February 8, 2012 – 9:00 am
Today, February 8th, is the birthday of a true legend, who has almost certainly touched the heart strings or played on the pulses of millions of us. No, I’m not talking about Trinny Woodall, although we do of course wish her all the best for her 48th birthday today. No, the particular legend I’m thinking of today is John Williams, who is 80 years old today. John – a happy birthday to you!
By jarnold
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Also posted in Film and Movies, Interesting Party Facts, Party Themes and Occasions
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Tagged 48, 80, 80th, eightieth, film, instruments, John Williams, music, notes, rock, Trinny Woodall
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January 14, 2012 – 10:04 pm
One of the many traditions in our household during winter, as with families across the country, is snuggling up on the couch in the evening with the curtains drawn watching re-runs of those classic films.
January 13, 2012 – 11:49 am
Modelling balloons can be great fun at parties, but not everyone can transform a single balloon into a perfect scale replica of the Eiffel Tower or a recognisable giraffe. In fact very often people’s attempt at a giraffe looks like a poodle and their poodles look like giraffes.
January 10, 2012 – 8:48 am
Party bags are an essential element within any children’s birthday party. It’s an unspoken rule that children will be presented with a whole bag of goodies, almost as a reward for deigning to turn up to the party. Children all seem to know it’s likely to happen, and should a parent not choose to include this little tradition then the gossip in the playground (between both parents and children!) can be dreadful. Make sure you don’t make this, almost unforgivable social faux pas, and be prepared.
December 13, 2011 – 11:00 pm
For your next children’s birthday party you could simply plonk down a bowl of crisps, a plate of ham sandwiches, a platter of sausage rolls and a stack of cakes. But perhaps there’s something else you could do which would make this party food tie in with the theme of the party a little better.
December 11, 2011 – 11:48 pm
Just recently I’ve offered my preferred salt dough recipe, some tips on creating good salt dough, and some suggestions on creating and decorating salt dough Christmas decorations. I just wanted to pop a couple of other quick tips down.
December 5, 2011 – 12:04 pm
With all of the Christmas planning at the moment it’s easy to overlook a few basic things, such as glasses and paper plates. So much of the time over the festive season you have plates of sausage rolls, bowls of nuts, bowls of crisps and plates of nibbly things for people, but that’s a lot of washing up.
By jarnold
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Also posted in Party Food and Drinks, Party Themes and Occasions, Seasonal Parties
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Tagged bowls, Christmas, crisps, festive, nuts, paper plates, party food, plates, red
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October 22, 2011 – 8:30 am
Can you juggle? One of the many party gift bag toys which we sell is a pack of juggling balls, and these are very popular. They’re the proper weighted leatherette covered balls with the brightly coloured sections on, which are the perfect size to fit in your hand, and a decent weight, which helps with [...]
By jarnold
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Also posted in Party Games and Ideas, Party Tricks
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Tagged bag, bags, ball, balls, child's party, gift bags, juggle, juggling, juggling balls, kids party, party, party gift bag
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October 20, 2011 – 12:54 am
If you’re planning on having a Halloween party in a couple of weeks then one of the things you might be thinking about is the table decoration. Perhaps you’re planning on having a buffet table with bits and pieces for everyone to help themselves from, in which case if you have children why not get them to decorate their own table cover?
October 17, 2011 – 10:08 pm
As you may have noticed from a few of our recent blog posts we’re quite excited about Halloween. It’s a great excuse for a party, for costumes, spooky fun and games and much more – what’s not to like? In today’s post we thought we’d share a couple of neat ideas for transforming your regular cocktails into spookier versions – and some of these ideas can be used with children’s drinks too.