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Hello Kraft Community, we are very excited to share some great news with you. As loyal Kraft Community members we have heard your desire to do more fun things in the community and we are happy to announce in January 2010 we will be making some changes so you can connect and share food ideas in more ways than ever!
We want to let you know we will not be transferring the existing discussions to the new enhanced message boards so if there are discussions that you would like to save please make sure to either print them or copy and paste into a document that you can save to your personal files.
We will remind you again before the transition occurs but wanted to let you in on the exciting news!!
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Re: HELP! Peace and Hippy Love party planning disaster
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Feb 20, 2008 8:41 PM
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I found this on www.birthdaypartyideas.com There were other ideas under 50's and 60's parties, but thought this might be best. Also, flower power and tye dye was a common party decor and idea.
Good Luck!
We had a "Welcome to the 60s Party" for my husband's 60th birthday. Decorations and mood-setters included: (1) a homemade collage poster of 60s people and events, (2) a homemade, groovy welcome to the 60s sign in colorful bubble letters, (3) bright green and blue hibiscus print paperware, (4) burning incense, (5) high school yearbooks, pictures and old newspapers from the 60s, (6) 60s era political and anti-war buttons that I gave each guest as they arrived, (7) a library book with lots of colorful pictures of TV and other cultural items from 1966 (very popular), (8) 1960s pictures of guests (that I had asked them to bring), and of course (9) 60s apparel. I wore a vintage leopard-print minidress that I bought for $15 on Ebay and put my hair in a beehive; most of the guests wore tie dye or went for a hippie look. One of the old newspapers was a Merced CA front page from the day after JFK was shot. My husband was living in Merced at the time. For entertainment, I researched 60s trivia on the internet and assembled 6 short 60s quizes on different topics (music, tv, politics, the war, etc). Our granddaughers read the quizes and answers. We gave out 60s CDs (e.g., the Monkees, the Beach Boys, Roy Orbison, the Drifters, and so on) to the winners. I gave our granddaugher "helpers" peace sign necklaces to wear. My stepdaughter's family wrote and performed a humerous song about my husband's 60 years. That was clearly the highlight of the evening. 60s food included: (1) Velveeta and Ro-tel hot dip with chips and veggies, (2) chex mix, (3) pizza, and (4) a Tunnel of Fudge bundt cake. The recipe for the Tunnel of Fudge bundt cake was the 1966 Pillsbury bake-off award winner. According to a food writer, the recipe swept the nation, and what's more 60s than a bundt cake? Also, Veveeta and chex mix--very 60s. Here's how the evening went. As guests arrived, I handed out 60s era buttons and collected 60s pictures they brought of themselves. My husband was completely unsuspecting and very surprised when he walked through the door. After everyone had appetizers, we played the 60s trivia games, ate pizza, were entertained, and ate cake. I told my hubby that we all loved him so very much that we just wanted to join him in the 60s for a day.
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Re: HELP! Peace and Hippy Love party planning disaster
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Feb 20, 2008 6:58 PM
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That's right, they did have that TYE DYE! That's a keeper for sure.
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Re: HELP! Peace and Hippy Love party planning disaster
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Feb 20, 2008 6:23 PM
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Hey, Charlie. I'll do some looking and thinking tonight and hopefully be able to help you out tomorrow. This idea is a great one and it should be super fun and actually easy once we all get thinking.
Right now all I can think of is tie-dye. Breads, cakes, etc. can be tie-dyed really easily. (That was 60's, right? Not 70's? Sorry, I wasn't born til Oct. 1969)
Be back tomorrow!!!!!
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HELP! Peace and Hippy Love party planning disaster
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Feb 20, 2008 6:16 PM
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Hey folks, I'm in a bit of jam! I'm planning a dinner party at the seniors residence where I live and time is running out fast! The theme for the dinner is "Peace and Love in the 1960s" and since almost all of us were grown-ups in the '60s anyway it might be fun to see what it may have been like to be young 40 years ago but today. I have suggested the theme (it hasn't been approved which is ANOTHER ehadache) but now I'm completely stuck for ideas. The only supplies I have are 5 packages of googly eyes and I can't remember if we used those back then. I'm not even sure the HIPPIES had specialty foods now that it's all set in stone: I don't know what to cook! Is there a way to make a soup out of wood stock?
Does Love, Pizza and Happiness make sense to you?
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