Shirley's Party Advice Part 7 - how did they all get so big...

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Part 7 - link to previous one to follow!

Ooh, I like the little skull and crossbones idea!

Would you like me to stick it in the post? I won't be home until Friday but could do it then...

it's this one, more or less

I'd be worried with those bottles that the note would go in but never come back out again! It needs to be something with a wide neck I think. I contemplated picking up a pack of glass bottled coke this morning but I think they're too narrow too.

That picture of the mould has reminded me that I bought a skull and crossbones cutter than came with a tiny one that might create something similar to that. I'll dig it out tomorrow and have a play

Scrolls would work just as we'll.

I can see how blathers town wouldn't translate on a map. It all looks the same!!!

I am a lurker on this thread as I love planning and organising parties but am delurking to say how hilarious it was reading about the pizza invitations and the reaction of humbug other mum.

I wish I had been a fly on the wall. Brilliant!

I may be planning a pizza party next year so will be back to pinch your ideas for inspiration...

Don't lurk Guitargirl - come and join in! :)

How's everyone doing? I need to focus on other people's parties for a little while - DD has 3 parties in the next 3 weeks (1 for twins, so 4 hosts) so I need to make some bags. And some aprons for DS and friends for their pottery day. Better get sewing and I probably ought to hem our bedroom curtains at some point too

Oh and one of the parties DD has been invited to is fancy dress (no specific theme) so I need ideas.

I've just been to the scrapstore for Zombie making supplies and picked up some cardboard cone thingies that they use in factories to wrap thread around. Rubbish description but I think they'll make fab pirate spyglasses so that's another party activity sorted :) I'll paint them brown (as Jakes spyglass is wooden) and then I'll let the kids go crazy with pirate/gem stickers to decorate them. Sound OK?

Your DD must have a dragon outfit stealth!

she has a tail and wings from last year's party. Not sure what she wants to be, though.

I sort of wish DD were small enough for this

(not that I would buy it, I would make it)

Letterbox have very reduced pirate plates and stuff in their sale.

I have plates and cups although I remembered after I bought them that I still have the IKEA things which would have done, it is Disney after all!

My children have a halloween party to go to. I need to check them in last years outfits to see if they still fit.

Just checked my scrapstore receipt. The cones were 45p - for 10!

They're about 30cms long each so should make a decent spyglass. I've just googled Jakes spyglass and I think a bit of brown paint, some gold paint and a bucket load of pirate and gem stickers and they should make lovely party bag presents.

Evening all!

Spyglasses are a great idea blathers. I really need to come to that shop. That combined with my cheap art shop and i'd be in my element.

My fil rang to say my aprons have come out brilliantly but he printed dd1's lunchbox upside down so i'll reserve judgement for now.

Stealth damn it my dd2 would look so cute in that! Not even for fancy dress just normal clothes. Ive got loads of things i need to make and now you're adding to it!!

Thanks Blathers!

I am in awe of you party gurus. Reading this thread is a bit like a novice jogger watching the elite athletes run a marathon!

Anyway, I have a Halloween party to sort out for next weekend. I have been on Pinterest for ideas. DC's costumes are sorted I think, party bags themselves have arrived from EBay and contents are more or less done. Still got food to go. Am thinking hotdogs and whatever Halloween themed stuff the supermarkets do. I could open a shop selling Halloween decorations so I think we are sorted on that front! Anyone else planning Halloween parties?

Do you have a supermarket nearby that does canned croissant dough Guitargirl? If so you should definitely do these I did something similar last year and the kids loved it.

DS's absolute favourite thing is when I hollow out oranges, cut a pumpkin face in them and fill them with chopped jelly. He's not asked for them yet this year but I'm sure it won't be long :)

Sounds like you are well prepares guitargirl.

Im not doing halloween because aside from my dd1 getting scared, it would mean halloween, then dd's pizza party, then xmas, then dd2's birthday. My friends would be rolling their eyes saying oh christ another party at dw's house yawwwn.

If your on pinterest, theres so fantastic food ideas on there. Like hotdogs made into manky fingers. Have you searched on there specifically for halloween food. Thats the only time i get tempted to do halloween...food.

Blathers could you do them with puff pastry?

I think puff pastry was what I used last year.

I made a huge meal last year. I piped ghosts from mashed potato with black sesame seed eyes, pumpkins from mashed carrot and parsnip with parsley stalks, garlic bread witches fingers with red flaked almonds for nails....I did the hot dog things and there was something else...? Will try to find pictures

Hooray for teacher who listens and reacts, DW - is DD1 pleased?

I want to get DD this for fancy dress party, but I decided to test how much she wanted it by saying she would have to contribute £10 of her birthday money and she went into a big overtired snot-filled dithery meltdown, so we have parked the whole conversation for now.