PacMan Party .. Inside the Goody Bag (Chomp Chomp Buttons)

Continuing on with the goody bags. Pinterest several food items, and most you know that I like to put fun creations instead of toys. Another I HUGE shout out to KandyKreations for these amazing PacMan tents. This is one of the BEST sites I've come across for party needs and she has a ton of FREE downloads which makes this mom very happy!

Supplies:

Candy Buttons (Amazon)

Large Clear Plastic Bags (Dollar Tree $1 for 25pk)

Card Stock (White)

Printer

Paper Cutter

Stapler

I downloaded PacMan Font from DaFont, this is my go to place for font's. Now her tents were made to make a tent. I copied and put into a word doc to give me 8 per sheet. Since I was putting on the top of bags I didn't need to fold over or extra paper. PLUS I'm cheap and like to maximize my paper to the fullest

Once I had my word Doc (copied her box then pasted into word to make 8). I then added text boxes to add the words Chomp Chomp. Once set up, I printed on heavy card stock. I filled each large plastic clear bag with a a few strips of the button candy. I took my paper cutter to cut the labels down and attached with a staple. Make sure you fold up the back of the bag so the staple holds the bag shut!

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PacMan Party .. Inside the Goody Bag (NomNom Munch)

Previously I showed you the outside of the goody bags, today is more on what is inside. I saw on Pinterest several food items, and instead of toys that get thrown out I rather put in goody bags. I HUGE shout out to KandyKreations for these amazing PacMan tents. This is one of the BEST sites I've come across for party needs and she has a ton of FREE downloads which makes this mom very happy!

Supplies:

Candy Fruit (I bought at Winco Bulk Section / Amazon also has)

Clear Plastic Bags (Dollar Tree $1 for 50pk)

Card Stock (White)

Printer

Paper Cutter

Stapler

I downloaded PacMan Font from DaFont, this is my go to place for font's. Now her tents were made to make a tent. I copied and put into a word doc to give me 8 per sheet. Since I was putting on the top of bags I didn't need to fold over or extra paper. PLUS I'm cheap and like to maximize my paper to the fullest

Once I had my word Doc (copied her box then pasted into word to make 8). I then added text boxes to add the words Nom Nom Munch. Once set up, I printed on heavy card stock. I filled each mini plastic clear bag with a handful or more of candy. I took my paper cutter to cut the labels down and attached with a staple. Make sure you fold up the back of the bag so the staple holds the bag shut!

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PacMan Birthday Party .. Goody Bags (PacMan & Ghost)

Early I showed you the invites for my son's PacMan themed party. Today is the goody bags made. Now you've heard me several times say I hate goody bags, the party is usually crazy expensive and then you're expected to give guest a party gift. This is usually when we go to the dollar store toys and ton's of candy. So my thought is if I'm sending you home with hopefully something you will keep or eat right away so it's not thrown out.

I wasn't sure on who all was attending so I didn't put names on bags. Caden's bag I did add on wording. The other bags just had PacMan eating the power pills.

I did 2 didn't bag types, a PacMan and a Ghost theme.

Supplies:

Black Bag (Hobby Lobby 12pk $3.99)
Yellow Card Stock
Blue Card Stock
Purple Card Stock
Orange Card Stock
Black Card Stock
White Card Stock

Cricut - I used George Cartridge to cut circles, ovals

Googley Eyes
Glue Stick

Ghost Goody Bags:

For the Ghost bags I took oval cut outs (5.5 inches) in purple, orange and Blue. I then took my scissors to make the bottom of the ghost. Instead of cutting out eyes, I used googley eyes because I think they are fun! I cut out small circles using the cricut (1 inch). I used glue sticks we had left over from school and glued it all onto the bag. This really didn't take very long. The longest part is cutting them from the cricut.

PacMan Goody Bag:

For the PacMan bags I took the circle cut outs (3.5 inches) and took my scissors to make the mouth of PacMan. I cut out black circles for the eyes (1 Inch). I cut out small white circles using the cricut (1 inch) for the dots. Again I used the glue sticks we had left over from school and glued it all onto the bag. This really didn't take very long. The longest part is cutting them from the cricut.

I'll share what goes into the bags shortly. I included a sneak peak for you.

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PacMan Birthday Party ... Pacman and Ghost Invite

I showed you the plan invites I did for the classroom, here are the invites I made for my parents and me that I keep in the boys memory books. These took a bit to make but they turned out very cool!

