When a fellowship committee was formed, I jumped at the chance to be part of it! I love planning events and also have wanted to see more family (all age) friendly activities offered at our church. A few weeks ago, we helped with some aspects of our annual church picnic. We gave it a carnival theme and had a great day of fellowship together. I wish I had taken some better pictures, but I wasn't exactly in the blogging mindset at that point.
We tried to stick tight to the red/white carnival theme. There were penants hanging in the tents for decoration and also carnival striped table skirts on all of the game/activity tables. Speaking of games and activities, we had a variety available with different prizes at each: face painting, colored sand art necklaces, a photo booth with fun props, sawdust scramble, beanbag toss, water gun challenge, and ladder ball. Phew! I would now like to have a moment of silence in honor of Oriental Trading. Seriously y'all...how did we live before this?!
This was my favorite fun thing (thanks for the idea, Pinterest!) To make this vendor box, I simply covered one [of the MANY!] diaper boxes I have with a red vinyl table cloth and secured it on the inside. I spraypainted the picture areas of the box first so that there wouldn't be a chance of naked babies showing through when the sunlight hit it. I then secured some red & white polka dot ribbons to the box, using the handles already cut out. My Cricut came in handy for cutting out the letters and swirly jobby. Stuff that baby full of cotton candy (also from Oriental Trading) and the kids loved it!
That night, Bear fell into bed, eyes half-closed and exclaimed, "Mumma- dat was a good party!" From a 3-year-old mouth...that is what I will claim as a success! :)
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