We’re Having a Party – Rockland NY Mom

Calling all Ghouls!

Posted on November 15, 2021 by RocklandNYMom Posted in Birthdays, We're Having a Party .

Disclosure: This is an original post about parties that I have thrown for my kids. Some links included are affiliate links.

(E) has decided to take her birthday parties in a new direction. As of late she has really started to love classic monster movies (not my deal talk to her father), and has also really gotten into “Monster High”. So its the perfect party theme.

Even the best laid plans sometimes fall apart right? I am so behind on my birthday posts that I am catching up on ones from 2 years ago now!!! I will have them all out soon <3

I was foiled for this one as it was originally planned as a backyard bash, the kind I usually love to throw, but the forecast called for thunderstorms ALL DAY, so I had to come up with something and quick. I called around about a few places to see if I could rent them with no luck and that’s when it dawned on me to call Danielle at Matisse-chocolatier a directory member who is always up for some fun. She has a great size room in the back, and if she didn’t have a party I wanted to know if I could rent the room to throw mine. I could even add a chocolate themed activity. I could NEVER have pulled this shindig off without her, my aunt, and my sister in law. Danielle said I could rent it, no chocolate needed and we were off to the races.

*I had a few other things planned for the theme, but we were unable to do them since we were now indoors.

Pre-party rituals like pajamas on theme for the night before-are now a standard operating procedure, so she got this adorable nightgown. I also made family shirts for RNYD and (A).* (if you want family shirts but don’t want to make them yourself- I can recommend someone local if you’d like- I just wore an (E) approved fancy dress and heels to be on theme, and did my face and hair like hers. She dressed as Frankie-stein her favorite ghoul.

Monster Makeovers

As kids arrived we got them dressed for the part. For this I printed a few ideas for face paint for the kids and got some colored hair extensions they could put in. (The characters in the show have long fun colored hair).

“Fearbook” Photos

Once guests had their face paint and extensions, we used a polariod camera as a guestbook where the kids too “Fearbook” photos, signed their names and put them up on the cork board.. Should have taken 2 photos of each so they could take them home, because a few wanted them and we obliged so (E) doesn’t have them anymore.

I used one of my two backdrop holders with sheers for behind this with some Halloween items from home.

THE BLOB

(E) loves the movie The Blob because watching people run away from strawberry jelly is hilarious to her. So our activity for the group was to make “The Blob” or glow glitter slime and put it into our special mason jar containers.

Supplies:

The Mummy

I got different colored crepe paper and had the kids compete in two groups to see who they could wrap up best as a mummy.

Ghouly Bags

What is a classic horror party without Dracula? We got a great pinata and filled it with vampire teeth, spider rings, and eyeball lollipops, and had the kids swing a wooden broom at it (or that was the plan). Actually since it was indoors, we ended up pulling the bottom strings like civilized monsters. This served as a portion of their “goody bags”. For the rest we made journals that looked like school books for the kids, and they also got multicolored pens (both of which (E) adores).

DECOR

I used my second backdrop holder, some sheers, and twinkle pink lights for behind the cake.

After a 2nd birthday photo shoot with IC You Photography where they made my children Large age Numbers with their theme, I have been continuing ever since, putting my own spin on things. I made a lage 3 and painted it then hot glued some of the fake flowers on it.

Here are some of the photos from the birthday shoot with IC You– for the full story and all the photos CLICK HERE.

Here is my “6” with not so little (E).

BASICally the Perfect INVITE!

Posted on April 25, 2021 by RocklandNYMom Posted in Birthdays, Events, Items, Party, Photo Obsessed, Reviews, RNYM Events, Rockland Babies, Services, Specialty Items, We're Having a Party .

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post, all opinions expressed are my own.

I am a High School Teacher. More specifically, a teacher of Senior students. It stands to reason then that at this time of year (every year) I am very focused on Senior events. All which culminate in the big event, graduation.

