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Chocolate Parties - Birthday Party Ideas. For my 10th birthday I am going to have a chocolate party. I am going to have many activities and it is going to be a blast! Here are some activities I will have: BAKE CHOCOLATE TRUFFLES: Before the party put 3 cups of semi sweet chocolate chips and 1 can of sweet condensed milk into a saucepan. Stir constantly over medium heat until chocolate is melted. THE CHOCOLATE GAME: Before the party wrap a bar of chocolate in several layers of gift wrap. STACK THE OREOS: Have guests roll a die. CHOCOLATE PUZZLE: Using a knife, break even sized chocolate bars in odd pieces. CHOCOLATE TOSS: Make targets out of bowls, and have different targets worth different point values.

CHOCOLATE BINGO: Use a normal bingo playing board but cover up each square with the name of different kinds of chocolate. WORD SEARCH: The first one to find all the chocolaty words in the puzzle wins a bar of chocolate. GUESS WHICH? GUESS HOW MANY: Have a jar full of MnM's. DINNER: Go to panda express. Fun Party Idea: A Chocolate Party! - MarytheKaytheBlog. A couple of weeks ago, we got to travel to my niece Claire's 10th birthday party. I thought she had the most clever birthday party--a chocolate party! What girl--from 10...to er, well...41--doesn't LOVE chocolate? I thought my sister planned a perfect party: Just the right mix of planned games and free play, low-key, and FUN! Here is the birthday girl and her brother, and some mighty excited cousins to help her celebrate! Yes, that's also the food table--chocolate chip cookie "cake," chocolate cupcakes, white chocolate popcorn.

This my new favorite way to hold a party: At a church gym! This was the first game the girls played--Pass the candy over and under. What is the Candy Store? This was my FAVORITE part of the chocolate party!!! Wanna see it up close? I'm sorry. Every time a girl won a game, she got to pick 3 more of her favorites to put in her party favor bag. I thought this Chocolate Candy Bar Scramble game was BRILLIANT.

This game was FUN. This game made me GIGGLE the most. Give Thanks Printable Thanksgiving Collection - The TomKat Studio. Chocolate Parties - Birthday Party Ideas. INVITATIONS; using cardstock I created a chocolate bar with a foil sleeve on the back with an opening at the top. I slipped a card with all of the relevant information and chocolate adornments into the sleeve. DECORATIONS; The party colours were brown and aqua so I decorated the party area with many streamers, balloons, signs, pictures of chocolate and scattered chocolate everywhere. Out of cardboard I painted 3 human-size chocolat bars and 20 wrapped chocolates to put up on the walls.

Throughout the entire party the Willy Wonka soundtrack was playing. ACTIVITIES AND GAMES; I had many different chocolate themed activities at the party including; COOKING - we baked brownies, made flavoured chocolates and chocolate biscuits. CHOCOLATE SPA - using recipes of the Merry Chocoholic website we made face masks, bath salts, hand cream and scrubs and had a chocolate spa.

CHOCOLATE HUNT - this could work to ways. PINATA - buy a chocolate shaped pinata, fill with chocolate and play as per usual. Chocolate Parties - Birthday Party Ideas. For my daughters 8th birthday we had a chocolate party. We had a chocolate chef come to the house he was great he made lollipops with the kids and gave each child a cup of melted chocolate with cookies, pretzels, fruit and a lot of fun stuff to dip. Each child had their own work area with wax paper for drying their creations. After he was finished each child received a box with a name on it and all their chocolate was placed in it. Since I could not find any decorations with any kind of chocolate on it we adopted the Hershey kiss theme. The invitations were made on the computer with a chef hat and children mixing a vat of chocolate. White vinyl table cloths from the party store were used and decorated with big Hershey kisses. We made the kisses by cutting sheets of aluminum foil then taping at the top of each one the word kisses (I printed in blue on the computer) and cut them out like the long labels on the chocolate kisses.

Chocolate Parties - Birthday Party Ideas. I had a chocolate themed birthday party for my daughters 11th birthday. We sent invitations on pink and brown stationary paper. We made our own invitations and included M&M confetti in the invitation and closed the envelope with a chocolate scented sticker. For decorations, we used a brown and pink theme crepe paper and balloons.

