Father's Day Party Ideas perfect for Groups

Whether you are in charge of a small group like a cub scout pack or a large group like a church group, Father's Day parties can still be unique, fun, and easy.  Check out these Father's day party ideas that are perfect for group parties.

"My Stache" Mustache Candy Cup Party Favors

I'm getting ready for party season with fun, easy, and cheap party favors that are great for your guests because they are useful after the party.  These mustache candy cup party favors are a fun treat to help your guests keep "my stache" of candy right in their purse or backpack where snacking can happen anytime.

Fun Graduation Party Guest Book Idea

Throw your graduate a fun graduation party with a themed guest book that's as unique and fun as they are.  By adding sentiments from guests in attendance and those who live afar, this book will be a great memory for years to come.

Mustache Bash Graduation Party

Well, she did it.  There were moments in the past thirteen years when I never thought we'd get here, and moments in the past week when I wish we never had.  But this past week Drama Queen graduated high school.

We were so excited and thrilled that we decided to throw her a Graduation Mustache Bash...in the middle of a hurricane.  Okay, maybe not, but as upset as I was, it sure felt like that.

We live in the Banana Belt of Colorado.  There are 360 days of sunshine here.  It really never rains.  Well, this week, it's poured, hailed, snowed, and thunderstormed (is that a word, because it should be after that experience...) almost every single day.  What the heck?!?!

When we headed to the park to start setting up for the party, it was overcast, but we thought the weather would go around the mountains and hit to the east of us.  We went ahead and set up anyway...

 We started with a green tablecloth in neon colors and added the sucker tree that Dear Hubby built for me a few summers ago.  To spice up the sucker tree, we added blue, green, and mustache washi tape to the sides of the arms.  I really love how it turned out and wish I had gotten a few more pictures of it.

On the sucker tree I put the chocolate mustache suckers that I made and some brownie pops.  Couldn't not have brownies at our dessert table with Daredevil's brownie store dream still looming over our baking ideas.

On the outer ends of the table, I set up two Wilton 4-Tier Stacked Cupcake Tower.  To decorate the stands, we put alternating green and blue washi tape on the edges and used some mustache wrapping paper to line the inside of the stands.

In the background, you can just barely view our mustache table.  We decorated it with a white tablecloth covered by a mustache overlay table cloth found at Hobby Lobby.  Then we added kindergarten and senior pictures of Drama Queen and my graduation subway art photo.  This was the greeting table where guests could gather their tattoo mustaches for the party and pick up the How Well Do You Know game quiz.  We also invited guests to sign her Mustache book as a memorial they were there and to give her advice and fun wishes.

We died the cupcakes blue and frosted them with green frosting on half, and alternated the colors on the other half of the cupcakes.

We wanted to find mustache cupcake toppers, but they were all too dang expensive at the party stores for just a few, so instead we purchased a Mustache punch and used green, blue, black, and white card stock glued to toothpicks to make mustache cupcake toppers.

Surrounding the sucker tree, we placed the mustache truffles that we made.

as well as chocolate covered bacon, mustache chocolate oreos, and sugar cookies purchased from Walmart for variety.

We scattered the Reese's Graduation caps all over the tables and used the mustache place holders and table cards to tell the guests what each of the desserts were being offered.

We offered Cherry Limeade, Lemonade, and mini water bottles dressed up with Mustaches Printed Duct Tape to drink.

Once we got everything all set up, the wind and rain started up.  We tried to stand and block the wind to be able to get a few pictures taken, but everything kept trying to blow away.  I can't tell you how frustrated I was, but finally we called it and moved the party back to our house.

We tore down the party and reset it up with all the guests hovering over all shoulders in about 10 minutes time.  Once we got home, we had so many guests and family in the house I'm sure the fire marshal would have been having a heart attack.

But we went ahead and played our games, enjoyed some great sweets, and celebrated our Drama Queen in full stash style.

Sometimes you just have to roll with the weather, despite three months of planning and plotting for the perfect party.  We still had a good time and she loved it.

To see all our Mustache party decorations and ideas, see it here.

How to Make a Mustache T-shirt

We thought it would be super silly if all 30 of the family members who came to Drama Queen's Graduation Mustache bash were wearing Mustache themed apparel to surprise her.  But we pondered how to do that on a frugal budget.

Vistaprint to the rescue!

I've made and ordered many t-shirts through Vistaprint's website throughout the past year and have always been happy with the turnout.  I designed up a t-shirt for Daredevil for Christmas that he absolutely loves, as well as several for the candy store with different chocolate sayings on the back.


So when we were looking for affordable shirts that we could design ourselves, we came running back.

