Mall Scavenger Hunt List? (Answers: 3) (Comments: 0)
My sister is having a 12th birthday party at well, the mall. And it's going to be like... following this: "For my daughter's thirteenth birthday she had a Mall Scavenger Hunt and a sleepover. We had to make sure that it was a party she would remember, since she was no longer a kid. INVITATIONS: For the invitations, she made Visa Credit cards on the computer, with the guest's name on the front, and all of the information on the back. She printed it onto gold cardstock (for thicker paper) and got them laminated. She put them into envelopes along with confetti, and mailed them. She invited 7 people, plus her is 8. DECORATIONS: My daughter's favorite colors - white/grey and black - created the main color scheme. We had streamers and balloons in all of the rooms the girls would be in, along with whited christmas lights. We also bought black and white plates utensils and cups along with a cake that had white and black icing. PARTY: After arrival the girls just hung out for a while and then we drove them over to the mall. My daughter made a list of items that were needed to be bought at the mall pictures to be taken free items to be collected and a Bonus section. She printed out that list along with the rules such as all team members must be in the pictures etc. All girls pulled a bandana out of a bag and went to their teams (we had 2 teams of 4.) Then they decided amongst themselves who would be the captain. The captain received a cheap purse from the dollar store which held $40, a camera, the list my daughter had made, and the rules. The they had 1 1/2 hours to buy items (such as a stuffed animal or a brown hair accessory), take pictures (such as modeling designer handbags and wearing green lipstick), and collect free items (such as a business card or napkin). Each of these things were worth a certain amount of points - Purchases = 3 pts each; Pictures = 2 pts each; Free Items = 1 pt each. We also gave them about 1 1/2 hours to shop for themselves if they weren't tired. The girls came home for pizza, cake, and opening of presents. While they were doing this my husband got the photos developed so we could tally up points. The winning team got to pick a bag first. In the bag were the items that the teams had bought. After those were all gone, the girls made t-shirts. We gave them each a white t-shirt and set out scissors, tacky glue, a stapler, fabric markers, glitter glue, and extra multi-colored fabric. Then after 30 minutes, they voted on their favorites. The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places got a crown and a huge lollipop. Then the girls had free time and they all went outside to play kick the can. Then they came in at about 10:00 for movies. Downstairs we had set up a snack bar with popcorn soda and boxes of candy. The girls watched a few chick flicks them stayed up until about three talking and listening to music. In the morning, I made homemade waffles and let them add syrup powdered sugar fruit and whipped cream. They LOVED them. Then the girls played around outside until their parents came at 10:30. We gave the girls their goody bags then finally got our rest. GOODYBAGS: For goody bags we gave out - along with the picture frames and scavenger hunt items - a lot of candy and 2 kingsized candy bars. My daughter and all of her friends absolutely loved this party and my daughter doesn't stop talking about it! I would strongly recommend it to anyone throwing their daughter a 13th birthday party. I hope this helps with your party!" That was from a site and we'll be following it. >< The stores at the mall are: abercrombie Abercrombie and Fitch aerie Aeropostale American Eagle Outfitters Angel Nails Ann Taylor Apple Art & Frame Plus As Seen On TV AT&T Auntie Anne's Aveda Bakers Banana Republic Bandolino The Barber of Seville Bath and Body Works bebe Blooming Beauty Supply and Salon The Body Shop Borders Express Bostonian Brighton Collectibles Brookstone Build-A-Bear Workshop Cache Cakelove Caribou Coffee Co. Cartoon Cuts Champs Sports Charming CHARLIE Childrens Place Cinderella Divine Cinnabon Claire's Coach Cold Stone Creamery Coldwater Creek CT Boutique CVS DaVi Nails DMV Easy Spirit Eddie Bauer Elite Boardshop Express FACES Cosmetics Family Christian Bookstore FinishLine Fontainebleau Foot Locker Fossil French & European Perfumes Fuzziwig's Candy Factory FYE Music Games Workshop GameStop Gap, Baby & Maternity The Gap Glory GNC Godiva Golden Links Gymboree H&M Hakky Shoe Repair Hallmark Helzberg Diamonds Hollister Co Hot Topic Hour Eyes The Icing J.Crew J.Jill Jackson Hewitt Janie &Jack JCPENNEY Journeys Justice Kay Jewelers L'OCCITANE The Leather Store LensCrafters LIDS Lijenquist & Beckstead Fine Jewelers The Limited Lord & Taylor MAC Cosmetics Macy's Men's Wearhouse and Tux Michael Kors Naartijie Kids Nail Pro New York & Company Pacific Sunwear Papaya Papyrus Payless ShoeSource The Picture People Pottery Barn Pott