Last year the kids didn’t get much leeway in terms of celebrating. This year, we are able to again have some gatherings, especially when outdoors, and distanced in some way. Having just spent a year (give or take a few months) with so many restrictions, it’s no wonder that people may be doing things up a bit more than usual.

Well, it’s almost MAY and time to get planning. I know that lots of people have made the switch to online invitation platforms, but I still LOVE a paper invitation. In fact, if you follow me you know that I am VERY picky about my invitations. I like them to usually be photograph invitations for that personal touch (also makes a nice memory), something you can really personalize (180 colors- and you can customize EACH element on the card). In addition, I like the invite itself to be of sturdy card stock. There is something about receiving a card or invitation in the mail, that is made of nice thick card stock.

So, as always I will share a favorite with you, and then explain why. You need to check out Basic Invite. Their invitations, announcements, photo graduation announcements etc are completely customizable. While looking around I found that they had some really cute nurse graduation announcement choices as well (quite a few of my students go into nursing)! They are printed on sturdy card stock, attractive and fast, but there’s more. There are 40 different color choices for envelopes (which are also peel and stick, thank goodness)- so your envelope can coordinate with your card!!

There are also these SUPER cool clear (we called them see-through) ones you can order!!!

Basic Invite has great customer service, and even a service where they ADDRESS the cards for you! Don’t have time to upload them? There’s also an address capturing service!!! As a super busy working mom, this is HUGE! This allows you to share a link on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or any other social media to request your friends and family’s addresses. The addresses are stored in your account and can be selected during the design process. Basic Invite offers recipient address printing at no cost on all card orders!!

Then ANY TIME you are sending cards (think parties, announcements, holidays) you can click on the people you want to send the correspondence to and BAM, Done. For me personally, this is AMAZING, it’s hard enough to find time to design all of these things let alone sit and write them all out.

My 5th grader is also “graduating” this year. So it’s even more on my mind. We may do a small family event to celebrate for him (think immediate family BBQ), since he is missing so much. Well, it stands to reason that I would need to look at invitations or a grad announcement. I was able to find a few that I liked, customize them just the way that I wanted, and then order SAMPLES to see which I would like the best, yep that’s right custom samples! Changing colors and fonts as well as the style or card was super easy, you do not have to be super computer savvy to do it. I even let AJ customize one (can you guess which one?). Uploading the photos was also easy as pie. I was given an ETA of one week and they arrived as promised. You may have watched me unveil them on our social media stories. Excuse the cell phone photo, I couldn’t help myself… The quality is impeccable, in fact, we have decided to make my new nephews birth announcements with Basic Invite as well. ANNNNNND, we may have fallen in love with this Birthday Invite…

Let’s get social! If you want to see more Basic Invite check them out on their social media handles: Facebook –Pinterest –Instagram –Twitter!

I (of course) have a discount code for you too!! Right now Basic Invite is offering 15% off with coupon code: 15FF51

Art Party!

Posted on December 5, 2019 by RocklandNYMom Posted in Birthdays, We're Having a Party .

Disclosure: This is an original post about parties that I have thrown for my kids. Some links included are affiliate links.

Last year (E) has become more and more obsessed with Art of any kind. She loves to color, she doodles even when we drive to swim or dance lessons. That means its the perfect theme for her 5th Birthday Party!!!

*I’ve begun a few pre-party rituals now like pajamas on theme for the night before- this year she got tie dye. I also made family shirts which included tie dye shirts and a funny one for RNYD.* (if you want family shirts but don’t want to make them yourself- check out MHC Creations.

I also found her the perfect dress for the day of :o)

I made a few art party games to play, and let the kids run around and have fun in the yard as well. Food was supplied by our favorite Luigi O’Grady’s. Whenever I need to throw a party Michelle and I engage in the funniest email strings. I tell her the theme and she makes suggestions, I just never know. Luckily she does. This time however it wasn’t too necessary except for some additions as (E) knew that she wanted chicken finger and fries since its her absolute favorite meal.

