Bernadine Sevy

Back to school Party

We picked our colors first: Red for apples and yellow for school pencils. Made a list of friends and cousins that we wanted to invite and set the date. Then we made assignments.

Invitations were handcrafted by Johanna and Rachel and included a poem on the front that Johanna wrote: 

School is fun,
School is great!
It’s a back to school bash,
So don’t be late!

Decorations: Balloons and streamers.

Here are some cake ideas:

• A ruler ( a 10 x 13 cake cut in half and placed end to end, iced yellow and the details iced on in black)
• A Pencil (same construction as above, ice like a pencil)
• A blackboard ( 10 x 13 cake, iced black and then "written" on in various colors of icing)
• A Worm, for a reading worm (A 10 x 13 cut in half and placed end to end, ice appropriately)
• Cupcakes iced like apples. Add a gummy worm for fun.
• Apple cake (a round cake decorated like an apple.)

Games:

• White elephant gift exchange using school items, have each child bring one. The narrator tells a story and each child hands their gift to the child on their right each time the words "Back to school" are said
• Pin the pencil on the sharpener
• Pin the worm on the apple
• Scavenger hunt. If you have three teams, have 3 of each school item. Give each team a paper bag and have them go and hunt, they retrieve one of each item, leaving behind the items they already have if they find them.

Party favors:

• Erasers
• Bookmarks
• Pencils
• Stickers
• Apple
• All in a brown paper bag!