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How should I word this invitation? (Answers: 15) (Comments: 0)
We putting a surprise birthday together for my mom's 40th. I'm not sure how I should word it as I'm writing them out myself on blank cards. I don't want to mess them up. This is what I have so far. Your invited to celebrate (Name) SURPRISE 40th Birthday at (address) Guests should arrive at 3:30-4:00pm (Name) will arrive at 5pm. Dinner and Cake will be served. Is there anything else I should add? I don't want it to sound like a kids invitation. Should I change/add anything? Serious answers please!!! Well I guess I should add the date too. DUH! lol

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What ideas do you have for an 18th birthday party? (Answers: 2) (Comments: 0)
My friend and I are having a joint b-day party. Because we're turning 18 (and therefore officially adults,) the theme is "We're Going to Party Like It's 1999." Basically, the party is going to be similar to ones we had as children (irony!) We plan to send out invites on little-kid invitations. Some of the games/activities we've planned include a pinata and tye-dye. However, we need some more ideas that go a long with our theme. We want it to fit the "eight year old" theme, but still be cool enough that our friends won't get bored. Help!

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Help with kids/invitation wording? (Answers: 7) (Comments: 0)
I know, this is an OLD topic. But wanted to run my potential wording past the posters on the board. (FYI, we are getting married on our college campus and the chapel on campus holds 140, and we're at 140 on our guest list after making substantial cuts.) One of those cuts is all children under 10, which is a sizeable number. I'm not looking for a debate on that, as at least half of those kids are in my extended family and my relatives are fine with it. Plus, I'm not having a flower girl or ringbearer so people don't view me as "making exceptions". I'm thinking of including a small insert with something along the lines of: "Due to the intimate size of ____ Chapel, only children aged 10 and above will be able to be accommodated." I know the traditional etiquette is to just leave the younger ones' names off the envelope, but it seems like nowadays you really have to spell things out. (My relatives know about the cut-off, but there are many others who do not.) Does that wording sound good though, or does anyone have any other wording suggestions? Thanks everyone :) Kittenkatt, thanks for mentioning that with the kids in the reception - I can see where you can infer that. To clarify, I wouldn't be terribly overjoyed if the kids ended up the reception, but not terribly mortified either (not that I'll be saying that to anybody!) It's a fairly low-key reception though. Luckily, the campus is far enough that people can't just run home in between, but close enough that there's no anger about having to travel w/o kids (45 mins from majority). As long as parents respect our cutoff with the ceremony itself, I'll be happy.

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Do I send wedding invitations to our grown children? (Answers: 20) (Comments: 0)
My fiance and I both have children but his are grown and moved out so I am wondering if we should send the grown kids invitations or if this would be wrong...Thanks!!!

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How can I make my own personalized baptism invitations on my home computer? (Answers: 7) (Comments: 1)
I am looking for a website that offers free personalized baptism invitation templates or free software that I can download to do this. I am trying to make my kids invitations with their pics on them myself on my home computer.

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What are some good fonts to do kids invitations in? (Answers: 7) (Comments: 0)
as in sans serif or serif

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I need a good quote for my kids invitations beach party theme? (Answers: 1) (Comments: 0)
their ages are 6 and 2 I have to get the invitations sent out and don't know what to put I liked something like splish splash it's silas and Seles glorias beach party bash but i'm stuck! I am going to have treasure hunt's if that helps mabey something about pirates!

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