I have also included some pictures from our previous airplane party as the favors looked so adorable, with the pilots reflective sunglasses and of course Julie’s cake from Blue Cupcake was as always, beyond.

Oh Indiana Jones! Who doesn’t love Indiana Jones? (or Harrison Ford, for that matter!) No one I know! We were super excited to host our first ever Indiana Jones party at the COOP this past weekend. It was for another one of our fabulous multi party mommies — she actually has another COOP party coming up in about a month! We love that kind of COOP love! We wanted to make the party super fun and fabulous — and I think we did just that! The table was straight out of the Temple of Doom — strewn with giant rubber snakes (everyone got to take one home as well!) a treasure chest overflowing with coins, spiders, and the remains of a few brave souls that dared enter before us! I LOVED how it all looked with the torn cheesecloth table runner. The back table was swathed in burlap and held the goodie bags. We stuck with our simple kraft paper bags with the stark white skull emblazoned on it. Very graphic, very cool. The main table was covered in Indy hats and skeleton cups for all our mini adventurers… and as I said, they all went home with them and a super wiggle giant rubber snake at the end of the party. It was a wonderful party for a great family…. who we will see again VERY soon!

One of our most fabulous mommies just held her daughter’s party at the COOP this weekend — and she went with a SUPER MARIO theme. Mom couldn’t quite understand why the birthday girl chose the theme, as she never knew her daughter to PLAY Super Mario — but then her daughter explained that she played (play acted) Super Mario with the boys at school a lot! So cute. I think she was picking her theme based on what the boys like! She and her party are sure to be the talk of the boys in class after this shebang — and I suspect that was EXACTLY the point! She is so cute! The first Super Mario party we ever did was for my son Finn a couple of years ago — I included pics of his cake and the “magic mushroom” flowers I did for HIS party here as well… just to show off! Ha. We used the striped red and white table runners and did gold coins and stars scattered about on them for a little extra punch. The tall vases held the squishy stars that were included as part of the take home gifts. The kids also got red glitter Mario hats (Lucy and I actually handmake the M logo for these every time we do a Mario party!!) white cotton gloves, and sticky mustaches for all — and the girls get a red tutu and the boys a water race game. It is such a cute party. I just LOVE how the kids look with their mustaches and hats! And — to be honest — these gifts are also ALWAYS a big hit with the parents. Every time we do a Mario Party, there are more than a handful adults waltzing around with their sticky mustache and Mario hat. It’s a fun one for the whole family!

Check out our recent SPACE party that we hosted this weekend. We generally hang planets and a few stars when we do any sort of outer space party — and this was no exception. We hung a few planets, wrapped some vases in star glitter wire and placed some fabulous inflatable spaceships on top for table decor. We even threw in a couple of inflatable alien specimens – ready of their close up under the glass bell jars – on the main table. The kids all got Astronaut Ice Cream( I can still taste that distinct taste from visits to the Air & Space museum when I was in Elementary school!), Laser fingers and an inflatable Space Shuttle. WE just did simple black tablecloths and scattered them with same stars that we used to decorate the goody bags. It makes for a cohesive cool look, that was big hit with our BDay boy.

I love SUMMER. Nothing screams summer like a fabulous Beach Ball Party: so bright, so cheerful, so FUN. It was such a joy to put this Beach Ball Party together ( well, everything except blowing up all those balls )! I thought it would add something special to hang balls from the ceiling, as well as pool toys. We even had plenty of beach balls in our ball pit. Needless to say, the party went swimmingly and everyone had an absolute blast.