Colorful sea life frolic together on The Sea Life Party Invitations. What a fun theme for kid’s birthday invitations, beach party invitations and more. At your under the sea themed party, how fun would it be to serve these cute and colorful fish cupcakes and cake by Mommy Make a Cake?
Or maybe mermaid party invitations?
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Want a cool, refreshing drink without the alcohol? Try serving CranRaspberry Martinis at your next get together.
Pour Cranberry juice and sparkling water into martini glasses. In a shaker, add crushed raspberries, lime juice and ice and shake until blended. Strain this mixture into the glasses, stir and garnish with one or two whole raspberries.
You can also wet the rim of your glasses with lime juice and dip into sugar poured onto a shallow plate.
Enjoy!
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A summer pool party is a blast for a birthday party or any special occasion. Keeping kids entertained is easier when you can guide them in some fun pool games.
Octopus
Choose a person to be “it”. They stand in the middle of the pool. Players line up on one side of the pool and try and swim to the other side without being tagged. The players who are tagged hold hands with “it” and for the next round all the players holding hands try and tag the swimmers as they try and make it to the other end of the pool. Keep going until all players have been tagged – then choose another “it” and start again. Lots of fun!
Noodle Joust
Select two players to sit on a blow up raft in the middle of the pool. Give each one a pool noodle and have them joust with the noodles and try and get each other off the raft. The winner takes on the next player.
Fill these printed pattern cellophane party favor bags with your favorite candy or party favors. Lots of fun designs to choose from – stripes, dots, floral patterns and prints.
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Printed “cello” bags made of 1.2 mil crystal clear polypropylene have a crisp feel. Use as candy bags, food bags, soap bags, or for any small item. The printed patterns on these bags add appeal and a little extra. Actual Size: 4 wide” x 2-1/2″ deep x 9-1/2″ high
Super Bowl is one broadcast we turn up the commercials instead of hitting the mute button. Here’s a collection of the best of the 2010 Super Bowl commercials.
In this spectacular section of ‘The Joy of Stats’, Hans Rosling tells the story of the world in 200 countries over 200 years using 120,000 numbers – in just four minutes. Plotting life expectancy against income for every country since 1810, Hans shows how the world we live in is radically different from the world most of us imagine.
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The moment when children realize that Santa isn’t real is often a difficult one. Most of us remember with no small amount of embarrassment – but also a sense that that moment was when we lost our innocence.
Part of the magic of Christmas as a child is to look wonderingly at a Christmas Eve night, hoping and praying that Santa is going to visit and that you’re on the Good list. It’s an innocence and magic we wish to preserve in our children for as long as possible, and to that end, here’s a quick list of things to do to make Santa’s visit appear all the more convincing:
1. Take a bite out of the cookie!
It’s so simple, but so often forgotten. If your children leave food out for Santa, make sure you take a convincing bite. The same goes for any drinks left out – take a swig. Your kids will be delighted that Santa enjoyed their offering, and you’ll get something tasty too.
2. Leave icing sugar footprints.
All you need is a sieve and a white powder – icing sugar pre-mix is best for the job – and you’ve got the tools to make some convincing Santa footprints. Pour the powder into the sieve and sprinkle a route from the chimney to beneath the tree, just like Santa would walk in his snow-covered boots.
3. Sign a couple of gifts “From Santa”
A small touch but a nice one. While the majority of your gifts can say “from Mom and Dad”, add in a couple that are signed by the man himself.
Traditionally, the wedding engagement party was not a gift-giving occasion, as the news of the couple’s engagement was made by surprise announcement by the father of the bride to guests at a normal party.
Today, it varies from culture to culture if engagement presents are given at a party celebrating a previously announced engagement.
With news traveling at warp speed today, the engagement party is more a formal way of celebrating and congratulating the happy couple and can be an elaborate affair or a cozy gathering.
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In the Middle Ages, families of means would have their wedding invitations hand-crafted by monks who were skilled in the art of Calligraphy.
The personal crest or Family Coat of Arms was stamped in hot wax to seal the document.
By 1600, the printing press which was invented in 1447, still produced a poor result for stylish wedding invitations.
It was around this time that it became tradition to announce weddings in the newspapers.
Before the invention of the printing press in 1447 and because of widespread illiteracy, English weddings were typically announced by a Town Crier who would walk the streets announcing the news of the day in a loud voice.
If you heard the wedding announcement, you were then part of the celebration.
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