Paw-ty Time!

As promised, we finally got to have Savanna' 11th birthday "PAW-TY" with all her little girlfriends! As I mentionioned in an earlier post, the Lord has been so gracious to bless our family with so many sweet friends. But that made it really hard for Savanna to come up with a guest list for her party! She finally settled on a GIRLS ONLY party for her 4th and 5th grade buddies. We had the SWEETEST group of girls gather at our house for a WEBKINZ party!

If you don't know what Webkinz are...I don't know what to tell you or how to break the news...but you are officially "out of it!" Because Webkinz is ALL THE CRAZE here and it has been for about the past 3 years! I'm sure that the novelty and excitement will eventually fade away(sort of like Beanie Babies a few years ago), but for now, it's popularity is RIDICULOUS!

Everyone brought their favorite Webkinz with them so we could make party hats, name collars, and clothes for our furry friends.
Silly Girls!
Funny Face Photos are a family favorite!

The cakes/cupcakes totally have the "made by your mama" kind of look, but Savanna loved it!

And in my book, that is all that counts!

I have always loved making the kids cakes and, so far, I haven't let my lack of skill stop me. After all, if we're honest, it's the taste that really matters anyway!

I loved Savanna's idea of having a Webinz party~ the only problem was, I really couldn't find any resources or paper products that go with the theme. So we had to put on our thinking caps and get a little creative. I found the Hefty Animals plates, cups, and plastic silverware. They have every kind of animal imaginable just like Webkinz.

For the snacks, we served some of the goodies in NEW and NEVER BEEN USED BY AN ANIMAL dog bowls. We dyed the nacho cheese green to make it "GREEN GUNK" just like the whammy prize on Webkinz world.

We made a party mix of a variety of snacks and called it "KIBBLES AND BITS", found the graham cracker Scooby bones, and made a batch of "MONKEY MUNCH" out of Chex mix, peanut butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and butter.

One of Savanna's friends helped in the making of the monkey munch. As we were getting all the ingredients out for the "munch" she said "I don't know what we're making, but I know it's bound to be good because everything looks so fattening!"

AMEN SISTA!

As the girls arrived, they began making the clothes for their Webkinz out of no-sew fleece, ribbon, and stick on gems. They were all so creative and unique! We may have a few fashion designers in training on our hands!

Mrs. Becky had to make a quick run home because the twins had forgotten to bring their Webkinz. She was too cute coming in with a whole arm full ~ not sure which one they wanted.

After getting their Webkinz all decorated, they each got a box to decorate as a room for their furry friend.

Mom sewed little beds for them to stuff with fleece, they had battery operated candles that they made paper lampshades for to make a lamp, they got a tiny food dish filled with bone shaped candy, animal print paper to make into carpet, and a variety of foam stickers to decorate the walls.

We found the most adorable little wooden dressers and cabinets that they decorated with markers. Again, their creativity was amazing!

Then we busted out the foam noodles so they could create anything they wanted. If you have never seen these, you MUST get them for your kids right away! They are so awesome! All you do is take the brightly colored foam pieces, that look like a combination of brightly colored styrofoam peanuts and cheetos, tap them onto a damp sponge, and then the foam pieces stick together. The girls made chairs, tables, picture frames, crosses, etc... to decorate their Webkinz rooms. My mom and Brian's mom had as much fun with the kids with these things. I am telling you, these things are from the future!

{just in case you're wondering, I get them at JoAnn's ~ only $6 for a ginormous bag}

Then came cake time!

Happy Birthday to You,

Happy Birthday to You,

Happy Birthday Dear Savanna,

Happy Birthday to You!

Happy Birthday to You,

Only ONE will NOT DO!

Ask CHRIST as your Savior,

And then you'll have TWO!

Girlfriend got the giggles half-way through the song.

It only took three tries, but she eventually blew them all out :)

I included this pic just to prove that Brian and Micah were actually at the party. Brian took over with the camera for me since my hands were so busy with lots of crafting projects. Micah loves Webkinz, but there were just too many girls in one room for him. He spent most of the party avoiding "girl germs".

Snack time...

...then present time!

Her friends know her well and gifted her with all kinds of cool jewelry, littlest pet shop, purses, nail polish sets, clothes, shoes, and OF COURSE~ four new Webkinz! I must say, I was very proud of how excited and appreciative she was with her new gifts. It made my heart happy to see her sporting such good manners.

Uncle Brad helped Micah hide from the girls by keeping him happy playing football in the yard.

Wag your tails and wiggle your ears...

we had a wonderful Webkinz party!