Turning Into A Train Party...Part III

The last of the party details (that we can show with pictures) consist of the goodie bags and a cute addition made by Courtney's hubby.

Our goodie bags were bandannas made to look like something a train-car rider would use (is it PC to say 'hobo'?) We thought we'd forgo the sticks as that at 3 years of age most things are turned into some sort of weapon or device of destruction. ;)

Inside we included some 3 year-old favorites: train whistle, bouncy balls, bubbles, a little snack and some sticky-making suckers.

Look how completely adorable this ladder was for this party!  It worked perfect for holding our bandannas and for hiding the awning columns...or at least dressing them up a bit!

Over at Mindy Mae's blog we'll have another burlap feature from our Saturday link-up!

And some NEW items featured in our store and on facebook!

Turning into a Train Party...Food First.

Courtney's and my first attempt at putting on a party. We wanted to go low-key so that we could notate our mistakes and things we wanted to change -without the guest of honor killing us. We chose Courtney's nephew's 3rd birthday party. I thought I could outrun him if things went terribly wrong.

Today I'll show you the food we served. Keep in mind it was for 3 year-olds, at a park and that we had a rain storm spontaneously in the middle of it (through the end).

We served animal crackers for two reasons: they were portable and they are one of my favorite.  Just kidding. They are already packaged in their own little train cars!

We served "train wheels"- which were all going to be black wheels but I was told that variety was the spice of life...so we had both.

Sandwiches and chips- a crowd favorite...we pretended it was the favorite choice of train engineers everywhere. Cause it is...right?!

Cupcakes are a must-have. Especially the ones that turn your teeth awesome colors.

Extra goodies placed around the place to keep peoples mouths busy. These lanterns {from IKEA} just seemed like a perfect addition to the decor.

And the cake! So cute and so yummy! We had a Mexican vanilla layer and a Oreo layer (or train wheel layer). It was fabulous tasting!

We'll show you some more later...I gotta get off my computer. It's Pioneer Day here in Utah- we are supposed to be doing Pioneer things today (making our own bread and butter, bobbing for apples, etc) and the Internet wasn't a pioneer activity (stinks to be them).

Pop Over to Mindy Mae's Blog for a cute, cute burlap tutorial!

Neat-o Newspaper Lollies!

 I started with some left-over newspaper parts. I used full sheets and the colored pages.  I needed something that looked fun, but a tad bit masculine.

 I started accordian folding the paper on the short end.

 I folded two pages but you could fold as many as you'd like- each folded paper will make up two section of your lolly.

 I foleded the folded paper in half.

 I pulled out my hot glue gun and glued on the inside of the folded paper and stuck the edges together to form half {or a section} of the lolly.

 Once the section is formed, you will glue the outer edges to the outer edge{s} of other sections you have made. Attatch them at the glued edge.

 If you wanted a more "full" lolly you would add more sections simply by attatching edges.

 I only used two sections of folded newspaper (two pages). To hang mine, I attatched paper clips to the center to hold it together and give it some stablility {newpaper isn't the strongest of papers, no?} Then I tied twine to the paperclip and taped the twine to the top of the paper to hold the lolly upright.

 I'm sure there are a million other ways to do it...more glue, etc. This way was just simple and on-hand.

Aren't they just so cute?

Something to do Saturdays...Link Us UP!

Something to do Saturdays is a weekly linky party.

 All crafters are welcome based on the weekly theme.

This weeks' theme:

Bracelets!

Linky Party Rules

  First rule of the  weekly linky party is to have fun and play nice!!!

We'll have a theme for the posts weekly.

{Mentioned the Wednesday prior}

Its a great way to show case your talent  or project to new people. We'd LOVE our next weeks' featured blogger to be you!

You may link up as many time as you like each week with either your latest creations or an older post that you would really like to share again.

 Please remember though, all submissions MUST be your own work.

Please link back to your actual post and not just your blog and be sure to include a link back to Something to do Saturday in your post.

Thank you for hanging with us!