DMD INTERSTITIALS 13 MARCH 2015
Interstitial: Winter TITLE: Let It Snow Party OPENER: Bring the winter wonderland indoors: Invite your friends in from the cold for a cozy cocktail party. NUGGET: Wintery Mix: 10 Festive Drinks
Egg Nog Moscow Mule White Russian Hot Toddy Irish Coffee Hot Buttered Rum Milk + Honey Apple Cider Peppermint Patty Mulled Wine NUGGET: 5 Winter Decorating Tips From David Stark x TK Coat the corners of your windows with spray‐on snow. x TK Faux snow: line the dessert buffet with cotton batting. x TK Coat the corners of your windows with spray‐on snow. x TK Faux snow: line the dessert buffet with cotton batting. x TK Coat the corners of your windows with spray‐on snow.
Interstitial: Winter NUGGET 5 Clever Ways to Word Your Invites Chill Out With the Millers Get Toasted and Toasty TKChill Out With the Millers TKGet Toasted and Toasty TKChill Out With the Millers SOURCES DECOR Cupcake Liners bellacupcakecoture.com Decorative Paper papersource.com Log & Trees saintambroeus.com Paper Goods With Custom Illustrations chereeberrypaper.com Pom‐Poms fibrecraft.com Snowflake Toothpicks etsy.com/shop/PinkCherryMama FAVORS Favor Boxes With Custom Illustrations chereeberrypaper.com Chocolate Stars madelainechocolate.com FOOD & SWEETS Cookies elenis.com, whippedbakeshop.com Cotton Candy curiouscandy.com Cupcakes bakedbymelissa.com Marshmallow Cubes mitchmallows.com Marshmallow Snowmen marshmallowpeeps.com Sugar Snowflakes etsy.com/shop/SweetEdibles White Chocolate Snowman burdickchocolate.com PARTY CREDITS Cake Pops New York Cake Pops | Catering Peter Callahan |
Interstitial: Swim TITLE: Splish, Splash It’s a Birthday Bash OPENER: Whether you’re hosting poolside or celebrating someone who loves to swim, make waves with pool‐themed party. NUGGET: Swim-Themed Things to Fill a Fish Bowl
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Swedish fish Goldfish crackers rubber ducks mini beach balls gummy sharks Lifesavers
NUGGET: Fish In the Water: Pool Games
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cannonball (or belly flop!) contest Marco Polo ping pong ball hunt (fill the pool with balls and see who can get the most) pool tag treasure hunt (diving for toys or coins)
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TEXT-ONLY NUGGET: Fish Out of Water: Get Wet, No Pool Required ‐ balloon toss ‐ bobbing for rubber ducks ‐ squirt guns ‐ wet potato (hot potato, with a soaked car wash sponge) ‐ sprinklers ‐ Slip’N Slide ‐ water balloon piñatas NUGGET: Relay Bar Recipe
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Interstitial: Sports TITLE: Have a Ball Sports Party OPENER: TK NUGGET: TURN A SHEET CAKE INTO A SPORTS FIELD (illustration)
NUGGET: SPORTS-THEMED ACTIVITIES
Sports Ball Limbo Thread twine through the stoppers sports‐themed beach balls and see how low your guests can go. Three Cup Monte Decorate three paper cups to match your theme; here, round white labels and washi tape make golf balls and tees. Have a guest hide a ball under one cup while the others try to keep tabs on it. Sporty Spoon Race Like a traditional egg and spoon race, divide guests into teams and have them run a relay while balancing a golf ball on a spoon. Ball Toss Arrange right‐side up paper cups on one end of a table, and have guests try to land balls in the cups by tossing or bouncing them from the opposite end. Or stack upside‐down paper cups in a pyramid, and see who can topple the stack.
