Snowman Family Night - January 2011

Snowman Family Night - January

So Miss Emma has been asking for more Family Nights. For January, we decided to do Snowman Family Night.

Decor: Vase filled with water (raisin eyes and carrot nose) Snowman named Melty

Menu:
Snowman Soup (chowder with carrot nose and raisin eyes)

Snowballs (Powdered dounuts)


Costumes:
PJs

Games:
Pin the head on the snowman

Mommy didn't do so well and Emma thought it was funny!

Made snowmen out of styrofoam and clay.

Colored snowman pictures

In this case, ended with making snow angels because there was an actual blizzard. PERFECT night!

Family Night #6: Flower Night

Family Night Theme:
Flower Night

Menu:
Flower Sandwiches (cut with flower cookie cutters):
Lettuce
Bread/Cheese/Turkey
Green Beans for Stems

Springy Flower Pot Desserts – Pioneer Woman
Clay Pots
Ice Cream
Gummy Worms
Crushed Oreos for Dirt
Straw to hold flowers
Pretty Flowers to go in straw.

Centerpiece/Decor:
Flowers

Crafts:
Make Flower Greeting Cards
Paint Dessert Clay Flower Pots
Plant real flowers in Clay Pots
Make Flower Hats

Costumes:
Flower Hats
Shirts with Flowers

Family Night #5: Bunny Night

We started off the evening going to a local pet shop that featured a petting zoo.

Emma instantly fell in love with this fuzzy yellow chick. Notice her hands in the following photos...

The 45 lb bunny. Probably doesn't do too much hoppin'.

The cutest lamb ever...

Emma wanted to bring that chick home with us.

We came home and did some Bunny crafts, door-sign, dot-to-dots, coloring pages....

Then, we ate Bunny Dinner. What do bunnies have for dinner, you may be asking yourself....

These bunnies ate salad and carrot soup. Bunny cupcakes for dessert.

The most exciting event by far was the flashlight Easter egg hunt. The event starts at sunset and the children bring flashlights. They only allow a set number of participants and they hid the eggs (as opposed to scattering them over a baseball field). Emma was delighted.


At the end of the night, a newspaper photographer asked if he could take Emma's picture. When he walked away, Emma said, Mommy, was that a paparazzi? I told her that he sure was. She smiled and said, Wow, I can't believe a paparazzi just took my picture. Wonder if there are any more?

HA!
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Family Night #5: Bunny Night

Menu:

Salad
Carot Soup
Bunny Cupcakes

Decor:

Easter Basket Centerpiece
Stuffed Bunny Guests

Costumes:

Bunny Ears (of course)

Games:

Petting a bunny at a pet store (in this case, the local toy store had live animals for Easter photos).

Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt

Bunny Masks

Find the Carrot Pictures

Coloring Bunny Faces

Family Night #4: Princess Night

surprise ariel dress she found in the garage

you know this princess found the pea

princess cupcakes, yum!

Family Night #4: Princess Night

Menu:

Salad
Princess Cupcakes
Tea Party Cups

Decor:

Fancy Tablecloth
Princess Guests

Costumes:

Princess Dresses (of course)
Tiaras
Make-up

Games:

Princess and the Pea - Take several pillows and put a bouncy ball underneath one. Try to see if you are a real princess and can find which pillow has the 'pea'.

Pretty, pretty princess board game

Castle Maze printout

Sifting for Gems - Sand and jewels

Family Night #3: Rainbow Night

Family Night #3 – Rainbow Night

Menu:
Rainbow salad:
Strawberries
Cantaloupe
Pineapples
Kiwi
Grapes

Roasted Veggie Kebabs
Chicken Kebabs

Rainbow Salad:
Tomatoes
Carrots
Squash
Avocado
Purple Onion

Rainbow Cake

Décor:
Rainbow streamers
Cloud Poster with Cotton Balls
Rainbow Balloons
Sprinkle table with Skittles

Costumes:
Rainbow hats from paper plates (use Cotton Balls for clouds)
Wear rainbow colors to dinner

Games:
Rainbow scavenger hunt
Color Rainbow Pictures
Rainbow Bubbles
Pot of Gold Hunt
This is a fun and creative game for the Rainbow first birthday idea. Get an empty egg carton and twelve small rocks that fit in the eggcups. Paint the rocks and corresponding sections of the egg carton with various colors. When the rocks have dried, hide them around the party area. Write down clues on colored papers (corresponding to the rock that's to be found) and have the kids hunt for the rocks and match them to the correct sections of the egg carton. At the end the kids'll find a pot full of gold chocolate coins that everyone can share

Music:
Somewhere Over the Rainbow

Movie:
Barbie Rainbow Princess Movie



Working hard on her rainbow hat~

Smiley Rainbow-heads

Emma checking out her hat~

Quite possibly the worlds ugliest centerpiece with quite possibly the worlds cutest kid behind it~

Sand Art in the garage~

Emma thought this was the ABSOLUTE coolest cake ever~

Always a taster~

Yummy~

Family Night #2: Cowboy Night

Family Night #2: Cowboy Night

Menu:

Roasted hot dogs

Baked Beans from Pot

Smores

Décor:

Cactus

Wanted Posters

Costumes:

Cowboy Hats

Bandanas

Painted mustaches

Games:

Finding the Gold Treasure

Pin the Tail on the Horse

Hula Hoop Lasso (Emma called it 'blasto')

Cowboy/Girl/Horse cutouts

Music: Garth Brooks Dixie Chicks