Furby Party
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We had a birthday party for BJ yesterday.
This was the first party I've thrown for one of the kids. It ended up being really nice and I learned some things too!
First, we sent out invitations but no one called. I had to call everyone and they all said they were coming. I’m glad I called because I would have expected no one to show up!
One kid brought his sibling (they didn't tell me). I now know to buy extra party favors. Mike had asked me if I had and I said no because I didn't think everyone would show up. We ended up telling our kids and my niece and nephew that we would give them something else later.
For party favors I bought some bags of fall Hershey's kisses on clearance for $1.30 each. We had a treasure hunt and they were sitting in a basket at the end of the trail.
One note about the treasure hunt, we did ten clues sent them running all over the place. We have about 1/2 acre yard and we sent them from the back of it to the neighbors 2 houses down, about 1/2 block back and forth. That was way too much. We did 10 clues and they were just completely worn out from running so much. Some had to sit down and rest before it was through. Next time I will do 10 clues but have them clustered together closer and then have them run a few in the backyard and then a few in the front etc. They still loved it!
We did pin the tail on the Furby and "Furby Says". I drew a Fruby and painted it on brown paper that I had. Then we cut out tails out of white paper and put the kid’s names on them. They enjoyed it too.
It's funny, because even though they liked the games they would have much rather just played on our swing set (which cost us $20) and our tire swing (free).
They had just as much fun doing that as the times we gone to party's where they have rented gymnastics clue and swimming at the YMCA. I was excited that I don't have to spend a ton for the kids to have a good time. Since I hadn't ever done this before I was wondering if some would complain that it was "boring" just playing in our backyard.
For decorations I used crape paper that I found at a garage sale for .25. I bought balloons, napkins, plates and cups for $1 each.
We covered the table with brown paper (we’ve had a huge roll of it for years) and lined the Furby's down the middle.
I made the Furby Cake myself by just making a 9x13 cake and putting one of his Furby toys in the middle. Then I just piped on a purple border and that was it! $1.25 was the cost.
I was able to do the entire party for:
$14.30 favors
$4.25 for decorations and invitations
$1.25 for the cake
.40 for Kool-aid
Total = $20.20
I was trying to keep it under $25 so I was excited that I could do that!
Everyone had a blast and it was easy clean up too. We were able to have it on the deck because it was 70 out (God was showing favor on me! :-) so I didn't even have to vacuum!
Tawra
www.LivingOnADime.com
We had a birthday party for BJ yesterday.
This was the first party I've thrown for one of the kids. It ended up being really nice and I learned some things too!
First, we sent out invitations but no one called. I had to call everyone and they all said they were coming. I’m glad I called because I would have expected no one to show up!
One kid brought his sibling (they didn't tell me). I now know to buy extra party favors. Mike had asked me if I had and I said no because I didn't think everyone would show up. We ended up telling our kids and my niece and nephew that we would give them something else later.
For party favors I bought some bags of fall Hershey's kisses on clearance for $1.30 each. We had a treasure hunt and they were sitting in a basket at the end of the trail.
One note about the treasure hunt, we did ten clues sent them running all over the place. We have about 1/2 acre yard and we sent them from the back of it to the neighbors 2 houses down, about 1/2 block back and forth. That was way too much. We did 10 clues and they were just completely worn out from running so much. Some had to sit down and rest before it was through. Next time I will do 10 clues but have them clustered together closer and then have them run a few in the backyard and then a few in the front etc. They still loved it!
We did pin the tail on the Furby and "Furby Says". I drew a Fruby and painted it on brown paper that I had. Then we cut out tails out of white paper and put the kid’s names on them. They enjoyed it too.
It's funny, because even though they liked the games they would have much rather just played on our swing set (which cost us $20) and our tire swing (free).
They had just as much fun doing that as the times we gone to party's where they have rented gymnastics clue and swimming at the YMCA. I was excited that I don't have to spend a ton for the kids to have a good time. Since I hadn't ever done this before I was wondering if some would complain that it was "boring" just playing in our backyard.
For decorations I used crape paper that I found at a garage sale for .25. I bought balloons, napkins, plates and cups for $1 each.
We covered the table with brown paper (we’ve had a huge roll of it for years) and lined the Furby's down the middle.
I made the Furby Cake myself by just making a 9x13 cake and putting one of his Furby toys in the middle. Then I just piped on a purple border and that was it! $1.25 was the cost.
I was able to do the entire party for:
$14.30 favors
$4.25 for decorations and invitations
$1.25 for the cake
.40 for Kool-aid
Total = $20.20
I was trying to keep it under $25 so I was excited that I could do that!
Everyone had a blast and it was easy clean up too. We were able to have it on the deck because it was 70 out (God was showing favor on me! :-) so I didn't even have to vacuum!
Tawra
www.LivingOnADime.com
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