Spa Party for a Tween on a Serious Budget!!!

For those that know me, know that I have a serious problem with parties. There can never be enough decorations, activities, food, and party favors must be spectacular.  There really needs to be 12 step program for this.  A friend of my husbands daughter (did you follow that one) was turning 10.  She wanted a spa party for her and two friends.  Thats totally easy right.  My husband and I decided to do the party for her for her present and were like stated above on a serious budget.  Well with a little help from my friends, my trusty silhouette, and the dollar store we were totally in business.

Decorations were kept pretty simple.  I had the spa paryt at my house. Please excuse whatever mess you see, I well, I live in the house with a three-year old and a husband who might as well be a three-year old.  I made tissue poms, covered my dining room table, used the party favors on the buffet as decor, made a banner and a door sign.  I lit candles around the house and toned down the lighting.  I had every intention of putting on music but the girls were so giggly it would not have made a difference.  From here out it will be uber heavy on pictures!!

This is the sign I made.  Taylor(little bit turning 10) wanted peace signs.  It’s just scrapbook paper, made the sign on publisher, glued it down on to a piece of cardboard, strung with ribbon and hung on wreath hanger on the fron door.

Forgive the pictures I am not a photographer in the slightest.

Tissues poms hung in the kitchen archway.  YOu can’t really see it but behind that pillar is a metro shelf with everything set on it for the spa portion of the party.  I had pedicure buckets, bowls for manicures, towels, a basket with bath salts, lotions, finger nail polish remover etc…

This was a cake that the lovely Hope Frohbieter from Hope’s Sweets and Treats donated for this birthday party.  It was so cute and super yummy.  I bought cupcakes from Hope for my son’s birthday and they were so cute and scrumptuous. If you are in the Houston, Texas area, I definitely say give her a call for your next event.

Here is a blurry pic of the whole table.  The stand to the left has white chocolate covered pretzel rods and Oreos drizzled with colored white chocolate. The bottom layer is just plain every day strawberries.  The green bucket is one I had on hand with some picks in it that I cut out on the silhouette.  Its stuffed with material on hand.  The cups and napkins were purchased from the dollar store as was the foiled wrapping paper on the table.  The peace signs were just cut outs and the paper plates I had on hand.

The girls getting their pedis.

manicure

Oatmeal strawberry face mask, cucumbers, and their footsies soaking.

If yall want I can post an individual picture of these. But they are plastic boxes that I wrote “You are beautiful” in paint pin.  I filled them with sizzle, cut out their initial on the silhouette and put on a cup.  The favors contained a microfiber wash cloth, flip-flops, bath salts, bath foam, toe separators, nail file, clippers, a powder puff and a nail file key chain.  Oh it also had some jolly ranchers.  I scored and hit a 50% off sale at the dollar store. (say what, yeah I know)

To start the night out I had bought them each a pair of flip-flops to decorate.  I let them go in the craftroom and they had a blast with ribbon and sequins. The girls also did blind makeovers.  They put a blindfold on and attempted to put make up on one another.  I also made smoothies for them to sip on out of their personalized cups from the party favor boxes.  Overall I think they had a blast!  Total cost for the party minus the cake and a few goodies that some truly awesome women donated to me was around $45.00.  I don’t think it could have went better!

Craftily Yours,

   Kimmy

September 7, 2011. Uncategorized.