My little Brookie is 8 years old!
She is so excited for all that comes with this age and has been counting down all year. Especially since November.
In January she had here birthday party. We tossed around some ideas and decided on a Nancy Drew birthday party. Brooklyn loves to read and this year has been loving mystery books. She has read a ton of Cam Jansen books and we tried the original Nancy Drew, but discovered the Clue Crew series which is about Nancy when she was 8.
She got alot of crafty gifts from her friends (Brooklyn is all about crafts and reading.) A set of scriptures with her name on them from Grandma & Grandpa May,and a cute scripture bag from her mom and dad. (Made by my awesome friend Rebecca.) Here's some pictures from the party.
These are the invites I made on Photoshop. Brooklyn is quite the actress!
This is what was on the inside of the card.
These were what each girl took home. A sleuth kit.
I had muddy foot prints coming in the house. I printed them onto my laminating sheets then ran them through the laminator and cut them out and taped them to the floor.
I also did hand prints and finger prints throughout the house.
Instead of a cake I got doughnuts and put in craft sticks to look like magnifying glasses.
Each girl got a "Clue Crew" badge. They drew their picture and I laminated it.
The "Clue Crew" right before solving the mystery.
I hid clues throughout the house to follow to find out where someone hid the presents. We did two teams. Brooklyn and Olivia were on different teams. Brooklyn wanted to read each clue and think about what it meant, and Olivia would inform everyone each time that she couldn't read it but that she knew where the clue was and would take the whole team off running. I got pretty wild for a bit.
My sweet little 8 year old!
In January she had here birthday party. We tossed around some ideas and decided on a Nancy Drew birthday party. Brooklyn loves to read and this year has been loving mystery books. She has read a ton of Cam Jansen books and we tried the original Nancy Drew, but discovered the Clue Crew series which is about Nancy when she was 8.
She got alot of crafty gifts from her friends (Brooklyn is all about crafts and reading.) A set of scriptures with her name on them from Grandma & Grandpa May,and a cute scripture bag from her mom and dad. (Made by my awesome friend Rebecca.) Here's some pictures from the party.
These are the invites I made on Photoshop. Brooklyn is quite the actress!
This is what was on the inside of the card.
These were what each girl took home. A sleuth kit.
I had muddy foot prints coming in the house. I printed them onto my laminating sheets then ran them through the laminator and cut them out and taped them to the floor.
I also did hand prints and finger prints throughout the house.
Instead of a cake I got doughnuts and put in craft sticks to look like magnifying glasses.
Each girl got a "Clue Crew" badge. They drew their picture and I laminated it.
The "Clue Crew" right before solving the mystery.
I hid clues throughout the house to follow to find out where someone hid the presents. We did two teams. Brooklyn and Olivia were on different teams. Brooklyn wanted to read each clue and think about what it meant, and Olivia would inform everyone each time that she couldn't read it but that she knew where the clue was and would take the whole team off running. I got pretty wild for a bit.
My sweet little 8 year old!
10 comments:
What a cute Idea! I love all your ideas...8 years old...what an exciting age!-Baptism!-
Chloee is having her 7th birthday on the 27th. I can use all the ideas I can get! Man, your girls and Chloee would have so much fun together!
What a darling idea! Love it.
This party is the coolest Party I have ever heard of!
We love our little Brookie-B.!!! I cant believe she is 8...thats so crazy.
THIS is so so so so SUPER cute. you are a cool mom.
That is such a cute idea, I love all the details you put into it! Brooklyn is the cutest, sweetest 8 year old ever!
Wow, what a fabulous party! Love all the creative touches. Megan turns 11 next Sat., I'm still working on all the details. Thanks for the motivation to make it cute and fun. Tiffany
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah... I concure with all the comments, it was over the top! It is so nice that Bs. Gr. and Gr. Baldwin can come to her Bap. It will be a fun and special year for her. Love, Love, Love, Love, Love. MOM
You throw cute parties for your kids! I hope I can throw cute and creative parties for my kids too. Although creativity has never really been my strong suit.
This is Jen Carver (Josh's wife). You are a woman after my own heart. Love the creativity on the birthday party!! I want to copy this idea for my daughter's b-day next year! Any chance the invitation template can be emailed? (I like to save these things in my idea file.) If it's something you'd be willing to share, jenlcarver93@hotmail.com . You are amazing!! (And, love your daughter's baptism photos.)
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