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50th Anniversary Party Ideas

MamaDuck — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:00:54 +0000

When planning a 50th anniversary party, we love to focus on the memories and the love between the happy couple. While our 50th anniversary invitations are designed to begin your event in this way, we have also gathered ideas to make your party planning easier throughout the entire event!

Ask each guest to bring a fabric square of a memory of significance to the couple and have them sewn into a quilt.
Ask guests to write out their favorite memories of the couple, which can then be assembled into a scrapbook as a keepsake.
Choose a menu evoking items from their first date or wedding meal.
Top the anniversary cake with the topper from their wedding cake if possible.

Decoration ideas:

Golden paper doilies under the plates.
Tie golden ropes with tassels around the backs of chairs.
Use white china with gold trim.
Serve drinks in crystal with gold accents.
Tie napkins with golden ribbon.
Light the table with candles in gold candlestick or votive holders.
Gather photos from throughout their marriage, and place them on display in golden frames.
Write place cards with gold ink.

Party Favor ideas:

A CD with the music that will be played during the party/music that is special to the couple.
A high quality chocolate bar with a wrapper personalized to commemorate the day.
A cellophane bag of chocolates wrapped in gold foil (such as gold Hershey’s kisses), tied with a gold ribbon.
A small, gold toned picture frame with a portrait of the couple.
A split of champagne that has been personalized for the event.
Decorate each place setting with a mini vase (with gold accents) filled with fresh flowers, which double as favors.
Personalized matches
A family recipe mounted on gold cardstock.

Be sure to take plenty of photos, which you can showcase on any of our wedding thank you card designs for all your guests to enjoy!

Race Car Themed Birthday Party Ideas

MamaDuck — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 04:00:10 +0000

Decorate the party location with checkered flags, as well as plenty of black, white & red balloons & streamers!

Have races outside on a track made out of landscaping edging or traffic cones (use bikes, walkers, push toys, tricycles, etc). Use a kids play traffic light to start and finish every event. Prizes can be plastic trophy cups filled with hershey’s kisses and gold-foil wrapped chocolate medals for all the racers!

For a fun activity, do wheel paintings with matchbox race cars using a bucket of cars, paint and paper. Dip a variety of cars in washable, non-toxic kids paint and drive them across the paper. The different treads and tire sizes in different colors makes for interesting results and a fun take-home piece! If you have older guests, they can paint and assemble model wooden cars (found at your local craft store).

For party favors, use lucite race cars filled with M&Ms, a matchbox race car, and a race car baseball cap all in a checkered flag bucket with a shovel wrapped in cellophane & tied with ribbon in the party colors.

Be sure to check out all of our photo birthday invitations for your event also, including a Racing Cars Photo Birthday Invitation Collage Card, a square Checkered Flag Race Car Photo Birthday Invitation and more!

Undersea Fish Themed Birthday Party Ideas

MamaDuck — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 20:00:44 +0000

Here is a collection of all of our undersea, ocean & fish birthday party ideas that we posted over the past few days, feel free to add your own ideas in the comments below also. We have several photo birthday invitation designs in our galleries for your party also, or you may adapt any of our other designs to add undersea & fish theming for your party.

Party food ideas:

For the punch bowl, use blue kool-aid & sprite with gummy sharks frozen in ice cubes to look like fish swimming around!

Set out a bowl of fish-shaped crackers for your guests to snack on during the party, or as an appetizer while you prepare other snacks.

Party Activities:

Fish for a Name Tag

Little Squirt Water Fun Gallery

Underwater Swim Creature Game

Sea Shell Treasure Hunt

Octopus Tag

Fish, Fish, Shark

Fish Themed Decoration Ideas:

Hang blue and green streamers lengthwise from the ceiling to simulate the ocean – the kids love to run through them. Other ideas include cutting out the silhouettes of waves out of blue poster board, hang around the room to create the ocean. Buy a few rolls of fish themed wrapping paper and cut out the fish. Glue on the posterboard so that they are “swimming” around the party room.

For your favors, fill a themed goodie bag with goldfish crackers, a water toy, fish shaped fruit snacks, bubbles, novelty sunglasses or swim goggles, swimmies or other pool toys!

Underwater Swim Creature Party Game

MamaDuck — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:00:07 +0000

To begin, guests stand in a circle, facing inward. Choose three underwater creatures and walk around the circle naming the kids in sequence – whale, shark, turtle, whale, shark, turtle, etc., so you have several of each underwater animal standing at intervals.

