Terror in a Toga Murder Mystery Party

When our family gets together we love to have theme parties. One of our favorite type of party is a murder mystery party. we have used several different companies for our parties and I will list some of the ones we have done with our party pictures. This one was called Terror in a Toga and we bought it from this company. Night of Mystery.

We try to incorporate the children in the parties as well, so even though they dont have a role in the game, they will dress in costume and enjoy playing along with the adults.

Our youngest members of the family dressed as young gladiators.

We wrapped a carpet tube in white plastic table cloth and draped it with Ivy.

 The adults each had a role to play and came dressed accordingly.

Including pretending to be very pregnant......

We also had foods that went with our theme. This one was Greek foods and oh so delicious.

 Greek Salad

 Various meats and cheese with olives and grapes.

Hummus

I wont spoil the mystery but I highly recommend playing a murder mystery game with your friends and family. It is always a lot of fun!

Gender Reveal Party

Our daughter and son-in-law were expecting and decided to keep the gender a secret and reveal it to all the family at once. Including themselves. We were so excited to be able to host the party and find out together what our new grandbaby would be.

We chose the theme of Ties or Tutus and centered the party around that. Guest were given the choice to pick a tie or a tutu to wear around their wrist. 

We set the table with one side being all pink and one side being all blue. Guest were encouraged to wear pink or blue with what they thought the baby would be.

It was so much fun making pink and blue decorations and  guessing which ones would be right. We made cupcakes out of onesies and baby socks. we made pea pods out of baby wash clothes and we had rattles and blankets in each color as well. This way no matter what the baby was, the mom received lots of things to get started with.

We also had a fish bowl and pink and blue cards for guest to make their guesses and we had prizes for the correct guessers.

Pink and Blue punch was served.

The foods were fun finger foods and miniature desserts.

We had a baby predictor set up that told what our daughter's predictions were based on old wives tales.

Then we took pictures with the groups that thought it would be a girl.....

And the group that thought it would be a boy.

Then for the revealing moment. The cake was made by a bakery and they were the only ones that knew the gender of the baby. The inside of the cake would either be blue or pink and when the cake was cut, we would all find out.......

 Surprise!

We are so happy that our sweet granddaughter is here!

After the party we went outside and took pictures with balloons to reveal it to the rest of the world. 

Kimber's 2nd Cowgirl Party

Our granddaughter, Kimber, turned two years old. She chose a cowgirl party and we were honored to be able to have it at the farm. Gramps built a western set for the party out of old pallets and we had a great time.

We chose cute little cowgirl plates in pink of course and had pink bandanas for napkins. The food was a good old fashioned cowgirl cook out on the fire pit with hot dogs, hamburgers, chili and baked beans.

Kimber's cake was ordered from a friend and it turned out super. We were also celebrating a few other family birthdays so we made extra cakes and cupcakes for a variety of choices. One being this pig in mud cake made with Kit Kat bars. The cake was very good however it split after I got it together. most of the time that would have been a terrible thing to happen but on this cake it added to the feel of a mud bath for the pigs so we just went with it. It kind of looked like the pig was swimming and left a trail in the mud :-)

For party favors we made cowgirl cookies for the guest to take home.

And the sheriff badges from the cupcakes.

Horse Shoe shaped cookies........and chocolate and strawberry milk in glass bottles......

We also had old fashioned coke and root beer in glass bottles.

For games and activities we made some stick horses out of colorful socks and dowels and had races.

We also had a photo booth with wanted poster for the guest to get their pictures made in.

We played a ring toss game and panned for gold.

Gold painted rocks were the treasure to find.

Hay bales made for setting the atmosphere and a great shot for pictures.

And there you have the cutest little cowgirl in town!