Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Sweets & Treats Party

For his 5th birthday, Little Man requested a candy theme. I figured, why not? A lot little sugar now and then wouldn't hurt anyone. (Which technically isn't true, since the day ended with an early bedtime and a belly ache.)

We baked, frosted, and dipped sweets all through Friday night. Our kitchen was covered in sprinkles, chocolate, and bits of cookie. But the end result made the kiddos drool.

There was a candy buffet:

There were cupcakes to be decorated by little hands:

Whoopie pies to munch:

And even more candy from the pinata:

There was also lots of non-candy related time spent at the playground, in the sand box, and playing with new toys.

But when all the sugar-buzzed children went home to their own parents, I was definitely happy to sit down and rest. And can you believe I didn't eat any of that candy???

14 comments:

Mandee said...

Yummy! What a fun party! Everything looks great! I bet the kids all had a ton of fun!!! :)

Theta Mom said...

You're amazing! You make all of my parties look so cheesy! Sugar or no sugar, those things look AWESOME!

koreen (aka: winn) said...

Looking at and smelling candy is enough for me... don't actually like sugar. But the kids.... why not let them gorge themselves once in a (very long) while? They'll learn from their bellyaches. And it all looked so good! The kids were thrilled, I bet. =)

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Kati said...

That looks like sooo much fun. It is on my theme list!

My Trendy Tykes said...

WOW! You really outdid yourself. I want a candy buffet, darnit!

sheila said...

OH.........SWEET! Great concept for a kids party!

Brittany and Charlie-Social Butterfly said...

Good for you...great idea for the party!

Michelle@lifeinawhirlwind said...

Looks delicious! I hope you don't have a lot of leftovers at the house.

MOMSTAR said...

I wish I could have invited to the party;) It looks like so much fun!!!! I wonder how many kids got sick that night? HAHA!

Heather said...

Wow! I bet the kiddies had fun at your party too! I can't believe you didn't eat any of it...I sure do love candy! ;)

Chrissy said...

Yum! Looks like it was worth the belly ache to me. :-) Although I am super impressed that you didn't have any! Such willpower.

Anonymous said...

Another home run! I love it and what a Smartee (my favorite candy) that your little one cane up with the theme!

Kelly said...

Yum!Now that's my kind of party!Did you make those Whoopie cakes? I think I might need the recipe-they look awesome!