It's a Merry Grinchmas!

One of the fun things about hosting a Christmas party is there are so many themes to choose from. Will it be a White Christmas? Everything red & green? An ugly sweater party? 

This year I got to host the Bunco Babes in December for our monthly game night. Our theme? 

Whoville and a Merry "Grinch"mas. 

It was a lot of fun getting to plan the party and even more fun when everyone came and got to experience Whoville with me. I had $120 to spend on the event including food, decorations, and prizes. Let's be honest - I spent a little over $120 but definitely less than $150. And if you do a little more bargain shopping than I did you probably could keep it even lower. 

First I had to turn my home into Whoville. Keep in mind I came up with this idea 2 weeks before bunco night so I couldn't do everything I wanted to, but it still turned out super cute.

 

Truffula Trees

These Dr. Seuss trees were very simple to make and I was able to put each one together during my daughter's nap time. 

Supplies for each tree:

• 15-20 - 2 inch wide strips of green paper (or other color)
• 15-20 - 2 inch wide strips of red paper (or other color)
• 5-6 pieces of tissue paper 
• hot glue
• 1 push pin
• Duct tape
• Scissors

Tree Trunk

1. Fold each strip of paper into a ring roughly the same size as each other. Tape the two ends of each strip of paper together to form a ring. 
2. Once all of your papers are folded into rings, heat up your hot glue gun. Add a generous amount of hot glue to the edge of one side of a ring. Immediately place another paper on top and hold for a few seconds while the glue dries. Continue to do this alternating colors as you go. 
3. Halfway up the tree, begin to place the rings on the hot glue at an angle if you'd like your tree to curve. Don't worry about having too much glue. If it runs out of the rings, it just adds to the gloopiness and makes it look more Whoville-esque. Also, once the trees are up on the wall, you can't see any extra glue seeping out. 
4. Attach the tree to the wall using a pushpin inside the trunk going through one of the papers near the top. You can also use duct tape along the back side of the tree to help the rest of it stay where you'd like it to against the wall. 

Tip: Have at least one of your colors of paper be card stock. This gives the tree a little more stability as you are gluing it together.

Tree Blossom

1. Lay your tissue paper flat on the table, alternating colors as you stack them on top of one another. 
2. Once all of your papers are stacked together, begin folding them altogether like you would fold a paper fan. 
3. You now should have a thin strip of tissue paper a few centimeters thick. Fold this in half so there is a horizontal crease running down the center and place a staple here to hold everything together. 
4. Using scissors, cut a design along the edges. When ready, pull each tissue paper away from the rest, fluffing them out into a ball. Use duct tape to attach the blossom to the wall at the top of the tree trunk.  

"Welcome to Whoville" sign

Welcome to Whoville was attached to the front door so all of our guests knew they were in the right place. I just freehanded the text for my Whoville sign, but you can download the Grinch font here. 

Whoville Ornaments

Sneaky Grinch

You can't have "Grinch"mas without inviting the Grinch himself. Well, he wasn't invited to our party, but that didn't stop him from sneaking in the upstairs window!

Photo Credit: Christmas

I cut out his outline on a regular size piece of black poster board and then taped it to the inside of the window. 

Grinch Dinner 

• Roast Beast (5lbs. Pot Roast)
• Who Hash (Fried potatoes, cheese, & bacon)
• Grinch Greens (Poppyseed Dressing Spinach Salad)
• Whoville Pudding (Chocolate Pudding Bar)

 

Mix this all with some fun themed music from Pandora and the party was a success!

Check out these other fun Grinch Christmas ideas here.

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