Annamarie's Christmas Party

We had a great Christmas party for Annamarie and 8 of her friends. I made gingerbread house out of graham crackers for the girls along with gingerbread men for them to decorate. The girls spent some time decorating and then a wonderful surprise of Santa visiting. Each girl got to sit in Santa's lab and tell him what she wanted for Christmas. They all gathered around while Santa read "The Night Before Christmas" and then took pictures with Santa. It was a great success of decorating, drinking hot cocoa, and visiting with Santa!

• What People Ate

  We had fresh fruit, Christmas goldfish, decorated brownies, and chocolate covered popcorn

• What People Drank

  Hot cocoa

• Best Moment

  When Santa showed up at the door and surprised all the girls.

• Funniest Moment

  Santa surprising the girls

• Desserts

  The kids snacked on all the candy that was suppose to decorate with:)

• Party Favors

  Wonderfully decorated gingerbread houses and place mats made from Christmas scrapbook paper that I had laminated.

• Activities / Games

  Gingerbread houses and gingerbread men to decorate

• Think Garnish

  supplies for party

  great place for party supplieshttp://www.thinkgarnish.com/store/plastic-bottle-with-cap-2oz.html#.Uq6DkKXIbFI

• HGTV

  Decorations

  Free printables for Christmas partyhttp://blog.hgtv.com/design/2011/12/06/gingerbread-house-party-ideas-free-printables/

• Tom Kat Studios

  Decorations

  great blog/shop for downloadable printables!http://shoptomkat.com/item_1129/Gingerbread-House-Party-Printable-Collection.htm

• Container Store

  Decorations

  I got all the boxes to put the gingerbread houses in, they were so cute!http://www.containerstore.com/shop?productId=10036612&N=&Ntt=gingerbread+house