Anabelle's Crazy 8 Party~!~!~!

Anabelle had a Crazy 8 sleepover for her birthday and it was a lot of fun! I decorated with some crazy 8 cards on the table, lots of crepe paper & balloons, and simply blew up 8s in different fonts and posted them around the room. When the guests arrived in their wackiest attire, we had "It's Your Birthday" by the Beatles playing in the background. The girls were really creative with their outfits!!! Anabelle was so excited about this part! First we ate pizza and then we began the games. We started out with a balloon game called Dough Girl. The girls were split into two teams and they had a bag full of little balloons and one volunteer from each team to be the "Dough Girl" and she wore an oversized tshirt. In thirty seconds, they had to see how many balloons they could stuff into the shirt. They LOVED this game! It was hilarious to see how the girls looked with all of the balloons! Anabelle said, "Mom, we should have called it football girl!"

The next game was Cookie on a String. We simply tied a cookie on a string to a broom stick, blindfolded the girls, had them put their hands behind their back and asked them to eat the cookie as fast as they could. This one got a lot of laughs, too!

For doing such a good job, I gave them all stick on moustaches. Here's a photo of us looking very serious & getting ready to play Blindfolded Chef. In this game, the kids were blindfolded, a chef hat put on their head, and then they were given a big bowl of marshmallows & a spoon. They were asked to fill the other bowl with as many marshmallows as they could in 30 seconds. Let me tell you...the marshmallows were FLYING!!!

After picking up hundreds of marshmallows, it was time to do a calm activity. I gave them each a piece of paper that was folded into four parts. First they were asked to draw a head. When they were finished, we flipped the paper to the second part & passed it to the next person. Then they drew the stomach & arms. Then we passed again & the next person drew the legs and then the feet. When we were finished, there was a silly drawing of a person! They really enjoyed this, too!

Next, it was time to decorate their cupcakes...crazy of course. The had lots of different icing and sprinkles! When they were finished, we sang happy birthday and ate!!

Our last activity, was punch balloons. Instead of giving the birthday girl 8 spankings, they had to give her 8 punches with their punch balloons. Here's Anabelle under the big heap of balloons! When they were finished playing with the balloons, the girls got their jammies on & headed upstairs to get ready for a movie. The movie didn't end until 11:00, so when it was over, it was definitely time to get them to sleep. After an hour of giggles, sleeping bag rearranging, and lots of bathroom trips, they finally fell asleep. I know I had fun and I think the girls did, too. Happy Birthday to my sweet crazy 8!! We love you Anabelle!!!