Landon and Lauren's Cookie Exchange Party
I have a good friend that host an amazing party each Christmas and at the end, we have a cookie exchange and I come home with tons of yummy cookies (all different from each other and what I brought). Landon always looks forward to this party and has asked me if we could host a similar party for his friends one day. Well............. this was the year to do it!
Kendall, Lauren, Macy, Tyler, Addyson, Kirsten, Jack, Barrick, Noah, Preston, Landon, Jacob
Landon and Lauren each got to invite 5 friends so that we would have an even 12 kids (1 dozen). We had a girls' table and a boys' table. The kids started by making Christmas cards w/ stickers, paper, markers at their tables. We then made 2 crafts (ornament and christmas jar). We played a few rounds of Christmas bingo (for prizes) and then the fun started.......
Landon, Lauren, and mostly mommy made big plain sugar and gingerbread cookies and got the island ready w/ the cookies and tons of toppings (icings, sprinkles, candy,etc...). The girls went first and decorated their masterpiece cookies. The boys could not wait to get their hands into the stuff and each had TWO! I think the boys enjoyed the decorating the most, they were fun to watch. I think they enjoyed the endless freedom to pile on the toppings just the way they liked.
We topped the cookies off w/ some nice hot chocolate (with marshmallows of course).
Each child brought 1 dozen cookies and 1 ornament for exchange. They had fun exchanging the ornaments (we passed around like hot potato game while listening to Christmas music).
Then, the moment they had all been waiting for.............. THE COOKIE EXCHANGE!!! Each child received an empty red plate and go to go down the cookie buffet line and get one cookie form each guest that came.
I will say the party was relatively controlled and easy until all the planned activities were over and then they all raced upstairs like buffalo. Of course, this is when the parents showed up to pick up their children. I am not sure if any of them believed what a nice and controlled party it had been.
I think it was wonderful for my kids to get to host their very own party and to focus on friendship and laughter this holiday season.
I have a good friend that host an amazing party each Christmas and at the end, we have a cookie exchange and I come home with tons of yummy cookies (all different from each other and what I brought). Landon always looks forward to this party and has asked me if we could host a similar party for his friends one day. Well............. this was the year to do it!
Kendall, Lauren, Macy, Tyler, Addyson, Kirsten, Jack, Barrick, Noah, Preston, Landon, Jacob
Landon and Lauren each got to invite 5 friends so that we would have an even 12 kids (1 dozen). We had a girls' table and a boys' table. The kids started by making Christmas cards w/ stickers, paper, markers at their tables. We then made 2 crafts (ornament and christmas jar). We played a few rounds of Christmas bingo (for prizes) and then the fun started.......
Landon, Lauren, and mostly mommy made big plain sugar and gingerbread cookies and got the island ready w/ the cookies and tons of toppings (icings, sprinkles, candy,etc...). The girls went first and decorated their masterpiece cookies. The boys could not wait to get their hands into the stuff and each had TWO! I think the boys enjoyed the decorating the most, they were fun to watch. I think they enjoyed the endless freedom to pile on the toppings just the way they liked.
We topped the cookies off w/ some nice hot chocolate (with marshmallows of course).
Each child brought 1 dozen cookies and 1 ornament for exchange. They had fun exchanging the ornaments (we passed around like hot potato game while listening to Christmas music).
Then, the moment they had all been waiting for.............. THE COOKIE EXCHANGE!!! Each child received an empty red plate and go to go down the cookie buffet line and get one cookie form each guest that came.
I will say the party was relatively controlled and easy until all the planned activities were over and then they all raced upstairs like buffalo. Of course, this is when the parents showed up to pick up their children. I am not sure if any of them believed what a nice and controlled party it had been.
I think it was wonderful for my kids to get to host their very own party and to focus on friendship and laughter this holiday season.
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