A Pumpkin Party -- Part 1

 On the last Saturday in October, I hosted a Pumpkin Party for my Sunday School class.

I have a group of 10 eight and nine years olds and
I thought it would be fun to have them over for a little party.

Sage and I had fun getting ready.

We changed up our chalk board for the party and added some little fake pumpkins for
decoration on the piano.

We also covered the table with paper and I wrote each child's name on it to mark their place.

It was Sage's idea to make a garland from leaves. 

We die cut these from patterned paper and my four leaf dies and I sewed them together.

We draped some of the garland over the chalkboard frame and 

the rest, we hung in our dining room window.

When the kids arrived, we had them hunt for the pumpkins we'd hidden in the house. 

Then, they got to decorate them, using feathers, felt, patterned paper and markers.

The end results were pretty adorable!

And the kids seemed pretty pleased with them, too.

After we were done with our craft, the kids played outside in the backyard, 

while I set up the food.

I had to use my beverage server, because, well, I just love it! 

I made a homemade iced-tea recipe and 

then Jonah and I combined a lemonade frozen concentrate 

with a berry frozen concentrate to make a second drink that was a huge hit!

I also served...

I was inspired by the cookies that Elena decorated 

and attempted to decorate mine in the same fashion.

I made up the little cards for the food by printing the names on card stock with my printer and then stamping some images from Reverse Confetti's Forever Fall stamp set.

Thanks for looking!