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September Home Party Ideas | Direct Sales Party Plan

August 11, 2016

Are you looking for September Home Party ideas for your direct sales or party plan business? September is full of fun, unique holidays that you can use as party themes. As a leader in the industry, I’ve found that customers don’t want to be “sold” to. Hosts and party guests want to have fun, connect, craft, and share in food and conversation.

September Party Ideas for Direct Sales

Let’s take a look at all the fun ideas you can use for your home parties in September. My favorites would be “Talk Like a Pirate Day”, “Fortune Cookie Day”, “World Gratitude Day” and “Chocolate Milkshake Day” -just think of all the ways you can incorporate these ideas into an awesome home party, while still keeping things simple!

September Party Ideas on Pinterest

Seriously, you can keep your September parties simple and fun while allowing your products to shine. Keep your party theme as the primary focus, with your products secondary. In case you missed it earlier, PEOPLE DON’T WANT TO BE SOLD TO. They want to have fun and an experience. How can you incorporate your products into these fun themes? I’ve pinned lots of ideas into my September Party Pinterest board. As you look through the board, keep in mind that you don’t have to do EVERYTHING. Just pick a few things, tweek the ideas if you need to, and most importantly have fun!

Talk Like A Pirate Day Party

I think you could get a lot of fun interaction with a Talk Like a Pirate Day theme. How about this yummy Rum Punch recipe? The invitations this mom used for her son’s Pirate Party were super cute! It would be easy to draw, cut, and make them yourself. Print out these free Pirate Eye patches and everyone wears one. Of course everyone needs a pirate name too! Have those sticky name tags and guests can write their pirate name from this “Find Your Pirate Name” printable.

Baby Safety Month Party

For real, you can have a Baby Safety Month party! Invite all the moms you know with little ones. Talk about ways to childproof your spaces, and everyone do a show and tell of their favorite products. Talk about car seat safety, and invite a police officer to come and do car seat safety checks. Create a babysitters checklist for guests to take home. If your products have a safety element to them, be sure to talk about that too! There are some great ideas on Pinterest.

Fortune Cookie Day Party

I don’t know about you, but a Fortune Cookie Day party would be awesome! It’s like a craft and a treat all at the same time! Here’s a great recipe along with a printable with fortunes already done. If you’d rather make paper fortune cookies, here’s a great template. I super-duper love these gold-dipped fortune cookies too.

Skyscraper Day Party

This may sound like a strange party to have, but there’s lots of fun facts about skyscrapers. You can play some trivia games, and then play a game of who can build the highest or strongest skyscraper. Use marshmallows and toothpicks (or dry spaghetti noodles), or play a game of Jenga (write some fun facts about your products on the Jenga pieces).

Childhood Cancer Awareness Party

Since September is Childhood Cancer Awareness month, you can do a fundraiser if your company offers a kids product line (donate a certain amount for each product sold from your business), make hats for cancer patients, or do a children’s book drive and donate books to the local children’s oncology floor.

Book September Home Parties

Book your September home parties to help propel your business this fall. There’s so many ideas and themes you can use for September. Follow my September Party Theme Ideas Pinterest Board, or follow I Am Wickless on Pinterest.

Monthly Home Party Ideas

Every month I’ll be adding to the list of ideas. Think outside of the box how you can incorporate fun into your home parties. Don’t just sell your products, make your party memorable and you’ll find it a lot easier to get bookings. Craft, snacks, learning new things, coming together for a purpose as you serve the community, these are reasons to come together. Your parties need to be engaging and interactive. For more monthly home party ideas, be sure to follow me on Pinterest.

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August Home Party Ideas

Easy Essential Oil Playdough

May 11, 2016

My quest for an easy playdough recipe began in the mid-90’s while living in Utah. I was a young mom and an in-home child care provider. Everyday children came and went as I learned to balance part-time, full-time, and my own children into the day. There were hours spent preparing sensory activities so children in my care were given opportunity to explore, touch, smell, see, hear, and discover the world around them. Sensory experiences are so important for a child’s development. One sensory activity that never got old was playdough. They loved it -EVERY DAY!

The playdough purchased at the store was a bit pricey for our little family budget, and I didn’t know what most of those ingredients were anyway. We went to the public library and found a bunch of books on creating inexpensive child activities. There were a couple of playdough recipes that I tried, but it wasn’t until one of the childcare mom’s shared one, and for 20+ years it’s been my go-to favorite playdough recipe.

