Backwards Party

By Davina Fear
February 06, 2014
A backwards party will make kids giggle all day.
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Backwards Party Plan

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Get ready for finish-to-start giggles when kids turn their world inside out and upside down. Run the party in reverse order -- start by spelling everything backwards, including the "Happy Birthday!" on the cake. Ask guests to dress in backwards attire and have the balloons hang upside down from your ceiling. Eat your feast under the table, and send guests home with sweet treats and bracelets!

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Yppah Yadhtrib Cake

Spell out your the birthday message -- backward!

Prep and decorating time: 35 minutes

Bake time: 35 minutes

  • 1 box (18.25 oz.) yellow cake mix
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 1 can (16 oz.) vanilla frosting
  • 1 tube (4.25 oz.) yellow decorating icing, fitted with a star tip
  • 1/3 cup colored sprinkles
  • Candy letter decorations

Heat oven to 350°F. Prepare batter and divide in two 8-inch round cake pans. Sprinkle batter with chocolate chips. Bake according to package directions. Transfer to wire rack and cool 10 minutes; invert and cool completely.

Level cakes. Fill and frost cake layers with vanilla frosting. Make a decorative border around rim with yellow frosting. Press colored sprinkles onto sides of cake. Place letter decorations backwards on top of cake.

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Under Table Feast

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Spread out a tablecloth beneath your table, put out comfy cushions for sitting, and serve your birthday cake topsy turvy beneath the table.

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Backwards Balloons

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Skip the helium and hang balloons from the ceiling with ribbons!

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Bracelet Making

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Bold baubles can be made with gumball beads or even alphabet beads for backward name bracelets.

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Dotty Desserts

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Fill a polka dotted cup with favorite candies for a sweet favor.

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