Caterpillar Countdown: Thursday

Dear Diary,

It’s day 4 of party planing, and I’ve worked up an appetite.  I craved cookies and candy. Maybe the sugar will give me a second wind.

On Thursday, I flew in cookies from Hawaii and created a candy buffet.  

The Cookie Queen takes a page right out of Eric Carle’s book!

Her treats look too good to even eat, but  I did take a bite out of the lollipop one, which arrived in two pieces.  The cookies were each individually bagged and packed in bubble wrap.  When I told the owner one was broken, she said she would ship a replacement!  She also offered a $10 discount on my next order.  Awesome customer service!  I wasn’t upset in the least.  As a matter of fact, my 7-year-old nephew and I were secretly happy, because we got to taste test the batch without feeling guilty.

In addition to the food items, I received before and after caterpillars and a beautiful butterfly.   She also created a polka-dotted cookie that read, Caitlynn is One!

Very Extravagant

Order cookies from the Cookie Queen.  Buy one gallon penny jar glass containers and decorate with polka-dot stickers.  Fill the penny candy jars with Gerber Graduate Puffs.  It took four containers to fill the jar.  I recommend buying 1/2 gallon jars.  The one gallon jars were really big!

Very Affordable

I borrowed Mason Jars from my mother to use as candy containers.  I decorated the containers with ribbons and labels, which I made on my computer.  I picked up brand name candy, like Lemon Heads and Gummy Worms, at the Dollar Store.  My mom–who by the way holds the world record in shopping–for some reason purchased a gum ball machine years ago, so we went to the bulk candy store in the Strip District and got gum balls.

Make a lollipop tree.  I got this idea from a DFTM member Monique.  I printed out a caterpillar, put a party hat sticker on its head and a cupcake in its mouth.  I also bought a large flower-pot from Michael’s, which was only a few dollars, and a Styrofoam ball.

But I was still hungry to plan more.