::THE SPA PARTY::

The spa party went off with out a hitch!!!

We ended up with nine girls that were ready to get so spa work done.  

I had my dining room set up for them when they got there.

From the dollar section at Target I got the little make up totes for them and the compacts.

 Off of Amazon I got them spa flip flops and toe separators.

Scrubbers lined the center of the table, along with jars of Sharpies.

I always like to have an "opening craft".

Something they don't have to do together, so they can play while they wait for the other girls to arrive.

This time I had them use the Sharpies to decorate their supplies.

Letting them just free style their items how ever they wanted brought one some really cute designs.  

Then we headed out onto the deck were I had all my supplies for the activities divided out into different tubs. 

First thing we did was mix chocolate facials.

I put the girls into groups of 2-3. 

Then I told them the directions.

I was amazed at how carefully they divided the steps amongst their group.  I didn't have to regulate that at all.  It was so sweet.

I looked up a ton of different directions for the facials, but ended up putting a few together to come up with a final plan.

We went with -

1/3 cup cocoa powder

A big glop of honey

2T yogurt

2T heavy cream

3T oatmeal

Enough water to make it not like dough

Then the girls used some cheap foam brushes to put the mixture on each other.

Grown ups helped, but it was mostly the girls.

Chilled cucumber slices were at the ready.

Till they started eating the cucumbers.

Then they moved on to foot soaks.

     

Scented Epsom salt and rose petal made them think they were very fancy.

And my dearest sister in law got these basins from the OR she is a nurse in.

 

While there were relaxing in foot baths the grow ups swept through and painted fingers nails and removed facials.

(I tried the facial mask that morning and it seriously works.  Lily told me I looked "Lots less old" after it.)

 

All the pretty little colors of the rainbow.  

It was time for the kids to take a snack break.

 

Candy melt covered sprinkle rolled Oreo pops were the hit of the party.

Even Auntie Monnig loved them.  

A tub of drinks was around for the girls.

Can you tell by the one left over Coke what was the most popular?

One of my friends gave the the idea for this next activity. (THANKS KELLY!)

The girls sat in a circle with a bottle of polish.

I played music and they passed the polish around like hot potato.

Then when the music stopped you had to paint your neighbors toe what ever color you had in your hand.

The girls loved this game.  It was loud and very messy.  

My deck looks so pretty with all the colors. 

The quality of the paint jobs may not have been professional, but the colors were so pretty. 

Lily got started on presents.

The biggest hit of the party was the blue kangaroo that her Grammy made her.

He is from the book "It Was You Blue Kangaroo"

One of our favorite books about a girl named Lily and her kangaroo. 

She also about fainted when she got her crazy LaLaLoopsy Silly Hair doll.

I got her cake made again this year.

I really should have done it myself, but it just takes so much stress off me to have it done.

Lily loved it. 

Quinny thought the cake was wonderful.

The final activity was making a brown sugar scrub.

1/2 cup brown sugar

1/4 cup olive oil

A few drops of vanilla

2T lemon juice

Mixed in a jar to take home.

Quinny and his 18 month old cousin were the only body in attendance.  

But Q thought is was a pretty good gig.   

All pics but a very few where taken by Emma.  

::nail polish birthday invites::

 These invites were inspired by some that I saw on etsy.  Please link here to see the original inspiration.

Back in the olden days when I needed a template I would print off an inspiration picture and play with the sizing on a photocopier till I got just the right size.  Now days my job would walk me right out the door for that kind of stuff, so I had to figure out a new way to get a template.  I tried tracing an actual nail polish bottle and then tracing it bigger and bigger.  This was time consuming and didn't look right.

Then I had another idea -
I found a picture online of a bottle of OPI nail polish.  I enlarged it on my iPad till it was about the right size, and then put a regular piece of printer paper on top of my iPad screen.  It was easy to trace it onto that sheet.  I cut it out and traced in onto a piece of cardstock.  Template done.  Less than two mins of time invested.  Perfect.

 The rest was just getting all the pieces cut out.  I started with the nail polish bottle traced on glitter paper with velum label wrapped around the back so you can't see the adhesive holding it on.  Then a black lid cut out and the whole thing attached to another piece of card stock.  After that I cut out that bottom piece of cardstock to mirror the bottle and lid.  I loved how they turned out and they were not too time consuming.  I did not make the lid lift off like the inspiration invite, because I felt that was going to make them too complex for me to make myself quickly.  

One thing done on the party check off sheet.

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::spa party - beginning plans::

Lily's 9th birthday is rolling up and it is time to get serious.  I have been gathering ideas for her Spa Party for awhile, but browsing Pintrest is only a start.  I need to get a real plan.

Invitations-  Previously the school policy has been that I can only pass out invites at school if I invite the entire class - boys and girls.  I begged, and Lily's new third grade teacher is letting me invite only the girls.  Here is the inspiration I am going to use to make the invites. 

link to pintrest for photo credits

Food Table
This will be a white table cloth with rainbow streamers making up the table skirt, I wanted to do a ribbon table skirt but that is way too expensive.  Streamers will have to do.
Cake will be the classic rainbow cake with white icing.  She wants something fancier, and I might give in, but I really want to get back to making the kids cakes.
Treats will be fun stuff like chocolate covered Oreo's, chocolate covered rainbow marshmallows, fruit and candy.  We will have the popcorn machine going and I might rent a snow cone maker.  The kids really do love snow cones.  I have wanted to do this for a few years but I always chicken out and get cheap.  Soda, juice, and water in bottles in metal tub with ice.  Cute Etsy paper straws.

Link to my pintrest for photo credits

Kids Table
This will be two doors (because hollow doors are cheap and lite) paid into a square with legs figured out by Josh.  Kids will sit on hay bales wrapped in sheets of various colors.  I am loaded with place setting ideas right now but can't narrow it down to one.  I just know that we will use this area for into crafts, mani/pedi's, and eating so it needs to be flexible.

Activities
Arrival craft - use sharpies to decorate single use spa flip flops and toe polish separators.
Set body glitter tattoo area
Hire Emma's friends to paint finger nails and toes
     Have bowls for them to soak feet in with rose petals
Do a chocolate facial with cucumber eye covers
Yard twister
Waiting to be picked up is - make your own body scrub and take home in jars