Bachelorette Party Ideas

A friend of mine asked me to help her with her (now) Sister-In-Law's bachelorette party.  Of course I agreed to help and immediately began to do some researching.  Here's a few things that I found and I hope they help you as much as they did for her.

Some drinks she must have during the night:

B = Ball and Chain = part Rumple Minze, 1 part Goldschlager, 1 splash Jagermeister


R = Red Eye Hell = 1/2 oz Triple sec,1 oz hot and spicy V8 juice,1/2 oz Vodka, 1/2 oz 151 proof rum               Raging Lunatic 3 ounces Rum 1/2 ounce Brandy 1/2 ounces Chocolate Liqueur 1/2 Banana

I = Italian Screw = 3 cubes Ice,1 1/2 oz Vodka, 1 oz Galliano, Fill with Orange juice or


D = Dirty Banana or Death Wish = 1/2 Southern Comfort, 1/2 Dr. Pepper


E = Exploding Cherry = 3 splashes Fruit juice, 1/2 bottle Vodka, 5 slices Pineapple, 1/4 bottle Coconut liqueur

Some other fun drinks for out at the bars are:  Blow Job, Between the Sheets, Slow Comfortable Screw Against The Wall, Screaming Orgasm, Hard Nipple, Cock Teaser,



GAMES:
Chink and Drink
This is a great way to get the party started. It helps all of the guests quickly and easily identify where everyone "fits" in. Make sure all guests have a full glass of champagne (or soda water!). Then announce the rules - if you belong to the group of people that is called out, then you have to "chink and drink" with the other members of that "group".

Groups to call out include:
• "Chink and Drink if you are from the bride's family"


• "Chink and Drink if you work with the bride"


• "Chink and Drink if you met the bride through the groom"


• "Chink and Drink if you are the groom's family"


• "Chink and Drink if you have known the bride for longer than ten years"


• "Chink and Drink if you met the bride in the last 12 months"


There are many opportunities! You could even have penalties if a person is in a "group" all by themselves and so therefore has no one to Chink and Drink with. This could be rigged - for example, if you want the bride to have a penalty, you could make it very specific - ie "Chink and Drink if you are getting married at 2pm next Saturday!".


This game helps get everyone interacting and gets the party going, right from the start.



You're marrying THAT?
Find the ugliest photo of the bride’s husband-to-be that you can. Even the best looking men have ugly photos – perhaps taken when they are intoxicated or asleep! The bride must keep this photo with her throughout the night, and when a codeword is yelled out, she has to show a stranger the photo and announce that this is the man she is marrying! The person who yells out the codeword must buy her a drink if she does it with a straight face successfully.




The Bride's Quiz
Ask the bride twenty questions a few days before the hen’s party. Create question sheets and have everyone at the hen’s party fill them out at the same time. Offer two prizes – one for whoever finishes first and one for whoever gets the most questions right! It is good to let the bride be the judge on this one – for answers to questions that are close but not quite.


The Groom’s Quiz
Ask the groom some questions about he and the bride. Read the questions out to the bride, and she must answer the questions in front of everyone. For each question that she gets right, she get a prize, or as an alternative, for each question she gets wrong, she gets some kind of penalty!




Food Ideas:
Make sure you make little signs for each one!  This is my favorite part......

Sausage BALLS


PENIS'S (pigs) in a blanket


Bowl of NUTS


PENIS Pasta Salad (think you can buy at Spencer's)


PENIS and BALLS Bread (Use 2 round ones hollowed out for the dips and use one long baguette sliced but kept together)


Carve the Cucumber (game)
Give every celebrant a cucumber or zucchini squash and a small knife or make them use their teeth (that's what my friend did). Explain that everyone has twenty minutes to carve their veggie into an accurate representation of a male member. After twenty minutes are up, the bride gets to judge them all. Make sure you take a picture of all the “members” for posterity.


Hopefully some of these fun ideas can help make your next Bachelorette party a hit! 

Pizza Cookie

Crust:
1 - 20-ounce package store-bought sugar cookie dough, refrigerated

Icing:
2 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened
2 1/2 tbsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla extract
Red food coloring paste (available at AC Moore and Michael's)

Toppings:

6 oz. white chocolate

Assorted candies (see below)

Instructions

1. Gently press cookie dough into a 12" non-stick pizza pan. 2. Bake as directed.  Cool.

3. Meanwhile, mix up the red frosting "sauce." In a large bowl, cream the confectioners' sugar and butter.

4. Add the milk and vanilla extract and beat until smooth. Add entire 1oz bottle of red food coloring paste and mix well. Use a spatula or knife to spread the sauce evenly over the cooled "pizza."