It's pretty easy to make these too.  Start by go to Vistaprint's website.  You may want to go through the banner above so you can get the discount (only good until Monday, June 2.)

Visit the t-shirt section and select the type of shirt you want.  I like the basic t-shirts and they are the ones on sale.

Now select the type of t-shirt design you want.  There are lots of different styles.  Go ahead and brouse around until you find what you like.  Since I was designing mine from scratch, I went with the "Upload a complete design" option.

Upload the picture that you want to your design.  I created mine in Printmaster since that's my favorite design program.  You can use my design, or create your own.

Once your design is uploaded, you can make any changes to it that you want, including adding a back design if you want.

When you are all ready, Vistaprint will show you what your shirt will look like and you need to carefully check the spelling and layout.  If it all looks great, go ahead and check the box saying you approve the shirt and check out.

Be sure to order your shirt in plenty of time for your party or holiday needs.  It's been my experience that the shirts come faster than they say they will, but you still need to be sure and not order at the last minute.  Give yourself about 3 weeks just to be safe.

Now go ahead and enjoy making these for any occasion or gift giving.  The ideas on what you can make are endless and the ease with which you can make them are wonderful!

Mustache Place Card Holders

I think I'm getting crazy carried away with the mustaches.  I hope when all is said and done it's not too much.  But I have to admit, it's been kind of fun seeing mustaches everywhere and all the possibilities.  I'm not too surprised that these mustache place card holders and tables cards crept into my thoughts and will make an appearance at our Mustache Graduation party.

While Drama Queen is a major artist and works with clay all the time, I don't have the skills, equipment, and expertise that she does.  I have used the Model Magic clay for a few projects and while it was great for my skill level, I found it was a little more expensive than I'd like.

After a trip through my Pinterest boards, I came across a DIY Model Magic recipe from Growing a Jeweled Rose.  Using only a few kitchen ingredients, I was able to make my own clay for these mustache place card holders.

Once the clay was ready, I packed it into my mustache ice cube tray.  I found mine at Hobby Lobby in a special end cap with mustache products, but you can find several on Amazon.

I found it was a fine line between packing the clay in to create the design and making the silicone mold expand from too much clay.  You'll be able to feel the difference, so keep an eye on that.

I was a little impatient in making these, so I stuck my clay and ice cube tray into the refrigerator to hurry the hardening process.  I let it sit in there for about 1/2 hour.  Then I carefully popped out the mustaches. 

The clay wasn't hard yet, so I stuck a bent paper clipper holder in the center to create a holder for the place cards.  

Let the clay dry for a day or two.  Then paint the mustaches black.  I used 2 coats of spray paint just because that was easy, but a good acrylic paint should work wonders too.

To finish my place cards off, I used my Mustache table cards to write my dessert table offerings.  I cut out the center design of the table cards and stuck them into the paper clip.

Mustache Bingo Game

What's a party without a roudy game of bingo with the family?

This game was a lot harder to put together than I thought it would be.  I couldn't find a bunch of different mustaches to use as clip art.  I finally found a really cute set from a graphic artist on etsy.  I was able to use that set to make the game in three different colors.

When playing you not only have to find the matching mustache, but you need to find it in the right color to be able to make bingo.  You could have a handlebar mustache, but need to make sure you have it in the right color, black, blue or green.

I am excited about the game and the chance to play it at Drama Queen's graduation party next week.  If you would like to play it, you can find it in our online store here.

Famous Movie Mustache Party Game & Printable

I'm sharing another game for my daughter's Mustache Graduation party today.  My goal is to have several games going that guests can play together while they eat and talk during the party.  This party game is a quiz to see if guests can name the actor and movie from these famous movie mustache pictures.

I started by finding 12 famous mustaches from movies.  I tried not to use any rated R movies, so that cut out a few options, but I managed to find several that I thought would be of relative degrees of difficulty.

The pictures are designed to fit inside 4x6 inch frames from the Dollar Store.  I would love to purchase some of the Ikea frames with the stands, but a 2 1/2 hour trip up to Denver is not really in the cards this month.  So instead, I'm decorating up some Dollar Tree frames.

Each of the pictures has a number from 1 to 12 on them.  I will scatter the mustache frames throughout the party.  While the guests are mingling and eating, they can locate all 12 pictures and guess which celebrity and movie the mustache is from.

At the end of the party, we'll reveal the answers and give a prize to whoever gets the most answers right.

You can get the Famous Movie Mustache Party Game printable sheets here if you want to try this at your Mustache party.

Mustache Party

Find great tutorials, ideas, decorations, and desserts at this Mustache birthday party or graduation party.  You'll love having all your ideas in easy step by step directions to help you throw an amazing party your kids will love.

