Twilight Budget Party: Under $10!

Welcome back to Wendy Thomas, who is back on Peppers and Pollywogs sharing her party plan for a Twilight Party under $10!  Amazing!  Make sure to visit Wendy’s great blog at: Simple Thrift Blog.

With 6 kids, you can bet we do a lot of birthday parties.

Still riding the high from throwing a birthday party for my youngest daughter where they all went to a movie (at the local library) had cupcakes, ice cream and did a craft for a total of $3.19.( http://simplethrift.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/a-birthday-party-that-didnt-break-the-bank-the-results/) I was determined to repeat my success with the next birthday party which, as it turned out, happened to be for my other daughter, Addy, aged 11.

Addy, as are all of her friends is into All Things Twilight and that naturally became the theme of her party. We dragged all of the vampire decorations out of storage (who knew that Halloween decorations would come in handy in April?!) and placed them strategically around the yard.

The night before I created a “Pin the blood drop on the neck” board as a party game and hung it up outside. Each participant received a sparkly bracelet – leftover from the previous party (apparently new vampires sparkle in the sunlight) for playing.

The girls then created sparkly Twilight apples (the first book) as a craft activity. (Glitter glue and cut out apple shapes).

Food consisted of apple vampire fangs (two eighths of a red apple held together with peanut butter and with two butter mints inserted as fangs), cupcakes (with sparkly colored sugar crystals on top), blood red punch, and an ice cream cup.

A friend of mine’s son and girlfriend (who both look remarkably like the main characters from Twilight) came to the party in order to have photos taken with each of the (giggly) girls. Each girl went home with a photo.

As I had done before, a letter had been sent to each invitee asking that all gifts be under 5 dollars. The inventive presents for Addy included:

• Certificates for sleepovers and play dates (many were reusable)
• A toy a girl had gotten previously that she didn’t play with but knew that Addy would (and she does)
• Books a friend had read and enjoyed and wanted to pass on

The girls all had a great time, playing games, doing karaoke, and being together. And wouldn’t you know they even invented a game of “Vampire Tag” to play at the end of the party.

Total cost: 6.72 cents

Mints 1.00 (used for fangs)

Apples: 2.39 (everyone got to have 2 “apple fangs” each)

Cupcakes: .69 (the mix was on sale)

Frosting: .64

Punch: .30 (instant)

Glitter glue 1.00 (from dollar store)

Photos: 1.00 (.10 cents each, each girl took home 2)

WOW!  Now that is budget-friendly!  Thanks, Wendy!