Smurf-arific good time!!!

I know I LOVED the smurfs growing up so I was really excited to be chosen by Crowdtap.com (check it out!) to host a Smurf Party this past weekend!  We ended up having 10 kids ranging from 1 1/2 to 8 years old and 3 adults attend.  I was a little worried about finding activities that would entertain the whole crew but it went better than I ever expected and everyone had a great time.

We started with the color pages while we waited for the Smurfcakes to cook and everyone to get there.  The Smurfcakes were a hit, we used whip cream to make a hat and nose and blue and brown m&ms to make the eyes and mouth.  The kids thought it was hilarious! Here's a picture of one (sorry I can't get it to flip the right way):



We also served Smurfberry (blueberry) Muffins and two kind of blue Smurf Juice.  Next we started decorating the Smurf village.  I think this was the hit of the party.  We had one big house and five small houses to decorate and every single kid (and adult) got in on it.  They did such a great job. I was so impressed!  Here are a few pictures from that part:

After the Smurf Village was done and set aside to dry, we watched a couple Smurf Christmas episodes.  I was shocked how quiet it got during them, but they were really enjoying it.  They also learning during one of them that Smurfs were 3 apples tall, which led nicely into our next activities.  I had baked apple shaped cookies and put out icing and sprinkles for the kids to decorate them.  Then for the older kids and adults, I had some apples for them to try their hand at apple stacking (not as easy as you'd think).  Here's some pictures (don't mind the halloween plates, we completely ran out of blue ones during breakfast):

By this point the kids were sugared up and the parents were exhausted! It was a successful party! All the kids got to take home the Smurf houses they worked on along with the cookies they decorated and some Smurf cupcakes to share with their friends and family that couldn't come.  They also each took home a blue and white balloon or two.  I loved doing my first hosted party through Crowdtap.com and hope I get to do more in the future!