When you call out the name of a group, the kids in that group go for a “swim”. This means walking around the outside of the circle and listening to your instructions. If you say the sea is rough, they must jog around the circle. When you say it’s getting rougher they run faster and if you say the tide turns, they turn and run in the other direction. When you say STORM, they must run back to their original places in the circle. The last to arrive is out and sits in place, facing outward. To make the game more fun, call out more than one group at a time. Continue the game until there is only one player left (who gets a prize, of course!).

Be sure to check out the rest of our Undersea Fish Themed Birthday Party Ideas and all of our Photo Birthday Invitations for your party!

Fish for a Name Tag (Undersea Party Ideas)

MamaDuck — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:00:53 +0000

Make a fish-shaped name tag for each guest using thick, colorful paper. Decorate with markers and attach a paper clip to the mouth of each fish. Place all the fish in an empty kiddie pool or decorated box. As each guest arrives, hand him or her a fishing pole (sturdy stick with a yarn “line” and a magnet “hook”). When a fish is “caught”, write the child’s name on it!

Be sure to check out the rest of our Undersea Fish Themed Birthday Party Ideas and all of our Photo Birthday Invitations for your party!

Shark Punch

MamaDuck — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 08:00:15 +0000

This refreshing drink has a surprise *bite* lurking just beneath the surface! A day before the party, make shark ice cubes by freezing bite-sized gummy shark candy in ice cube trays filled with water. Let the trays stand at room temperature for an hour to remove the air bubbles before placing them in the freezer. The candy will dissolve slightly while freezing, tinting the cubes a soft pastel color.

Then, prepare blue drink mix according to package instructions (Kool-Aid works well). Pour the blue drink into a punch bowl and add 2 liters of ginger ale. When serving, place two or three shark cubes in a tall, clear glass for each child and fill with punch!

Be sure to check out the rest of our Undersea Fish Themed Birthday Party Ideas and all of our Photo Birthday Invitations for your party!

Little Squirt Water Fun Gallery

MamaDuck — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:00:51 +0000

Party guests will have lots of fun testing their accuracy with this fun outdoor game! Set up several empty plastic pop bottles at a distance 8-10 ft from the place where players will stand. Lay a jump rope down for the line shooters must stand behind. Give each guest a squirt gun, and see who can knock down the most bottles! For younger children, decrease the distance between the bottles and the shooting line.

Be sure to check out the rest of our Undersea Fish Themed Birthday Party Ideas and all of our Photo Birthday Invitations for your party!

Turtle Shell Treats

MamaDuck — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:00:44 +0000

This healthy snack can be prepared quickly beforehand, or used as a fun activity during the party! Make one as a centerpiece, or prepare one for each guest.

To begin, spread a large leaf of lettuce on a plate. Set a pear half (canned or fresh) in the center of the plate to make the turtle’s shell. Cut two apricot halves in half to make four legs and place two on each side of the pear. Add an apricot half to make a head. Finish with mini chocolate chips or raisins for eyes, nose, etc.

Be sure to check out the rest of our Undersea Fish Themed Birthday Party Ideas and all of our Photo Birthday Invitations for your party!

Worms in a Blanket

MamaDuck — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:00:55 +0000

Don’t be surprised if the little fishes at your party get hooked on these delicious worms! To prepare, purchase your favorite brand of hot dogs, cheese, and refrigerator croissants. Slice hot dogs lengthwise and cut cheese into strips. Unroll croissants and stuff them with hot dogs and cheese. Roll croissants back up and bake as directed, or until golden brown. Enjoy!

Be sure to check out the rest of our Undersea Fish Themed Birthday Party Ideas and all of our Photo Birthday Invitations for your party!

Starfish Cake

MamaDuck — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 08:00:56 +0000

Bake your child’s favorite cake in two round cake pans. When cool, leave one layer whole and cut the second layer into five equal triangle sections. (These five pieces will become the legs of the starfish.) Place the first layer in the center of a large, flat serving tray or platter. Trim the curved edges of the starfish legs, so they fit snugly against the round edge of the body piece. Arrange the legs neatly around the body of the starfish and attach with icing.

Frost the entire starfish with bright yellow, orange, purple, or red icing. Decorate with colored sprinkles while the icing is still damp to give it a spiny texture. For extra fun, spread blue frosting on the serving tray to make it look like the starfish is in the water.

Be sure to check out the rest of our Undersea Fish Themed Birthday Party Ideas and all of our Photo Birthday Invitations for your party!