One of my closest friends is a CRAZY talented cake artist, who works at La Promenade in Tenafly, NJ so she always makes my cakes. They are not only beautiful one of a kind works of art, but they are so very good.

If you are looking to re-create any parts of the party and need supplies, click items that are “blue” as they will take you right to the item on Amazon. These are affiliate links.

*Note- at each station I had a package or two of Baby wipes on hand for clean up. Totally necessary.**

Ceramics

My kids adore Jills Ceramics (if you are a reader you know this by now). Although we wanted to do the party at home, we made sure to incorporate something similar as a portion of the party. If you are local, you can go to Jills and purchase the supplies for the party at home. If you are not local- the boots (or other item you may want to paint) Amazon. We chose boots because (E) actually LOVES SHOES (lord help me).

Here’s the links also to the brushes, paint, smocks, Styrofoam plates and sealant I had on hand.

Chalk Art

(E) loves to draw on the driveway, but RNYD despises it (see funny shirt I made with my Circuit cutter and some vynil). Sooooooo obviously we had to take the opportunity to make a driveway mess. I drew assorted frames ahead of time and then left out some chalk, some chalk paint, spirograph and stencils for the kids to have a blast with.

Photography (see a theme in my parties? its art LOL)

I used a large frame that I always put into the ground as a setup for photos, and put some photo props there for the kids to use. It’s super cute (even the adults jumped in).

I found my large frame at a garage sale, which is a great place, but they also have these fun and easier to store ones online: Photo frame

DECOR

I used things I had lying around like old paintings and frames (which I love) but here are the other parts that went into the great look of the party.

After a 2 & 5th birthday photo shoot with IC You Photography where they made my children Large age Numbers with their theme, I have been continuing ever since, putting my own spin on things. I made a lage 3 and painted it then hot glued some of the fake flowers on it.

Here are some of the photos from the birthday shoot with IC You– for the full story and all the photos CLICK HERE.

Here is my “5” with not so little (E).

Who you Gonna Call?!

Posted on November 5, 2019 by RocklandNYMom Posted in Birthdays, We're Having a Party .

Disclosure: This is an original post about parties that I have thrown for my kids. Some links included are affiliate links.

At our house we have “Classic Movie Night” where we watch old movies that we LOVED as kids to show our children. We showed the kids Ghost Busters (all 3) this year and they loved them. So much that (A) choose it as his birthday theme at a local laser tag place.

The laser tag place won’t be named as we actually had a bad experience there, luckily in the end the kids had some fun, so I am sharing the fun ideas I had and special things with you just for reference should you decide to do a similar event. This theme is easily adapted for a water gun party, or a nerf party.

I made sure to get (A) his t-shirt and pajamas so that he had some special birthday items. (no photos in pajamas he’s getting so big he barely lets me)

Pizza was ordered from a local establishment and I brought red and green juice for the kids, nothing too crazy there, they are far more interested in the action than the food. I made chocolate dipped treats that looked like ghosts for centerpieces, that the kids then took home as favors. I will be honest, they were a pain. If I chose to do something like this again, I would have Danielle at Chocolatier Matisse do them, shes better at it and I can use some time to work on other things.

There wasn’t much to do activity wise as the main event was the tag, and I had learned the last time that I wouldn’t have time in the room to do other activities so instead I shifted my focus. I decorated the venue not only in the room but also in the tag area with some Ghost Balloons, and also a City Backdrop that would later become our photo area. I used lime green table cloths cut to look like slime as well.

I made an Ecto 2 sign for behind the cake, used caution tape on the tables, and cut out some on theme items. I also put up a Ghostbusters costume and proton pack on the wall to make it realistic.

After a 5th birthday photo shoot with IC You Photography where they made my children Large age Numbers with their theme, I have been continuing ever since, putting my own spin on things. I made a lage 3 and painted it then hot glued some of the fake flowers on it.

