The banner decoration.  I used this tutorial for cutting out the pieces.  It was so fast!  I did stitch and turn the triangles, leaving the top open, then sealed it all with the bias tape.  I’m hoping the banner will last awhile so took the time to finish the edges.  The letters were cut out of felt and ironed on with wonder under.  (I traced the letters backwards on wonder under.  Then ironed to a sheet of felt.  Then cut out the letters, then peeled the paper backing and ironed on to the triangles.  Since I’m not going to wash it, I didn’t take the time to stitch them on.)

Here’s the tic tac toe game Mom made from cardboard, duct tape, and stitckers. 

I made 12 red and 12 pink strawberry bean bags.  They were cut in 7″ diameter half circles.  I ran gathering stitches around the circle before folding in half and stitching up the side.  I filled them with beans too dry to cook up anymore, pulled the gathering stitches to seal the top and hot glued wool felt leaves over the hole.  These were so fast to make and the kids will be playing with them awhile. 

One relay race was to blow a matchbox car to the finish line with a party blower.  This was super hard since I bought cheap blowers that wouldn’t blow straight.  Not a game I would try again, but it was a hoot to watch the first few kids.  After awhile they got frustrated and bored waiting for their turn.

The first game was toss the strawberry in the pie pan.  There were 2 teams of 6 kiddoes and each player had 2 berries to toss. 

Strawberry Shortcake was there :). 

Even the boys had fun 🙂

Heather made a wish..Shh don’t tell.

Received lots of nice gifts.  Yay for the chance to practice writing.

Afterward we played pinata, but my camera ran out of batteriess.  I’ll have to snag some pictures from my Mom.  But until then, here’s her super cute pinata.  Notice the authentic Strawberry shape is very balloon like :).

Happy Birthday Heather!