Back To School Party

Back To School Bunco with my Moms group was a lot of fun. There are so many ways to celebrate the Back To School theme and all of them can be incorporated into a small celebration with your family to a big party with friends.

I made the wreath with items from the craft store and a hot glue gun. It is a wreath I can leave up all month and will take out year after year.
Each table had a school bus centerpiece with mini chalkboard, a colorful bowl of M&M's & a school themed piece of scrapbook paper.

Food was served on divided Styrofoam trays that resemble cafeteria trays. To stay on budget, I purchased the trays 10 for $1 at Dollar Tree. An alternative would be colorful re-usable hard plastic trays, but the least expensive ones I found were $1.27 each.

Water bottles were covered in school themed scrapbook paper.

My husband wrote out the menu board for me.

Mini Club Sandwiches topped with decorative picks.

Mini bags of chips.

Pretzel crayons served in a pencil box. I found this idea at Gourmet Mom On The Go.

I fell in love with these hamburger cupcakes & sugar cookie fries from Bakerella & knew they would be perfect for the Back To School theme! I served the cookie fries with a side of strawberry "ketchup" (strawberry jam).

For the Bunco prize I assembled a gift bag of grown-up school supplies (forgot to take a picture). I filled a school themed gift bag from Dollar Tree with decorative plaid pencils, notepad & mini notebook from the dollar section of Michaels & made a kitchen chalkboard with a silver tray & silver easel from Dollar Tree & chalkboard spray paint from Home Depot (directions here).

Back To School ~ Tallies & Score Sheets

Since I couldn't find any Bunco tally sheets and score cards with a Back To School theme, I decided to print my own.

I used School Script Dashed font from dafont.com (downloaded free) and printed the tally sheets on notebook paper.

I found a back to school image I liked online and used it to make some colorful score cards.

I'll be back from vacation in one more week and will be back to regular posting then!

Back To School Decorative Toothpicks

Using the Cricut Locker Talk Cartridge, I made these decorative toothpicks for Back To School Bunco Moms Night Out. I plan on sticking them in Mini Club Sandwiches.

Back To School Centerpiece

My current party planning project is a Back To School Bunco Party for my Mom's Group. Since Bunco is played at several tables, I wanted to have cute themed centerpieces.

Inspired by Little Ant Designs, I made these school bus centerpieces. They are super easy to make.
The base of the centerpiece is an empty Crystal Light drink container. About 36 #2 pencils were attached to the container with a rubber band. The rubber band was then covered with ribbon & a bow.

Inside the container, I glued a small block of styrofoam (this will hold the ruler). I made the school bus using the Cricut Locker Talk cartridge, but you could even use those little wood cut-outs from craft stores. The bus was glued to a plastic ruler and the ruler is stuck into the styrofoam.

Add a couple of pieces of notebook paper & you have a cute centerpiece for under $4 (this time of year is the perfect time to buy school supplies at great discounts!). Since the pencils aren't glued, the centerpiece can be taken apart & the pencils used!