Happy birthday packet free until Sunday night!!

Today is my son's birthday, so I'm putting my birthday packet on sale at Teachers pay Teachers.  It will be on sale until Sunday night!!!  I hope you like it and will leave me some feedback love!!

I hope you enjoy this packet and can use it in your classroom!!! Thank you and have a wonderful day!!  I'm going out to dinner with my little man!

My son's birthday is quickly approaching!!

My son will be turing 6 at the end of the month and I am so excited for his party.  We are going to have a Toy Story theme and a friend is making the cakes and she does a fabulous job every year.  We usually invite so many family and friends that we home is packed and the back yard is filled too.  But this year, I asked him who all he wanted to invite to his birthday party? He replied, Billy, Madison and Brody.  I said, okay, but who else.  He said, no body else.  I named off a few others and simply said no thanks to most of them.  So for the first time, we are going to do a very low key party ~ hoping no one gets mad that they weren't invited.  But it is his party.  I am going to invite grandparents, his aunts and uncles, and his cousins.  No more extended family or my husband's and my friends and their families. 

How I am coming up with all of the ideas to make the Toy Story theme.  Of course the cake will be Buzz and Woody.  I have a table cloth and cake plates.  I am going to go and get some of the decorations and the goody bags today.

This will also be the first year he gets to take stuff in for his party at school.  We are going to take ice cream and cones ~ Adam's favorite dessert!!! YUMMY!  and goody bags.   The teacher has the whole day all about the child and she does all kinds of neat things all day long.  One thing I know she does is have all of the children that day make birthday cards, I think that is so cute. 

Well I am off to get everyone up and ready for school and go shopping!!!

Kid's party planning checklist!

A Party Planning checklist for kid parties!

4 to 6 weeks before the party:
~ create a budget
~ pick a date and time
~ pick a theme
~ Write up a guest list
~ decide on your cake design
~ book your entertainment

2 to 3 weeks before the party:
~ make or buy invitations and send them out. remember to include RSVP information and any special instructions for your guests. (if they should bring a dish, if the parents and siblings can come, if you would like for them to dress up with the theme of the party, if they need to bring anything extra like sleeping bags, swim suit...)
~ make a list of food you will be serving (planning the menu)
~ make a list of decorations and activity supplies you will need for your theme
~ make a list of groceries you will need to buy
~ make you list of paper products that match your theme that you will need to buy
~ make, buy or collect items you will need for the games.
~ order the cake, if you are not making it yourself

One week before the party:
~ confirm guest list ~ if guest have not RSVP'd call them to confirm if they are coming or not. Then you will have the correct number of guest to start getting everything ready for the party.
~ confirm entertainment
~ buy everything for the party with the exception of the perishables
~ remember to check to see if you have film and batteries for your camera and camcorder. And purchase extra batteries for the presents that require them.
Two days before the party:
~ make sure to clean your home that way on the day of the party you will only have to straighten up a little bit. If the party is outside remember to clean up out there also.
~ put the goodie bags together
~ finished buying everything you will need for the party
~ make sure there is room in the frig and freezer for all the party food
~ get everything together for the activities and games

The day before the party:
~ start getting all of the food ready
~ wrap all the presents
~ bake or pick up the cake

The day of the party:
~ decorate
~ finish getting all of the food ready
~ pick up last minute things from the store; ice and balloons
~ take lots of pictures
~ have a great time!

After the party:
~ get thank you cards and send them out to all of your wonderful guests.
you can add a picture from the party as a little something extra for them
~ develop film
~ have fun cleaning up!