Help with a Handy Manny party

[alisonh]

DS (noah)is having a Handy Manny party this year for his 4th b-day Jan 30. I am thinking candy bar wrappers and t-shirts for the kids would be neat to do this year as something new. I usually draw large cut outs for the walls, and I have some ideas. I will be blowing up the photo of ds and him from our trip last spring. I am creative but not on a computer so I need some help! If you are able I would appreciate it. BTW... I know that I have seen some handy manny here before but cant seem to find them now. I thought Natalie had them, but did not find them in her 4shared. Thanks!

 

[jtanddolly]

Here is a candy bar wrapper. Please don't quote the image as it takes up linking space that I can't remove and make sure you save it (if you like it) so that I can delete it from my photobucket and make room for other requests. I made this 5.5 x 5.25 inches and it fits around a plain milk chocolate hershey bar. The best paper to use is glossy brochure paper from an office supply store but regular or cardstock works as well.

DELETED TO MAKE ROOM IN MY PHOTOBUCKET BUT THERE IS A BLANK IN MY 4SHARED FILE IN THE CANDY WRAPPERS

 

[noahdove]

I would love to have this wrapper with Cole as the name and first birthday..is that possible??? Thank you..

 

[jtanddolly]

I would love to have this wrapper with Cole as the name and first birthday..is that possible??? Thank you..

Here you go. Glad that you liked it! Make sure you save it so that I can delete it and make room in my photobucket.

DELETED TO MAKE ROOM IN MY PHOTOBUCKET...

 

[scrapah1]

Dolly,

Would it be possible to get this Handy Manny wrapper but w/o being for a birthday (maybe blank on the front and then Ingredients could say: One special day in Hollywood Studios filled with family (but you are totally more creative so I am totally open) and maybe the bottom could say have a fun day or...?)? We are going to Disney in April and I thought that this might be fun the morning we go to Hollywood Studios.

What font did you use for the front? It looks so great!


TIA,
April

 

[noahdove]

Dolly, it's so perfect!!! You brought joy to my heart and tears to my eyes...Thank you ever so much...

 

[jtanddolly]

Dolly,

Would it be possible to get this Handy Manny wrapper but w/o being for a birthday (maybe blank on the front and then Ingredients could say: One special day in Hollywood Studios filled with family (but you are totally more creative so I am totally open) and maybe the bottom could say have a fun day or...?)? We are going to Disney in April and I thought that this might be fun the morning we go to Hollywood Studios.

What font did you use for the front? It looks so great!


TIA,
April

The font I used was one that everyone should have on their computer...it is Ariel Black. Then I used Photoshop "Text Effects" to turn it into "Wood Paneling" and I copied the screws from the "Handy Manny" sign and moved them on top of the letters. So it wasn't as simple as just inserting the text and it already being wood letters with screws.

I MADE A HANDY MANNY FOR ANYONE THAT WANTS TO USE IT FOR WDW/HS. YOU CAN FIND IT IN MY 4SHARED ACCOUNT IN THE LINK IN MY SIGNATURE. LOOK IN THE CANDY WRAPPER FILE.

 

[jtanddolly]

Dolly, it's so perfect!!! You brought joy to my heart and tears to my eyes...Thank you ever so much...

Glad you liked it! The best paper to print it on is glossy brochure paper that you can get from office supply stores. Also, I made it 5.5 x 5.25 inches and it fits perfectly around a plain hershey milk chocolate candy bar. Hope your party is a success!

 

[alisonh]

Dolly,
The candy wrapper is great. I have it saved so you can delete it from both the photo bucket and this thread. Thanks a bunch! Would it be possible to make the same design on cd cover and labels? (totally understand if you cant). I kind of go all out when I do a party (he's my only one so I still can!) I think we will have it be "Handy Noah's Repair Shop" and they will have craft/activity stations. I am making a tool box cake. I was thinking the kids could have shirts that have Handy Manny on them and I am getting them all the red/white baseball caps. What do you think?

