Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Echo's Underwater Tea Party


For Echo's Birthday this year she requested a mermaid themed tea party. It was fun to have a chance to get creative with a smaller party at home. Here's how it all came together.

We made homemade decorations mostly out of Echo's mermaid craft book. The girls helped me to make mermaid banners and mermaid crowns for each of the party guests. I decorated the table with fish nets from the craft store, sea shells and lace doilies as well as a vintage teapot.



For snacks we served goldfish crackers, fruit kabobs, starfish crackers (Ritz crackers with sliced cheese cut out in the shape of a star with a cookie cutter) and mermaid toast (cinnamon raisin bread toasted with cream cheese on top, the swirled with green and blue food coloring and topped with gold sprinkles), and of course a fabulous mermaid birthday cake! Echo requested a plum cake with mermaid decorations, I don't know where the plum cake idea came from but it turned out pretty well!




For a party favor and activity the guests painted small wooden treasure chests.




Echo got this sweet mermaid tail blanket as one of her presents. Overall it was a lovely party and sweet day with friends!

September Photos


 I am getting farther and farther behind with my monthly picture posts! Life is super busy, especially this time of year, but it's also never been sweeter. With September came cooler weather, hiking apple picking and our favorite parade of the year!












Echo also had a lovely Birthday party but I am doing a separate post about that. I have been busy teaching at NLA and absolutely loving it. I seriously have a great group of kids that I am so lucky to work with.


October is quickly drawing to a close and we have had lots of amazing adventures this month that I will share soon!