Ryan will be turning 5 years old on Oct. 24th!!!! The years sure do keep creeping up on me. Today we had our close friends over for a Gnome Birthday party!! Ryan and his friend had so much fun and loved everything! It makes all the prep worth it to see them have so much fun.
My mom painted this beautiful picture for Ryan. (Mom - I have a few other moms who would like one too!)
Here are the drawstring bags and gnomes I made as party gifts for the kids. They also each got to take home crystals from the crystal cave and the Gnome King gave them each a special bracelet.
As the kids arrived I had a craft set up for them. Of course the girls are all working - do you see the boys anywhere?? To much to do.
Here are the pinecone gnomes we made! they are very cute as long as the glue dries and their heads stay on!!!
Storytime!! This is a simple setting I created for the story I told the children before going into the crystal cave. It was a story about all the gnomes working very hard for the Gnome King's birthday. They went on a long journey to the crystal cave to bring him back the most precious jewels in all the land. In return the generous king made a bracelet for each gnome from the crystals they brought to him.
Everyone seemed to enjoy the story. Now it is off to the crystal cave.................
Tony worked very hard helping me build the crystal cave! Oh what a time it was. We put it on the front porch and the wind kept knocking it down. Finally we got it secure enough to last through the party. We took brown kraft paper, crinkled it and hung it around to give an appearance of a cave. We also created a tunnel that they had to crawl though to get inside.
As soon as they come through the tunnel they see the crystals on the floor. Together they worked to gather the crystals and put them in a basket for the gnome king. It was great to see how excitted they all were!
The gnomes inside the cave.
We went outside to break open geodes. What could be more fun then hitting a rock with a hammer and watch it break open. Sage took this picture of Kaya holding his geode after it was smashed open. It is a very artsy picture I think- thanks Sage. Sage was a huge help getting ready for the party today. He helped clean and offered to help many times!! He is such a great guy.
The cake!!! Yumm. I made carrot cake and Ryan and I collected flowers from the yard to decorate it. Not only was it yummy - but pretty as well. We can't forget the moose tracks ice cream!
And the end - the presents. It was so nice to have our good friends over to celebrate with us. We ended the day by roasting hotdogs on sticks over a fire!!
My mom painted this beautiful picture for Ryan. (Mom - I have a few other moms who would like one too!)
Here are the drawstring bags and gnomes I made as party gifts for the kids. They also each got to take home crystals from the crystal cave and the Gnome King gave them each a special bracelet.
As the kids arrived I had a craft set up for them. Of course the girls are all working - do you see the boys anywhere?? To much to do.
Here are the pinecone gnomes we made! they are very cute as long as the glue dries and their heads stay on!!!
Storytime!! This is a simple setting I created for the story I told the children before going into the crystal cave. It was a story about all the gnomes working very hard for the Gnome King's birthday. They went on a long journey to the crystal cave to bring him back the most precious jewels in all the land. In return the generous king made a bracelet for each gnome from the crystals they brought to him.
Everyone seemed to enjoy the story. Now it is off to the crystal cave.................
Tony worked very hard helping me build the crystal cave! Oh what a time it was. We put it on the front porch and the wind kept knocking it down. Finally we got it secure enough to last through the party. We took brown kraft paper, crinkled it and hung it around to give an appearance of a cave. We also created a tunnel that they had to crawl though to get inside.
As soon as they come through the tunnel they see the crystals on the floor. Together they worked to gather the crystals and put them in a basket for the gnome king. It was great to see how excitted they all were!
The gnomes inside the cave.
We went outside to break open geodes. What could be more fun then hitting a rock with a hammer and watch it break open. Sage took this picture of Kaya holding his geode after it was smashed open. It is a very artsy picture I think- thanks Sage. Sage was a huge help getting ready for the party today. He helped clean and offered to help many times!! He is such a great guy.
The cake!!! Yumm. I made carrot cake and Ryan and I collected flowers from the yard to decorate it. Not only was it yummy - but pretty as well. We can't forget the moose tracks ice cream!
And the end - the presents. It was so nice to have our good friends over to celebrate with us. We ended the day by roasting hotdogs on sticks over a fire!!
2 comments:
It was an awesome party and a beautiful day all around.
That looks like an awesome party!
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