St. Patrick's Day Rainbow Cupcake

1. Top a cooled cupcake (baked from your favorite reicpe) with grass-green frosting.

2. For the rainbow, use a large, heavy knife (parents only) to cut a long, narrow strip from each of several flavors of Airheads candies (this is sticky stuff, so work on waxed paper).

3. Lay the strips side by side, press them together, then cut the ribbon of strips in half to make two rainbows.

4. Curve each one into an arch and trim the ends to make the strips all even. Set one rainbow upright on the cupcake (save the other for another cupcake) and deposit a pot's worth of gold coins to one end. If necesary, place a gold coin behind the rainbow for support.


MMMMMMMmmmmmmmm! Talk about having your treasure and eating it too!

Always Make It Fun!
Rebecca Hurt
Sr. Party Leader
Noah's Ark Animal Workshop

Frog Face Pizzas

You will need half an English muffin for each child. Split muffins and top with prepared pizza sauce and shredded American or mozzarella Cheese. Let each child decorate their won pizza. Use pepperoni, mushroom, olives and peppers to make funny faces. Bake on a cookie sheet at 375 degrees for 5-10 minutes, or until cheese melts.

Always Have Fun!
Rebecca
Sr. Party Leader
Noah's Ark Animal Workshop

St. Patrick's Day Heave Ho Game

In this version of the classic hay sack toss, use a spatula (in lieu of a pitchfork) to pitch a newspaper-stuffed lunch bag up and over a clothesline or makeshift crossbar. Whoever succeeds the most times out of ten is the winner.

Always Have Fun!
Rebecca
Sr. Party Leader
Noah's Ark Animal Workshop

Pretty-n-Pink Punch

Ingredients:
-ginger ale or lemon-lime soda
-raspberry sherbet
-fresh flowers (optional)

Fill a large punch bowl with ginger ale or lemon-lime soda. Add raspberry sherbet at serving time and watch it fizz. Serve in cups garnished with a fresh flower on the rim.

Always Have Fun!
Rebecca
Sr. Party Leader
Noah's Ark Animal Workshop

Puppy Pictures Frames

Purchase flat, inexpensive picture frames and small bone-shaped dog biscuits. Give each party guest a frame, some biscuits and glue for attaching biscuits. Have guests glue their puppy biscuits around the border of the picture frame. Let them dry.

You can insert a picture of each guest for a great party souvenir.

Be creative and you can come up with your own version of this craft.

I like the idea of cutting out small shapes for the dog bones from different colored card stock and using them to decorate the frame instead of actual dog biscuits.

Also, instead of buying actual picture frames, create your own out of craft foam, craft sticks, etc. then decorate with cut out dog bones.

What ideas can you come up with?

Always Have Fun!
Rebecca
Sr. Party Leader
Noah's Ark Animal Workshop

Pincess Wands

Wave a delightful, delicious spell over your party of princesses with candy-coated pretzel sticks that look like princess wands.

Ingredients:
-vanilla frosting
-thick, long pretzel sticks
-edible lavender/purple glitter

Supplies:
-wax paper
-Microwave

Melt the frosting in microwave on medium heat for about 30 seconds. Stir until smooth. Dip half of each pretzel in the frosting. Roll lightly in the edible glitter and cool on wax paper. Chill until set, and then serve to your waiting princesses!

Always Have Fun!
Rebecca
Sr. Party Leader
Noah's Ark Animal Workshop

Dinasaur Egg Hunt

On your child's special day, create a special dinosaur egg hunt in their honor. Use your own surprises to represent "dinosaur eggs," or use the following directions. To make "dino eggs", cook at least one hard-boiled egg for each guest. After the eggs have cooled, crack the shells lightly with the back of a spoon to give them a prehistoric look. Then, place the eggs in dye for several seconds. This will make the eggs look like very old, cracked dinosaur eggs. Hide the "dino eggs" and other theme-related prizes in easy or hard-to-find places, based on the ages of the guests.

Always Have Fun!
Rebecca,
Sr. Party Leader
Noah's Ark Animal Workshop

Rainbow Kebabs

You don't need to spend lots of time peeling and chopping to make these colorful fruit kebabs, and excellent first birthday idea for healthy food. Instead of purchasing whole fruits, you can buy a container of sliced or cubed fruit from the salad bar section of your supermarket. You'll need 6 to 8 pieces per skewer. Firm fruits such as melon, pineapple, kiwi, and oranges work well. For the skewers, you can simply use plastic drinking straws. To make each kebab, pinch the end of a straw and push it through a piece of fruit. Slide the fruit to the other end of the straw. Add more fruit to fill the skewer with a range of colors. Individually cover each kebob with plastic wrap and refrigerate till ready to use.

Always Have Fun!
Rebecca
Sr. Party Leader
Noah's Ark Animal Workshop

Noah's Parade

Supplies:
Face Paint and/or an eyeliner pencil, and lively music.

What to do:
As guests arrive, turn them into animals (cat, dog and lion are some examples) by adding whiskers to cheeks and a dot to noses, with face paint or an eyeliner pencil. Then put on music, find a volunteer to play the "Noah" and invite guests to be Noah's animals in a "human" train that moves from room to room, in time to the music. encourage "Noah" to make creative moves that the rest of the line can follow (crawling, hopping, jumping, twirling, rolling on the ground, etc.). Pick a new "Noah" every few minutes. Play until everyone is ready for a new activity.

This can also be modified for a Circus Animal Party or a Zoo Party......Have fun with it!

Always Have Fun!
Rebecca,
Sr. Party Leader
Noah's Ark Animal Workshop

INTRODUCTION (Who Am I and What Is This Blog About)

Hello,

My name is Rebecca Hurt and I have been a Noah's Ark Animal Workshop Party Leader since October 2006. As a Party Leader, I travel around my county, teaching children and the young at heart how to create their own cuddly creations. I do this by showing them how to hand-stuff Noah's Ark animals, wish on rainbow stars with my special wishing ceremony, help them name their new friends when they fill out their customizable birth certificates and show them how to dress their creations in adorable outfits.

But I do so much more than that........I help children and parents create memories that will last a lifetime. I enjoy coming up with different ways to make my clients have these memories at their workshops.

I also publish a monthly email newsletter that includes fun kids crafts and tasty recipes, among other items. This had led me on a never ending search for fun, easy crafts that children enjoy to do. My recipes come from my own personal files where I have hundreds of recipes I have collected. My oldest daughter and I have food allergies so I usually cook/bake from scratch.

I am a mom of 2 young children and I find myself constantly challenged to hold creative, fun and enjoyable birthday parties for them.

This Blog is my way of sharing the various tips, tricks and creative ideas I have encountered during my Noah's Ark Career as a Party Leader and my experience of being the mom who throws the "Over The Top" birthday parties (inexpensively of course) that our friends have come to love.

One last note - the name WHOOPsie Daisy comes from a wonderful lady that was like a second mom to my husband early in his military career. She stood up as his mom in our wedding (his mom could not make our wedding) and was known as Grandma Jan to our oldest. Jan is gone now but her memory stays with us. She use to love answering the phone of her flower shop because she said WHOPPsie Daisy was so fun to say. Since this is a blog about creating fun......WHOOPsie Daisy seemed an appropriate name!