My Word of the Week this week is Birthday!
I can’t believe my little Boo is nine years old already.
I wanted to do a little post to celebrate her birthday but I also wanted to tell you all about her party, so I’ll mix them together.
Let’s start with a baby photo 🙂
She was an adorable baby, so easy to care for. Her birth was pretty quick but she was a meconium baby so she wasn’t breathing when born..she recovered mighty quick though 🙂
At 2 yrs old she had a febrile convulsion and ended up in hospital. At 3 years old we were back at the hospital with pneumonia. She has had chicken pox with no complications, but otherwise has been quite well and healthy.
She is a little artist, always drawing pictures. Her favourite thing is a book and a pen, I think she takes after me there. It was no surprise when she asked for an arts and crafts party for her birthday.
Her party was last Saturday and the weather was lovely. We decided to have the activities inside though because I have difficulty walking in the garden.
In the kitchen we used a work top as a biscuit station. I made the biscuits myself and they were just vanilla cookies. I used a large round cookie cutter.
I then set up cake cases full of different kinds of sprinkles and bought some packs of writing icing. Then I let the kids decorate their biscuits. When the icing had dried I put them into little food bags for them to take home.
Our next activity was to make fridge magnets out of Shrinkies. These are sheets of thick paper that can be drawn on and coloured in. I did some drawings for the children to trace if they were not confident of drawing themselves. Then we cut around the drawing and put the paper in a warm oven for a few moments. The Shrinkies then come out half the original size and feel like hard plastic. I put some self adhesive magnetic tape on each one to be used as fridge magnets.
Our final activity was box decorating. I bought some plain boxes to be used as trinket/sweet boxes. Then I set out a table full of patterned paper pieces, buttons, string, beads, pens and glue and let the kids decorate their boxes. Then when they had finished I filled each box with sweets for them to take home.
The activities took about an hour to complete and the kids really enjoyed each one. When we were done it was time for food and then they played in the garden until it was time to go home. I had planned a further activity, they were going to decorate their own party bags, I’d ordered some white paper bags with handles but they didn’t arrive before the party. I bought some bags from the local shop and filled them with their boxes, fridge magnets, cookies, a lollipop and a novelty pen. I think everyone had a fun time and Boo was really happy.
Here is a little video of Boo’s Birthday Party.
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