This is a guest post from Liz Muirhead, who blogs about health and fitness at Looking Good (for a mom). Liz is a thirty-something working mom of two wonderful kiddos, who got fed up with using her kids to explain her flab and found a way to get the best body of her life!
Favors
Favors are actually a pet peeve of mine. They seem like such a requirement, but most of the parents I know look for the first opportunity to throw away the junky “made in china” toys that come in most goody bags. Planning out the party, I knew we were going to be doing facials. I thought – why not buy shirts for the girls, that they can put on over their clothes to keep them clean during the facials. Then my mom stepped in and offered to use her embroidery machine to put each guest’s name on her shirt. I knew this would be the best favor ever – something useful and pretty! If I didn’t have access to an embroidery machine, the alternative would have been doing cute iron-on designs.
Cost: $44 for eleven matching pink shirts (supply your own awesome mom or friend with an embroidery machine)
Food:
I scheduled the party for afternoon, from 2pm until 5pm. I knew the girls would want some snacks but didn’t want to provide junk. So I bought some fresh fruit at the store, and made two large bowls of air-popped popcorn. I planned to serve a small meal of pizza around 4pm, and then finish up with ice cream cake (my daughter’s request) at 4:30pm, just before the party ended.
Cost: $10 for the fruit; $20 for 2 medium pizzas, delivered; $20 for an ice cream cake from Baskin Robbins; $0 for the popcorn, since I used what I already had in my pantry
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