This party was completely inspired by my son. When I asked him what he wanted from Santa this year, he replied, "A reindeer". However, he doesn't want just any reindeer. He specifically wants one of Santa's reindeer. At only two years old, I think he's started out with very high expectations.
Needless to say, he's a little obsessed with reindeer this season so I knew the tablescape had to be centered around the deer that work so hard to pull Santa's sleigh. I had a great time putting this party together and the frightening thing is that I spent less than $10 on decorations. I say "frightening" because most of the items I used were things I already had on hand from past parties & kid's projects. I'd like to say it was all because I was thrifty (and I was), but it was also because I'm a pack rat. It's parties like these that leave me feeling a little more justified in my craft supply hoarding.
Menu:
Reindeer Noses - black olives
Blitzen's Hay stacks - crackers
Rudolph noses - cherry tomatoes
Antlers - pretzel sticks
Comet's Carrot sticks
Donner's Ranch Dip
Vixen's Hummus
Reindeer tracks (get the recipe here)
Reindeer poop - whoppers
Dasher's Chow Mix - a mix of Cheerios, corn chex cereal, raisins and yogurt raisins for the little ones
Prancer Pops - I inserted lollipop sticks into store bought cookies and baked
Get the Look:
Tablecloth: Burlap material
Paper mache cones (find the tutorial here)
Mini pennant
Chalkboard labels (made by painting mailing labels with
chalkboard paint)
Reindeer juice boxes (find the tutorial here)
Prancer pops display - I filled the container with three styrofoam
balls and placed shredded red paper on top. Each pop was
wrapped in a clear cellophane bag and tied with bright blue
ribbon.
Wall art (I covered a canvas with red gift wrap, added a reindeer
cutout from card stock, and used a chalkboard marker to write out
each reindeer name.)
Reindeer food (a mixture of oats, glitter, sugar and green sprinkles)
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