 

[jtanddolly]

Dolly,
The candy wrapper is great. I have it saved so you can delete it from both the photo bucket and this thread. Thanks a bunch! Would it be possible to make the same design on cd cover and labels? (totally understand if you cant). I kind of go all out when I do a party (he's my only one so I still can!) I think we will have it be "Handy Noah's Repair Shop" and they will have craft/activity stations. I am making a tool box cake. I was thinking the kids could have shirts that have Handy Manny on them and I am getting them all the red/white baseball caps. What do you think?

I go all out for my little ones birthday as well. I do CD's every year with his favorite songs and songs that match the birthday party theme. The families always love them! Here you go:

YOU CAN FIND SEVERAL OTHER THINGS IN MY 4SHARED FILE FOR HANDY MANNY PARTIES INCLUDING A THANK YOU NOTE AND INVITATION...

 

[alisonh]

I LOVE IT! THANKS!!! My ds will be so totally thrilled. He is a total Disney Nut (Hm... wonder where he gets that?) He wanted either a Handy Manny party or a Disney Princess party... we decided that we should go with the "boy" themed party this year. I have them saved as well if you need to delete them. I am so excited.

 

[erynsmom]

Dolly,
I love the Handy Manny stuff. My dd will be turning 4 in Feb and has asked for a HM party. Could you change the 'thank you' to 'you're invited' so that it can be used for an invitation?

Oops, almost forgot. Could you change the wording on the chocolate bar wrapper to be birthday party appropriate.

TIA
Cheryl

 

[jtanddolly]

Dolly,
I love the Handy Manny stuff. My dd will be turning 4 in Feb and has asked for a HM party. Could you change the 'thank you' to 'you're invited' so that it can be used for an invitation?

Oops, almost forgot. Could you change the wording on the chocolate bar wrapper to be birthday party appropriate.

TIA
Cheryl

There is a Handy Manny birthday chocolate bar in my 4shared file in the "candy wrapper" and candy bar wrapper" file. If you need me to personalize it...just let me know.

YOU CAN FIND THE INVITE IN MY 4SHARED FILE IN THE LINK IN MY SIGNATURE. LOOK IN THE BLANK INVITATION FILE

 

[jtanddolly]

Here is what one mom did for her "Handy Manny" party that she threw for her son...in case you can use some ideas from her party. Once you read this...you will want to go to her parties. Check out the adult menu...I do all of the other things like she does but when it comes to food I'm happy with veggies, fruit and hot dogs/sub sandwiches or just cupcakes/cake and ice cream for everyone:

THE IDEA: This year, my son turned 5, and he decided he wanted to have a Handy Manny and tools birthday party. As opposed to just tossing up Handy Manny decorations and having food, we decided to make it unique to our son. Thus, the idea of Anil's Repair Shop was born. Handy Manny and his tools would soon be making a very special trip to help open Anil's Repair Shop.

ANNOUNCEMENTS: Having decided on a theme, Gammy (my mom) and I set-off to work. First, I designed a website using our family domain that would be the online reference for our guests. It included any electronic versions of announcements that we sent out by post, directions to the party venue, menus for the food, a classified add for handykids, employee announcements, and more.�Next, I designed a save-the-date card. The card had save the date� spelled out in wood planks font, the date, and it read: Get your tools ready. Handy Manny and his tools are coming to Anil's Repair shop, and we need handy kids to help us build some birthday fun. Invitations and details to follow. For invitations, I designed personalized invitations that I had printed by a local printer. I designed a frame of wood planks in the Handy Manny colors (green, red, blue, and yellow) and a wood grain background. The text read: Come on handy kids, we have a job to do! Anil is turning five. Help us celebrate with Handy Manny and his tools. Job Date: April 15; Shift Hours: 11:30 am to 2:00 pm; Job Site: Anil's Repair Shop, Venue information and address.� In a smaller font on a clip art of Manny's toolbox with tools, I printed: Job site information available at www.xxxxxx.com. There will be painting, building, and loads of fun. Vests will be provided. I also included an image of Manny.

