ARMY PARTY!

Army Party!!!

This party would be so much fun outside, but alas, my son's birthday falls in January, so we rented a community center gym. It worked out perfectly for what we needed!

The OFFICIAL DRAFT notice!

The local armory donated some items including these neat bags, footballs, lanyards, and bracelets!

Treat bags had grendades, Army footballs, army laynards, whitstle, goarmy bracelet, binocular keychain, USA tootsie rolls, grenade water balloons, army men, and MREs (fruit roll ups).

I also made a cd for each child with army songs on it! We used some of them during the party

Certificates of Completion and Medals

Boot Camp Waiver

The dogtags everyone received with their names on them!

I was very proud of my signs!

Sign for the food table

Can't have an army party without a flag!

We did the Pledge of Allegiance and did the National Anthem!

The TANK cake! Camo inside!

Food table:

You cant really read the signs but one says "Great American Hotdogs" and the other is for "Sloppy Joes"

Cheese cubes with flag picks

Army mess hall tin plates!

Signing the bootcamp waiver! :)

At the recruiter table

Issue helmets and real dogtags with names engraved! (This took a long time for so neat!)

They also got army camo makeup if they wanted it.

Army helmets at the recruiters table

Treat bags, medals, certificates

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A neat bag from a friend!

Bathroom sign!

Target practice

Obstacle Course

1st station!

Belly crawl under the "barbed wire". I wish I had a better picture of the barbed wire. It is fake, but looks just like it!

Next station:

Tire jump

Then balance beam

Then over the climbing wall!!

Target practice!!!

Airborne Ranger School

The climbing rope at the end of the obstacle course

All of the kids got medals and certificates of completion for "boot camp"

Alice in Wonderland Party

FLAMINGO CROQUET! GIANT CARDS, FLAMINGOS, AND A STUFFED HEDGEHOG!!

CHESHIRE CAT

THE BOUNCE HOUSE WAS A LITTLE EXTRA FUN, NOT REALLY PART OF MY THEME!

MAD HATTER SETTING UNDER THE TENTS

I LOVE THESE LITTLE CHOCOLATES

THE CUPS WERE AWESOME LITTLE DISPOSABLE TEA CUPS!

FOOD TABLE

THE GIRLS TREATS: TEA CUP WITH DECK OF CARDS, BUNNY TEETH CANDY, CHOCOLATE CARDS, TEA BAG CANDY, BUTTERFLY BLOW OUTS, ETC.

THE BOYS TREAT BOXES WERE MAD HATTER HATS. THESE TOOK A WHILE TO MAKE BUT WERE PROBABLY MY FAVORITE THING!

THE FOOD TABLE-LOTS OF CAKES, BUTTERFLY COOKIES (JUST LIKE THE BREAD & BUTTERFLIES), MAD HATTER HATS, FINGER SANDWICHES, MEATBALLS, GIANT POCKET WATCH (MY OTHER FAVORITE THING), BOX OF COOKIES WITH "EAT ME" OR "TRY ME" ON THEM, VEGGIE TRY, CHEESE BALL & CRACKERS, LEMONADE, PUNCH, & TEA OF COARSE!

THE PLATES AND NAPKINS LOOKED LIKE FINE CHINA AND LINENS! THEY WERE PAPER! LOTS OF DOILIES

ALICE'S "LOOKING GLASS" MIRROR, THE TREE AND THE CHESHIRE CAT, THE MUSHROOM STOOL

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THE BIRTHDAY GIRL! (ALICE)

ALICE & TWEEDLE DEE & TWEEDLE DUM

SOME OF THE PARTY FAVORS. MADE LIKE TEA BAGS WITH CANDY INSIDE. "THANKS A LATTE"

THE PLACE SETTING FOR THE BIRTHDAY GIRL!

This party was very fun to plan but as usual, this theme was not popular when I did the party. Probably one month after the party, I found actual Alice in Wonderland "stuff" for parties.

Table setting was "Mad Hatter tea party" theme. Tea pots, tea cups, singing flowers, mushrooms with caterpillars, mad hatter hats, and of coarse the "drink me" bottle

Painting the Roses Red!

MAD HATTER CAKE

(BY MY MOM OF COARSE!)