Tag: entertaining | Apartment Therapy

Make A Super-Sized Octopus Cake

We're in love with colorful cakes today and have one more to share with you. We made this giant 3 and a half foot cake for our husband's birthday kids, yeah that's it kids—and it was more fun...

Why Not Stage A Food Fight?

Please let me start by saying, I was never the dress wearing prim and proper type child. I was more of the tromping through the creek and making mud pies kind of girl. So when I came across the abo...

Favor Boxes

We've had the honor of throwing a few baby showers in our life. The fun is in the details and as the hostess, you want to get things just right....

What's Your Favorite Part About Throwing A Party?
Survey

For us it's a total toss up between making handmade touches to add to our party decor and baking until our ovens are ready to explode. Both put us in full out stress party-palooza mode and make us mo...

Food Stencil

It's fun to surprise the kids in small ways, when they least expect it. We love ideas that are simple, inexpensive and quick and this fun DIY food stencil idea definitely makes the grade....

Try Giving Living Party Favors

Whenever we think about party favors, they're usually something trivial to be played with for a few hours, or if you're lucky, a few days and then forgotten about. Doomed to live out their life in t...

Found: Free Nesting Doll Card Template

We've recently shared our love for matryoshka dolls and this paper version is no exception! This nesting doll card can be printed out on your home computer and would make for a fabulous party invite...

How To: Make Pretty Party Bunting

Bunting is a great way to add a splash of color to your party for next to nothing (especially if you squirrel away tissue paper and string like we do!). It just requires a little patience, or rathe...

Thanksgiving Dinner: Travel or Not?

We find that once you have kids, the coordination of holiday schedules and plans needs to happen way in advance. A question on our local parent board sparked some lively discussion about whether to t...

2 DIY Wreaths To Dress Your Home For Party Time

Wreaths are easily customizable and add an unexpected touch to your spaces—especially come party time! You can change them up to suit the theme your working around and are a simple way to add ...

Lifestyle: Entertaining While the Kids Are Asleep

One of the biggest lifestyle changes many new parents encounter is the bedtime "lockdown" or at least that's what we call it at our house. Once the kiddies are in bed, there's lots of time for house ...

Tips For Hosting A Sleepover
Without Losing Your Sanity

Summer is just around the corner and that means sleepover season is upon us! Spending the night at a friends house is an unspoken right of passage for our youngsters. They can be scary and exciting...