REPAIR SHOP PRODUCTS: Twenty-six handykids signed on for employment at Anil's Repair Shop, and it was time to get the shop products (favors, crafts, and so forth) in order. Although my son was the shop owner, it was clear we would need some capable shop managers to lead the handykids. Having enlisted the help of my husband and friends, we decided they would be fitted with manager's uniforms. Gammy had baseball caps and jerseys personalized with the brand Anil's Repair Shop. The T-shirts read Happy 5th Birthday Anil on the front left shoulder and the back was a shop sign I designed for Anil's Repair Shop, essentially weathered wood planks with old nails with the shop name and slogan on it and a hammer and saw. The birthday boy also had a baseball cap and T-shirt. The party favors were next on the list. We didn't want to give away a loot bag of candy, so we decided to stay with the repair shop theme. We purchased empty paint tins (a little larger than a gallon size), and I personalized each can. Staying consistent with the shop branding, one side of the tin read: This party tin has been specially created for Name. Compliments of Anil's Repair Shop. On the opposite site, there was a small note for each employee that read: Dear Name, I hope you had a nice time at my party. I am very happy you were able to help me celebrate turning 5! This is a small token of my appreciation. I hope you will enjoy it. Thank you for making my day extra special. Your friend, Anil. The tin was filled with: a ruler, erasers in the shape of tools, mini-flashlights, kids tape measures, stickers of tools, Handy Manny and his tools stickers, a magnetic doodle board, a hair-do-Harriet magnetic board (girls), a mini-bulldozer magnetic board (boys), a carpenters pencil, a box of chocolates shaped like tools (homemade using a chocolate mold), and an orange citrus cookie dipped in white chocolate (homemade using tools cookie cutters). Every handykid needs to be safe, so we provided the employees with uniforms the day of the party. Each child received a safety vest. On the back of the vest it read: Anil's Repair Shop. The front of the vest was personalized with the child's name and the crew they would be working with (see below). These were easily made using T-shirt transfer paper. Additionally, the children each received hard hats - yellow and pink. They were also personalized with the shop name and child's name. Outfitted and ready for building, the kids would need a project. The boys each received wooden toolboxes which looked just like Manny's red box. We assembled these prior to the party, and the girls received trinket boxes. We supplied each kid with paints, brushes, stickers, jewels, and wooden letters which the boys used to spell their names on the toolboxes. Using these supplies, the handykids were able to decorate a nice craft to take home.

