As I told you in the last post, Girl's b-day celebration was delayed by a month due to the postal system. I ordered things for her party well in advance, but something happened and after 3 weeks her party goods still were not here, so we had to postpone. (Just FYI, Oriental Trading Company was fantastic and shipped out a new box free of charge, and it arrived within 5 days. The next day, the old box arrived, CRUSHED on one end.) In the end everything worked out and she had a fantastic party!
Girl had already decided the theme of her 8th birthday party BEFORE she even had her 7th birthday party, so here we go….Hawaii in November!
Girl had already decided the theme of her 8th birthday party BEFORE she even had her 7th birthday party, so here we go….Hawaii in November!
The cake....seriously easy to make & FUN!
The guests were all presented with a lei upon arrival.
After receiving their lei's, all were required to make grass skirts for this festive event.
We even got big brother in on the action!
They also made beautiful tropical flowers....
The pineapple cups were a HUGE hit!
Here is the birthday girl sporting her lei and grass skirt in the feeding area. Her menu was teriyaki chicken, Hawaiian pizza, goldfish, Hawaiian punch, pineapple on a stick & of course a little Hawaiian chocolate....
Hawaiian dancing....
Instead of 'hot potato' we played 'hot coconut'!
After making skirts, flowers and eating & playing 'hot coconut' it was time to head outside for more fun! We had a LIMBO contest, a hula hoop contest and a relay race while dressed in Hawaiian clothes. The kids had to do these games in 37 degree weather...
Birthday girl with her pants down....
After freezing outside we headed back in for a bubble gum blowing contest! (They had to find the bubble gum in the pie first!)
Some had more fun than others...
And here is our winner!
Piñata time! We had to have 2 piñatas since there were so many kids!
Once we finished with the piñatas, we headed back inside to warm up and to have a little cake and ice-cream!
And then our time was up. We played hard for 3 short hours and did not finish all the activities we had planned, but mom was pooped and sent the kids packing! Girl had a GREAT party!
Oh but wait! It didn't end there. Girl invited 5 of her closest friends to sleep over! She opend gifts, we went to the movies...
They giggled, laughed, talked and played till I finally made them all be quiet and go to sleep! ;-)
The next morning we had Girl's favorite pancakes for breakfast, then I kicked them all out and I took a nap!
Oh, and by the way, they ate all but 3 of those pancakes!
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