Welcome to A Carnival of Parties!
You’ll find posts from all over the blogosphere with stories, humour, tips and tricks of how to (or not as the case may be) throw the perfect children’s party.
So, don your party dress and join the fun!
Our first contributor is Debbie from ‘Carrots & Kids’ who also blogs at ‘ParentDish’. She’s shared three fab ParentDish posts on throwing parties with loads of brilliant tips and ideas: Top 10 Tips for Traditional Birthday Parties, Thrifty Tips for Party Bags & Thrifty Ways to Celebrate Birthdays.
Birthday party etiquette can be hard to navigate at the best of times, but as an English parent in Catalunya ‘Very Bored Housewife’ found the learning curve a little steep in her post ‘How Not to Attend a Catalan Birthday Party‘.
I have to confess I did laugh a little when reading Tara at ‘Sticky Fingers’ post about here slightly disastrous run in with some lip gloss in her post ‘Toxic sweets, cheap tat and redecorating the house: the hell of children’s party bags‘.
Rosie Scribble blogs about a party just for her and her daughter IJ in her post Chillin‘. She’s also rather generously giving you the chance to win a copy of Gatecrasher’s Club Anthems 1993-2009. Hop on over to find out how.
Hazel at ‘Hotcrossmum’ posts ‘Ten things not to do at birthday parties‘. It’s a comedy of errors and pure fiction of course….
After hosting two children’s parties in the space of a week ‘Wife of Bold’ shares with us her very funny ‘Top ten tips of how NOT to host a children’s party‘, I did chuckle at her expense!
The lovely Clare at ‘Clareybabbling‘ writes about her most recent birthday party experience and shares her tips for throwing one in her post ‘Party Fever‘ and over at ‘Kellogsville’ there are some top tips for ‘Halloween (2010!)‘
April at ‘A Life Slightly Used’ talks about how she dreaded, even feared parties as a child and felt like a fish out of water but has overcome the fear for her children in the post ‘Do not use that word as a verb in my shop…‘
Catherine at ‘Withney Wanders’ organised a pottery party of her daughter and shares her story in the post ‘Pandemonium and Pottery Party Preparation‘.
In ‘Pressed flower soaps, birthday parties and the competitive gene‘ Dawn at little green fingers confesses her competitive streak and shares with us how to make beautiful pressed flower soaps with children.
Kate at ‘Coaching4fulfilment’ recommends joining forces with another parent when party planning in the post ‘Organising kids’ birthday parties you’ll either love it or hate it‘
Mother of four already with another on the way Amy over at ‘And 1 More Means Four’ has been celebrating two of her beautiful daughter’s birthdays which she has shared in her post Party time!
Always hilarious, Sharon at ‘Motherhood: The Ultimate Survivor’ implores us to ditch the cheap party loot bags and consider something altogether more personal in her post ‘Stop the Loot Bag Insanity‘
Looking for a beautiful handmade gift to make for a little girl’s birthday? There’s just the thing over at ‘The Madhouse’ in the post ‘A homemade girl’s present- Bag and purse with beads.’
Ever wish your other half would take over the birthday party planning to give you a break? Karen at ‘If I Could Escape’ accidentally on purpose threw her husband in at the deep end in ‘Now, look whose husband has gone and gotten himself into the party planning business?‘
‘Sleepless in Suburbia’ blogging at ‘MumsRock‘ attempts to humiliate her daughter by threatening to perform her Girls Aloud dance routine if she didn’t dance completely backfired in her post ‘I do not dance like a mum. Much.‘
Linda Jones would rather put her money to better use than give out party bags in her post ‘Down with party bags!‘ on ‘Have a lovely time’ and writes about navigating birthday party issues when you are the parents of twins and multiples in her post ‘Parties , presents and cards‘ on ‘You’ve got your hands full!’
Becky shares her frugal tips for ‘Birthday parties on a budget‘ over on her blog ‘How to afford time off with you baby’ and last but by no means least, ’21st Century Mummy’ shares with us the virtues of her favourite party venue in ‘Coffee & Crayons, Fulham – superb children’s party venue‘.
Many thanks to all the contributors.
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What a great idea! You just reminded me that I have three to plan!
Great carnival. Thanks for including me. xx
A good read! Tried fitting into my party dress for this but couldn't…
What a fabulous idea. Some really great posts there. Very uplifting on such a grey day I have to say. Thanks IM!
I am just having my slice of party cake, thanks for included me.
Got my best party frock on!! Hehe! Thanks so much for including me! Looks like some good reading for me!!
A great carnival hun and thanks for including me xxx
You've done a fantastic job with this Carnival, youe such a great host, thanks for including me! I'm off now to read all the great entries x
Thank you for including me
LOVE your new blog honey. Very well done. I now have more blog to read – glee!
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