On the agenda was to play in a photo booth, eat pizza, make lip balm, watch a movie, and make ice cream sundaes.
First we set up the photo booth. I used a small part of a room and hung a rope with small pvc tubing over it. On the tubing we hung crepe paper and paper decorations. I did end up placing an old navy curtain behind the crepe paper for better coverage. We had a table of hats, glasses, and boas for dressing up. My camera was on a tripod and my husband set up a photobooth software on his computer and connected the camera. The kids could then see each other on the laptop screen and it counted down for a series of four pictures. They had the option to print right away and see their pictures again. It was lots of fun! All the five guests and my two girls could all fit in the frame for group shots too. Another thing we had was two mini chalk boards for writing messages in the pictures. They were also used in some shots.
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| Testing out the photo booth - sisters |
The next activity was making lip balm. I had given the process a lot of thought and wanted to make sure the girls could be active participants. Finally I found this small glass pots at Hobby Lobby on sale for $1 each and thought they would work perfectly in my fondue pot. It worked well. Each girl measured out 1 tsp of coconut oil, 1/2 tsp of shea butter, and 1 tsp of grated beeswax. I had a 1/2 tsp and 1/4tsp spoons so that they just needed two of each thing. Some had more heaping teaspoons than others. For a couple girls they didn't have enough and needed to add another one or two more scoops of everything.
We tried labeling the pots with rubber bands, but they popped off in the heat.
After the first three ingredients had melted well, I had unsweetened cocoa, beet root powder, peppermint oil, and flavoring oils (cotton candy, pink lemonade, and cherry). The girls mixed different things together after pouring the warm liquid into their little tins. We used 1/8 tsp of the powders and 5 drops of the oils. Each girl ended up with two small tins of different balms. We also decorated the lids with Sharpies.
The girls went off to watch their movie and I cleaned up the lip balm area to prepare for ice cream sundaes. My daughter prefers ice cream to cake and loved the idea of making their own sundaes. We had done this activity for my son's birthday before and it seems to always be a hit. I provide small bowls of different requested toppings and of course whipped cream. While the kids really seemed to overdo their sundaes, I was happy to see they didn't eat it all!
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| The happy birthday girl |
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