5. Now you're ready to add the toppings. For white chocolate "cheese," roughly chop or grate white chocolate.

6. Sprinkle it over the frosting.



7. Add toppings, see suggestions below.

8. Use a pizza cutter to cut into 16 pieces. Present it in a pizza box (ask a local pizza parlor if you could have or buy one - you will need a 16"box). BIG PROPS - to Papa John's for giving us a box to use!!!!!

Toppings:

Pepperoni's = Strawberries Fruit Roll Ups

Green Olives = Green lifesaver gummies and red mini m&m's

Anchovies = Graham cracker goldfish

Super Silly Sixth Birthday Party

This year my son had requested a Super Silly Sixth Saturday Birthday Party.  My first thought was Oh My Gosh where will I find party supplies for that type of party.  But the more we talked and thought about it, it was actually pretty easy and fun to do!!  So if you child comes to you with a crazy request like this, here's some stuff you can do:

Invitations:

My husband put together an invitation in Microsoft Word and used lots of silly pictures that he found off the internet. Or you can get the birthday boy/girl to make silly faces and then put them on the invite.

Decorations

Tape balloons upside down from ceiling. Write Silly Stuff or draw Silly faces on them with permanent marker.

Streamers on the floor.
Go to a party supply or dollar store and let the birthday boy/girl pick mismatched party plates, napkins, ect.

When the children arrived give them sticker name tags and let them think of their own silly name or spell there names backward. Since the kids were between the ages 4 and 6 we decided to come up with our own silly names using their first and last names.  For example: Freddie "Krueger" Smith or Frankiestein Thomas.

Games

Silly Outfit Contest - the silliest outfit gets a prize!!! Birthday boy or girl is the judge!!

Pass the parcel - Play a silly song and get the kids in a circle. Since it was a Super Silly Saturday Party we had them pass a silly straw and when the music stopped whoever was left holding the silly straw got to pick a wrapped present. We gathered all kinds of silly things to wear. For example, bunny ears, Tiara, green curly wig , old lady glasses, over the hill glasses, ect. I needed one extra silly thing so we took a plastic top hat and decorated it, that one actually was the biggest hit of the game. It's important to wrap them so that they couldn't see what they were picking, it would have been really silly if one of the boys would have gotten the Tiara!!

Silly Picture Time - Use Disposable Camera's pair the kids up and let them take each other's pictures. For the younger ones ask some of the parents to take pictures for you. Take group picture!

Silly String Attack - I highly recommend you only door this game OUTDOORS.

Simon Says Opposites - A game where everybody has to do opposite of what is told by the person acting out as Simple Simon.

Toothless Vegetables - Players take turns to name a fruit or vegetable without showing their teeth. No repetition allowed. Show teeth or laugh and you're out.

Food

The party was purposely schedule from 2-4 so that we didn't have to provide lunch or dinner.  I just put out some snacks and let my son help me make Silly Sticks.  We took pretzel rods and dipped them into melted melting wafers (most craft stores carry them) and then sprinkled an assortment of sprinkles on them (he got to pick out the colors of the wafers and the sprinkles).  The kids love these and they work for just about any holiday or party!!!

Cake

We didn't want to do a traditional cake since it was a silly birthday party so we came up with making a Pizza Cookie and Giant Donut Cake.  The Pizza was a huge hit both by taste and appearance.  The Donut Cake looked great but didn't really like the actual cake.  We bought the Donut Cake pan from Williams-sonoma and used the recipe on the back of the box. The glaze they suggest is fabulous (kind of fudge-like) so if I ever use it again I will probably just use a box cake mix.  Here are some pictures of the cakes, instructions will be on a separate post - so stay tuned................ 

Mother's Day Strawberry Roses

I made these a few years ago for my annual Mother's Day brunch that I host for the special moms in my family.  They looked so good that nobody knew to eat them!!!  So if you are looking for something fun and different to give mom this year why not give these a try.


