Every year, the week before school starts in August, we throw a huge back to school/end of summer bash for all the sad little kiddos and excited mommies that we know. This year we decided to use a carnival theme, and we went a little crazy with it!
We had a whirlwind of a day of munching on hotdogs, snowcones, and popcorn; swimming, jumping, sliding, and then......puking. Not really, although looking at all the photos and the chaos of that day does make me a little dizzy.
Being the crazy people that we are, we went all out and pretty much handmade everything. The star and inspiration for the day was a 2000 sheet pack of red checkered food liners that I found at the restaurant supply outlet. These little sheets turned into adorable pinwheels, cute popcorn cones, and decorative accents we used everywhere, and I mean EVERYWHERE.
The other big moment of the day was the circus inspired carnival tent that we diy'ed out of two cheap canvas drop cloths from Lowes (details to come!). A little red paint, buckets of sweat (note - do not attempt this on a 100 degree day like we did...), one incident of heat stroke, and voila! Instant party tent!
Turned out pretty cute, huh? What do you think?
~Angela
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