Homemade New Year Party Decoration Ideas

If you are one of those people who are last minute party planners, these simple but elegant New Year party decoration ideas are sure to help you beautify your house without hunting stores for finding the unique decoration supplies that can make your party stand out of the crowd. 

                                                                     

• Why put those colorful Christmas bulbs away when you can use them to make attractive centerpieces. Fill them in large glass jars along with some multicolored metallic confetti, glass beads, etc. to create an amazingly inexpensive and instantly available centerpiece.
• You can use the leftover wrapping paper to make attractive streamers. Spray adhesive on cardstocks and paste golden and silver wrapping papers on them. Once dried, use an adjustable circle cutter to cut out circles of multiple sizes, and punch holes on two opposite sides of the circles except the smallest one. Join all these circles together using jump rings having the largest one at the top and smallest one at the bottom. Hang these streamers from the doorways using thumbtacks.
• Instead of throwing away the tin cans that hold the prepackaged food; why not convert them into colorful votive holders! Wash these cans properly with soap and water so that they don’t stink. Spray paint them colorfully inside out and when the paint has dried, use a paper piercer to create beautifully designed holes in the cans. Place a votive inside them and bingo! Your own homemade New Year party decorations are ready to adorn your house on New Year eve.
• Thread grapes onto a skewer and include them in each glass of champagne that you serve. Apart from grapes, you can also include other fruits such as apple slices. This New Year party decoration idea is sure to attract all eyes.
• Don’t let your guests miss the much-anticipated clock-striking-midnight moments. Display a multitude of clocks of various shapes and sizes on a table to create a vignette. Add some decor to this arrangement such as candles, Christmas lights, etc. Your guests are sure to love this idea.

These instant homemade New Year Party Decorations are sure to help you plan a wonderful last minute New Year party. To welcome the New Year in a cheerful note, we are offering irresistible discounts on all our supplies. Hurry! Stock them up for your upcoming parties!

Healthy Homemade Pizza Recipes For Your Child’s New Year Bash

Of late the Christmas and New Year parties have become a junk food-fest serving calorie-laden treats, carbonated drinks, and much more. If you are hosting a New Year eve party, why not encourage your little guests to indulge into something healthy such as fruit punch instead of carbonated drinks and homemade pizzas instead of the ones ordered from Dominos?

Kids love pizzas and baking them at home would be a healthier Christmas Party Idea. Instead of buying the prepackaged pizza crust, make this Christmas Party food at home from whole wheat flour to ensure a nutritive diet for the kids’ group. Here is how you can make a whole wheat pizza from scratch. 
 

Ingredients: 

• 1 3/4 cups warm water
• 1 tablespoon honey (you can use sugar instead of honey)
• 1 tablespoon active dry yeast
• 5 cups whole wheat flour
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons salt
• Pre-packaged pizza sauce
• Mozzarella cheese
• Pizza toppings
• Oregano
  

 

Directions:

• Take a bowl of water and sprinkle yeast over it. Allow it to dissolve in water for 5 minutes.
• Pour the remaining water in a large-sized bowl and add honey / sugar, salt, yeast mixture, and olive oil into it.
• Knead the dough well for at least 8 to 10 minutes. If you feel the dough is wet, use some flour till the dough is no longer sticky.
• Form a ball of dough, apply olive oil to it, cover it with a lid, and allow it to rise in a warm place for at least an hour.
• After an hour, the dough will get doubled in size. Divide it into large sized balls and roll them into 12 to 14 inch crust.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degree.
• Place the rolled pizza on a large baking sheet dusted with flour and bake it in the preheated oven for 2 minutes.
• On the half-baked dough, spread the pizza sauce, toppings, and cheese and bake it till the crust turns crispy and the cheese starts melting.
• Take the crispy pizza out, spread oregano on it, slice, and serve.

This holiday season, encourage your kids to make some healthy Christmas Party food choices and stay away from the fancy extravagant treats.

Spiderman Theme Invitations That Will Excite Your Guests For Some Web-Slinging Fun

Invitations are a great way to announce your party and to excite your guests for attending the celebrations. The invitations should match your party theme so that your guests can set their expectations right. The prepackaged invites available with the party supplies store perfectly complement the rest of the Spiderman Birthday Supplies and therefore, are the easiest option. However, there are many mommies who want to get creative and design their own invitation. If you are hosting a Spiderman Birthday Party, here are some ideas for making invites that will get your guests jump out of excitement. 

                                                             

Comic strip invite

The fictional character Spiderman first appeared in comic books published by Marvel comics. Why not customize a comic strip to make your invitation? Scan a page of Spiderman comic book and use photo editing programs such as Adobe Photoshop to white out the speech bubbles and fill in your party details. Once done, take printouts of this edited copy and use them as invites. Use plain blue envelopes for enclosing the invites or decorate the envelopes with stickers of spiders to make them look attractive.