Here's what you need:
Vase(s)
Wax Paper
Wooden skewers
Green food coloring
Q-tips
Strawberries
Melting wafers (pink or white are my favorite for these)
Baby's breath or Greenery

Here's what you do:
1. Color the wooden skewers with the green food coloring using the Q-tips.  Place them on a piece of wax paper to dry. I suggest wearing some latex gloves to help keep your fingers from turning green.  Let these dry overnight.

2. Clean strawberries and make sure they dry completely before you dip them.  Leave the hull attached.

3. Melt the wafers according to the packaging.  Dip strawberries and place them on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper to harden.  To speed up this process you can place the cookie sheet into the refrigerator or freezer. 

4. Once strawberries are set place the pointed end of the skewer through the middle of the strawberry hull.  Place in vase(s) and then add baby's breath or greenery.

Note: You could also use a basket with a styrofoam piece to hold the skewers in place.  Then top with Spanish Moss to hide it.


"A mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take."
-- Cardinal Mermillod

Happy Mother's Day!!!

Teacher Appreciation Week Gift Ideas

Mr./Mrs. TEACHER'S NAME is a Smartie! (or sweetie for M&M's)


Green is for the inspiration you gave to me each day,
Blue is for your patience in showing me the way,
Orange is for your warmth and your caring style,
Yellow is for the way you could always make me smile,
Red is for my life that you touched this year,
You’re a very special teacher, like this jar-that’s clear!


Thank you so much, STUDENT'S NAME
 
 
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 Give each teacher a chocolate lollipop with the following poem attached.



Working with children is a rewarding, but challenging feat.
And everyday, that challenge you do meet.
You are patient, caring, and sweet,
And for that, you deserve a special treat!

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Present each teacher with a single carnation flower with the following attached;


Children are like seeds planted in the garden of life.
It is a parent's and teacher's job to nourish that seed.
Like the sun, they shine love and kindness upon it.
Like the rain, they shower it with affection.
And like the soil, they shelter it and provide a safe place for growth.
May this flower remind you of just how many seedings
you have nourished and helped to blossom.


http://www.betterbudgeting.com/articles/holidays/giftsforteachers.htm

http://www.busyteacherscafe.com/resources/june_resources.htm

April Fools Day for Preschoolers

 Let me just start by saying how hard it was to find stuff to do for my almost 5yr old son for April Fool's Day. Most of the practical jokes and fake food ideas were geared toward the older kids. Here's what I found and did for my son:

Most of the recipes I saw were either in the dessert category or was ground beef and potatoes (which my son doesn't eat) so these are the ones I choose:

April Fools Food Breakfast Pizza

1. Heat oven to 400 F. Flatten 2 Biscuits (see note) into 3 1/2" rounds, leaving a thicker border to resemble pizza crust. Bake 6 minutes, or until golden brown.

2. Spread Biscuits with 2 tsp. Ketchup each. Divide cooked Egg between them and top with sliced Sausages and 1 Tbs. grated Cheese. Microwave on high 10 seconds to lightly melt Cheese.

Bake remaining Biscuits as is or make more pizzas. I left off the sausages and he still loved it. You could also use an English muffin instead of the biscuits.

http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/recipe.cgi?r=9136


Fake Hot Dogs And French Fries

Peel a banana and spread peanut butter all over it to give it the appearance of a hot dog. Serve it in a hot dog bun with some strawberry preserve drizzled over the hotdog to make it look like ketchup.

For the fries, peel some apples and cut them into sticks resembling fresh fries. Roll them in a cinnamon and sugar mixture and bake them for 8 to 10 minutes in a preheated 400 F oven. Serve with a side of strawberry preserve as fake ketchup.

I followed the directions with the apples and was completely disappointed in how they turned out. I highly recommend that you don’t bake them at all. The cinnamon sugar mixture caramelized and made them stick to the pan and each other. It also made them chewy and he did not like them. In my opinion just cutting the apples into sticks that look like fries and rolling them in the mixture would have work a whole lot better and still given you the appearance you were looking for.


Monster Milk

My son is all about monsters and I had read during my research to make Alien milk (green food coloring) but since he's into monsters I used blue food coloring and called it Monster Milk!

You could also use it at the breakfast table. Everyone will do a double take when they witness this deliciously deceptive ruse. The trick makes milk change color when it's poured on top of cereal.


Ingredients:
Liquid food coloring
Dry cereal
Milk

Instructions:
To set up the trick, squeeze several drops of liquid food coloring over the bottom of a bowl, then pour in dry cereal to conceal the droplets. When a family member sits down to his cereal and adds some milk, he'll think he's entered a Technicolor twilight zone.


