that looks like a rainbow.
Wizard of Oz Party Favor Ideas
Giant swirled lollipops
80's Party
An 80's Party is an event that screams “costume”! And it is one of the adult party ideas where everyone wants to come in costume!
A 1980's party also works great as an adult birthday party for someone who loves or came of age in the 1980's.
What a fun decade…and what fun you will have at this retro party!
Invitations:
Print your party details on cardstock and splatter paint it.
Decorations:
Neon colors: Pink, Yellow and Lime Green
Hang 80’s album covers and posters on the walls
Set out 80’s magazines on the tables
Print pictures of 80’s icons and phrases…such as Madonna, Boy George, Wham, the Brat Pack, Ronald Reagan, pac man, “totally”, “Gag me with a spoon”, etc.
80’s Beverages and Cocktails:
Wine Coolers
White Wine Spritzers
Long Island Ice Teas
Sex on the Beach
Music:
Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson
Madonna
Paula Abdul
Wham
Duran Duran
Culture Club and Boy George
Dead or Alive
There are lots of great 80’s compilations out there!
Activities:
Trivia Games, such as Trivial Pursuit. If the party is small you could play the game. If the party is large, then have trivia questions posted around for people to discuss and try to answer,
Try some of the games on our adult party games list, such as Celebrity Twenty Questions or the Guessing Game.
Karaoke to 1980's music.
Pac Man contest (set up on your TV).
Costume Contest, either to dress up as 80’s in general(most authentic, best use of hairspray, etc.) or dress like your favorite 80’s celebrity.
Run movies on the TV (without sound, but as something visual in the background), such as Brat Pack movies, Valley Girl, Ferris Bueller, or TV shows such as Cheers, Dynasty, Miami Vice, etc….
or even better…show videos on the TV from the early days of MTV.
Give prizes to whoever brings their best (or worst) photo of themselves from the 80's. Proudly display them at the party.
80's Party Costume Ideas:
Parachute Pants
Leg Warmers
Skinny Ties
Members Only Jackets
BIG hair – more hairspray and mousse than you’d ever imagine, and add some glitter and colors if you can
L-o-n-g strands of pearls, draped across your body like a sash
Madonna (any incarnation)
Skinny Ties
Raybans
For shoes? Loafers without socks
Miami Vice style clothes - linen suits with bright shirts
Lots of makeup – eyeliner on the men too…
Favors:
Burn CD’s of 80’s music
Rubic’s cube (mini ones)
Bottles of Hair Gel, Hairspray, or Eyeliner
Magazines from the 1980’s
A 1980's party also works great as an adult birthday party for someone who loves or came of age in the 1980's.
What a fun decade…and what fun you will have at this retro party!
Invitations:
Print your party details on cardstock and splatter paint it.
Decorations:
Neon colors: Pink, Yellow and Lime Green
Hang 80’s album covers and posters on the walls
Set out 80’s magazines on the tables
Print pictures of 80’s icons and phrases…such as Madonna, Boy George, Wham, the Brat Pack, Ronald Reagan, pac man, “totally”, “Gag me with a spoon”, etc.
80’s Beverages and Cocktails:
Wine Coolers
White Wine Spritzers
Long Island Ice Teas
Sex on the Beach
Music:
Michael Jackson
Janet Jackson
Madonna
Paula Abdul
Wham
Duran Duran
Culture Club and Boy George
Dead or Alive
There are lots of great 80’s compilations out there!
Activities:
Trivia Games, such as Trivial Pursuit. If the party is small you could play the game. If the party is large, then have trivia questions posted around for people to discuss and try to answer,
Try some of the games on our adult party games list, such as Celebrity Twenty Questions or the Guessing Game.
Karaoke to 1980's music.
Pac Man contest (set up on your TV).
Costume Contest, either to dress up as 80’s in general(most authentic, best use of hairspray, etc.) or dress like your favorite 80’s celebrity.
Run movies on the TV (without sound, but as something visual in the background), such as Brat Pack movies, Valley Girl, Ferris Bueller, or TV shows such as Cheers, Dynasty, Miami Vice, etc….
or even better…show videos on the TV from the early days of MTV.
Give prizes to whoever brings their best (or worst) photo of themselves from the 80's. Proudly display them at the party.
80's Party Costume Ideas:
Parachute Pants
Leg Warmers
Skinny Ties
Members Only Jackets
BIG hair – more hairspray and mousse than you’d ever imagine, and add some glitter and colors if you can
L-o-n-g strands of pearls, draped across your body like a sash
Madonna (any incarnation)
Skinny Ties
Raybans
For shoes? Loafers without socks
Miami Vice style clothes - linen suits with bright shirts
Lots of makeup – eyeliner on the men too…
Favors:
Burn CD’s of 80’s music
Rubic’s cube (mini ones)
Bottles of Hair Gel, Hairspray, or Eyeliner
Magazines from the 1980’s
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