polka dot party

I felt that a 10th birthday party should garner some extra attention so I tried to make it special for Emma. Of course, let's be honest. It's all about the blog post, right? I thought you might like to see...

THE DECORATIONS
Circles, circles, everywhere circles. I made circles from newspaper, cardstock and scrapbooking paper. I sewed circles into garland and stapled strips into paper chains. The kids helped me put up lots of cardstock circles all over the walls and doors.


THE FOOD
While some of it may have been lost on the party-attenders, I tried to continue the circle theme in the food. Round rolls for sandwiches, cantaloupe balls, berry salad, cucumber slices, potato chips and water with lemon slices. Later in the evening, the girls were treated with dessert in the round--a candy cake, donuts, donut holes, candy, sugar cookies and pumpkin roll. Everything was served on my adorable red polka dot plates.


CRAFT AND GAMES
Our craft didn't really fit the theme but I thought the girls would really enjoy it. I credit my mother with the idea because I remember doing this way back in the day when I was a girl. We decorated winter gloves with fabric paint. After the craft, the girls played a couple of games and were loud and CRAZY the whole time.

In the end, the girls had fun and everyone went home with a party favor bag.