Customized invite featuring the guest of honor

Download a picture of Spiderman in an action pose and use image editing software to white out the face of the superhero. Fill in this white space with the face of your child to make it look as if he is the real Spiderman. Although Spiderman is rarely seen without his mask, this customization is sure to impress your guest of honor as well as your guests. Take the printouts on blue card stock and write your party details on reverse side. Take professional help if required.

Alternatively, you can dress up your son in his Spiderman costume, ask him to pose like his favorite hero, and take some pictures of him. Choose the best one among them and print it out on blue card stock. Write your party details on the reverse side and use this as an invitation for your Spiderman Birthday Party.

Newspaper invite 

 

Scan a portion of a newspaper and use image editing software to edit the news. Whiten out the headline and fill in your own details such as ‘Calling all volunteers to help Spiderman make this world a safe place’. Under the new headline, write an article that mentions your party details and asks the invitees to come to the party dressed up like their superhero. 

 

Apart from these, you can always use the prepackaged invites available in most stores selling Spiderman Birthday Supplies so that you can save some time for other preparations.

Elegant Christmas Party Table Decoration Ideas

Christmas parties are fun and festive ways to celebrate the special day of the year with your friends and family. Such parties demand fabulous decor that will transform your house into a winter wonderland. Out of all, your tabletop is the first thing that your guests will notice as they walk into your dining area. Your table therefore, plays a major role in setting up the mood of your guests. Depending on your budget, you can go for a simple or elaborate decoration; however, with the below mentioned Christmas party ideas, you can have a wonderful tabletop decoration at pocket-friendly prices.

• Buy the required Christmas party supplies in advance in order to beat the holiday season shortage. These supplies such as the tableware, balloons, ribbons, streamers, etc. are indispensable for your party and since they are inexpensive, you must not hesitate from buying them. 
  
  
• Use a white colored table cover to resemble the snow. Green colored tableware and cutlery representing the greenery will give a coordinated look to your table. Either buy the themed ones or go with the forest green colored solid Christmas party supplies. 
  
  
• Place a wreath at the center of your table and use ribbons, faux gems, pearls, balls, etc. to decorate it. Place a large candle or couple of candles at the center of this. You can even wrap your pearl bracelet around the candle stick for giving it a whimsical look. Dim the lights and use these candles for illuminating the room. This decoration can however, be risky and therefore, be careful to avoid any fire risk. 
  
  
• Take a large glass bowl and fill it with pine cones, Christmas balls, and other Christmas ornaments. Paint the pine cones to silver or golden color for giving them a royal look. 
  
  
• Collect all your old Christmas cards and stick them to a ribbon to make a banner. Hang it on the front part of your table or on the wall behind it. You won’t have to buy anything and therefore, this budget-friendly Christmas party idea would be admired by all. 
  
  
• Make snowmen out of the Styrofoam and place one snowman near each of your food items to resemble as if the snowman is serving them. Using too many of these may make your table look cluttered so use as per the space on your table. 
  
  
• Use whiskey glasses to hold candy canes. You can also beautify the glass by putting a scarf around them.

Your menu should coordinate perfectly with your party theme. Also, arrange your food on the table beforehand except the ones that needs to be served immediately. Your food will go a long way in giving a tempting look to your Christmas party table.

Sesame Street Invitation Ideas That Will Excite Your Little Guests for Your ‘P is for party’

Elmo, the playful red monster, and his team are admired by children across the world. If your child enjoys watching Sesame Street, why not invite these characters on your child’s birthday to delight your guests as well as the guest of honor! Here are some invitation ideas that will help you to excite your guests so that they turn up to your Sesame Street birthday party. 

Prepackaged invites

 

Pick up the prepackaged invitations available at most party supplies stores to minimize your efforts. These invitations are designed to blend well with other Sesame Street birthday supplies and therefore, will help you to give a coordinated look to your celebrations. 

Elmo face invite

Cut out an oval shape from red cardstock and a small circle from an orange cardstock. Paste the orange circle on the red oval to make it Elmo’s nose. Use the large rolling eyes available at most department stores to make eyes and smile-shaped cutout from black cardstock to make the mouth. Write your party message 

 on the reverse side of the card and use red envelopes for enclosing them.

Goldfish invite

Let Dorothy, Elmo’s best friend, deliver your party message to the guests. Take a printout of a goldfish on card-stock and cut it along the edges. Write your Sesame Street birthday party details on the reverse side using innovative wordings such as ‘This ‘I’ for invitation is brought to you by the letter ‘j’ (first letter of your child’s name) and the number 4(your child’s age) to celebrate his birthday’.