Here are some of the photos from the birthday shoot with IC You– for the full story and all the photos CLICK HERE.

Here is my “8” with (A).

A Threa Party- Fashionably Late :o)

Posted on October 5, 2019 by RocklandNYMom Posted in Birthdays, We're Having a Party .

Disclosure: This is an original post about parties that I have thrown for my kids. Some links included are affiliate links.

Whelp- I told you I was crazy behind… When you are so crazy busy with life ( you all know what I mean) somehow the creative “fun” posts fall to the waste side. Better Late than never right??

When (E) turned 3 (yep she’s 6 now)I wanted to do something cute for little girls (let’s face it we don’t have that many chances once they get older and make up their own minds), and she was VERY into tea parties, so I went with that! We called it a “Threa Party”.

I made a few tea party games to play, and let the kids run around and have fun in the yard as well. Food was supplied by our favorite Luigi O’Grady’s. Whenever I need to throw a party Michelle and I engage in the funniest email strings. I tell her the theme and she makes suggestions, I just never know. Luckily she does. Michelle put together some mini quiche, finger sandwiches salad and a few more great “on theme” treats. It was delivered for me before the party, so very easy!!!

If you are looking to re-create any parts of the party and need supplies, click items that are “blue” as they will take you right to the item on Amazon. These are affiliate links.

Decorate your own Hats

I had double sided fabric tape that we used with ribbons and silk flowers (buy whatever is on clearance at the local craft store) to decorate hats for the kids to wear. Girls got one of these tea hats while boys were given these top hats (which my niece wanted too, so I am glad there were just options available).

Stack the Tea Cups

I made paper cups out of templates from the internet: Not my template: https://www.redtedart.com/free-teacup-printable/

Colored Cardstock and held together with hot glue did the trick. I saved these and used them at another party too so they have been wonderful.

Photo Opportunity

I used a large frame that I always put into the ground as a setup for photos, and put some tea party props there for the kids to use. It’s super cute. At this station they also each got beaded necklaces (what tea party is complete without?

I found my large frame at a garage sale, which is a great place, but they also have these fun and easier to store ones online: Photo frame

Tea Bag Toss

I made my own tea pot toss with large pots and felt, this was crazy time consuming. Afterwards (of course) I found this cute one on Amazon Tea Toss

Walk with Good Posture

Easy peasy, we put some favorite kids books out so that everyone could walk with some on their heads to practice good posture. We worked on arms out, and did it quickly and slowly, and with more than one book or just one depending on each child’s ability and age.

Extra Decor:

Giant Flowers were made with the same card stock as the teacups and I used this free template.
I got some colored table cloths, and then covered them with these Plastic Lace Table Cloths for ambiance.

Here are some of the photos from the birthday shoot with IC You– for the full story and all the photos CLICK HERE.

Here is my “3” with little (E).

Perfect Princess Party!

Posted on July 8, 2019 by Catherine Sheridan Posted in Birthdays, We're Having a Party .

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post as some of the items are affiliate links, the highlighted items will make you right to right where you can purchase what you need.

Perfect Princess Party

When little E Turned 4 we just had to have a Princess party for her! I am actually 2 years late in posting it!!! (I’m kind of the worst, but these posts take a long time- you’ll notice I have a few coming out soon because I am on summer break). She loves EVERYTHING royal.

Dress ups made fabulous décor on a dollar store clothes line.

The cake was nothing short of AMAZING.

It’s worth noting that I don’t love “goody bags” I usually use props at our parties that the kids get to take home instead, I think that they will use more often a crown/tiara or a sword to play with rather than another bouncy ball, and a bag full of candy. That’s just a personal thing.

Here are the ideas that I came up with to make this party worthy of a princess….

Everyone got a crown when they first arrived.

Click Here for Boys

Click Here for Girls

We chose a few of her favorite princesses and created stations for each one of them.

