I had a goal set for my dd's party to come in around $20- well I was able to do it for $16.84! I am so proud of myself! I mainly had everything on hand- she wanted to have a little tinkerbelle party and I had a few things that I picked up already on clearance (plates, and a few decorations-at Target). I made grab bags for my niece and nephews (and the girls of course)- for the older ones- they are getting school supplies (that I had since last years markdowns) and the little ones (my youngest and 1 neohew) are getting play dough and bubbles. We are having a cookout and I had all the meats, side dishes and cake mix on hand.

Today I had to pick up a few items: buns, tomato, onions, pop (for the adults), milk (which we need anyways!), candy for the pinata (which we made), a tinkerbell balloon and a tinkerbell candle for her cake (almost bought a kit from the bakery- they wanted $8 though! ). It could of been a lot cheaper but- i could not resist the balloon or candle!

thats awesome!!! what a great way to have a nice party and inexpensive as well.

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Wow! great job, I really like your idea of school supplies as party favors

This is how I do all my family parties. It's great being able to have a nice party and relax that u aren't going broke.

allgirls

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Thats great! I spent more than that on decorations for ds' b-day. grrrr. lol.

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Mom to Matt, 3 years and Catie, 7 months!

how do you make the pinata ( don't know if I spelled that right?)