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