How to Make Shaped Chips with Homemade Salsa

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More party food ideas form the fabulous Michelle at  Utterly Scrummy Shaped Chips with Homemade Salsa You could make the chips any shape at all, depending on the theme of the party. You could vary the flavour as well, a sprinkling of herbs or spices instead of the cheese. I’ve made cinnamon versions of the [...]

Pirates and Princesses party : Ruby’s Party

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Birthday Party: Princesses and Pirates My youngest daughter, Ruby turned 5 a few days ago, and like many children of this age, one of the best things about her birthday was going to be her party. No pressure then. Last year’s party was a disaster. After spending much time and money we booked an ‘everything [...]

Party game of the week : Balloonio

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Balloonio is a very simple, fun and easy to play game: Have the children sit in a fairly wide circle  on the floor and number them.  The highest number goes into the middle and becomes ‘Balloonio.’ Balloonio  holds a balloon and calls out a number while dropping the balloon onto the floor. The player of [...]

Personal Story : My daughter’s pamper party

Guest post from Cass bailey author of Diary of a frugal family blog Well, I don’t really have the secret to a successful party but I am feeling pretty pleased with myself after the success of Miss Frugal’s 8th Birthday pamper party this afternoon.  All seven girls who were invited turned up (I always worry [...]

How to Make Cheese Straw Wands

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More party food ideas form the fabulous Michelle at  Utterly Scrummy Cheese Straw Wands These are great snacks for parties as they are so easy and you can vary the flavour, sprinkle seeds or herbs on the wands as well, or instead of cheese. Wands are fab as they can be either fairy wands or [...]

Top Gifts For Children’s Parties

Has your child been invited to a classmate’s birthday party but you are stuck for gift ideas? It can sometimes be difficult to know what to buy for a youngster’s party whether it is for a Bar Mitzvah, christening or Holy Communion but you can purchase a quality, fun item that will put a smile [...]

How to make Caramel Popcorn

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A Birthday Party Recipe from the divine Utterly Scrummy blog Caramel PopcornPopcorn is cheap and easy to make and this caramel coated popcorn always goes down well, with adults and kids alike. Melted butter, to grease the tray 2 Tblsp vegetable oil 115g (1/2 cup) popping corn 215g (1 cup) caster sugar 100g butter 60ml [...]

A home made AMAZING princess castle cake

Some impressive cake making from Cass at Diary of a frugal family Google GmailYahoo MailHotmailAOL MailAny email       From this to this…….

Party Bags – a personal story

A Guest post form Tasha form the WAHM BAM blog: Rosemary is having a ‘Go Bananas Birthday’, which is what she has been asking for since the day after her third birthday. Go Bananas is the local soft-play place. A friend of hers had her party there recently and I was pretty impressed, having been [...]

Sticky Fingers Cookery Parties

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I’d like you to introduce our new Nottingham based sponsors Sticky Fingers Cookery Parties. Here’s what they have to offer: Cookery Parties for Children Aged 5 upwards and New for this year—mini chef parties for 3 to 5 year olds! (Call Janet: 07745 305090.) Fun, Sticky & Educational! Choose from Cup Cakes, Candies or Pizza [...]

How to Throw A Cupcake Making Party

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Well a cupcake making party is something sweet toothed little girls will delight in ( and quite a few parents too!) There are lots of good points about a cupcake making party. Here’s my top 5. 1. They are relatively inexpensive to bake. Basic ingredients are cheap and probably already in your store cupboard. Topping [...]

How to throw a puppy party

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Last year my daughter was puppy obsessed. She was soon to be 4. She had 23 cuddly puppies under her bed and that is all she could think she wanted for a theme at her birthday. We decided to have the party at home to keep costs low so she was allowed to choose 5 [...]

How to celebrate a birth

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Celebrating a birth is wonderful. Traditionally along come endless visitors with balloons and babygrows. We celebrate a child’s birth too by baptisms and naming days and many other cultural and religous  ceremonies. There are many ways we say hello and happy birth day to a child. Here are one or two less usual but lovely [...]

3 top tips to reduce the stress of organising a child’s birthday party

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Here are my top 3 tips for reducing the stress of organising a child’s birthday party. 1. Have someone else invloved ..dad or grandma or a good friend will be useful for bouncing ideas off, helping practically and covering in emergencies. If  no-one but you has any clue what is happening you could end up in a [...]

5 reasons tattoos make birthday parties magic

Tattoos are always fabulous fun to have at a child’s birthday party. Here are 5 reasons why: 1. Kids love them, it makes them feel cool and grown up to have a cool tattoo. Doesn’t matter thats it’s temporary at all, it’s still a bit rebeliious and I have know many a child say with a gleeful [...]