31 Days of Halloween 2012 ~ Day 7

I love a good Halloween party and the games are key to a good time. Here are 11 Halloween Party Games from Martha Stewart.com that will make any party spooktacular. Personally, I'm a fan of the hanging donut game! Yum.

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31 Days of Halloween 2012 ~ Day 5

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I saw these adorable Mummy Twinkie Pops on Pinterest and couldn't wait to share them with you. The tutorial for these can be found over on Confessions of a Cookbook Queen. I love a treat that's relatively easy but makes a big impression. Not to mention delicious!




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31 Days of Halloween 2012 ~ Day 2

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The next old door I find!! I LOVE this idea! We do not have a party without a photo booth ever since our first photo booth at my son's first birthday party. You can see more examples of my various party photo booths, here.

It always amazes me, given the number of people who claim to hate having their picture taken {me included!}, that everyone seems to really enjoy a fun photo booth. I just ordered a wood floor backdrop from Bubblegum Backdrops and I think it will make a great backdrop for this fortune teller door. Now to find that old door....



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A Truly 'High' Chair ~ Fit for a Birthday Girl

Sometimes a plain ole highchair just doesn't do the trick for a special ocassion like a 1st birthday. Especially for a princess!

My SIL had been searching everywhere for a second hand wooden highchair so we could transform it into the perfect birthday seat for her little girl's 1st birthday party like I did for our sweet boy at his Carnival 1st Birthday Party.

Tell to you the truth, we had both envisioned her finding one similar to this one with the spindle back but after weeks and weeks of searching and nothing. We were beginning to think she'd never find. Then a friend who's neighbor was having a yardsale came to the rescue. When I first saw it I thought, what am I going to do with that?

Because the back was solid I was stumped. I knew I couldn't just leave it plain and because, in my mind, I had pictured the spindles. I was totally unprepared.

I started out by painting all of it turquoise and decided I'd add some kind of decoration to the back. And of course just the turqoise was a fun improvement but it made me realize I needed more color. Once I decided the tray needed pink, the rest just feel into place.

From there I added the white polka dots to the tray and I was sold! And knowing the love my SIL has for personalization, I knew just what to do to the back. The chair needed some straps to hold our sweet princess in, so I added those. In hot pink, naturally.

Add to that a fun I <3 Cake banner, some balloons and the awesome party hat her Mommy made and you have the perfect party chair for the perfect little princess!

Stay tuned for party deets from Sophie's Sweet Celebration.
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MY Not So Scary Halloween Party ~ Day 30

It's Candy the Chandy all dressed up for Halloween!

The Food

Ah Man! There's no more Mummy Dogs?!

More punch Mommy!

Evidently I didn't give him enough punch!

Photo Booth

Happy Halloween!

Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party ~ Day 21

Yep! You guess it! I'm at the "happiest place on earth". Which has me wondering how on the trip here I managed to sprout horns, spew pea soup and turn my neck around 360°. Well, at least I'm dressed for the party.

Tonight we're headed to Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party. It's basically Trick or Treat in the Magic Kingdom where the lines to rides are drastically smaller with nice, cool 59° temps. It's the best time to come really. And there's candy. Lots of it.

Everything it all decked out for Halloween. Even the characters are in costume. Which is kind of redundant if you think about it.

There's a Boo to You parade complete, with my favorite, the headless horsemen.

Many of the characters greet you in front of the castle after the Halloween light show. And, of course, there's a spooktacular fireworks show, too.

This quartet is awesome. Their songs are quite entertaining.

And they happily pose for pics!

It's on to our favorite ride, especially this time of year, The Haunted Mansion!

Have you ever visted the Mouse's House for Halloween?