Halloween is a great excuse to throw a little party, my kids can dress up and party with their friends after school and I can chat to mine. This year i decided to go with a decrepit tomb theme based around skeletons, crows and snakes ( yes I did love Indiana Jones). For the decoration…
Parties
Cookie Photo Props
I love to make a fun afternoon tea when people visit so this time I baked cookie photo props and let the kids take photos of each other using them before devouring them. What you will need: Ingredients: Cookie dough Gel food colouring Royal icing powder Edible pen or paint if using Tools: Skewers Icing…
Lemon Llamas
One of my favourite Instagram accounts is paperplayground. Astrid is so inspiring and imagine my excitement when she made me some beautiful bonbons to match my lemon llama biscuits. I knew I would have to keep them for my early birthday celebration. I have always lusted after paper playground’s paperie and now I had some…
Mouse Party
One of my earliest memories is of a toy my mother had from her childhood. It was a tiny hand stitched mouse that was kept in a small matchbox and occasionally she would let me play with it. This was the thing I asked to have in her Will but unfortunately it has been misplaced…
Sushi Party
As my eldest was turning 9 I opted for a smaller birthday party after school. With five of her friends invited (and my three), 8 was enough for a school/work day. Sushi was chosen as the food which turned out great for me as I could buy some sushi for the party on my way…
Willy Wonka Party
‘Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it in dew, cover it in chocolate and a miracle or two? The candyman can, cause he mixes it with love and makes the world taste good’.I absolutely love the original Willy Wonka and the chocolate factory movie and I couldn’t wait to show it to my kids. My…