I downloaded PacMan Font from DaFont, this is my go to place for font's. I did a practice run using my cricut to see where the circles and the ghost would be when I cut them out. This then showed me where to put my font so when cut the words didn't get cut off.

Supplies:

Yellow Card Stock
Blue Card Stock
Black Card Stock
White Card Stock

Word - to type up the wording

Cricut - I used George Cartridge to cut 3.5" circles, ovals

Googley Eyes
Glue Stick

Type up in word the invitation wording you want. Using your cricut to cut out a circles. I used a 3 inch for the yellow and 3.5inch for the black and a 1 inch for the eye. For the black strip I just used my cutting board to cut those out. For the Ghost I had to create my own design. I used a 5 inch Oval in blue and a 5.5 inch Oval in black. For the small circles I used a 2 and a 2.5 inch circles. 

Take a pair of scissors to cut out the PacMan mouth and the Ghost bottom part. I used a glue stick to put this together. remember to put the strip in between the PacMan circles and the Ghost BEFORE you glue the backs on (the black). I forgot to do this and each time had to peel it back and stick it in which is hard once glued. I added a black dot for the PacMan eye and a googley eyes for the ghost. You can always cut out white and black circles but I loved this look better. Make sure so it can bend so the PacMan looks like it is eating the ghost. Play with the dots in the center before gluing down to make sure it closes right. 

Very time consuming, but a very cool invite.

 Wording:

Pac man!

Game on!

date and time

Power up:

game over:

Level up:

chomp chomp:

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Paintball Party ... Paint Splatter Target Cookies

My oldest Cole requested a paintball party for his 13th party. Since he is now older I can't do a big themed party last past years. After the boys finished up paint balling, we headed to get pizza. My parents took all the boys out for Pizza at my favorite place that I had my birthday party when I was his age. At the party I gave the kids treat bags and cookies. I did like normal and placed a cookie on top of a cupcake. I made these target cookies with paint splatter on it. These were one of my favorite cookies!

If you're in need or cookies for a party or just to eat, shoot me a msg at SweetPea Cookie Therapy. Thank you!

What you Need:
Circle Cookie Cutter
Royal Icing - Orange, Red, yellow, blue and white -uncolored (see recipe below) 
AmeriColor Orange, Red, Yellow and Blue
Food Marker Black

I piped each cookie with the white outlines. AFTER the cookies dry you add the details. When they have dried I took a black food marker to make a target on the cookies. When the black dried I then added the paint splatters with royal icing. Using a piping bag with each color I've a splatter and then a few dots to look like paint balls that splattered.

The cookies on top of the cupcakes.

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INGREDIENTS:

1 1/2 cups butter, softened 2 cups white sugar 4 eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

5 cups all-purpose flour 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt

DIRECTIONS:

1.	In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Stir in the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cover, and chill dough for at least one hour (or overnight).
2.	Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Roll out dough on floured surface 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick. Cut into shapes with any cookie cutter. Place cookies 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
3.	Bake 6 to 8 minutes in preheated oven. Cool completely.

Julie Usher, she has a GREAT YouTube video on how to make, color and make consistency adjustments. 

Royal Icing what you need:

2 lbs Powdered Sugar

1/2 tsp Cream of Tartar

5 Large Egg Whites (or equivalent) 

Flavor to Taste

Gel Icing Color

Mix powder sugar and cream of tartar in your mixer, just to make sure it is incorporated in. Slowly add egg whites, then whip start of slow then go to very high speed. She says around 2 minutes, my friend had an older mixer so it took almost 10 minutes. You want stiff peaks that hold on and won't fall off the spoon. Add in your flavor, I would suggest you use a clear flavoring.  This would be the glue texture great for ginger bread houses etc.

Take 1 cup of royal icing in a smaller bowl then add your coloring, lightly mix so you don't get air into the the icing. I'm like her and like the gel coloring. 

For Top Coating - Add 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 tsp Water (This is if you don't want to outline and flood)

For Outlining - Add 1/2 to 3/4 tsp Water

For Flooding  - Add 2 to 3 tsp Water

WATCH her video on How to Top-Coat, Outline, and Flood Cookies. YES it is around 7 minutes BUT if you have never done this technique it's a MUST she explains it perfectly.