On Sunday, Frankie turned three years old. You can imagine his excitement.
We threw him a Little Monster-themed birthday party. Here’s how it went down.
THE DECOR
Red tissue balls and green hanging fans, fabric circus bunting, a mini monsters banner, a homemade personalized Happy Birthday Frankie banner, and many MANY trash monsters made for the occasion by Bobby and Gus.
THE FOOD
My other favorite was the watermelon monster. These are SO EASY, way easier than carving pumpkins. I was going to buy a watermelon for the fruit salad anyway, so making it into a decoration was free!
THE GAMES
As usual, Jack was our Master of Ceremonies. This time, he planned a Feed-the-Monster bean bag toss game:
And a Pin-the-Eyeball-on-the-Monster game:
The cutest thing about that one was that at the end, he announced that every kid had gotten his eyeball in just the right place, so they each won a prize. (One of those little pinwheels.)
THE CRAFT
Inspired by this pin, the big kids set up a Monster Headband Making station.
I cut felt rectangles and sewed elastic to the sides. The kids cut out bunches of eyes, noses, mouths, and fangs. Plus we had feathers and puff balls and pipe cleaners. We used glue dots, which are SO EASY and don’t require drying, but they didn’t keep the felt pieces together all that long. It was fine for the party, but I think, over-all, glue would have been a better choice.
THE CAKE
Betty made the cupcakes. They were simple to make, but turned out quite professional looking!
And that was that. A good time was had by all.
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