Fake Lemonade

Prepare some lemon Jell-O and pour it into glasses. Add a straw and let it set. It will look just like a glass of lemonade. You can even decorate the glass with a slice of lemon.

I had intended to do this for his preschool class but completely forgot that it takes 4 hours for Jell-O to set, so your best bet is to do this the night before. I used small clear plastic cups and had him help me make it for a prank to his daddy. He loved being involved.

http://www.foodpeer.com/article_sections/explanations_stories/april_fools_day_treats_you_are_serving_what_for_dinner


Grilled Cheese

Pound cake
Sugar-free Cool whip
Red and Yellow food coloring

I saw this idea on familyfun.com but I made few adjustments. You slice a pound cake (I used Sara Lee) and once thawed slice it thin to look like bread slices. Then toast in toaster or toaster oven until lightly browned. Then tint cool whip with food coloring until you get a nice orange color. You will only need about 2 drops of the red. They said to use icing but I served this prior to dinner (which was a real grilled cheese). This is also when we served our fake lemonade.

For more fun food, crafts pranks please check out http://familyfun.go.com/april-fools-day/


ACTIVITES:
Here are a few things I found that was preschool friendly:

Q:  What do you call a dog with no tail?
A:  A hot dog!

Q:  Where do sheep get their hair cut?
A:  At the baa-baa shop!

Q:  Why is six afraid of seven?
A:  Because seven ate nine!

Q:  Why did the elephant sit on a marshmallow?
A:  To keep from falling into the hot chocolate!


Say April Fools after each statement:

I saw a fish swimming in a tree.

Summer is fun because we can make lots of snowballs.

Dad likes to wash his pickup in the bathtub.


APRIL FOOLS’ DAY ANIMAL SONG
Tune:  “Old MacDonald Had a Farm”

Old MacDonald had a farm.  E-I-E-I-O.
And on his farm he had a cow. E-I-E-I-O.
With an oink, oink her, and an oink, oink there,
Here an oink, there an oink,
Everywhere an oink, oink.
Old MacDonald had a farm.  E-I-E-I-O.

                       
Continue singing about other April Fools’ Day animals, such as a sheep that moos, a pig that neighs, a horse that quacks, and a duck that baas.

This was so much fun that he went to preschool that day and sang it for the class.

For more April Fools Fun check out:
http://www.preschoolexpress.com/holiday_station03/holiday_station_april03.shtml

Unique Wedding Shower Gifts

Since spring is just around the corner, weddings will be in full bloom. Most of the people I know are married so I won't be attending weddings anytime soon. Even if I did have one to go to they were probably married or "mature" adults and pretty much have what they need and don't have to register for wedding gifts. A few years ago I searched for some different gift ideas because I was bored of giving a gift that was requested by the couple to be. Here's one of the two that I found (and used) and now want to share with you. The first one is a letter that has fill in the blanks with numbers that coordinate with the gifts. As the bride-to-be reads the letter she is to open the gift that matches the number. It will look like this:

Dear (Bride-to-be),

We have all gathered here today to wish you much love and luck as you and (Groom's name) enter a new ___(1)___ together. We know that your ___(2)___ will be ___(3)___ and full of ___(4)___ for many years. On your wedding day we will join you and
(Groom's name) as you ___(5)___ your love to each other.


However, (Bride-to-be) there are a few things that you should know. Right now you may be feeling that your life together is ___(6)___ but there will be times when you want to ___(7)___ because (Groom's name) is not exactly ___(8)___.


We are confident that (Groom's name) will come around and that you will ___(9)___ everything and the tow of you will ___(10)___ back to normal. Just make sure you always make time to ___(11)___ before going to bed.


Here’s hoping the ___(12)___ shines on your wedding day and we will ___(13)___ be there to ___(14)___ you on.


With love,
Extra-Zealous Mommy

I also include the finish letter for the bride-to-be with the blanks filled in. Take a look:

Dear (Bride to Be),

We have all gathered here today to wish you much love and luck as you and (Groom's name) enter a new ERA together. We know that your FUTURE will be BRITE and full of JOY for many years. On your wedding day we will join you and (Groom's name) as you PLEDGE your love to each other.


