Nov
2

Halloween themed birthday party

by Sofia   -   in Party planning

Meillä pyöri eilen jaloissa pikkuruisia hurjiin asuihin pukeutuneita vieraita. Tässä olisi muutama kuva tyttöjen synttärikakkukahveilta…

I wanted to share a few photos from the girls birthday party yesterday! We had a great time. Kids running around the house and adults drinking coffee and every once in a while someone going ” Shhhh!” if the voice levels went over our thresholds. So the makings of a successful party I would say. The girls were very into a Halloween theme but I wanted to make it a bit cuter. The regular Orange, Green, purple and black Halloween colours are not really my favourites ( I think it´s probably my least favourite combo) so we opted for black and white… and pink of course!

Tomorrow I will post a bit more about the birthday cake. I found the cake topper in Dean and Deluca in New York and it actually gave us the initial idea for the party. It´s by Meri Meri.

Oct
30

Happy Halloween!

by Sofia   -   in Good things for kids  Party planning

Tällaiset asut löysin tytöille sunnuntain synttärijuhliin H&M´n valikoimasta. Menimme oikeastaan vaan ostamaan Halloween teemaisia hiuspantoja, mutta kun tytöt näkivät nämä asut he halusivat ne ehdottomasti juhliin. Rehellisyyden nimissä myönnettäköön, että ne ovat kaikessa kauheudessaan aika suloiset. Hattara on valkoisessa mekossaan kummitustyttö ja Purkka mustassa hameessaan ja siivissä pikkuinen lepakko. Ja H&M hinnoilla ei haittaa vaikka mekot päätyisivätkin roolivaatelaatikkoon tämän yhden käyttökerran jälkeen.

Oct
29

Booo

by Sofia   -   in Cooking  DIY projects  Party planning

Are you all set for Halloween? We are having the girls´ birthday party for family and god parents on Sunday. Even though we only invited just this group we ended up with 30 guests ( plenty of kids between us parents). What a better excuse for a theme than Halloween. So we are doing a little creepy and a little cute. We decided to serve just cake and coffee as parties are all about coffee and cake really aren´t they? But obviously I can not just do a simple cake and leave it at that. So I made these simple meringue ghosts too. They are adorable and so easy to make. Bake these if you are looking for something simple to make Halloween happen in your house. Just make a basic batch of white meringue ( 3 egg whites and 7 tbls of sugar whisked until hard peaks appear). Attach a big round tip to your piping bag and pipe ghost shaped figures ( I´m pretty sure you could just put the batter in a plastic zip log bag and cut one corner off and pipe it through there too if you don´t have the tips already). After they come out of the oven ( 70°c for 3 hours) draw eyes and mouths on them with black gel colour ( I use Wilton). So simple! And the best part is you can make these in advance as meringues stay edible for days ( or weeks really).