Roarrr!
My brain feels like it’s been beaten up. It’s work-related. Long story. Funny though, because my way of de-stressing is to do more thinking. But the fun kind.
We’ll be having a party a month from now and I am finalizing party plans. As you may know, this year’s theme is monsters and we’re all excited to do just that. Ever since, all parties were held at home. It’s tiring but we like it that way. It’s intimate and home-made, and you get to nail all the details down the way you like it.
For the food, there’ll be monsters’ food and 2 monster cakes (one for each birthday monster, err… boy!), and those who aren’t in the mood for monsters’ food can have human food which we’ll be setting up on a separate table.
I’ve lined up several activities for the little monsters. There’ll be a reading corner filled with books about monsters and a craft corner for the guests to make their own monster masks and hand puppets.
Here’s one that Diego and I made a while back. Instead of wearing party hats, we thought it would be fun if the kids wear monster masks instead. Something to get them all in a growly-bouncy-pouncy mood.
As for the hand puppets, I originally wanted to use felt cloth but couldn’t find any. I was told I could find all that I need in Divisoria but I don’t want to go that far just for a few yards of felt. Good thing I found an alternative.
I found white cloth hand gloves at our friendly neighborhood store (SM Fairview). A pack only costs Php66! And with a few googly eyes, pipe cleaners, a fur ball and construction paper - voila! A monster hand puppet!
Here’s what it looks like when worn. This is just a peg. I’ll just set up a table with all the materials and leave it up to the guests on how they want their monsters to look like. With this, we can skip giving away toys in the loot bag (I hope the parents will appreciate that, since loot bag toys almost always end up as clutter). I hope they have fun making their own “toys” to bring home.
I am also done with the invites. When I got really upset this week (again, work-related) I sat on my chair, held a pile of construction paper and started making monsters. And it was fun!
Now, we’re ready to send out the invites via snail mail. Next week, I need to finalize the food orders and reserve the bounce gym we’ll be renting out. I’m all alone, so it’s a slow process. But there’s enough time.
