DIY: Birthday Ideas

By Kathleen Heady

For my twins Birthday Party I had twice the fun decorating and wanted to share some do-it-yourself Birthday Ideas. For their party I decided I did not want to spend that much and saved instead by making the decorations and party favors myself. Here are three birthday decorations and ideas that are easy and fun to do and oh so colorful.

—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————–DIY: Balloon Chandelier: I bought these helium balloons at a local dollar store, 25 balloons for $1 dollar a pack. I used ribbon tie and tape to hang the balloons from the ceiling and scissors to twirl the ends of the ribbon for twirly curls.

DIY: Icecream Bar: The kids wanted an ice cream bar so I made them one and set-out a variety of toppings i.e. gummie bears, chocolate chips, shredded coconut, hershey syrup, honey, sprinkles and granola bars crunched up.  All the kids liked the ice cream bar and everyone had seconds 🙂

My daughters icecream in a “monkey pod” that she decorated.

DIY: Mason Jar Party Favors

For the mason jars. I decorated them with stickers, mustaches, critters, beads, and headbands. I made boy/girl ones. I used a hot glue gun for the outside decorations and filled the jars with candy and mini toys and erasers. It was fun and the kids put on the mustaches with the funny glasses and masquerade mask and had a great time.  It was simple yet very cute and the kids liked the jars and the wearable mustaches.

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No Bake Recipe “Coconut &Walnut Chocolate Balls” by Kathleen Heady

No Bake Dessert Recipe

This is a very easy recipe to make. Calls for minimal ingredients and best of all requires no-bake. I made this recipe one day because I ran out of eggs therefore baking with the oven was out the window. I must say though these were amazing and a great treat to bring to a Christmas Party or any event.

List of Ingredients:

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 cup sweetened condensed milk

1 1/2 vanilla extract or almond extract

1 (7 ounce bag) sweetened shredded coconut

1 (12 ounce bag) semi-sweetened chocolate morsels. melted

Powered Sugar (optional)

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Directions:

1. In a bowl,  mix chopped walnuts, sweetened condensed milk, vanilla extract and coconut. Mix  ingredients together until mixture is thicken.

2. Then press mixture together with finger tips into small balls less than an inch round and then roll each ball with the  palms of your hand for a nice round ball.

3. After all Cocoa-Balls are made, Refridgerate  for about an hour or until firm.

4. Once Cocoa-Balls are firm, Melt choclate chips on stovetop on low-medium heat. Stirring the chocolate chips slowly until melted then put on low heat.

5. Dip the Cocoa-balls into the melted chocolate. Place balls on clean baking sheet and let dry.

6. Sprinkle Sugar powder on top.  (optional)

7. Chill the Cocoa-Balls once more for about 15-30 minutes.