Indiana Jones Birthday Party

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It’s time for an adventure of a lifetime! For my son’s 8th birthday he wanted an Indiana Jones themed party. I had so much fun putting this together.

Transformer Party Planner

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Use these examples of party games, agenda, as well as food ideas for a Transformer birthday party.

Star Wars Birthday Agenda

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Use this Star Wars Birthday Agenda to help plan your Jedi Training Academy birthday party for your little guy. It includes games, food, and party favor printables.

St. Patrick’s Day Bingo

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Here’s a fun activity you can do as a family or at a St. Patrick’s Day, or green day party.

Green Day Memory

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Memory is such a fun and easy game to play with children of all ages. Play this game at home as a family or during a St. Patrick’s Day party.

Egg a House

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Egg a house this Easter season, your friends will love it! Instead of using real eggs – use plastic candy filled eggs.

TAKS Survival Kit

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Put together a special bag of goodies for the day your child takes the TAKS test (which is a state wide test).

Charming Party

by Laurie on March 18, 2009

Charming Party

What is a Charming Party?

Do you have a friend with a birthday, who’s moving, has a special event coming up, or a teacher that deserves to be honored?  Then you need to Charm her!

Give a one of a kind party and a gift that she will cherish forever!  Help her create her own “mini-scrapbook” that represents special memories with her friends and family.   You won’t find a more meaningful group gift!

Simply state in the invitation that you’re throwing a “Charming Party” and each person at the party should bring a charm that represents something special to their friendship.  (The host usually gives the guest of honor the bracelet.)

To purchase these charms for a great price from Charming Gifts!


2 Ways to Present the Charms:

1.  You can present these charms individually wrapped to your guest of honor with a special note or poem attached detailing the sentimental meaning.  (You can have the guest stand up read her card and the meaning or have the guest of honor read the cards out loud.)

2.  Save your guest of honor hassle and money, by ordering all the charms at once and Charming Memories will assemble the bracelet by attaching all the charms for you for only $0.40 per charm (to cover the cost of the “O” ring).  During the party have each guest stand up and read their card to the guest of honor telling her what charm she gave her and why.  (Collect all the cards so the guest of honor can remember and keep these precious memories.)

The charms can be anything from a purse for the avid shopper to something more meaningful like, binoculars for her positive “view” on life.

Charm suggestions:

1st Place Ribbon – A winner is a dreamer who never quits.  Keep dreaming!
1st Place Ribbon – If at first you don’t succeed you redefine success.
#2 – When I count my blessings, I count you twice
2 peas in a pod – best friends or sisters
4 Leaf Clover – Luck is preparation met with opportunity
B – Bunco Babe
Binocluars – her positive “view” and advice
Butterfly – You helped me turn from a catapillar into a butterfly. Thank you for all your support and inspiration!
Camera – a scrapbooker or photographer
Car – road trips
Cards – I won the “luck of the draw” when you became my friend.
Clock – the friend that’s dependable
Clock – oranization and being on top of things
Comedy/Tragedy – How I feel about you is no “act”.  You’re the best!
Cookie – A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
Crown – You’re the “queen” of everything you do
Diary – writing or grateful journal
Dog – Sometimes you’re the dog, sometimes you’re the hydrant.  When life poops on you, you ‘shake it off’.  You’re such an inspiration!
Dream – You inspire me to ‘follow my dreams’ by following yours.  Or Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
Drum – I love how you ‘beat to your own drum’
Dumbbell – Work out partner
Event Ticket – commemorate a concert or event you shared together
File Cabinet – the Executive Homemaker, organized
Flip Flops – having fun
Flowers – Friends are like flowers in the garden of life. Attach Friendship Poem.
Flowers – The most beautiful discover true friends can make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. -Elisabeth Foley
“Follow Your Dreams” – the friend who’s persuing her goals and encourages others to do it too
Gift of Generosity Affirmation – I love how you have such a generous spirit!  You inspire me to be a better person.
Girl baby booties – for the mom with boys
Heart – Choose thy life, love thy choice
Heart – If I know what Love is, it’s because of you!
High School Ring – old school friends
House or Heart – A house is built with boards and beams, a home is built with love and dreams.
Lantern – You’ve been my guiding light!
Life Preserver – You’ve been my very own ‘life preserver’ this past year. Thank you!
Lightbulb – Thank you for all your ‘light bulb’ moments!
Microphone – American Idol wanna be/karaoke/singing loud to the radio
Mirror – You’re the fairest one of all!
M – M stands for Mom not Maid!  You’re a great Mom!
Nut – My family tree is full of nuts.
Old Woman Shoe – A woman’s work that is never done is the stuff that she asked her husband to do
Phone – keep in touch
Present- Your friendship is a most precious ‘gift’
Racket w/ balls – Together we cause such a ‘racket’ we have a ‘ball’!
Racing Flags – If you’re going through hell, keep going—Winston Churchill.
Rainbow – You inspire me to ‘follow my dreams’ by following yours.  Thank you!
Reach for the stars – I admire you for ‘reaching’ for your goals!
Rolling Pin – Freezer cooker or chef
Sand Pail & Shovel – Life’s a beach when I’m with you!
Scale – I try to lose weight, but it keeps finding me.
Scale – A waist is a terrible thing to mind.
Sewing Kit – Crafts are cheaper than therapy
Smile Affirmation – blessed are they who can laugh at themselves, for they shall never ceased to be amused.
Smile Affirmation – I can please one person per day. Today is not your day. Tomorrow’s not looking good either.
Texas w/ Heart – Your heart belongs to Texas.
Star – “Friends are like stars, even when you can’t see them you still know there always there.”
Star – it’s only when it’s darkest that you can see the stars
Tennis shoe – I love how you life your life like ‘Life’s not a sprint it’s a marathon’.  You endure to the end!
TV remote – For the ‘couch potato’ or the Lost Fan/24 Fan/Office Fan, etc
Unicorn – You’re one of a kind/rare bread
Wishing Well – I “wish” you “well” on your move.

For the Stylin’ friend:

Crown – you’re the “queen” of everything you do
Comb
Purse
Anything girly (look in under teen charms)

If you cannot find exactly what charm you’re looking for, there are hundreds of others available. Contact Colette from Charming Gifts.

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