Alexus' 10th Birthday! Candy Buffett

My only girl, my first born has hit a big milestone. She turned double digits. The BIG 10!! She planned her party for weeks, mailed out the invites and finally the big day came. She had a few girls over for a sleepover. We chose a candy theme and had a candy buffett as the party favor. They swam, ate pizza and rode in the golf cart. They told scarey (funny) stories and then crashed in the floor. I hit the couch and all went well. No drama at this slumber parties and it was the first one I have attended that my bra didn't end up in the freezer!!!

We made flip flops with different ribbons to match the school colors.

Human pyramids are a must at any sleepover.

Thank goodness no one was injured on the new birthday gift.

Here's a shot of the candy buffett. We used solid white chinese takeout boxes from Walmart and each girl got to fill it to the top with the candies of their choice. They thought they were in heaven.

I made the cake this year. I liked it, but she hated it. Of course, she's ten!

My favorite part of the candy set up was the suckers smashed in that bowl. It looked like a flower arrangement. I used tissue paper to fill it up and then crammed it full of baby blow pops. I also used ring pips to hang on the bowl full of gumballs. I got the idea from mique over at thirtyhandmadedays.blogspot.com a long time ago. She has tons of ideas. Check her out.