Birthday Party Preperations

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Big birthday parties are not what I am used to at all.  For the boys we have always just had a small birthday party with just family until this year.  I stumbled upon a great location which caused me to host a joint birthday party for the boys.  The Chelsea Fire Department offers a great package for birthday parties.  They will set up chairs and tables, let the kids climb and explore the fire trucks, use the jaws of life, and spray the fire hose...for FREE! I know so crazy, right!  The boys have been so excited for this great event!  I thought it would be a good idea for the kids to help prepare for their party.  The favor bags were going to be painted with black dots to look like dalmatian puppies.  In theory this looked great however when the boys started helping it didn't go as well as I thought.  It is all about the process...ha! Next, a party needs a pinata so instead of purchasing I thought we could make our own.  I researched the easiest paper mache recipe and we dug in. The boys were so into dipping the newspaper strips into the glue for about 30 seconds then I had to finish the rest. After the pinata dried we spray painted it and the boys were able to paint it.  In the end it looked like the meteor from the Joe Dirt Movie but Carter was so proud of it!  He kept calling it his "pin-ah-ta" and we took every opportunity to make him say it over and over. 
Mixing up the glue

 On goes the newspaper strips covered in sticky glue...I enjoyed watching Landon strategically place his strips.


Loading the pinata with treats



Splatter painting our pinata

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Katie B! said…
So awesome. What great little helpers!
July 15, 2012 at 7:24 PM
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