I recently received an email from Tiny Prints about their new holiday card collection and was so excited to use their holiday invitations on a few little shin digs before the end of the year. I immediately knew that I wanted to do a little fireside hot chocolate & s’mores soiree to kick off the holiday season!
I used the Tiny Prints “Chilly Party” invitation as inspiration for the party decor.
A few minutes with a little chalk and some red pom poms and I had a darling backdrop for the hot chocolate bar!
I already had my jars set up from my hot chocolate station and I added peppermint patties, peppermint cream and hazelnut cream to the menu!!
A menu of signature drinks featured lyrics from “Baby It’s Cold Outside”. (available in free printable file)
Themed tags printed on sticker paper were perfect for keeping track of whose drink was whose…
… but in reality we all loved sharing sips of our creations!!
The s’mores station was set up fireside. Like on the hot chocolate bar, I used polka dot wrapping paper to add a little whimsy to the table. It’s one of my favorite (and cheapest) ways to make any party more festive!!
The s’mores menu also featured lyrics from “Baby It’s Cold Outside”, and provided a few twists on the traditional s’more. (available in printable file)
We had three types of chocolate and three types of graham crackers. One of my other favorite party tricks is to use the backs of double sided invitations. Just cut up a few extra invites and use them as buffet cards for a festive and free touch!
It was such an easy little soiree to pull off, and since everyone was on the hook for mixing their own eats and drinks, I had nothing to do but mingle!
It would hardly be a Dixie Delights party without a little something to carry home! Snowman peeps (Target) were perfect stand-ins for the take home s’more. (available in printable file)
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Happy holidays, y’all!!
xoxo
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What a fun idea – I know my peeps would love this! xo
Love this idea! The pics of the kiddos are precious!!
Amanda,
Is it weird that I totally feel like I know your family and extended family? I found myself saying the kids names outloud when I came to their pics and then laughing at their expressions. I feel like a stalker…but in a good way! Love this idea…think I may "borrow" it for a haliday gathering that's twirling around in my head…Hmmmmm. Thanks!
What a GREAT idea! We are hosting family Christmas this year, and I going to have the coffee and hot chocolate bar and the take home S'mores are perfect!
Good to see Charlie and Dottie….oh and MEL!!!!! LOL.
It was so cold here last week that I wish I had that hot cocoa. Miss ya. xo
PRECIOUS! As always. So creative and looked like fun was had by all. Love the pic of Whit with s'mores on his face! Tell your sister when CeeCee out grows all her precious clothes us fans of your Ebay site will snatch them up. My sweet little man wore a smocked turkey John John for Thanksgiving that I bought from y'all. He looked quite dapper! I'm having a girl in early April so I'd LOVE to snag some of CeeCee's fashions.
Too flipin cute!!!! Love your idea Amanda – you ROCK!
How fun! You always make everything so special and pretty! I just set up our cocoa bar and I now I think I need to have a little get-together to kick off the holiday season – thanks for the inspiration!
What a festive party idea. Really fantastic! I love getting inspiration from your blog.
It's Deonna from the Child at Heart blog! I love this post and would love for you to link up to the Merriest Blog Hop and share your creations!
http://www.thechildatheartblog.com/2013/11/the-merriest-blog-hop-week-2.html
Love this !! So pretty and such a great way to celebrate the season :)
This is so fabulous!!
Super cute party ideas! Your family is sweet too:)
ABSOLUTELY ADORABLE!!!
What a gorgeous get-up! This is a great idea for sure, and I will have to pin this to keep it for the future. I love it, and it caught my eye at the TOO Cute Tuesday party–I had to stop by!
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You sure got some great photos, having great fun! New GFC friend, and added you as a g+ friend.
Thanks for sharing your party.
So cute. I put out a coffee and hot chocolate bar inspired by you and it was a hit over Thanksgiving. I knew the kiddos would love it but the grown ups went nuts!
Oh my word Amanda!! This hot cocoa party is amazing! You always have the most creative ideas and I just love all of the details. And your family (all of them!) are precious! :-)
Vanessa
Glad you were able to find the peeps! After searching hi and low for them, I bought out the Walgreens in Dunwoody and the CVS in Sandy Springs. Again, thank you for being so generous with your creative ideas and printables. Julie
Such a fabulous idea and party. Love the pics of the family, so fun. Thanks tons for linking to Inspire Me. Hugs, Marty
How fun! And look at all those sweet, happy kids with their hot chocolate! I'd love for you to share this at my weekly link party. Hope to see you there! http://www.thelifeofjenniferdawn.com/2013/12/a-little-bird-told-me-link-party-70.html
Hi! Just stopping by to let you know that I featured this project for this week's Merriest Blog Hop. You can check it out here: http://www.aromaofhim.com/2013/12/the-merriest-blog-hop-3-countdown-to.html
Hope we'll see more of your projects this week! Thanks for linking up :-)
Alicia
This is such a cute party! Looks like everyone had a great time. This will be one of my features from the Blog Hop!
Hopping over from Common Ground. You all look so cute in your red! What a great idea for a party. I'm sure the kids had so much fun.
Thank you so much for linking up to the Twirl and Take a bow party. Be sure to come back this week to see if you were featured and to link up again! http://arttisbeauty.blogspot.com/2013/12/twirl-and-take-bow-link-party-and.html
Hugs,
Karin
How much fun that is!