For months I’ve been teasing you with sneak peeks, like this one, of the Space-themed room I have been designing for my son. I had been planning and dreaming about it since before we moved in nearly 2 years ago. And I am happy to announce that it is FINALLY FINISHED…….sort of. The big stuff […]
2010—A Space Room Odyssey
March 8, 2010 by 23 Comments
For months I’ve been teasing you with sneak peeks, like this one, of the Space-themed room I have been designing for my son. I had been planning and dreaming about it since before we moved in nearly 2 years ago. And I am happy to announce that it is FINALLY FINISHED…….sort of. The big stuff […]
Birthday BLAST! (Rocket Birthday Party)
October 1, 2008 by 10 Comments
We had a blast (pun intended) with my son’s Space/Rocket/Astronaut themed birthday party this year! It was too much stellar fun to fit it into one post. For all of the Out of this World details and ideas for how you can throw your own spaced-out party, please read each of the following posts: Stellar […]
Space Favors & Fun
September 30, 2008 by 6 Comments
Here are the remainder of the fun ideas we used for my son’s Stellar Space-Themed/Rocket birthday party. The day before the party, I took my son to Denny’s for his birthday breakfast, and to buy 10 of these cool rocket cups. After searching around on-line, I knew these would make the best favors, and the […]
Blast off–The Rocket Launch!
September 30, 2008 by 8 Comments
The main event of the birthday party was the rocket launch–and it was a big hit! (Or should we say, “a blast!”?) My husband and I used empty 2 liter pop bottles, glued on fins and nose cones and spray painted it all to make the rockets. This post has the link where we got […]
Rocket Party–Astronaut Food & Drink
September 30, 2008 by 9 Comments
Our little astronauts were treated to a kid-friendly space-themed feast at our Rocket birthday party. All of that rocket building and launching can work up quite an appetite. Here’s what we had at “launch time.” Remember these cafeteria trays from our “Back to School luncheon”? Well, it turns out, they make good astronaut trays, too. […]
The moon is made of cake (birthday cake!)
September 26, 2008 by 14 Comments
Our astronaut birthday boy needed a birthday cake that was out of this world so we landed on the moon as the perfect cake for the occasion. (get it?) This is a strong contender for the easiest cake I’ve ever made. I’ve used this Wilton Sports Ball Pan Set (affiliate link) for all kinds of cakes–except for any […]
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