Over the weekend we had our first party in our new house!
An Olympic themed 10th birthday!
Every year, the kids get to pick their birthday themes...and this year, with all of the Winter Olympics excitement in our house, it seemed only natural to have an Olympic themed party!
Seeing that this was the big 1-0, I really wanted Violet to have a hand in all of the planning and such...We planned the food, the favors, the games and crafts together. And, she helped to make some of the goodie bag items and treats as well. It was fun to have her help and I think it made the party all the more special to her!
She and I made Olympic themed bracelets and tucked those into the goodie bags...
Along with some candies, hockey stick pencils, and flags...
The decorations were mostly international flags, along with a few balloons and white tigers...
For the food we kept it pretty simple with Korean chicken barbecue (a nod to the host country), Olympic colored fruits, and chips and veggie "torches"...
Violet and I made sugar cookies and with royal icing, and then drew one Olympic rings with edible markers for a treat...
And for the birthday cake...a marble cake decorated to look like the Pyeongchang Olympic mascot, Soohorang...
I'm not a master cake maker by any means! But he turned out kind of cute, and really all that mattered was that Violet liked him which she did!
We played games, like "snow boarding"
We crafted our own Olympic torches...
And, at the end...there was a medal ceremony...
in which everyone was awarded their very own Olympic medal. Violet and I made the medals using polymer clay, and paint...we were pretty thrilled with the way they turned out!
And while everyone else got "Happy Birthday" crowns to wear...the birthday girl donned a handmade crown of laurels for the occasion...
I think the birthday girl was pretty happy about how everything turned out! I know that everyone had a great time with lots of laughs and giggles (including mom and dad!) and it was so fun getting to know some new friends and know that this transition that we've made is moving along pretty well!