How to Make Rainbow Rock Candy

One of the fun things we made for our party was Rainbow Rock Candy.  It is not that difficult,  but it does take a lot of time.  You will need to start making it about a week before you want to eat it. 

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Rainbow Party Ideas

One thing that I really liked about having an Art Themed Party, it was very easy to come up with the color scheme. We knew right away we wanted to use all the colors of the rainbow.  Here are some of the bright and colorful things that we made for our party. 

 At first I thought I would get 6 or 7 glass jars, and fill them with each individual color of the rainbow. I only had three jars though, so we chose three types of colorful candy.  We filled the jars with gumballs, gummy bears and skittles.

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Crepe Paper Chandelier

Today I am going to share some more details from our Art Themed Slumber Party. Many of the decorations and treats were in the color of the rainbow.  What you are looking at in the title photo is actually just a fun pic that I took.  I wondered what the inside of our crepe paper chandelier looked like, so I placed the camera underneath it and snapped away. 

This is the crepe paper chandelier.  It was easy to make, and made quite an impact. The girls at the party loved it.   

I found these hanging baskets at the dollar store a few months ago.  When I saw them I knew that would be perfect to make crepe paper chandeliers.

Even though she is goofing off spinning the chandelier in this picture, you can see how we added the crepe paper strips. I wrapped the end of a crepe paper roll around the top of the hanging basket.  Once the top was in place, I then cut at our desired length. It was that simple!

It was also easy to hang the chandelier without making a hole in the ceiling. I just attached a small 3M hook in the spot where I wanted to hang the chandelier.  We still have it hanging in the family room since the kids are enjoying it, but when it is time all I have to do is remove the sticky tape on the back of the hook.

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Our Party Food Recipes and More

Disclosure: I was give free samples and other goodies by Kleenex Hand Towels to do this review. All opinions are 100% mine.  

Pizza Pasta Salad

Since we had a slumber party, the girls were over at our house for dinner.  Instead of just going for something like pizza, we thought it would be nice to go outside and grill hamburgers and hot dogs on a beautiful summer day.  Unfortunately the grilling plan did not work out.  Our grill would not start when Kara's dad tried to light it.  (it's an older gas grill, that might have seen its last days)  The girls did not really seem to notice that we had to make the food inside instead of on the grill. In addition to the meat, we also had a few other picnic type of dishes on the menu.

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Our Art Themed Slumber Party

This past weekend we threw Kara an Art themed slumber party. Three of her closest friends were able to come.  There would have been a couple more girls, but unfortunately they were out of town and were unable to attend. Sometimes it is hard to have your birthday near a holiday when everyone goes on vacation. 

I had placed most of the art supplies for the party on the special party station table that I made from our old changing table. (You can see how I made it here.) 

On the top shelf I placed some of the rainbow color treats we had made.  There was rainbow rock candy, and fruity pebble paintbrushes. I also had jars of rainbow colored candy. (there will be another post later this week about our rainbow treats and decor) 

On the lower shelves I had stored all of the art supplies and crafts that we were going to need during the party. There were markers, colored pencils, paintbrushes and paints.   I also bought a canvas multipack, and a friendship bracelet kit for the girls to use if they wished.   

We had planned on cooking out on the grill, but when we tried to start it up it would not light. (it's a gas grill)   We had to go with plan B, which was to cook the hotdogs and hamburgers on the stove.  We also snacked on pizza pasta salad, a special fruit salsa with lime chips, and rainbow fruit with orange cream dip. (pictured)  I will be sharing a couple of those recipes soon. 

After eating we had some fun using the photo frames I found on clearance at Michaels.  In the picture above, the girls posed as if they were portraits on the wall. 

In this picture they were trapped inside the frames. They had so much fun coming up with all the creative pictures.

You might have seen this picture of the frames hanging in the tree on my Dare to Share Link Up post. It was their idea, and I just love how it turned out.

I love this photo that the girls came up with too!  

After we were done taking pictures, it was time for the graffiti cake that Kara designed. I frosted the cake with  all white frosting, and then she sprayed it with Wilton Color Mist.  She had wanted to make it tie dye, but I did not have all of the supplies. When she saw the spray, she liked that idea better. 

One of the items we sent home in their goody bags were flip flops that the girls  embellished with fabric scraps 

They did spend some time during the party  painting. 

We also took a lot  more photos inside in front of the rainbow backdrop. It ended up being a late night for everyone.  I know it was a least 2 a.m. when I went to bed, and the girls were still wide awake. It is kind of funny to call an overnight party a slumber party, because it is rare to get much sleep.   

 I will be linking up our Art Themed Party on these wonderful linky parties HERE.

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