Buffet table with brown table cloth and pink dishes and of course a chocolate fountain. At each end I tied pink and brown balloons. For the center piece, we filled a clear pot with M&Ms and chocolate chips and we made a pink flower bouquet out of Hershey's chocolates (as seen on the Hershey's web site, I added a step and wrapped the kisses in pink plastic wrap.) For the food. For the games, we played 1)oreo stacko (roll die and stack that # of oreos, if the oreos fall while you're stacking your out. 2)unwrap present (we took a large candy bar and wrapped many times with wrapping paper. For the favor bags, I found small chocolate brown paper gift bags at Target. Sprinkled Chocolate Party Spoons. Admit it: you are even just a little bit happier in the presence of sprinkles. Right? Me too. Add pink spoons, jelly beans and good chocolate to the mix, and that’s my kind of party. What are they? Well, nothing more than a fanciful spoonful of delight that you eat straight from the spoon.

They’re perfect for birthday parties, party favours or Tuesday afternoons. Now, I didn’t invent the chocolate party spoon, but wo-man, I sure wish I did. These were one of the quickest but most rewarding treats I have ever made, rivaling even this sprinkled goodness, which I didn’t think possible, and talk about yummy, sprinkle-induced joy. So on a whim I snapped a few quick photos, and decided to share these little beauties with you (staying true to my spread-the-sprinkle-love gospel)

. , among others), dragees, or pretty much anything small enough to fit in the spoon. I love the visual, of course, but I also love the texture. Sprinkled Chocolate Party Spoons Ingredients You will Also Need: Instructions. Pom-Poms and Luminarias - Martha Stewart Decorations. Tissue poms! (Poofs?) Hello there! I’m back today with a project that I’m guessing many of your already know how to make – but because I’m always years behind everyone else, I never knew how to make them till a few weeks ago.

I figured I’d share how easy they are just in case some of you are years behind the trends like me. I feel you sister. Double thump to the chest. I decided to make some of these for my sis’s wedding shower after my friend Chris shared some pics of her daughter’s birthday party with me. Anyhoo, here’s the quick how-to… Start with 8-10 tissue sheets, stacked up (I like ten cause it makes them extra poofy), then start folding it accordion style: Fold it all the way and when you’re done, find the middle and tie it up. Next it’s time to make them look like a “flower” – take scissors and cut down each end.

I wanted to add some color to the white ones and first I thought about dipping them in some paint or food coloring water. Instead I took markers and colored the edges: Aren’t they crazy fun?? Afternoon in Paris Party. Natalie recently celebrated her 9th birthday with a little Parisian flair. It was a sweet and simple party, filled with all kinds of crafty projects at the birthday girl’s request. Natalie’s Paris party vision included delicious treats, famous French art, a café setting, and lavender. We turned our easel into a café menu. The kids had a great time matching the French words to the snacks! Menu: sliced baguettesstrawberry jamnutellamini croissantscheese & crackerschocolate-dipped strawberriesgrapessparkling French lemonadeapple juice We decorated the food area with the super-cute Paper City Paris printable from Made by Joel and French flag toothpicks.

Natalie wanted a fancy layer cake with pink frosting. Natalie had a long list of craft projects she wanted to do at her party. Activity #1: Coloring Stained Glass “Windows” – I purchased some Dover mini stained glass coloring books (Fun to Color, Little Geometric, Little Mandalas, and Starbursts). The party favor was a bar of lavender soap. EAT DRINK PRETTY. If you have the day off today you may want to take an extra few minutes (well, more like 45 minutes) to bake these perfect banana-chocolate chip muffins. They are indulgent but not too sweet. If you are anything like me you took this long, holiday weekend to eat pretty much everything in sight.

Why not continue that for just one more day with a delicious, chocolately homemade muffin? Banana-Chocolate Chip Muffins (adapted from Epicurious) Ingredients •1 1/2 cups all purpose flour •2/3 cup sugar •1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder •1/4 teaspoon salt •1 cup mashed ripe bananas (about 2 large) •1 large egg •1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted •1/4 cup milk •3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips Preparation Preheat oven to 350°F.

Divide batter among prepared muffin cups, filling each about 3/4 full. Enjoy the last day of the long weekend! The Perfect Crusting Buttercream. Rose Cake Tutorial. Paper-City-Paris-Eiffel-Tower-Template.