However, (Bride-to-be) there are a few things that you should know. Right now you may be feeling that your life together is FANTASTIC but there will be times when you want to SHOUT because (Groom's name) is not exactly MR.CLEAN.


We are confident that (Groom's name) will come around and that you will RESOLVE everything and the two of you will BOUNCE back to normal. Just make sure you always make time to SNUGGLE before going to bed.


Here’s hoping the SUNLIGHT shines on your wedding day and we will ALL be there to CHEER you on.


With love,

Extra-Zealous Mommy

Did you figure it out? That's right cleaning supplies!!!! Who doesn't need and use them. What a great gift for a couple that already has everything already or for a couple just starting out together. I guess it could even be a great house warming gift, you just would have to change some of the wording.


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A Basket of Candles for

(happy couple)

A basket of candles that come in a pair in all different colors for you two to share.

The white ones burn first as you begin your new life at home together as husband and wife.

Burn the green pair next and hope no one is thinner after serving the first guests you have over for dinner.

The dark blue candles are for after your first fight Use them to burn while making up all night.

Red candles set the mood and pave the way for your first married Valentine’s Day.

Now, when your first year of marriage is through, the cream anniversary pair will light for you two.

And in time we hope, maybe, just maybe you can light the purple ones on the birth of your baby.

Congratulations (Happy Couple) on the start of your forever. May the two of you always be happy together.

And burn these candles just the way it is said, but please don’t forget…blow them out before going to bed!

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Things For The Junk Drawer

Matches - to always keep that spark in your marriage.
Candle - to light a fire under him to get things done.
Flash light - to help you guys see your way out of disagreements.
Pens - men are visual. If you want something done you’ll need to write it down for him!
Post Its - Because you need to remind guys all the time!
Magnet Clips - to hold it together when you feel like walking out the door.
Tape - to make you both stick with it even when it feels hopeless.
Fast food menus - because a girls got to Eat!
Glue - to hold it together when you want to knock him in the head
Krazy Glue - to put it back together after you knock him in the head! (just kidding)
Scissors - When you have a headache you need to tell him to Cut it out!
Rubber bands - to make sure he snaps to it when you tell him too! “OUCH”
Cook Book - to teach HIM how to do the cooking!
Stapler - To keep him around when you need him!
Envelopes - To send him away when you don’t!
Tacks - To pin him to the wall when you catch him misbehaving

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The basket with a blockbuster card, a bottle of wine with two wine glasses, the couple's favorite snack food, a fondue set with chocolate and marshmallows, candles, a soft blanket to cuddle, bath salts, and a wooden massager. In addition, you can include a love poem. Here's an example:

This evening is meant for you two alone

So lock all your doors and turn off the phone

With the blockbuster card rent a movie or two

A romance, a comedy, any genre will do

Next grab the glasses and uncork the wine

Bring the (favorite snack) for you two to dine

Instead of a lamp, use the candles for light

Now under the blanket, snuggle in tight

When its time for dessert, share the chocolate fondue

Dip the marshmallows included and any fruit too

Once the movie is over, your night is not done

Make your way to the bathroom to relax and have fun

Draw a bath with the salts and take a soak in the tub

Use the massager to give each other a rub

We hope you enjoy your night to unwind

Time alone with each other, there is no better kind.

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And a few more of my favorites:
 
Buy a vase or pitcher that they registered for, then take it to a florist the day of or before the shower. Have them fill it with whites and/or the wedding colors and tie a bow around it. It makes a beautiful presentation.  


Find out where they are going for their honeymoon and put together something that they can use for the trip. For example: a big beach bag, 2 embroidered towels, Mrs. (last name) and Mr.(last name), a disposable underwater camera, a honeymoon photo album, "just married" flip-flops, a honeymoon picture frame, and a pregnancy test.

"EVERYTHING YOU WILL NEED FROM A TO Z" basket. For example A is for Aluminum Foil, B is for Bath soaps, X is for X-Rated (lingerie) and on and on. Can also be used for a baby shower.  

Breakfast in bed - mugs, tray, pancake mix & forms, coffee, hot choc, etc.


Wooden salad bowls with serving spoons taken out of the box and crinkled dollar bills enough to form a hefty salad (about 25), sprinkled croutons and covered with plastic wrap, then added to a basket with other salad condiments, dressing, jar of olives, salad bowls etc... you can use the wooden salad bowls with serving spoons or use a salad bowl off of the bride’s registry.