ANIL'S REPAIR SHOP DESIGN AND LAYOUT: It was now time to get the shop in order for the grand opening. Having hired a venue, it was easy enough to layout the room such that the adults could enjoy adult conversation, beverages, and a nice lunch while the children painted, constructed, and then enjoyed lunch in the employee canteen in a different area of the room. For decorations, I kept with the colors red, blue, yellow, and bright green. Gammy supplied all the great Handy Manny items such as plates and napkins, mylar balloons, blow outs, and much more. We also had personalized balloons printed that read: Anil's Repair Shop (with tools graphics) in yellow and red balloons that read Happy 5th Birthday Anil. We also used construction cones to decorate and various road signs such as party area, work zone, stop, construction ahead, party ahead, and so forth. As the guests entered the shop, they were greeted by a large banner that read, Welcome to Anil's Repair Shop. You break it... We fix it! The the employee registration table, each child received a vest and hard hat. The children were all told which crew they would be working with for the projects. There were three crews - a green crew, red crew, and yellow crew - each with a foreman. The parents were then able to retreat to the adult area. The adult tables were covered with red cloths and each table had a bouquet of helium balloons as a centerpiece which were weighed down by a small orange cone. The adult buffet included: roasted corn-fed chicken breast with honey, soy, ginger and garlic; wild and jasmine rice salad with coconut, mango, crispy shallot, peanut and coriander; roasted butternut squash with pine nut, cinnamon, coriander, chilli and lime yoghurt; French beans (and yellow beans) with chilli jam, parmesan, blood chard leaves and lemon; mixed new season and yellow tomato salad with fennel, red onion, dill and parsley; strawberry and vanilla cupcakes; baked chocolate and hazelnut tart; lemon and mascarpone tart; parmesan and red onion focaccia; mineral and sparkling water, diet drinks, and red and white wine. Before the children set off to work, the shop manger did a quick role call and had the kids play a game of Manny says to help them warm up for the jobs ahead. It was a good way to get the kids excited and to allow time for the last few children to arrive. In the middle of the room, we taped off a very large area using orange cones and tape that read "caution kids at work and kids party zone". This area was marked off with signs that read kids at work as well. Each of the four corners of the work area was decorated with a bouquet of helium balloons to give it a festive look. Within the work zone, we marked off three crew areas. Using large plastic table covers, I taped a red, yellow, and green cloth to the floor. This helped the kids identify where they should sit based on their work crew, and it also helped to protect the floors from glue and paint. On each floor cover, we set out the toolboxes, trinket boxes, and the paints and supplies in craft cups. The kids were able to paint and decorate their boxes. After crew clean-up and leaving the crafts in the drying area, it was time to head to the building site. Against one wall of the venue, we set up three building sites. We again taped them off with caution tape and signs that read Construction site. Caution: Hard hat area. Fortunately, the long wall also had three distinct areas that wet set-off by columns and the walls set in a bit. The crews were each supplied with common household items such as boxes in various sizes, packaging tape, safety goggles, scissors, and kids tools such as hammers, tape measures, gloves, and screw drivers. Each crew was given the task of building a whatever they wanted. The key was working as a team and the goal was having fun! We ended up with a castle, a skyscraper, and a semi-detached Victorian home. By this time, the employees were ready for some grub. It turned out to be a beautiful day, and the venue we used had some magnificent ceiling to floor windows that lined an entire wall. Along this wall, we set up the employee canteen for the children. It included a long table for the kids to eat. We had place settings with all the Handy Manny essentials. The birthday boy's seat was marked by a sign that read Handyman Anil and several Handy Manny mylar balloons. The children enjoyed a lunch of pizza, hummus, carrot batons, and fresh fruit. We also set the treats table along this wall. The birthday cake and tools cookies were set on a table that had a big arch of balloons over it. The arch was made from the red helium balloons that read Happy 5th Birthday Anil. After lunch, it was time to collect the craft projects from the drying area. For this, everyone received a personalized bag. The kids were able to take home their projects and any supplies they wanted. As the children left, they stopped by the employee payment and bonuses table. The favor table had a large banner Handy Manny banner over it that read Happy Birthday Anil. Here the children picked-up their paint tin filled with party favors, some helium balloons, and a big thanks for coming! It was a fabulous party, and my son had such a wonderful time.

 

[alisonh]

Thanks Dolly, love the ideas... some are along the lines of what I was already planning, some are new. I am just a dunce when it comes to designing on the computer, are you interested in helping make some of the ideas? I can handle everything that is done by hand--- I decorate cakes, cookies, drawings, painting, old fashioned scrapbooking, etc... but have yet to master a computer program.


by the way, foods here will be simpler too, 1st because do the kids notice all that? and 2nd will the kids eat all that?

What part of TX are you in? I am headed for my first trip there on Feb 3

 

[jtanddolly]

Thanks Dolly, love the ideas... some are along the lines of what I was already planning, some are new. I am just a dunce when it comes to designing on the computer, are you interested in helping make some of the ideas? I can handle everything that is done by hand--- I decorate cakes, cookies, drawings, painting, old fashioned scrapbooking, etc... but have yet to master a computer program.


by the way, foods here will be simpler too, 1st because do the kids notice all that? and 2nd will the kids eat all that?

What part of TX are you in? I am headed for my first trip there on Feb 3

I live in east texas in the tyler - longview area. I used to live outside of and work in downtown Dallas. If there is something I can help you make...just let me know the specifics and I will see if I can make it for you.

