Space Week Part 4: Parties!

I love a good home party. Here are some great space themed parties that have great ideas for every day fun as well as if you're planning a party.

A fun NASA party from Life Frosting

A gorgeous party from Sara Westbrook Photography

My House of Giggles had a fun 3 year old space party

Lots of fun at the Rockets and Robots party seen on Catch My Party

Rocket fun at this party on Frog, Goose, and Bear

And a gorgeous space party seen on The Celebration Shoppe

Pirate Week: Part 5 - Printed Paper Bag

If you want to have your own pirate party ( or just have cute lunch bags for field trips) I thought I'd share with you my printed pirate bag file.

I printed straight onto the paper bag from my regular printer. To do this you'll need to tape down the bottom and the top together so it doesn't get caught.

Put the bag in your printer according to directions and print! I changed the settings to match the size of my bag in my printer dialog before I printed. I didn't have an issue with any of them. You could use these for popcorn, chips, nuts, goodie bags etc!

If you want to print these pirate bags you can download the files here!

Regular sized paper bag

Jumbo paper bag

Pirate Week: Part 4 - Viewing Party!

My kids love parties or anything you make into a party. Set up a little snack table and a banner and they are in the party mood! We decided to set up a Pirates viewing party with a fun snack table featuring banana boats for dessert!

I printed on paper bags for popcorn (will share how to and the printable tomorrow)

All the little flags, banner, table scatter is from Minted. I LOVE how their party supplies come ready to go - the toothpick flags came on sticker paper so all you have to do is peel and stick.

Stay tuned for your chance to win $100 to Minted!

To make the banana boat desserts you just need bananas and your choice of toppings. We did Smore's style today but you could add peanut butter, fudge, cookies, sprinkles, etc.

Cut the banana lengthwise without going all the way through. I like to slice it at this point to make it easier to eat.

Load it up with toppings

And wrap up with foil

You can throw it in a campfire or place on the BBQ (obviously kids only with supervision)

Give it enough time for all your toppings to melt and your banana to get nice and warm about 5-7 minutes or so

That's it! A fun snack table to finish off Pirate week. Have you ever had a movie viewing party?

(Disclosure: Party supplies were provided by Minted. All photos, ideas, and opinions are 100% my own!)

Spy Week Roundup

To finish off Spy Week I thought I'd link up to some Spy/Detective/Secret Agent party ideas!

Lots of great activities for older kids at Birthday Blueprint

 A fun small detective party at Forget Laundry

A detective party with a mystery to solve from The Princess and The Frog

Love the big scavenger hunt at this party from The Friday Five

An inspiring Hardy Boys party from Joya Baby

If you aren't the DIY type you can find a full set of spy party printables from SIMONEmadeit on Etsy

Wreck It Ralph Party!

We love Wreck It Ralph so natrually I loved this idea for a Wreck It Ralph viewing party from Not Just a Mommy. I think this is a fun way to have a "birthday party" without the stipulation of presents. Kids can watch the movie and participate in fun related activities without having to call it a birthday party. Or just an excuse for a party because I'm always looking for those!

The BEST part is the candy car making!

Check out all the fun details, specifics, and other awesome parties at Not Just a Mommy.

LEGO Dance Party

I recently found another party that was just too good not to share. What type of party do you have for a LEGO lover who can dance? A LEGO Dance Party of course! Cupcakes and Cutlery put on one of the most amazing kids' parties I have seen lately! So many great details!

The cake was opened with a hammer!

To me this is so creative - putting things your kid loves together to create a seamless party - like people do it all the time. Be sure to stop by Cupcakes and Cutlery and tell her how amazing this party was! Plus, you're going to want to see ALL the photos.

Minecraft Party!

If you know what a creeper, zombie, Steve, and the nether have in common then we're in the same boat. Minecraft! Sort of like digital building blocks Minecraft is an online game that has seemed to win the interest of LOTS of little boys around here. They went NUTS over this party so I knew I had to share it with all of our readers who share the same interests ;)

Partylicious left no detail out of this truly amazing party! I would have loved to have seen everything in person! (which reminds me that I never shared our full party from October oops!)

Back to Minecraft - check out some of my favorite details from the party

More amazing details at the Partylicious blog

Party Credits:

Styling: Mare Romo

Mini cakes: Wanda González

Paper Products: Partylicious

Photography: Partylicious

I KNOW there are other Minecraft fans out there - how amazing is this party?!

Football parties + food allergies + Rubbermaid

My 10 year old and I both cannot eat gluten. Eating at home is no big deal for us, but eating out and at friends' house can be somewhat of a challenge. Parker is our house's newest football fan. We've always loved football parties (what's not to love? food, friends, football, commercials) and have hosted several ourselves! With football party season in full swing it's inevitable that we'll be headed to more and more parties soon. As his mom I strive to make parties (especially football parties) fun for him NOT another eating burden. I had a great idea and solution!

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