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Amy Atlas Tips For Hosting an Oscar Party For Kids
Food and Fun

A Golden Moment: Host a Kid-Friendly Oscar Party

Just because this year's crop of best picture nominees isn't particularly kid-friendly, doesn't mean you have have to leave the lil ones out of your Oscar party plans.
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Just because this year's crop of best picture nominees isn't particularly kid-friendly, doesn't mean you have have to leave the lil ones out of your Oscar party plans. Kids love movies as much as adults, so use Oscar night as an opportunity to celebrate films for everyone! While the grown ups are watching the red carpet arrivals and cheering on their favorite flicks of the year, set the pint-sized theater-goers up in another room with a supply of family-friendly films that have been honored with nominations in years' past. With some help from party guru Amy Atlas, we've got everything you need to create an Oscar night party for adults and kids alike.

Source: Amy Atlas's Sweet Designs: Bake It, Craft It, Style It photography by Johnny Miller
Red Carpet Prediction Guessing Game Oscar Movie Mixology Director Paper-Cup Megaphones Golden Caramel Corn Academy Awards Ballot Oscar-Party Treat Bags A Sweet Dessert Table
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Amy Atlas Thanksgiving Dessert Table 2010-11-16 10:33:16
Thanksgiving

Amy Atlas's Tips For a Turkeyrific Dessert Table

The turkey may be the centerpiece of Thanksgiving, but tots have their eyes glued on the dessert table.
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Amy Atlas Thanksgiving Dessert Table 2010-11-16 10:33:16

The turkey may be the centerpiece of Thanksgiving, but tots have their eyes glued on the dessert table. Before kids start picking the marshmallows off the yams, grab their attention with a display filled with sweet treats. We called on the one and only Amy Atlas to come up with a confectionery table that will keep everyone seated through dessert – including some display vessels and cookies the kids can contribute to the scene. Here are her five tips!

All photos courtesy of: Amy Atlas Events

Make Cookie Pop Centerpieces Make Corn Husk Cookies Make Mini Mayflowers DIY Children's Dessert — Teepee Ice Cream Cones Be Thankful With a Wishing Tree
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Amy Atlas Halloween Goody Bags
Halloween

Handmade Halloween: Amy Atlas's Eek! Favor Bags

Trick or treat? The plastic pumpkin and plain pillowcase are receiving a much needed upgrade this season.
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Trick or treat? The plastic pumpkin and plain pillowcase are receiving a much needed upgrade this season. We've tapped some of the web's most creative women to show off original takes on classic Halloween loot bags.

Halloween is one of Amy Atlas's favorite holidays. The colors, the candy, and the sugar fix fit right into the dessert maven's sweet philosophy. When planning a Halloween party, she suggests giving lil ones something to fill with sweets. This spooky bag can be filled with more treats than tricks!

Keep reading to see how you can recreate the creepy favor bag!

Amy Atlas Halloween Goody Bags 2010-10-14 07:00:17
Halloween

Handmade Halloween: Amy Atlas's Ghoulish Goody Bags

Trick or treat? The plastic pumpkin and plain pillowcase are receiving a much needed upgrade this season.
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Trick or treat? The plastic pumpkin and plain pillowcase are receiving a much needed upgrade this season. We've tapped some of the web's most creative women to show off original takes on classic Halloween loot bags.

Amy Atlas is no stranger to the world of displays – her dessert tables offer up decadent eye candy and a sugar fix. Lil ones can become overwhelmed when they see all of the treats a party has to offer so having some goody bags on hand allows tots to maintain their sugar high once they return home. For Halloween, the sweets lover is adding some spooktacular totes to her ultimate holiday party table.

Keep reading to see how you can recreate the ghoulish treat bags!

Amy Atlas Halloween Dessert Table 2010-10-13 15:00:27
Halloween

Amy Atlas's Tips For a Spooktacular Halloween Dessert Table

There are sweet buffets and then there are Amy Atlas dessert tables.
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Amy Atlas Halloween Dessert Table 2010-10-13 15:00:27

There are sweet buffets and then there are Amy Atlas dessert tables. From monochromatic themes of confections and flowers to old-time candy shoppe displays, the New York event planner's confectionery displays have caught the eye of everyone from Martha Stewart to modern homemakers. Amy recently gave me some tips for hosting the ultimate Halloween fete and how to involve children in the process. It's party time!

All photos courtesy of: Amy Atlas Events

1. Determine your party theme. 2. Start planning your menu early. 3. Limit the number of desserts and candy. 4. Make the table accessible to kids. 5. Involve your own kids in the decorating.
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Online Halloween Invitations
Halloween

Get the Halloween Party Started With Online Invitations

Some Halloween fright may be waiting in your inbox!
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Some Halloween fright may be waiting in your inbox! Whether mama has decided to go green, or she just didn't get it together in time to mail out traditional invites, online invitations are one way to get your invitation out quickly. The Evite idea has received a 2010 makeover and now could easily be mistaken for its paper counterparts. Here are a few electronic options that will have your invitees RSVPing in no time.

  • Amy Atlas for Cocodot: Like everything Amy Atlas puts her hands on, this collection of online Halloween party invitations, photo cards, and thank you notes is high on style. With both traditional and modern patterns backing them up, the lavender and blue collections are a welcome change from the traditional orange and black (pictured above).
  • LilSugar for Pingg: Our sweet and spooky original designs for Pingg allow party-throwing moms to send out invites and reminders via email, SMS, and Facebook.
  • Punchbowl: These free kid-friendly invitations come with party-planning advice and links for vendors in the party-giver's area.
  • Paperless Post: These lifelike online invitations have the look and feel of letterpress invitations without the cost (and impact on the environment) of the real thing. Their Halloween collection includes plenty of candy-filled greetings that the kids will want to gobble up!