Birthday Parties - Mentoring Moments for Christian Women


	Mentoring Moments for Christian Women Practical encouragement based on the biblical principles of Titus 2 and Proverbs 31 for today's woman

	Mentoring Moments for Christian Women
	Birthday Parties

Birthday Parties

Crazy Dinner By the Numbers Party
Loi Palmer, Art of Homemaking Editor
    Here's a fun way to host a dinner party for teens or adults. First choose your menu and number each item to be served. Keep this list in the kitchen to use later--do not show guests this list or tell them what is on the menu.
    You will be serving three courses with four items each time. At the dinner table have a dinner order form (see below for printable forms) and pen waiting for each guest. Ask them to write their names on the paper. Have guests to write in number 1-12 on each blank line, any order they would prefer.
    Now the fun, take their number list and prepare their plates of food accordingly. Serve courses on paper plates and at the end of each course completely clear the table. This includes the silverware. Do have plenty of napkins on the table because at some point in the meal they will be eating with their hands.
    Guests will have a blast. It is fun to bring out all the plates at once, everyone enjoys seeing what combination each person has selected. You will need at least two helpers int he kitchen to pull this off. For my printable menu and course tickets:
Crazy Dinner Menu & Course Tickets

Let's Plan a Party
    Every good party starts with a great plan. Loi uses a party form she devised to keep her organized on on track. Try her plan guide out when planning your next party and let us know how it worked. Let's Plan a Party.

Organize Party Supplies

Use one gallon Ziploc bags to organize party
supplies by theme.

For the Perfect Chocolate Cake
Visit Cakes for the recipe.

For Divine Dark Chocolate Frosting and Chocolate Cream Frosting recipes vist Cakes.

Mall Scavenger Hunt
Loi Palmer, Art of Homemaking Editor
    A fun party for teens is a mall scavenger hunt. To avoid any problems, contact mall security one week in advance to clear your activity. Some malls will not allow pictures to be taken inside the mall unless it has been put on the security schedule. Plan for the scavenger hunt to take about an hour.
    When we did this party, we mixed the groups of boys and girls with approximately six in each group. Each group was given a digital camera and a cell phone along with a scavenger hunt list. We stressed to them that there was to be absolutely no running in the mall. Teens were also instructed to explain to a clerk upon entering each store what they were doing. Most clerks loved the scavenger hunt idea and were more than willing to assist in taking pictures and participating.
    Before heading to the mall, everyone enjoyed a spaghetti dinner at our home. This kept cost low as feeding twelve teenagers at the mall could be come costly. When we returned home, while eating cake and opening presents, everyone enjoyed viewing the pictures. Prizes were given out to the team with the most points.
     Mall Scavenger Hunt List

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