Cookie monster invite

Make a circular cutout from blue card-stock whose color resembles to that of the cookie monster and fold it in the middle. For making the eyes, cut out some small circles from white card-stock and paint the pupils using black color. Paste these eyes on the folded blue circle. The googly eyes of Cookie monster are its signature characteristics and therefore, while gluing them, make sure one pupil points inwards whereas the other one points outwards. Write your party message on the inner part of the circle.

These invitations are sure to please any Sesame Street fan. While making an invite, make sure it complements the rest of your Sesame Street birthday supplies.

Creative Ideas for Hosting a Curious George Birthday Party

Curious George, the inquisitive little monkey renowned for his curiosity-driven adventures, has captured everyone’s heart. Just like your preschooler, he is mischievous, messy, and is always excited to learn about the world around him. This makes Curious George party a great option for celebrating your little monkey’s special day. Invite everyone to a party that will give them tons of opportunities for monkeying around. Here are some ideas to host a party that will be a perfect treat for your child as well as his guests. 

Invitations

 

Send out the invites that will make your little guests anxious about monkeying around in your party.

• The prepackaged invitations and the Curious George party supplies available with us will make the kids go bananas. 
  
  
• Make your own invitation by cutting out a yellow card stock in the shape of a hat or a banana. Use black marker pen to give outlines to the cutouts. Write your party details on the back side of the card. Such invitations will be impossible for anyone to turn down.

Decorations: 

 

• Buy or make some pinwheels and use them for decorating your driveway. The little monkeys attending your party will love watching them and some will even pick them up!
  
  
• The Curious George hanging decorations available with MyBirthdaySupplies will be perfect for your entry door. They have shiny yellow and red spirals and a Curious George cutout at the bottom. 
  
  
• The themed table cover available with us along with the rest of the Curious George party supplies such as plates, cups, napkins, etc. will give an accented look to your party table. 
  
  
• Club our Curious George giant shaped balloon with some latex balloons to make a balloon bouquet. Tie this to a Curious George stuffed toy and use it as a centerpiece. Alternatively, use our themed honeycomb centerpiece. 
  
  
• Tie a Mylar balloon to each of the guests’ chairs to give a complete look to your party table. 
  
  
• Use our birthday banner along with some printouts of Curious George for wall decoration.

Fun games 

 

• Our themed pull-string piñata is a must-have for your child’s birthday. Kids will go bananas over this party game. 
  
  
• Add a fun twist to the popular hot potato game. Let the kids pass the ‘hot banana’ instead of the potato. 
  
  
• A yellow hat hunt will keep the kids busy during your Curious George party. Use yellow cardstock to make some small sized yellow hat cutouts. On the reverse side of one hat, write ‘winner’. Ask the kids to find out the winner yellow hat. 
  
  

Party food

 

Serve Italian food such as spaghetti and meatballs, lasagna, pizza, and ravioli. Tell the kids that Chef Pisghetti, George's favorite chef, has prepared all these to please George’s special friends. Banana punch, banana flavored cupcake, fresh fruits, etc. will be good add-ons. 

Party favors

Curious George books will make a nice memento of this fun-filled day. Also give away the themed stickers, blowouts, foam masks, etc. available with us. Our tote bags featuring Curious George in a joyous mood sitting beside a yellow hat will make your party favors look irresistible.

Thorough preparations along with these ideas are sure to help you create fun filled memories to cherish. Plan well and make all arrangements in advance to make your party a grand success.

Balloon Decoration Ideas That Will Give a Festive Look to Your Party Atmosphere

Be it a wedding or a birthday, balloon-based party decorations fit all sizes. These inexpensive party accessories instantly transform your ordinary party into an amazing one. Here is how you can use your birthday party balloons to add fun and festive mood to your party.

Balloon splash:

To create this amazing roof effect, blow a lot of solid color party decoration balloons using helium, tie curling ribbons to their neck, and let them float in the air. If you are having a fairy or princess theme party, tie a plastic star to the lower size of the curling ribbon. This simple but elegant decoration idea will give a whimsical look to your party area.

Balloon poles:

This is pretty easy to make and is great for beautifying the entrance of your party. Secure a dowel on each side of your porch, at the beginning of your driveway, or at any other location that you want to highlight. Blow up some balloons and affix this balloon cluster on the top of the dowel. Decorate the base of the cluster with streamers, tulle fabric, ribbons, etc. These balloon poles are perfect outdoor decorations to signal the party location.

Balloon place cards:

Instead of attaching balloons to the guest of honor’s chair, write each guest’s name on large plain Birthday Party Balloons and tie them to their chairs. These balloons will act as place markers and can also double up as party favors. Use colored markers or peel-and-paste letters to write the names. Similarly, you can use balloons to mark the important areas of your party such as lemonade station, game station, etc.

Apart from these, the standard balloon arches, columns, and garlands play a big role in sprucing up your empty party space. By creatively using these inexpensive party decoration balloons, you can create an eye-catching atmosphere for your party.