Tangled

At this station I put out a bunch of crepe paper and the kids took turns “tangling” eachother up like Rapunzel’s hair. This was super fun and cute. No links for the crepe paper although you can get it at any party store, I buy mine at the dollar store because its cheap and they always have tons of it.

Sword in the Stone

I made a big paper mache rock (this was a little insane and took too many man hours), then cut small holes in it and stuck the swords all around in the holes. Each party participant had to pull a sword out of the stone, which we then took to slay the dragon (Malificent). Guys- how cute is my Godson? xoxo

Click for Swords

Sleeping Beauty

Malificent was our Dragon Pinata. The kids took the swords that they pulled from the stone and used them to slay her. When they did, they were able to pick up the prizes from inside and add them to their “goody bags”.

Click for Dragon Pinata

Click for Princess Pinata Filler

Aladdin

For the Aladdin station I called local carpet stores and found one that had old samples of carpet lying around that they let me use. I let the kids choose one, we made a circle and played “Magical Carpets”. When we were done the kids were allowed to keep their sample to play with at home, but any left behind were taken to the local dog shelter for a warm spot for them to lie on.

Sofia the First

Little E ADORES Sofia. The flying horse derby is a favorite episode, so I made flying horses like Minimus for each attendee. I put them into our play house and labeled it “Stables”. The kids were able to go choose a horse and ride it around the yard like the flying derby race.

Click for Wings

Click for Pool Noodles

Princess and the Frog

An updated version of pin the tail on the donkey. I had a large poster of Navid printed and tacked it to a tree. I then used my silhouette to cut out card stock lips. I blindfolded the kids, and had them “kiss the frog”. If you aren’t feeling that ambitious (yeah I know I am a little nutty) Amazon does have a version Click for Kiss the Frog.

The Little Mermaid

I set up a water table because in July its hot as heck, and at 4 the water table is so fun. I added a bunch of princess figurines including mermaids for them to play with, then take home.

Click for Mermaids

I always have a photo opportunity or two so I put up a princess castle backdrop they could pose in front of. I had made this one out of PVC pipe, but it was horrid, so I ended up buying (2) for my next adventures.

Click for Backdrop

Click for Backdrop Stand

Have questions? Need more info? Just ask, always happy to answer them, that’s what RNYM is all about, making your life easier. Something that would also have been a fabulous addition to our party would be if we had brought one of Mandas Enchanted Events talented characters to the house for some fun.

Luigi O’Grady’s Expands Offerings!

Posted on January 17, 2018 by RocklandNYMom Posted in Events, Food, Party, Reviews, RNYM Events, RNYM's Picks, Uncategorized, We're Having a Party .

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. All opinions expressed are my own.

If you are anything like me you ADORE Luigi O’Grady’s. In fact, when I had my children my “push present” both times was a roast beef sandwich from then, brought to the hospital (yep). I cater everything with Michelle’s help. I’ve done Superbowl, Birthday Parties, Christmas, Breakfast- you name it Michelle and her crew have cooked it for me. What’s better? It’s all been done to rave reviews.

Well, now you can have you WHOLE EVENT planned and taken care of by Michelle and her staff at the Sons of Italy Blauvelt. Yep that’s right they have become the exclusive caterers for the hall.

The Sons of Italy is a full service catering hall. Fully staffed events, high quality food and service, bar service is all included.

There are different packages to choose from and Michelle will work with you to meet all your needs as well as work with budgets.

She offers valuable insights with her extensive experience as well. I will never forget planning my first at home birthday party, I sent what I wanted over to Michelle and her response was, that’s all great choices, but its a lot of chicken, lets offer a little more variety. She was SO right. The guests adored the options available, and always ask where I got the food from.

I am so excited about this new development I could SCREAM!! From what I understand dates are filling up fast, so if you have something coming up reach out sooner than later. I know because am looking to plan some fun stuff there for you all too ;o).

To speak to Michelle about an event you can email her at info@luigiogradys.com or give a call at 845-735-9110.

STAY TUNED!!!

Have you seen Basic Invite??

