Peyton's 4th Birthday Party

Here is the blog I promised.  The boys are now napping, so I have a little time on my hands.  Peyton wanted a Veggie Tales party.  One little problem...they don't make much for party decorations, and you can't order a Veggie Tales cake at the grocery store bakery. I was able to get plates, napkins, balloons and a few party favors from www.veggietales.com.  The rest was up to me.  I had to get a little creative.

First, I had to make a birthday banner.  I used my Cricut to cut out the letters.  I found some Veggie Tales pictures online, printed them on a full size label sheet, then cut them out and stuck them to the card stock for the pictures between the words.  I also hung different colored strands of curling ribbon from the curtain rod.

Then I had to make a couple more favors.  I was able to get crayons, temporary tattoos, stickers, bouncy balls and silly bands from the website, but I wanted more.  On the website they have some printable bookmarks and a match game.  I printed them on regular paper and stuck them to colored card stock.  I also laminated the bookmark.

Next, I made a Pin the Tooth on Larry game.  I have zero artistic talent, so I was very proud of how well my Larry turned out.  I made him out of poster board.

I don't know why it flipped the picture!

The day of the party I made my own Larry and Bob cakes and French Peas cake pops.  The cake pops didn't turn out great, but it was my first time ever making them.  I cut Larry out of a 9x12 sheet cake, and I made Bob out of a 9" round pan.  I cut a cake pop in half to make their noses.  I used a piece of the cake that I cut off to make Larry for Bob's stem.

We had a lot of fun at the party.  Because I made most of the stuff myself, it didn't cost much.

He really wanted a tuba, but since we couldn't find one he said a trumpet would be okay =)

My First Post

I am completely new to this, so bare with me.  Here is how this whole thing got started:


Back in October, a friend told me I needed to start a blog after my son's 4th birthday party.  She liked what I had done with his party and thought I needed to blog about it.  When I have more time, I will post pictures from the party.  I spent too much time this morning trying to figure this blog thing out!  I can't promise I will post often, but I will try.


This one is for you, Lydia =)