Under The Sea Party

[Pennie 26]

This came in my email and it sounds like Bunny, the AD who posted it has a great party plan here.

 

Source: "Bunny" <bunnyhopping@yahoo.com>

 

Under the Sea Party

 

I have served seafoam salad ( lime jello with pears and cream cheese) blue jello with gummy fish, goldfish crackers, sardine pate on crackers, salmon with cream cheese and dill molded in a fish shape and served on crackers. ( NOT ALL AT THE SAME PARTY THO!) Fun things to taste are seaweed ( comes in salted sheets at oriental supply stores), pickled herring, sardines, (there are many kinds of sardines) shrimp crisps or crackers ( oriental supply again!) Centerpieces vary from a pile of sand on a plate with shells and a candle, to a small fishbowl with a goldfish in it ( feeder goldfish are 10 for a dollar at a pet store, they are a good size, and brightly colored!) A fun favor is a large half shell with a small bar of soap and a sponge on it wrapped in nylon net and tied with a ribbon. You could also put a few swedish fish ( candy) on it and tie it up. Kitchen stores sell these large shells if you do not have any. Another favor, is chocolate in the shape of shells. You can buy it this way, but if you buy a shell mold and mold it your self, it is cheaper, and the residents might enjoy watching you make it even if they are unable to help. Your kitchen could bake some fish shaped sugar cookies, and iced and individually wrapped, they would make nice favors. A fun inexpensive craft is to use sea sponges to sponge paint on colored paper, and then cut large fish from it to add to your decorations. You can even sponge paint the unprinted sides of paper bags, cut fish out of these, and join with glue two together with some crushed newspaper between them for dimensional decor. Seashell Match is a good game, trying to dig up matching shells from a bin of sand. Another match game can be played with pictures of underwater creatures. Dover makes a great book of underwater life. I think Oriental Trading sells a blow up Octopus that you can throw rings onto the arms of ( cute and not too expensive) Some kind of a tossing game is fun, maybe "pearls" into an "Oyster", or small fish into the "mouth" of a larger one. Bean bags are easily and cheaply made for these kinds of games.

Good luck with your party! Bunny