Interstitial: Sports SOURCES DECOR Astroturf Sheets hardware stores or amazon.com Bamboo Disposable Utensils amazon.com Basketball Beach Balls beachballs.com Basketball and Soccer Ball Whistles orientaltrading.com Basketball Stickers amazon.com Golf Ball Buckets amazon.com Mesh Practice Sports Pennys amazon.com Paddle Boards amazon.com Piñatas partycity.com Plastic Golf Clubs amazon.com Plush Baseballs orientaltrading.com Popcorn Bags partycity.com Sports Flag Cake Toppers amazon.com Striped Candy Cups partycity.com Striped Cardboard Flags & Straws foryourparty.com Trophies partycity.com FOOD & SWEETS Mesh Bags With Chocolates madelainechocolate.com Foil‐Wrapped Chocolate Sports Balls nuts.com, madelainechocolate.com, amazon.com Sugar Bee wilton.com Tennis Ball–Shaped Sour Gumballs nuts.com White Chocolate Golf Ball Halves ladyfortunes.com PARTY CREDITS Basketball Cake cakepower.com | Golf Ball Cake butterflybakeshop.com | Cupcakes butterflybakeshop.com | Cake Pops shopnycakepops.com
Interstitial: Andy’s 50th TITLE: 50 Is Nifty Birthday Party OPENER: A milestone birthday is a true celebration of the guest of honor—and everything he loves. Gather his favorite people (and his favorite foods) and toast and roast him. NUGGET Throwback Treats
’20s Baby Ruth, Bit‐O‐Honey, Dubble Bubble, Goldenberg’s Peanut Chews ’50s Atomic Fireballs, Smarties, Pez, Turkish Taffy ’60s Chuckles, Lemonheads, Now & Later, Nik‐L‐Nip Wax Bottles ’70s Blow Pops, Big Red Gum, Cherryheads, Chiclets ’80s Airheads, Bubble Tape, Nerds, Reese’s Pieces ’90s Gobstoppers, Gushers, Push Pops, Warheads Note: We had more in here, but so many are ambiguous (and contradicted the image) that I figured short was better NUGGET Newsworthy Presentation Scan the front page of the newspaper from the guest of honor’s birthday. Trace the food cone template on the back (see darcymiller.com), cut out the cones, roll them, and seal them with glue dots. Line cones with wax paper for messier foods. NUGGET 5 Snacks to Serve in a Cone ‐ blueberries ‐ cotton candy ‐ French fries ‐ popcorn ‐ potato chips BITE: Or use a newspaper scan to make placemats or party hats.
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Cover the tabletop with plain paper and it becomes part of the fun. ‐ crayons ‐ origami paper ‐ legos ‐ I Spy ‐ tic tac toe ‐ playing cards ‐ colored pencils ‐ dot‐to‐dots ‐ mazes ‐ scavenger hunt ‐ paper flower kits ‐ pipe cleaners ‐ DIY puzzles ‐ word finds ‐ play dough BITE: Travel games are great for the kids table, too, since they’re compact and don’t have small pieces to lose. NUGGET: Pictures from the guest of honor’s past and present become part of the decor: Here, they’re shrunken and glued to the top of petit four boxes to make a 50‐year timeline. 5 More Ways to Use Photos have them printed on napkins hang them from ribbon with mini clothespins blow them up and make a wall collage print them on vellum and wrap them around vases or hurricanes turn scans into party hats
Interstitial: Andy’s 50th TEXT-ONLY NUGGET: Party Inspiration, Decade by Decade When the birthday boy was born can inspire your food, favors, or dress code. ’20s Babe Ruth, Champagne cocktails, Charlie Chaplin, Coco Chanel (strands of pearls for ladies, silk flower boutonnieres for gents), fringed flapper dresses, gangsters, Gatsby, Josephine Baker, the Charleston, Surrealism, women’s right to vote ’50s beehives & bouffants, drive‐in movies (so cute for a backyard movie party), Elvis, glass soda bottles, Grease, Happy Days, hotdogs & milkshakes, Jackson Pollack, James Dean, leather jackets & poodle skirts, Pop Art, rock ‘n’ roll ’60s The Beatles, Madmen‐style cocktails (martinis, Manhattans & mai tais), Willy Wonka, Woodstock, Audrey Hepburn, Motown, Twiggy, peace symbols, first man on the moon, The Rolling Stones, Jimmy Hendrix, Janice Joplin ’70s bell‐bottoms, Blondie, Bob Marley, disco, Jell‐o molds, Led Zeppelin, mood rings, pina coladas, platform shoes, Rock Horror Picture Show, Saturday Night Fever, Star Wars, Studio 54, The Bee Gees, The Jackson 5 ’80s acid‐washed jeans, bangle bracelets, Cool Ranch Doritos, crimped hair & side ponytails, ET, fanny packs, Flashdance, Long Island iced tea, Madonna, Michael Jackson, mixed tapes, MTV, Nintendo, Pac Man, Scoobie Doo, TAB soda, Top Gun ’90s AOL, Beanie Babies, Britney Spears, Cindy Crawford, Clueless, cosmopolitans, Friends (“The Rachel”!), grunge, Guess jeans, hip hop, Rollerblades, Saved by the Bell, Spice Girls, stick‐on earrings, TLC, troll dolls
