Theme Thursday: Make it an Astronaut Party

Make it an astronaut party! It doesn’t require a whole lot of planning or money to make your theme out of this world. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Decorations: Cover the walls, floors, and furniture in black or blue gauzy fabric. Then hang glow-in-the-dark stars and moons from the ceiling. String up some sparkly lights and use Styrofoam balls to make planets, or hang some CDs from the ceiling for a fun effect.
Party Favors: Pop-Rocks candy, Milky Way bars, Mars bars, plastic spaceships, and glow-in-the-dark bouncy balls are all good bets.
Games: A game of Saturn’s Ring Toss requires little more than a hula hoop and bean bags. Mark an “X” with tape on the ground or floor. Two helpers hold the hula hoop a short distance from the X while players take turns trying to toss the bean bag planets through the hoop. For a fun variation on this, try tossing “flying comets” instead of bean bags. To make them just cover tennis balls in colorful tights or leggings and secure the balls with a rubber band.
For more fun space ideas check out NASA’s site for kids.

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Happy birthday, Shaq!
This weekend, my 12-year old daughter and her friends are hosting a surprise birthday sleepover for one of their friends whose mother lost her very short battle with lung cancer this past July. Each year, her Mom would have a huge sleepover birthday party for her which all the girls looked forward to. This will be the first birthday she will have without her Mom and it will probably be difficult for her and her Dad and brothers.