It was Keiryn's 8th birthday this week and she looooooooves art so we had an art party! It was so much fun. Here's the cake (that really doesn't look like much) but it took a long four hours to make. I made the icing from scratch. It's a butter-cream icing and it was sooooo good. I got the recipe here. The time commitment was pretty huge, but it was a pretty tasty cake.
Of course because it was an art party, all of the kids got to paint a picture. The theme was "owls" and they each got a canvas to paint on. I did a little demo for them, but they mostly just did their own thing.
They turned out really cute...
Then we did a little photo shoot, which also turned out really cute...
Then it was time for cake... Keiryn was absolutely dying of excitement because she wanted her friends to see the surprise... which was inside the cake...
Don't you love the candles? Now for the reveal....
TA DA!! Isn't it beautiful? The kids all gasped when they saw me dish out the first piece... I almost peed my pants, I was so excited. I lost sleep over this cake the night before because I was so excited to cut it open and see what it looked like inside!!
And the fancy drinks were cool too. Ice cubes made out of Kool-aid in rainbow colors, served in 7-up. The kids loved these too...
And then Keiryn opened her presents... do you think she might have been a tiny bit excited about this gift? Keiryn thanked me eight hundred times after the party was over and said it was better than any party she could ever imagine. I'm so glad she appreciated it. She's good that way. And really, I probably had more fun than she did.
Good times!