Interstitial: Ice Cream TITLE: I Scream, You Scream Ice Cream Party OPENER: Everyone loves ice cream—and not just for dessert. Sweet scoops can inspire party games, decor, and more. NUGGET: OUTSIDES/TOPPINGS/POUR ONS ICE CREAM SANDWICH CHART
OUTSIDES donuts donut holes waffles banana bread croissants biscotti cinnamon rolls meringues shortbread madelines palmiers rice krispie treats graham crackers brownies graham crackers fudge churros peanut butter cups mini pies whoopee pies cookies French toast 7‐layer bars vanilla or chocolate wafers blondies cupcakes scones
soft pretzels marshmallows cake potato chips candy bars cheesecake tea crackers apple slices lemon bars rice cakes pancakes TOPPINGS mini marshmallows rolos cherries strawberries coconut brownie bites jelly beans cookie dough mini peanut butter cups nonpareils cereal malted milk balls popcorn chocolate buttons nutella
cake pieces cinnamon marshmallow fluff frosting pop rocks hot chocolate powder pretzels chocolate whipped cream chocolate chips yogurt chips coconut flakes sprinkles chocolate crunch crushed graham crackers nuts sour worms fruit whipped cream toffee chips POUR-ONS hot fudge caramel maple syrup butterscotch honey
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bananas + caramel sauce + vanilla ice cream = bananas foster chocolate chips + maraschino cherries + vanilla ice cream = cherry chip chocolate chips + cookie dough bites + vanilla ice cream = chocolate chip cookie dough coconut + caramel sauce + chocolate ice cream = german chocolate cake mini peanut butter cups + hot fudge + vanilla ice cream = moose tracks strawberry sauce + peanut butter chips + vanilla ice cream = peanut butter & jelly chocolate cookies + crushed peppermint candies + chocolate ice cream = peppermint bark peanuts + marshmallows + chocolate ice cream = rocky road NUGGET: SOPHISTICATED PAIRINGS FOR GROWN-UPS
amaretto cookie + coffee ice cream palmier cookies + salted caramel ice cream limoncello + lemon sorbet served in scooped‐out lemon halves
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NUGGET: SWEET SCOOP PARTY ACTIVITIES 4 games to play with a balloon “scoop” and a cardboard “cone.” (A few sixlets inside the balloons will weigh them down and make passing easier.) ‐ stand in a circle and pass one scoop from guest to guest ‐ give each guest a cone and scoop and see who can keep her scoop up the longest without dropping it ‐ split guests into teams for an egg‐and‐spoon‐style relay race with scoops and cones ‐ play monkey in the middle, using your cones to catch and toss
Interstitial: Ice Cream SOURCES DECOR 3‐D Tissue Paper Ice Cream Cones devra-party.com Balloons balloonstogonyc.com Blank Aprons theapronplace.com Blank Ice Cream Pints and Pencil Cases orientaltrading.com Cardboard Cone createforless.com Confetti knotandbow.com Gold Candles partycity.com Paper for Custom Garland papersource.com Sparkler Candle topsmalibu.com FAVORS Ice Cream and Ice Cream Sandwich Erasers orientaltrading.com Ice Cream Bubbles amazon.com Foil‐Wrapped Chocolate Coins partycity.com Popsicle Lip Gloss amazon.com Sixlets partycity.com FOOD & SWEETS Candy dylanscandybar.com Ice Cream Cones joycone.com Ice Cream Cone Lollipops candywarehouse.com, etsy.com/shop/SherrieCoreDesigns Gummy Candies amazon.com, nuts.com Marshmallow Ice Cream Cones candywarehouse.com, amazon.com Marzipan Cherries wendykromer.com Mini Chocolate Ice Cream Poppers gertrudehawkchocolates.com Silly Yellow Banana Heads Hard Candy amazon.com PARTY CREDITS Calligraphy Madge Miller | Custom Placemat Printing paperpresentation.com | Custom Tattoos Printing stickeryou.com | Ice Cream Cake sundaesandcones.com | Ice Cream Cupcakes butterflybakeshop.com