GETTING READY FOR THE HALLOWEEN PARTY

This coming Tues. we are having our Halloween party for my Girl Scout Troop. Today, I started to put things together.

I had found these cute little hat box looking containers and purchased them awhile ago.

I knew our Halloween party was going to be in the color theme of orange, black and white. So these were a perfect fit.

They are filled with little toys, craft items, an orange flash light to use for Trick or Treating, candy and other items.

I just added the orange ribbon and a craft sticker to make them a tad cuter. Oh yes, and the orange and black sucker.

I still have not decided if I'm going to have these at the place settings of each girl or give them to them on their way home. But, I do like how they came out.

I will not be having my annual big party I normally throw for Trinity and her friends. This year, Trinity said she didn't want to have a big party. I guess because of that, I have not really put my "party planning hat" on and so I'm a bit last minute with planning the Girl Scouts party. That is not like me!

I better get a move on! Thank goodness I have a small Troop.

MAKING MY OWN GOODIE BAGS

Part of planning for a party is the budget. When it comes to children's parties most people try to spend as little as possible while getting the most bang for your buck.

With Trinity's upcoming Pirate Party just days away now, I was trying to find some cute but cheap goodie bags.

I found darling little Pirate Loot bags and ones that looked like Pirate money pouches. Yet they cost way to much money at $3.99 each.

With 24 kids coming that would have cost me over $100 just for something to put the goodies in! YIKES! To much for my wallet.

So I searched the party supply store and came upon these bags. There were not enough of one color so I went with 1/2 in red and 1/2 in black.

They were 49 cents each. Much better!

Though they were so plain. Just not up to my standards. So I thought and thought about what I could do to perk them up without costing me anything.

Into my boxes of items I searched and I came upon ribbon. So I took red, black and white ribbon and tied it to the handle.

Cute but still not very Pirate looking.

So I got some colored paper and printed off a picture I found on the Internet and came up with these...

Cute little bags with a Pirate theme that didn't cost much money at all.

Plus, no one will have seen anything like these before as they are homemade and my own idea.

So really, all it takes is some time and thinking and you too can come up with party ideas for pennies on the dollar.