Check out this website for a cupcake/cake stand and look through some of the pictures of what different people made:

http://www.cakejournal.com/archives/how-to-make-a-cake-stand-for-cupcakes-or-mini-cakes

I love making cupcakes then a small cake for my son. It is so much easier to pass out cupcakes then to spend 30 minutes cutting and serving cake. Also, I love to have an ice cream bar and I pre-scoop the ice cream and put it in small clear plastic cups on trays. Then all I have to do is pull the tray out of the freezer and everyone can put their own toppings on the ice cream. Just an idea for anyone that is looking for some!

Here is a thread that I posted on the Boards to show what I did for my son's last b-day
http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2265931&highlight=peter+pan

 

[alisonh]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE what you did for your sons party! Totally want to convince ds that he should do the same =) I won't though, it is his birthday. I have a ? about the crayon boxes you did... did you glue them onto the actual boxes or did you trade the boxes? I think that is a great idea! I do like cupcakes and I think this year I might make them similar to yours but I will still make a big cake as a center piece, also we do 2 parties, one for the grandparents/aunts/uncles and then one for the kids. Neither is huge, but it feels like he can pay more attention to what is going on and the people when we do this. The older folks don't need to hang around a bunch of little kids (dh and I are both the oldest and none of our sibblings have kids yet). The kids party has about 8-10 kids ages 2.5-5 coming. Their parents will be invited to stay as well. I will use the large decorated cake for the adult party and to make the kids party look festive. DS asked if the kids could decorate their own cakes so I am thinking cupcakes, a few colors of frosting, some sprinkles, and maybe those toothpick decorations like you had. It will be an activity, plus it will make ds good friend with severe allergies more equal as he has to have his own cupcake and frosting and sprinkles anyway.

 

[jtanddolly]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE what you did for your sons party! Totally want to convince ds that he should do the same =) I won't though, it is his birthday. I have a ? about the crayon boxes you did... did you glue them onto the actual boxes or did you trade the boxes? I think that is a great idea! I do like cupcakes and I think this year I might make them similar to yours but I will still make a big cake as a center piece, also we do 2 parties, one for the grandparents/aunts/uncles and then one for the kids. Neither is huge, but it feels like he can pay more attention to what is going on and the people when we do this. The older folks don't need to hang around a bunch of little kids (dh and I are both the oldest and none of our sibblings have kids yet). The kids party has about 8-10 kids ages 2.5-5 coming. Their parents will be invited to stay as well. I will use the large decorated cake for the adult party and to make the kids party look festive. DS asked if the kids could decorate their own cakes so I am thinking cupcakes, a few colors of frosting, some sprinkles, and maybe those toothpick decorations like you had. It will be an activity, plus it will make ds good friend with severe allergies more equal as he has to have his own cupcake and frosting and sprinkles anyway.

I made the crayon box using photoshop, the peter pan image and a template then printed on carstock and put all of the crayons in the new box.

 

[erynsmom]

There is a Handy Manny birthday chocolate bar in my 4shared file in the "candy wrapper" and candy bar wrapper" file. If you need me to personalize it...just let me know.


Here is the invite for your request:

thank you.

 

[alisonh]

Hey Dolly, So I like the idea from prior post for the invites could you help with them?

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Get your tools ready. Handy Manny and his tools are coming to Noah's Repair shop, and we need handy kids to help us build some birthday fun!

Come on handy kids, we have a job to do! Noah is turning four.
Help us celebrate with Handy Manny and his tools.
Job Date: Saturday January 30
Shift Hours: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm
Job Site: Noah's Repair Shop 1976 Ivy Ave E

There will be painting, building, and loads of fun.

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If you are willing to play with this let me know. Feel free to make changes etc. I have some cards that I will print this on (they are aprox an 8.5x11 folded) I also have their envelopes. I think I can take one of the graphics you made for the cd and use it on address labels myself.

I am also wondering if you would be able to make one of those awesome crayon boxes with manny, the tools, kelly or some other handy manny characters?

When you are finished with all this helping me you will have to send me a bill!