Posted on August 10, 2017 by RocklandNYMom Posted in Party, Photo Obsessed, Reviews, RNYM's Picks, Services, Uncategorized, We're Having a Party .

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. All opinions expressed are our own.

I am such a control freak when it comes to my parties, and quite a snob when it comes to stationery. I know this is my own problem. But everyone who knows me expects it, they have even mentioned getting excited when they receive mail from me, as they never know what to expect when it arrives. As of late, I have given up on pre-made cards and was creating my own, from scratch. I will admit that it is fun, to a point. It all started when (E) was born and I needed to choose a birth announcement. It had to be just perfect, and I didn’t see anything I liked, either the shape was off or the color, even just the color of one flower was making me crazy. So I made my own. I have been making my own since, and she just turned 4.

I just made it through both birthday parties and the amount of work that went into designing, printing, cutting and sending invitations really makes my head spin. I was thinking “there has to be a better way!” Well it turns out we just learned of a great website (similar to some of the popular ones we see out there) called www.basicinvite.com. Contrary to its name, its actually so much more than basic. It covers your “basic” stationery needs, but in a very detailed and precise way.

I decided to take a look- right where my problem started Birth Announcements. Basic invite makes it possible for you to choose a basic design (there are quite a few), and then add all your own personal touches. Design options include:

modern birth announcements

baby boy birth announcements

baby girl birth announcements

traditional birth announcements

You can add photos, change wording, shape and the fonts just like I have seen before. But then, something I hadn’t seen… I could change the colors of the invite, I could change the colors of the INDIVIDUAL flowers on the announcement I had chosen. This is the new level of personalization that I have been looking for. I chose an announcement with a floral ring around the photo. Not only was it able to make all of these great changes, I could see and play with the combinations right on the site, and easily. It’s easy to use for ANYONE.

So many great choices

My choice (I wanted to see how much I could change)

The original colors- click on each element and choose your own colors.

My new color choices (I went crazy to make a point)

My new and improved Birth Announcement.

You can then go on to customize not only the front, but the back, the envelope and the envelope liner. Once you have had your fun there it gets down to the nitty gritty. Will your foil be flat or raised? What type of paper do you want? Yeah this may be one of the happiest parts for me. I like stationery to be on nice thick paper and I am intrigued Luxe Velvet.

Unsure if it’s actually going to meet expectations? They allow you to order a sample. Now, the sample does cost some money, but with this company when you order a sample its NOT just a sample of the invite they had left over. Its YOUR actual sample. You can get one to make sure you LOVE IT. If you aren’t pleased, send it back for a refund or they will fix it for free. This sample route doesn’t work great if you are a last minute type of family, but for planners like myself, its AMAZING. If you are in need of ideas you can also check out their Pinterest page for some goodies.

You have the ability to save and come back to your design, so that you can work on it another day or order more if necessary (I always end up having to order more Christmas Cards). Oh yeah AND free address collection. You simply share a link with friends and family, collect the addresses and basic invite has free envelope printing!!! That will save HOURS every time you have a party, send holiday cards, etc.

Basic Invite doesn’t end with birth announcements, they cover all your stationery needs, even providing 2 pages of FREE PRINTABLES (click here) for people to check out and use. I am slightly obsessed with the ugly sweater gift tags for Christmas gifts.

If you are looking for more information you can find Basic invite on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter as well.

007th Birthday Fun!!

Posted on July 28, 2017 by RocklandNYMom Posted in Birthdays, RNYM Events, RNYM's Picks, We're Having a Party .

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post that includes affiliate links to the products that I used for the Party.

This is the first year that (A) decided to have his birthday party somewhere other than at home. At first, this was devastating for me as I love to create and make his parties special. But, then I decided to find ways to make it personal and still add little touches. This was especially difficult as the venue wouldn’t let me in any more than 15 minutes before the start of the party itself.

