I Scream
You Scream
Isaiah is serving....
ICE CREAM !!!
Well I have on beloved son, Isaiah. And though he is the jewel of my eye he is still a kid and has ups and downs. This year has been a very difficult year for him and has been a lot of downs. He has had a hard time adjusting to a new school and with his daddy leaving underway. Usually we have a huge party with all the trimmings and everyone in the world invited. This year I was going to skip the party cause of all our difficulties we have had. My husband and I felt he had not earned a celebration. Well that was not an option to Grandma! She was going to come out his birthday weekend whether we liked it our not.
So last minute I threw together the idea of and Ice Cream Parlor Party ! I thought I would save on food and just make a table with sprinkles and toppings. Buy some ice creams and cones and call it a party with a Facebook invite and all. Well after I bought all of the toppings I realized food would have been the same price lol. As well I decided I would make all the decorations to save money. I have tons of crafty stuff and it would be cheaper then buying them ! (What I forgot is all the effort I put into it ) I also decided to make his cup cakes cause I wanted to make them cutesie ice cream cone cupcakes ! Don't worry I will post explanation of all my projects below.
Well when it was all said and done I ended up spending less and making more and it was fabulous. As Isaiah's decorations went up each day he got so super excited about his party. The day of his party it was my family and some of my Navy family. We were putting some of the finishing touches on his party and I noticed Zay had a birthday message from his dad! It was daddy singing happy birthday from across the world. Of course everyone was in tears and Zay was touched but also very sad his dad couldn't spend the day with him. The tears were interrupted by a door bell ring and it was like end of the crying round on to the party round. MyZaiah jumped into party mode and the friends started arriving.
So, way before the party Rick called and asked if he should order a gift online or if he should just let me pick it out and save on shipping and get more stuff. Well we opted for the more stuff. But my friends and I had a blast wrapping it up to look like a package-- dirtying it, adding fake tags and post marks, sitting on the box -- it really looked genuine as if it were shipped from across the world. It was the highlight of the party to know that even though dad wasn't there he sang with him and sent him a gift!
All in all the party that i never wanted to have was awesome. My lil guy was happy not only cause he got to celebrate with his favorite people but also that his dad was apart of it too! That was the cherry on top of his sundae for him!
Crafts:
First the Cupcake Cones !
Genius right ! I got the idea online and it was actually really easy to follow the instructions... I baked them myself. Then I just topped them with a regular skewer that you can get for 99 cents for a bag of 100 at any market. Lastly, I topped the skewer with a cut out I printed with his name and age and matted it with matching card stock.
The Cake Box Stand
I got FREE flat rate boxes at my local post office. Then I bought spray paint at Walmart that coordinated. It took a couple of coats but it worked. Then I brought on the power tools and used the hold makers (I know there is definitely a guy way of saying this attachment) to the drill and spaced them evenly. You should practice first so you get the size right and you don't ruin your pretty painted box. Afer I stacked them with the hot glue gun. I proceeded to decorate the boxes with scrappy left overs and his name. Super duper cute and way cheap!
The one with his name and the one holding the decorative cones on my entertainment center were all simply cut out from my Cricut with patience and color coordination I got a perfectly unique personalized banner for his party. I love the trick I learned to hang up the individual letters on ribbon with clothes pins. Its reusable and I can move it around till I find the center.
The Canopy !
I wanted it to look like a real Ice Cream Shop so with 2 yards of fabric from Joannes and a PVC pipe I got the look I was going for. To prep I drilled holes at the end of the PVC pipe. Then I hot glued the fabric to the PVC pipe. Next I took a staple gun and attacked my ceiling with staples -- If you use the ceiling instead of the wall you get less of a gap in the fabric and the wall. After I used the holes to add a rope to the pipe. I attached the rope to the ceiling with more staples . to finish the edge I added a banner I made with my circut so you didn't see the pipe. I was amazing!!!!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment