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So we had the Orange Party for Natalie and it was a big success!

Decorations: My daughter Ali made tissue paper pom-poms and hung them from the Dining Room chandelier. We used the tutorial from Martha Stewart. Everything else was just our Halloween Decor. Yay for Orange!

Attire: a few days before the party we bought white t-shirts for all the guests and tie-dyed them orange. We bought a tie-dye kit and just used the orange dye. But to me, it looked like reddish orange and white. So we bought some Rit orange dye and soaked the shirts again and I was happy with how they turned out. It was fun to have everyone matching! And a way better “favor” than toys that the parents want to throw away the minute they come home

Food: We had some of Natalie’s favorite orange foods. Nachos, macaroni & cheese, cheese puffs, orange slices, and baby carrots. We made homemade Orange Cream Soda. We usually make Root Beer with dry ice, but we tried it with orange extract and vanilla and it was pretty good – plus everyone loves the dry ice fog billowing over the bubbling concoction. For the cake she wanted cake pops like she saw on a magazine cover in the grocery store. We bought a cake pop maker (thank you 30% off at Kohls!) The kids decorated their own pops with orange frosting and different sprinkles.

Games: We played musical “pillows”, had a mini pumpkin hunt, and searched for the orange marble in a box of rice.

Treats: We bought all of the orange candy we could find from the bins at Win-co and created an orange candy shoppe. The guests filled tin-tie bags with candy and took them home! Whew! That was it!

Maybe this will inspire someone to have a color themed event of their own. Don’t forget to have us create your fabulous invitation!