Minute to Win It Party!

Kara had an awesome 10th birthday.  Thank you all for your bday wishes. She loved reading them. Kara had a vision for this party and together we made it happen.  She loves the show "Minute to Win It."  So, we knew that would be the theme and that games from the show would be fun to play.  She also wanted to create a candy buffet (remember we watch way too many wedding shows on TLC!).  She was very proud of the finished product.

 We simply used containers we had around the house - apothecary jars, trifle bowl, glass cake stand, mason jars and a box filled with floral foam for the large lollipops. We poked a small hole in the top of the box and stuck the pops through. Kara surrounded the sticks with sour gummy worms.  Layering the glass pieces gave us different heights on the table.  We had clear goodie bags for the girls to fill up and take home.

Kara and her BFF Sydney made these loot bags for the girls to put their candy bags, prizes and little gifts inside to take home. We bought the plain bags at Michael's and these creative girls punched a white textured cardstock scallop and broke out some old scrapbook stickers I had to personalize them.

The girls also made the blue sugar rimmed glasses to serve our sherbet punch.  We dipped the plastic glasses in light corn syrup then in blue sugar (use plain sugar with food coloring if you can't find in baking section). Then let them dry on parchment paper for about an hour. If you don't, they will run.

Since we knew the kids would load up at the candy buffet, we decided on cupcakes instead of cake and ice cream.  She picked very bright colors for the party. Cupcakes were neon green with blue glass glitter sprinkles.

Here she is still setting up the table for her guests.  I'm not sure I have ever seen her so excited for a party. I think this one was special because she planned the details, right down to the colors.  She also picked the games. Here's what we played! Junk in Your Trunk - Get shoe box, glue lid on, attach a belt (I cut two holes and wove through), cut 4x4 inch square and drop 3 ping pong balls inside. Contestant wears the belted box around their waist and shakes their booty to try and get all three balls out before time is up.

We played Noodling Around - Contestant uses uncooked spaghetti to pick up three pieces of uncooked ziti.

We played Tic Tac Toe with ping pong balls and glasses. Contestant must get three in a row by bouncing the balls into glasses.

We played Hook It with a handmade fishing pole and Mom's skeleton keys!  This is harder than it looks!

And finally, my favorite game (full of belly laughs) the Eat the Oreo game. Kids put the Oreo on their forehead to start and have to move it down their face to their mouths with NO hands! These were hilarious photos. I wish I could show you all the girls!

We had so much fun.  If you are thinking of doing a Minute to Win It Party, you can get a great invitation to customize in your photo software here.  Just email Paper Perfection and she will send you a plain jpg file that you can upload to Picnik and add your words.  Here's a sample:

I've also made a spreadsheet with the logo that has spots for contestants names and party names. We used it to track our times for each contestant. Let me know if you'd like a copy!  I carried around a clipboard and stopwatch.  So much fun! I hope you enjoyed it.  Kara would love to hear your comments so don't be shy. If you have any questions, email me. I would be so happy to help you plan your party!  Have a blessed Sunday my friends!Linking this post to -