PI day cupcakes

Cupcakes for my daughters 4th grade class celebrating PI day, they had a class Pie potluck. Since it was her birthday my daughter asked for cupcakes that were
science related !!

They are studying the periodic table and each child was assigned a element to research. so I decided to make cupcakes picks with basic info about elements and a few facts about them.

The children read the facts out to the class before eating the cupcakes.
Now that's what I call smart eating !!

The Princess Party on a Budget

So I finally got to post on The Princess party on a Budget.
Everything turned out perfect and now the complete breakdown.

I used plain white favor bags 12 for a buck and pasted these printouts on them.



Next table setting The Boa's we had brought from the $ store when they were available last year. Also the flowers and the vases.
The cute pink glasses I bought before valentine were 2 for a $ and they give the
setting a very nice touch.

I also did a seperate Knights table a we had about 4 boys

The Cake was a mini princess with pink frosted cupcakes. I decorated an old cake stand I had with a tiara on top a pink boa. I also got the Canopy from my daughters
room to give the cake cutting area that royal look.


The rest of the food was pretty simple

We also served Mini Pizza's from Trader Joes.
So mission accomplished for me and the kids had a wonderful time.

3 more days to go for the $100 Princess Birthday Party!!!

Three more days to go and I have my favors all ready the party activities are all set.
For the party table I will be using things I already have so no additional costs there.
I do have a mini princess cake mold that I will use to make a cake and the rest will be cupcakes.

Here is our party menu.


Another idea that hit me a few days back was the the dress up idea. It has the potential to throw me off budget but I am not spending any money on this.
Why not involve parents in the Dress up? So I looked in the closets and garage and found Hats a crown,Tiara a wig all used in past Halloweens

So while our lil princess's and knights are all dressed up we get a chance to have the whole family pose for a Royal picture.

Picked up gold colored plates from party city on sale &1.49 for 20!! wow I am nearly all set.

The $ 100 Birthday party challenge- countdown begins........

The Birthday party is next Saturday and I have 8 days to go. I am doing quite Ok as yet only spent about $35 that leaves me with $65 for food,activities,cake etc.
will that be enough !!! I have 8 confirmed guests and 3 maybes. Any suggestions
on Princess Party menu can feed about 12 kids under $25 ??

Cupcake Stand

Found these videos will try to make them.

A Special Birthday Gift.

My Sister-in-law's birthday is coming up. Its 15 Aug actually, but since my parents were heading over there. We decided to send her gift early.I usually stick to gift cards as it does away with having to recycle gifts & being fake polite.How many bath & body sets does a person need!!!

But earlier this year we had bought these beautiful pair of earrings from zihuatanejo.



The girls kinda felt left out, they wanted to send something too. So we baked a batch of our fav cupcakes

Rhea had fun icing it.

Rhea's gift was ready.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ISHITA