monster mash
Last but not least for a bit of fun and games at the Monster High Halloween party I downloaded some of the games from the Monster High website - they have a great choice from making paper bead necklaces to simple tasks like this mad maze! And all you need to do is print!
A MONSTER HIGH HALLOWEEN SERIES
The Inspiration
The Invitation
The Welcome - Door Sign
The Welcome - ID Badges and Class Photos
The Decorations
The Drinks
The Dessert Table
the witch's garden
Halloween is not a Swiss tradition, but as we live in Zug, a very "international" canton of Switzerland, the girls get to dress up for school in Halloween costumes and I decided to do a little bit of decorations in our house (I altered the Monster High table here and there) and if anyone should knock on our door tonight I will be prepared with candy!
Wishing you all a Happy Halloween!
luscious lips
How clever is this idea for a girlie party? Coloured ice cream or cake is placed in push up pops to look like lipstick!
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Push Up Pops
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spooky poo
Halloween is tomorrow and Bailey's school has asked the moms bring along some Halloween inspired food. I now know how my mom felt when we would "surprise" her with Cake and Candy requests at the last possible moment. Luckily, I had a bit of a brainwave and made these little "ghost poop" popcorn bags - really easy - even I can make popcorn!
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FREE DOWNLOADS
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devilish desserts
The main focus of the Monster High Halloween was the dessert table.
The sweet food included pink, orange and brown "monster macarons", green gummy frog sweets, Lindt "black" chocolate balls and mini meringues.
Instead of a cake, I stacked some doughnuts and "decorated" the tower with Draculaura (luckily for me the dolls are designed to be pulled apart!).
A MONSTER HIGH HALLOWEEN SERIES
The Inspiration
The Invitation
The Welcome - Door Sign
The Welcome - ID Badges and Class Photos
The Decorations
The Drinks
the end of a bromance
I thought for a little fun, I would share a mini project I did last week. My husband's boss and mentor left the company after 14 years to go pursue new things, and for his last day I suggested Liam take some cake. But instead of a typical one, I bought this one for a good laugh and made some mini cake bunting to go with. Needless to say it was a hit!
only two months to go...
and then it is another new year. Time flies so fast these days, so I really do like this month's calendar message as even though it is nearing close to the New Year, there is still a great many days to do a great many things. So I am really going to try hard to get a lot done this month!
ghoul juice
One could create a separate drinks station, but for our Monster High Halloween I included the drinks as part of the dessert table.
I filled some glass apothecary style jars with different brightly coloured syrups to make juices and alongside I placed the funky Monster High straws I found at the local toy store and a little chalkboard tag bearing "slimy syrup".
Plus, you should also check out this awesome recipe I found on the Monster High website.
A MONSTER HIGH HALLOWEEN SERIES
The Inspiration
The Invitation
The Welcome - Door Sign
The Welcome - ID Badges and Class Photos
The Decorations
jingle "belle"s
Last year we know you were besotted like us with the mini Belle and Boo Christmas Collection, so this year we made sure we got in the goodies early and lots of those little tins we all enjoyed filling with sweets and chocolates for stocking fillers.
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Belle and Boo Christmas Collection
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summer sundowners
Been catching up on all my online magazine reading at zinio, and was pleased as punch to see one of our goodies in the new Home/Tuis Magazine (thanks so much guys!). And I have been thinking I need to learn how to mix up some cocktails - do you have any good recommendations?
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Café Glasses
R80 for 6 large glasses
nearly here!
As you may have noticed we have started to sneak in some of our Christmas goodies into the shop and online. And very, very shortly we will be sharing our Christmas Catalogue - showcasing all of our Christmas goodness. So here is a little sneak peek at the cover - shot by the ever-so-talented Vanessa Lewis.
daring décor
With the "big reveal" of the Monster High Halloween Dessert Table tomorrow, today I thought I would show oyu some close ups of the décor elements that I included. All of these items can easily be translated to an actual sit down table itself.
The Backdrop
Here I finally used the ornate would-you-believe-it plastic frame I bought 3 years ago from IKEA. I have been meaning to use so many times, and now it got a great debut! I didn't hang it on the wall but just leaned it against it, and then stuck a few creepy spiders alongside (a must for any Halloween themed party).
The Centrepieces
Every dessert table has one or two arrangements incorporated with the food and/or drinks. I was inspired by the "high school" element of the party, and stacked a pile of old books. On the other side of the table I placed a small typical school chalkboard and wrote "punishment lines" and added a pumpkin. And lastly, inside a glass bell jar I placed a plastic skull I bought from the toy store.
The Flowers
I kept the flowers to a minimum, and simply placed inside one tall (IKEA again) white vase, a black satin rose and another shorter white vase the black leaf from the rose and some black netting (which I up-cycled as it was actually the packaging that the black spiders came in!). In addition, I had some apple candles (you guessed it - from IKEA) that I placed on top of baroque candlesticks.
The Little Extras
And to complete the theme, I added in some Monster High stickers to mini chalkboard labels, some food picks and themed paper napkins. oh! And how creepy is that slimy slug I found!
Tune in tomorrow for the overall look!
A MONSTER HIGH HALLOWEEN SERIES
The Inspiration
The Invitation
The Welcome - Door Sign
The Welcome - ID Badges and Class Photos
i scream
For ice cream! They are here - the Sambellina ice cream cup containers in four sorbet shades - just in time for the summer.
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Sambellina Ice Cream Cups
R70 for 12
Available in:
Pink Dot
Pastel Dot
Blue and White Stripe
Pastel Stripe
dress to impress
It goes without saying that half the fun of a Halloween Party is the dressing up part. Encourage your guests to dress up, by including details on your invitation and having a best/worst/most original competition with prizes!
Also, what makes getting dressed up extra fun for a Monster High Halloween party is their website allows you to upload photos to the website and create "Student ID cards" and photo booth strips aka "Class photos".
This will be a fun activity to do as guests arrive, as you will be able to keep them busy whilst they wait for the other guests and you will be sure to capture them in full costume. Snap a photo of each child with your phone/camera, connect to your PC and then fill out the necessary details and print out their ID cards and class photos to keep. You can even go as far as my one friend who has a small desk laminator, and laminate the actual cards and pics - a good idea for favours!
If you are not able to do this as part of the actual party, you may wish to still take a photo of each child and then you can do the updating at a later stage and email/print these out as part of your thank you cards.
Or like me, you could do this before the party, as the website also allows you to create the cards and photos using cartoon faces, that way you can send the ID card and photos as part of the invitation, or hand out as soon as the guests arrive.
A MONSTER HIGH HALLOWEEN SERIES
The Inspiration
The Invitation
The Welcome - Door Sign
lollipop, lollipop
Every year, we sell small red and white swirl lollipops and candy canes, and this year we have added these cute Christmas Trees! They are great for decorating presents, filling up stockings, tying to napkins and using in centrepieces.
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Christmas Lollipops
R5 each
at your peril...
One of the key elements we discussed when planning a character themed party is to double or triple up on your party theme, thereby eliminating character overload. This is where I incorporated both typical Halloween and back to school party goodies too.
Luckily, for me one of our shop's Halloween ranges: The Breathless Banquet suits the Monster High colour palette and overall look, so to welcome the guests to the party, all I have to do is string up the door signs...
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Breathless Banquet Door Signs
The writing's on the door.
These disturbing door signs are sure to set the terrifying tone of the party.
2 signs in 2 designs.
Size: 24cm W x 12cm H
R60 for the set of 2
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The Inspiration
The Invitation
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