Sunday, July 6, 2025

Dinosaur-Themed New Year's Party (2025)

Hey, guys! Today I have a rather random post since it is the middle of the summer, but dinosaurs were the theme and they are cool year-round, right? So here is our 2025 New Year's/New Year's Eve party. Below are the details:

-The mini resin dinosaurs came from Amazon.

-The 2025 numbers were made from a poster painted with acrylic paints to look like stones, then cut into the numbers. The dinosaur banner sign ("Celebrating a pterriffic new year!") was free-handed with markers. 

-The foil dinosaur balloon came from Dollar General (as did the treats and other balloons). 

I helped put this together thanks to the help and ideas of my friends (L. and M., they know who they are). 










I hope you enjoyed this theme! 

-Lauryn 


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Shona's Cats & Coffee Themed Birthday Party

 Happy Sunday! Today I am sharing yet another party from way back... again, I do not recall what year this was from, but I know it was early 2024 or before. This birthday party was themed around "Cats and Coffee" (the best combination, right?). 


I used a warm color palette, and tried to use mostly browns/comfort colors. Below are the details:

-The cat face was made with greenery (artificial or mixed with real branches) poked into the pegboard. 

-The draped orange-y cloth was cheesecloth I had on hand. All of the fabrics I had on hand, and the gold one was actually a golden dress.

-I used printed pictures assembled onto string for the cat banner. 

-I also printed a Google image for the coffee sign. 

-For the party favors, I  cut out cats from recycled cardboard, drew faces and paws with a pen, and taped Dollar Tree heart lollipops onto them. I was very fortunate, Dollar General was having a great sale. The plastic coffee cups are typically 3 for $1, and then the glass mugs were half off so they were around $1 each. 

-The little handwritten signs read "Shona's Birthday Pawty" and for favors, "Please take one. Thank you for helping make Shona's birthday party Purrfect."



















Thanks for visiting! 

-Lauryn


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Saturday, July 5, 2025

Bernie's Baseball Birthday Party

 To be honest, this party was so long ago I have no idea when this was. Last year? Five years ago? I really do not remember. But this party was for my grandmother who has always appreciated baseball. Below are the details:

-I drew the banner pictures with a metallic silver marker. I free-handed and cut out the pennant flags the same way. I attached them to sticks or dowel rods. 

-Some of the greenery came from tree branches outside, though the flowers were fake. 

-I used wooden stars painted with white acrylic paint and decorated with a silver permanent marker for favors. The stars came from Walmart. 

-The lace tablecloth came from Dollar General. 














Thank you for visiting! 

-Lauryn 

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Charlie Brown Mother's Day Party (2025)

 Hi! Here is our 2025 Mother's Day party. My family grew up with the Peanuts Gang shows, so thinking about things my mom likes, I decided to do a Charlie Brown/Peanuts Gang Mother's Day party this year. She loves turquoise-type colors, so I did a turquoise-sea green color with neutrals for the color palette. 

Below are the event details:

-I hand painted the poster using Walmart acrylic paints. After the painting dried, I outlined with a large Sharpie. 

-I made flower favors by printing out Peanuts Gang characters, cutting a slit in each and putting fresh flowers from our yard through the cardstock. 

-We all like trail mix, so for snacks/favors I did peanuts (obviously for the Peanuts Gang theme). 

-The stand was made from a cutting board I had on hand balanced on a Dollar Tree wire basket. 

-I got a cool letter board from the thrift store. The downside? It came with no letters. So I printed and taped on a Charlie Brown quote (from a song in the musical "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown"). 












I hope you enjoyed this theme. Thank you for visiting! 

-Lauryn 

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