My two kids are 5 years apart. But their birthdays are actually one week apart - February 21 & February 28!! Since they are still young enough to not really care about their age differences, I thought that I would plan a large party that both of them could enjoy. Besides the fact that we have never lived close enough to our families that any of them could enjoy a party anyway. So I decided that a bouncy house with popcorn machine, cotton candy and snowcones would be perfect. Oh, and PINATAS!! Handmade....by Moi.
I read & followed the instructions found
here with a few minor adjustments.
Being a boy, Dane loves Transformers. So we decided on an Autobot . Doing a quick search on Google for the image, he picked one out. I did have to enlarge it on the copy machine a few times to get it the right size and then cut out each individual piece.
I then took a large piece of cardboard and made the base.
I didn't get a picture of this part, but I can explain. I took each of the individual pieces and cut it out of cardboard (NOTE: if you are thinking about doing this, start a month ahead of time and save ALL the cereal, pizza and soda boxes that you can!!). I then took crepe paper streamers and cut a long strip, folded it in two and cut the streamers. Then glued those onto the individual pieces and then glued those pieces onto the main base. This took some trial and error to figure it all out. This was way I say that I used the original link as a guide.
Another Note to Self: If working on this project early in the morning and still drinking coffee, make sure your homemade Modge Podge jar is clearly marked so that you don't accidentally pick it up to drink instead of your coffee. Just saying'.
Next, Gracyn decided on a donkey. She did make a comment about a unicorn, and Dane, brilliant boy that he is, looked at me and said, 'Just make the donkey, Mama, and put a stick on it's head'. This probably would have worked, but she was just as happy with the little donkey and I was running out of time.
This is what it looks like on the inside. See, I told you that you need to save all those boxes!!Thank goodness
we recycle.
Hubby provided us with entertainment in his attempts to throw the rope over the tree limb.
Gracyn gave this little donkey a good whack!!
Hubby thought it would be funny to pull the rope each time one of the boys took a swing!!
Since this was a party for both a boy and a girl plus the fact that I know that most people don't have a lot of extra money to buy gifts added to the fact that they really didn't need anything, I stated on the invits to just bring two balloons. Then right before the party was over, the birthday boy and girl got to make a wish and let the balloons go!!
We did get to spoil the kids. The bouncy house was rented from a friend of the family and he let us keep it until Monday!!
Overall, they had a great time!
