Sunday, April 28, 2013

Goonies Party!!

So for starters I am sooooooo in love with my party theme! I am a total child of the 80's!  And the party turned out just like I envisioned!  So I thought I'd give you a run down of all the little special touches that made this a rockin Goonies party!

First of all, no movie night would be complete without a movie marquee!  You can find an extremely cool tutorial on how to make it from Jordan at Oh Happy Day!  I just love the way mine turned out so THANKS JORDAN!!


I took the two pictures above the night before the party to make sure it was all working and looked great.  There was no wind that night.  However, on the night of the party it was a bit windy so I had to improvise and lean it against the fence. It still looked fantastic and I didn't have to worry about it blowing away!

Next, a movie night would not be complete without a concession stand!


A very special thanks to Audrey over at Sweet Cheek Tasty Treats for A LOT of these ideas!  As many of you know, I am not a baker so I was pretty pleased with myself for turning oreo truffles into Sloth cake pops! I did a trial run a few weeks before and then tried to improve it a bit the night before the party! I am SOOO happy how they turned out!  You'll also notice a lot of similar cake pop tags and signage.  I used her designs as the basis and scrapped them to my hearts content!  After all, you can't have a sloth without a "Hey, You guys!"


 The Candy Bar

 The Treats....Rich Stuff!

POPCORN!

 I had plain popcorn as well as some pre-made bags of Rocky Road popcorn.

My cake! Another thing I am sooooo proud of! I found the pirate box on top when I went to visit my family in Florida.  The skeleton key and token are sugar cookies I shaped and painted. Then I made a ton of edible hard candy jewels and used some pearlized sixlets as well.  And of course, what Goonies cake would be completely without Data's Pinchers of Power!


Then of course we needed drinks.  There were plenty of non-alcoholic beverages (sodas, water, etc) as well as some signature cocktails for the more adventurous!

 Pirate Boat Jello Shots

Baby Ruth Shooters



And very delicious (sorry for the blurry picture) pre-made mason jar drinks!
Cherry Limeade and a Ocean Blue Breeze!

Finally, since this was an evening party and I wanted to make sure everyone left full and happy so I laid out a spread of portable friendly food.
From Left to Right: Single serve 7 layer dip with pre-bagged chips, pre-packaged silverware with napkin and salt and pepper, Soft pretzels with queso blanco dip, bacon wrapped jalapeno poppers, ham & swiss sliders, chicken & cheese taquitos, pre-packaged hotdogs, and fruit cups.




 Thanks for checking out my party. If you have any questions about anything I did, feel free to ask!





















4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love this :) Goonies is my all time fave movie. My son is turning 1 in February and YES I'm going for it lol. It's clearly more for me but one day he'll thank me (big maybe!) Thanks - I will def borrow some ideas for my Goonies theme party! YAY!

Anonymous said...

Fun, fun, fun! Can you explain how you made the pirate boat jello shot? Ingredients and all? Thanks!

Gypsy Hollow said...

Thank you! This was one of my favorites! I made traditional jello shots (just follow the directions and substitute 1/2 cup of the water with the cold water you add after dissolving). Then I used a gummy candy slice and used toothpicks and a printed pirate flag to accent it. I found a flag online and then sized it how I wanted to it lool.

Unknown said...

I'm throwing myself a Goonies-themed 40th birthday party at the end of this month! I'd love more info about how you made the Sloth cake pops...I'm trying to decide if I'm brave enough to attempt them myself! I've done regular cake pops that you shape and dip, but I am wondering how you got Sloth's eyes and ears and other features?