Easy Playdough

This playdough is easy to make, super soft and, as long as it’s kept in an airtight container while it’s sitting, will last for at least a few weeks. A single recipe batch will make about a cup and a half and usually I’ll divide it to make 6 colors. You can leave it white, add color and fragrance oil while cooking to create a single color, or whatever floats your boat -the fact is, it’s an easy playdough to make, and it’s the best playdough recipe I’ve found.

Watch the YouTube Video for reference on how to make easy playdough:

Here’s the recipe with step-by-step photos:

I just mix the ingredients in a pot:

1 Cup Flour
1/3 C Salt
2 tsp Cream of Tarter
Stir dry ingredients
1 TBS Vegetable Oil (Sometimes I use canola, but have never tried coconut oil in this recipe)
1 Cup Cold Water
Stir over medium heat for 8-10 minutes until there is no liquid remaining and a soft ball forms to your spoon. You should be able to touch it without it sticking to your finger.

Easy Playdough with Essential Oils

When Scentsy came out with Essential Oils, 100% Natural Oils and Oil Blends for fragrance, Scentsy Consultants were so excited. Our customers have been asking for essential oils for quite some time! Now you can enjoy a unique fragrance experience in an all natural way with our diffusers and scented oils. With our Scentsy Kids diffusers and oil blends, there are lots more ways to enjoy the oils -why not through scented play! With almost 30 Scentsy Oil fragrances, this easy scented playdough recipe just got a lot more fun and truly a multi-sensory experience.

The Best Scented Playdough for Sensory

Scentsy Warmers and wax are the flagship products, but did you know that Scentsy Essential and Natural Oils are gaining popularity as an alternative for fragrance? Scentsy Diffusers are beautiful are adorable! Our kid friendly natural oil blends smell amazing, so why not add them to this easy playdough recipe for that additional sensory experience. Simply add a 3-4 drops of fragrance oil to each divided section, or about 15 drops per batch, and you’ll create the best scented playdough EVER!

I personally like the gel food coloring because it seems much brighter. If your adding light and dark food coloring to your easy essential oil playdough, be sure to start with the lightest color first so you don’t accidentally bleed dark color into your light. If that happens, either wash your hands really good, or throw on some rubber gloves.

Seriously, if you haven’t tried Scentsy fragrance oils you are missing out! They come in almost 30 fragrances and are great for aromatherapy and sensory fun. Think of calming lavender playdough before bed, or using the calming blend playdough when they are feeling anxious. It’s even great for anxious adults too. Aromatherapy and playdough -yes please!

For this batch, I used all Scentsy Fragrance Oils, two from our Scentsy Kids category: Sweet Melon (Kids), Lavender Orange Blossom (my summertime favorite!), Juicy Pear (Kids), Tangerine Lemon, Lavender, and Orange Strawberry Melon. They all just smell amazing!

I found these containers at our local dollar store (Dollar Tree) and they’re the perfect size, or you can use a small zip snack bag, or another air tight container. These are great for a small group of kids, or if your having an easy essential oil playdough party.

Make & Take Scentsy Party

If you’re a Scentsy Consultant and want to use these as a make and take party, that would be so fun! I made the labels (you’ll need a 1″ circle punch) if you want to print them off. Making this easy essential oil playdough recipe would give party guests a chance to interact with our oils and allow for an interactive fragrance experience.

This would also be a fun interactive party for kids, or even a team meeting to get your teams thinking about other uses for fragrance oil. I have an upcoming Kids/Baby Expo and am planning on giving out playdough samples. I think the kids and parents will love them!

PRINT LABELS HERE

Don’t forget to face the hole punch so you can see the underside. This will help you to line up the circles.

If you used a sticker sheet to print, you’ll just need to punch out the circles and take the backing off. If you used card stock, then just add a little glue runner or glue dot to stick.

So, give it a try! If you have other oils, you can use those in this easy essential oil playdough recipe, but you should totally give our Scentsy oils a try. If you have a Scentsy Diffuser, even better! If you just want to try the oils for this easy playdough recipe, it’s the perfect combination for sensory play and colorful fun. Also, just like our Scentsy wax bars, you can mix a few drops of different oils to create your own custom fragrance combinations. Give it a try and tell me what you think! What are your favorite Scentsy oil combinations?