Decor/Favors

The venue provided the table cloths, and plates which was nice. That was one thing that we didn’t need to stress about. We brought our own napkins and folded them to make them look like bow ties. We also bought special forks to make them look “rich and fancy”. For drinks we did martini glasses and added a sign that said “Shaken not Stirred”, as well as a large 7 that I added James Bond and the logo to. A little crepe paper, caution tape, and enlarged copies of the invitation rounded things out.

I don’t love sending the kids home with tons of candy, so we only had rock candy and candy coins to send home. They doubled as decor during the party.

“Go Bags”

These are the packs that spies keep locked up in their homes in case they need to disappear at a moments notice. To make them I stamped some manila envelopes, then stuffed. We displayed them in an old briefcase that my aunt had at home :o)

Aviator glasses

Passports

ID Holders

Pencils and Notebooks

Money

Water Gun

Since not all the kids every show up at once we had a few quick introduction activities planned.

Make a Bureau ID

First the kids took their bureau photos to use for their ID’s. I used an Instax camera to take a photo that prints right there, and the setup was simply the wall, a chair, a pair of glasses and removable footprints on the wall. I purchased the ID Holders in advance and created a template for them to fill in. They also had to put a thumb print on the front to make it official. I used a washable ink pad for this.

Decode the Message

Prior to the kids arriving we set up the “birthday banner” on the wall with spaces missing. We numbered the spaces for the remaining letters. The missing letters were placed in numbered folders. Corresponding folders were placed inside of BLACK balloons and blown up to make them look like “bombs”. The party-goers needed to detonate a bomb, to find their number then place it on the wall to decode the message.

Balloons

Cake

Vanessa Stahl of Sweet Spot Studio Cakes makes all of our cakes. She is unbelievable. I’ve been using her for years, and known her even longer. She never ceases to amaze me. Not only are the cakes stunning to look at they are also so yummy. We prefer butter cream, so you might be interested to know that the base of our cakes are not fondant- just the embellishments.

https://www.facebook.com/SweetSpotStudioCakes/

Invitation

RNYM can personalize your invite and send them to you for printing for a small fee. All you need is a color printer, white and manila cardstock, paper clips, a confidential stamp, and 5×7 envelopes to complete the set.

If you don’t have a printer, Staples will print them for you.

To order, just send us an email at RockandNYMom@yahoo.com with the subject Invitation. We work with you to personalize and then send you a PDF to use.

Love our party ideas but this isn’t quite the right theme for you? Check out our past parties HERE!

Need ideas for Entertainment (click here) or Venues, Vendors and the like (Click Here)? We’ve got all of that!!!

What is the Bubble Bus?

Posted on June 22, 2017 by RocklandNYMom Posted in Events, Party, Reviews, RNYM Events, Uncategorized, We're Having a Party .

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. All opinions expressed are our own.

It is often difficult to come up with ideas for entertainment at kids parties. Especially when they are at varying ages. Some may be too “young” for your whole crowd while others are too “advanced” for others. This year (A) has requested laser tag, and (E) can’t go because she is too small, its forced me to come up with a plan b while the party happens for her, since I know she won’t want to be left out.

One amazing option out there is the Bubble Bus. Everyone loves bubbles and proof of that is the reception that they received at our Egg Hunt this year. We are always trying to think of ways to improve our events so this year we had the bubble bus come. We were SO excited for the event, but the day of the weather was NOT cooperating.

It was cold and windy and we thought that there was NO WAY the bubbles would work out. Well, we were super wrong (and happily so). Peter came nice and early to get things set up, and rode around the site to find the best placement. Then he set up special tools to make sure that the bubbles didn’t break right away and would still work. We were still a little skeptical.

Well, there was certainly no need. The bubbles were awesome, and the owner Peter is so lovely to deal with. All the kids there (ages ranged from under a year to 14 years old) had fun chasing them and watching in wonder. The music added a nice touch as well. After the event we had SO many compliments on the addition of Bubble Bus, and several inquiries for parties.

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