Making Party Decor For The Dude’s Penguin Party

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My sons are seriously crazy over The Penguins Of Madagascar cartoon.  If you haven’t seen it, you should.  Fun time for all.

Anyway, B-boy decided he wanted a Penguin party this year.  No problem?!?  Wrong.  Apparently, the show isn’t popular enough to have its own party supplies, so I had to get creative.

    

First, I bought some generic squawkers (call me crazy) from Walmart and decided to Penguin them up.  Using an image I found online, I cropped each individual character out and saved each one as a separate .jpeg file. 

Then I opened a blank slide in PowerPoint and added each Penguin character to a blank slide.  By layering those images with a random shape, I had the decoration for the blowers I needed.

Next, I printed and cut out the penguins.  I attached them to the blowers by making a few small holes with a hole punch and simply sliding them on.  The holes were small enough that the penguin images stayed tight.

To dress up my goodie bags, I used the same images from the blowers, made a hole in the top and attached them to closures for each bag.

   

Remember when I told you my mom and dad were crafty critters from way back?  Well, growing up, my mom ran a cake decorating business from our home.   She quit making cakes professionally several years ago, but my boys are lucky enough to get cakes made by Mamaw for their birthdays each year.

As if that wasn’t enough sugar, I made star shaped sugar cookies from my favorite recipe.  Sugar. Coma.

Braden loved his party.  We all had such an amazing day at the Children’s Museum with his little buddies and our family. 

So, if your child wants a party with a particular character that isn’t available at your local party shop…NO WORRIES!  PowerPoint and Picassa are your friends!

 

 

 

         

 

 

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