Graduation Mustache Bash

Mustache Guest Book	Mustache T-shirt	Mustache Table Cards

Mustache Bingo Game	Famous Movie Mustache Game	Mustache Chocolate Truffles

Candy Cup Party Favor	Party Invitation	More Coming Soon

Mustache Chocolate Truffles Recipe

A few months ago, I started trying to make some of the pins on my different Pinterest boards.  A few of those ended up being from the Candy and Treats board.  My kids and I really fell in love with a few of the truffle recipes that I had pinned.

So when it came time to plan for my daughter's graduation party, she made only two food requests.  She wanted to have Mini Cheesecakes and her favorite Chocolate Truffles.

In trying to keep with the party's mustache themed, I decided to make the chocolate truffles into Mustache chocolate truffles.  They take a few extra steps to make, but they are still rather easy and look so cute.

I started by making the Easy Decadent Chocolate Truffles.  I can't find who originally made the recipe, just that I discovered it on Book Cooking.net.

I used:
4 ounces Cream Cheese
1 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
3/4 teaspoon Vanilla
1 1/2 cups melted Chocolate

Cream the cheese and slowly add in the powdered sugar until it's melted.  Add in the vanilla and the melted chocolate until there are no more streaks.

While your truffles are mixing, melt some extra chocolate for the coating.

I found my mustache ice mold at Hobby Lobby on a special end cap, so if you can't find these particular ones, you can use this Mustache Ice Cube mold tray from Amazon.

Fill the mustache mold about 1/2 way with melted chocolate.  Use the back of a spoon to push the chocolate up the sides to coat them.  Let chocolate sit for about ten minutes and then turn the mold upside down over the bowl and pour the excess out.

Refrigerate the mold to harden the chocolate.

Once your chocolate is hardened, use the truffle mixture to fill in the mold indentions.  The easiest way was to scoop out a little and use your finger or spoon to push it down into the mold.  Allow a little bit of room at the top of the mold for more chocolate.

Use the rest of your melted chocolate to add to the mustache mold.  Pour a little bit of chocolate on top of the truffle mixture and use the back of your spoon to spread it around.  Once you have the mold indention covered, lightly tap your mold onto the counter to smooth out the chocolate and get out any air holes.

Refrigerate your mold for about a half hour and then carefully pull away the sides from the truffles.  Push on the bottom of the mold to pop out the mustache truffles.

Refrigerate your uneaten truffles in a sealed container when done.

Mustache Graduation Party Invitation

I know it seems like the whole world is into mustaches lately.  You see them almost every where and on everything.  Drama Queen has had this "thing" for mustaches since she was about six.  I don't know why or what it is, because no one I know had a mustache at the time, but she would make a mustache out of anything and everything.  She would give herself a hair mustache, a french fry mustache, or a milk mustache every chance she got.

So when it came time to think about what kind of theme we wanted for her Graduation party, we knew we needed to have a Mustache party.

Since Drama Queen has so many friends that she wanted to invite, we needed to find a way to order a lot of invitations for not a lot of money.

But have you noticed how anything graduation themed, is like extra super expensive?  I don't know why stores think they can charge extra for announcements or invitations just because they have a graduation theme.  So we decided to make our own Graduation Party invitations.

I started by designing up an announcement in my favorite Print Master program.  I used the blue and green party colors and added a few pictures from her senior photo shoot by Amber Bryson Photography.  (If you're in the Utah area, I definitely recommend her!  She did an amazing job with the pictures and my daughter LOVED the photo shoot.  She had so much fun.)


Once we had the perfect invitation, I saved the picture and exported it onto my phone.  I did this easily by emailing it to myself and then opening and saving it on my iPhone.

I have been a customer of Snapfish for many years now and have always been pleased with their services.  Right now, they have a promotion that if you download and shop from their snapfish mobile app, you can recieve 100 free prints once a month for an entire year.

We downloaded the app and uploaded the announcement.  Then, it came time to purchase.  I got 100 pictures for free and only had to pay $9.00 in shipping.  That ended up making the invitations only $0.09 each, and that was WAY cheaper than anywhere else so I was super happy.

Our biggest problem with the whole experience is how long the announcements took to get here.  They were shipped out relatively quickly via UPS, but then were transfered to the postal system with no updates on the tracking.  They ended up taking about two weeks to get here, which wasn't a problem for us, but if you are needing your pictures quickly, you may keep that in mind.

I am really happy with how the graduation party invitations turned out.  They were easy to make, easy to print, and now she's having a great time giving them out to any one and everyone she knows.