Essential Oil Playdough Fun with Scentsy Essential Oils

August Home Party Themes | I Am Wickless

July 30, 2015

Do you need some August home party themes? I have some fun ideas and tips to share! First, let’s take a look at all the fun, unique August holidays:

I didn’t add the holiday dates because depending on the calendar cycle, some will change. What really matters though is that you can build a home party theme around these ideas.

August Home Party Games

So let’s look at a few of these August holidays and think about some August home party games -LET’S UNDO BORING! and bring back that child-like wonder. With a little pre-planning, home parties can be so fun. People don’t want to be “sold” to, they want to get together for a purpose. Based on these fun August holidays, let your host pick a theme and go for it! Here are a few ideas (visit my Pinterest August Home Party Ideas board to see more)

National Watermelon Day:

How about some Whacky Watermelon Bowling, a Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest, Vodka Infused Watermelon, making watermelon bunting decorations, Watermelon Jicama Mint Salad, mini watermelon cakes – so many great ideas for National Watermelon Day!

Aviation Day:

Aviation Day would be fun to throw an aviation party! Make paper airplanes and have a flying contest (complete with a runway), make fun airplane invitations, play pin the propeller on the airplane, jet fuel punch, serve in-flight snacks -BRING THE FUN with some Aviation Day ideas.

National Trail Mix Day:

National Trail Mix Day seems like it would be tricky, but how about a Trail Mix Bar where everyone can bring an ingredient to share, or pre-make a variety of mixes to let everyone find their favorite. If you’re a Scentsy Consultant, what a great way to talk about the Disney Incentive Trip you earned with a Disney Trail Mix -guests would love that!

Book Your August Home Parties

Book your August home parties now to get your fall home parties going. There are so many fun ideas and themes you can use around these August holidays. Follow my August Party Plan Theme Pinterest Board, or follow I Am Wickless on Pinterest.

More Monthly Home Party Ideas

I’ll be adding more monthly home party ideas, so check back for the links. I hope this is helpful, and I hope you have a very successful month with your home party business. Want more information on holidays, details of holiday history, more unique holidays, visit this link at holiday insights.

Post Cards to Generate Ideas

I just ordered some post cards to generate ideas for my party hosts. I’ll be giving a post card to them so they can decide on a holiday to build a party theme around. You can find all kinds of great ideas on Pinterest and Google too -just think outside of the box, and you’re hosts and customers will have a great time.

12 Horse Craft Ideas for Kids

June 8, 2015

Looking for some fun horse crafts for kids? A while back I posted about harnessing the power hour technique, and ideas on how to work from home while keeping your kids busy.

Today, Bandit the Horse Scentsy Buddy, our limited edition scented stuffed animal, has some fun ideas for our horse lovers:

Upcycled Painting – Old Horseshoes & Brushes

1) A horse craft, fun horse shoe painting by equestrianna:

Down on the Farm

2) These horsies were made by tracing the kid’s footprints. Great idea from jennicanknit:

Cute Handprint Horse Craft for Kids

3) Here’s another fun craft idea from Yasmindar on Instagram! She made a handprint horse craft with her little baby! This would make a fun keepsake to cherish or gift. Directions at craftymorning.com:

25 Best Horse Coloring Pages Your Toddler Will Love To Color

4) Need some horse coloring pages? Here you go! These are from momjunction.com:

Free SVG File – Running Horses

5) From SVGCUTS.com, here’s a neat silhouette of horses:

Horse Pony Bead Craft

6) Do you’re kids enjoy pony beads? Here’s a horse pattern from beadiecritters.com:

Animal Themed Toilet Paper Roll Crafts

7) What can you do with all those toilet paper rolls you’ve been saving? LOTS! Check out all the fun at hative.com:

Printable Animal Finger Puppets

8) These have got to be some of the cutest homemade paper finger puppets EVER, but handmadecharlotte.com:

H is for Horse

9) H is for horse with this cute kids craft project from Miss Maren’s Monkeys preschool:

Paper Plate Horse Craft

10) A super easy paper plate horse -perfect for a power hour craft to keep the kids busy while you work. This is from freekidscrafts.com:

DIY Sock Stick Horse

11) Every child needs a stick horse, this one from thecountrychiccottage.com is super cute!

Rainbow Shape Horse Craft

12) This little craft for rainbow shape animals -another easy horse craft for kids from makinglearningfun.com:

Enjoy these horse crafts, and visit my Pinterest Horse Board for more horse craft ideas. If you would like a fun, scented, limited edition Scentsy Buddy, visit my online Scentsy store today to shop from our current available Scentsy Buddies.