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Chonky Boys: The Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches that Scream Summer!

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Featuring my thick and nuggy Chonky Boy Chocolate Chip Cookies, these ice cream sandwiches are the stuff that summer dreams are made of.  If you've ever had the Cookie Ice Cream Sandwich at Disneyland , you are going to LOVE these!  These big and bold chocolate chip cookies are based on a recipe from my culinary school studies at Auguste Escoffier, but with a few modifications to give them that Jennuine touch.  They make the perfectas book for a fat slice of real vanilla bean ice cream.  And those mini chips?  You just gotta have that extra cronch! Thank goodness this recipe only makes 8 sandwiches, otherwise I would be eating them for breakfast lunch and dinner.  This way, my big family can help save me from my inner child diet-saboteur.   Print With Image Without Image Chonky Boy Chocolate Chip Cookie Ice Cream Sandwiches Yield: 8 Author: Jenn Erickson Loaded with chocolate chips and buttery, brown-sugary vanilla flavor, these mall-sized cookies form a perfect partnership with a

Free Printable Movie Ticket Style Invitations: How to Train Your Dragon

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  It's heartwarming to hear all the stories and receive all the thank-yous from families who have used my free birthday party templates to celebrate the special day of a loved one ( The Lego Movie and Frozen ). I've decided to continue to make these freebies a regular feature here at Rook No. 17.  This time, I'm featuring How to Train Your Dragon from DreamWorks.  To say that my family loved the first movie would be an understatement.  We only hope that the sequel will offer up an equally enchanting story and memorable characters as the first.   Below, are the three different How to Train Your Dragon themed Movie Theater Style Invitations that can be downloaded for free, personalized and printed. Disclaimer -- PLEASE READ -- These templates are not for sale and are not for profit. I'm sharing the templates free of charge, but as such, am not able to provide any custom work or tech support for how to use photo editing software. If you&#

Movie Ticket Style FROZEN Party Invitations (Free download)
and 20+ Ideas for the Ultimate Frozen Party!

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  My family has completely fallen for Disney's Frozen .   It seems as though every household in the land has been similarly frostbitten . Frozen + These = My Inspiration I've enjoyed reading comments and getting emails thanking me for the LEGO Movie party invitation template that I shared in January. It's nice to know that many families have enjoyed using the invites for their own celebrations. I figured that with the popularity of Frozen, there are bound to be a lot of Frozen-inspired parties in the works these days.  So, I put together a trio of Frozen Movie Theater Style Invitations that can be downloaded for free, personalized and printed. Disclaimer -- PLEASE READ -- These templates are not for sale and are not for profit. I'm sharing the templates free of charge, but as such, am not able to provide any custom work or tech support for how to use photo editing software. If you're new to photo editing and are ambivalent to t

Free Printable Ticket Style Party Invitations -- The Lego Movie

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Our cost on these invitations? A mere 20-cents each!  Here's how you can do it too... We are a family of Lego fanatics.  Our favorite lazy day activity is to clear the dining room table and build up entire Lego civilizations for hours.  The February release of The Lego Movie inspired my youngest daughter to have a Lego Movie themed birthday party.  I'll be sharing all of our ideas, activities and crafts in the coming weeks. Our first step in the Lego Party planning process was to create an eye-catching invitation.  For my daughter's Toy Story Birthday Party, we purchased customized ticket-style invitations.  We wanted to do the same for this party -- they look great, are so easy, and are very affordable.  Unfortunately, we couldn't find one online that suited our needs.  So, I decided to design my own.  I saved a copy of the blank template so that I could make it free for others to use (for non-commercial purposes, of course, since I don'

10 Ideas for the Ultimate Minecraft Birthday Party

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This post was sponsored by One Way Novelties -- a great online source for party supplies!   One Way Novelties -- Distributing Fun & Excitement Are your kids crazy for Minecraft?  Mine were a bit late to join the frenzy, but are now firmly entrenched in the pixelated world of building and adventure.  In the past two months, the girls have each attended Minecraft parties.  I was really impressed by the way my friends captured the spirit the game in every minute detail of their parties.  They've very generously offered to share some photos and tips on how they made their parties a success. TREAT BAGS: With personalized skins Minecraft players customize their character by creating a custom "skin".  So, to personalize the goody bags, my friend Krista collected images of each of the guests' skins.  She printed them out on paper and glue-sticked them to green paper bags.  She found the bags at Party City. Favors:  Freshly "Mined" Treats

How to Host a Game of CLUE Party for Kids
+ Printable/Customizeable Invitations

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When I was a kid, my favorite board game was CLUE .  I loved the mystery, the intrigue and taking on the role of amateur sleuth.  I've passed my love of the game down to my two girls, and I was excited when my youngest expressed an interest in having a CLUE party for her birthday this year.  Here's what we did: The Invitations To set a dramatic tone for the party, I created invitations inspired by the playing cards from the original board game.  The invitations came in two parts -- a Character Card that introduced the character assigned to the guest and a Party Card that included all the details for the party.  To further link the party to the game, we glued a weapon piece from the board game to each party card (which we were able to purchase as a lot from Ebay). You can download the invitations for free below: Party Card, side A Party Card, side B * I created a mystery party experience that was child-friendly, and the kids all had a blast