Luck of the Irish Playdate

Today was our neighborhood St. Patty's Day playdate and what a wonderful day this turned out to be! The kids were more than excited and so was I! The table was set with mini cupcakes, cakepops and of course Lucky Charms cereal (because you can't have a St. Patty's Day playdate without it). The party didn't start until 5pm so we decided to include dinner - pizza! This was a blast to put together and I'm glad everyone had such a good time.


The party began with the kids doing their shamrock necklace craft



The finished product




The dessert table


The center piece




Cupcakes


Lucky Charms




Cakepops (thanks to My Little Cupcake for the 'no bake' receipe and the wonderful cakepop mold. Mine were a little wonky for a first try but they were delicious!)


The night ended with the kids hoping to fill their 'pot of gold' bags {found here} with gold coins the leprechaun sprinkled around the front yard.

I love putting on a party. I guess now I can check St. Patty's Day off the list (smile).

Where we like to party!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

In anticipation of the St. Patty's Day playdate, here is the cute little leprechaun hat I crafted to hold the cupcakes and cake pops. Of course I forgot to take "before" pictures because I was making this during naptime but I used a styrofoam disk and ball. The ball was cut using a really large knife (I considered buying the $19.99 foam cutter at Michael's but seriously, I'm not going to be cutting styrofoam that often so I opted to leave it there...lol).

Both pieces were painted with hunter green acrylic paint. The original plan was to have each piece spray painted green. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that I had red, blue and yellow spray paint but no green...ugh! I used leftover black and yellow felt from the pot of gold bags here and a shamrock cutout for the top.

Not too shabby if I do say so myself!


The shamrock cutout


The "hat" base


The finished product


Party day is tomorrow...what fun to look forward to!

A Little Leprechaun Luck!

Crafting for me means crafting on a budget. Now that I'm no longer working full-time (best decision of my life, by the way) it means that I have to clip coupons and make trips to my favorite crafting haunt...The Dollar Store. So to prepare for the St. Patty's Day playdate my neighbors and I will be hosting for the kiddos, I came back having spent just $4. I found these darling little green fabric bags and a package of felt. Here is what a little creativity (and an afternoon) can bring....

All the supplies to get started


Voila, the finished product!

I intend to add a little gold glitter to the pots of gold for a more sparkly effect but they turned out great! Now to prepare for a party. Stay tuned...pictures to come.