So, today is my wonderful husband's birthday!! I enjoy making birthdays special days for people. I genuinely LOVE doing and buying for others rather than getting for myself. Last year, I surprised Max with a trip to Orlando (he didn't know what we were doing until my sister picked us up for the airport and we checked in. Max had never been to Sea World, so that was on our list. I also wanted to go to Discovery Cove and swim with the dolphins, sting rays and other tropical fish. We had an awesome time, but Max made me swear I wouldn't plan anything that big for his birthday this year.....what a fun sucker ; )
So this year, I kept my word, and did a low key birthday for him, but I had to do something a little special. We have lived on a golf course for 3 years (the 14th hole is in our backyard), and Max finally decided to take up golf this summer......and I have become a golf widow. So, I decided to do a golf themed birthday for him.
Max also wanted to go to Red Lobster for his birthday (he and my sister LOVE Red Lobster), and then we did cake, ice cream, and gifts at our house. But I had to have some pre-birthday party treats for him.
I found this super cute cupcakes online, and decided I would order some and take them to work for his birthday (I'm so cheesy, I know).
The flags are made out of gum paste and the golf balls are made from chocolate. So, I went to Publix to see what they could do. They said they could do the cupcakes and the grass, but were unable to do the flags or golf balls, so that meant, I had a little project. I also had Publix make his golf cake for that night.
I decided to make the flags out of scrapbook paper and lollipop sticks from Hobby Lobby. While they were easy to make, they were kind of tedious.
I just cut the rectangles out of scrapbook paper, drew a black square, and punched little circles for the numbers and glued them all together. I left a little extra to wrap around the lollipop sticks.
While at Hobby Lobby buying the sticks, I looked for a hot glue gun. I have a million at school in all different sizes, but I don't have one at home. I found this super cool glue gun at Hobby Lobby and it is PERFECT for projects that require a thin bead/strip of hot glue.
It has a thin tip and is a FABULOUS invention. I glued a thin strip of hot glue onto the back of the flags and wrapped it around the lollipop sticks to make the flags.
And stacked them in my napkin holder to dry
Heidi realized that I wasn't eating at the kitchen table, so left me for a nap.
My next project was the golf balls. My plan was to make rice krispy treats, roll them into balls, and then dip them in white chocolate. I felt like I needed to have a plan B just in case, so I ordered a bag of chocolate balls that were wrapped in foil that looks like a golf ball.
So I made my rice krispy treats, rolled them, and put them on toothpicks so they could be dipped in white chocolate.
I then melted the white chocolate, and began dipping. Well, I didn't think that when I dipped the balls into the chocolate, then heat would cause the marshmellow to melt, which would then make the balls slide down the toothpicks. So I decided to dry the golf balls upside down on wax paper.
Well, I encountered another problem. I decided to put the golf balls in the refrigerator to harden up, but when I took them out, I couldn't get the toothpicks out of the balls. I decided to throw them away and use my plan B.
I took the flags and golf balls to Publix for them to arrange on the cupcakes, and then ran my last minute errands before his birthday. I bought his gift and decorations for the house.
The next day (his birthday), I picked up his cake and cupcakes, and they looked SO CUTE!!!! I was so excited to take them to work. He was surprised, and everyone loved them. I told him that he couldn't bring any of them home because we were going to have cake.
I came home from dropping off the cupcakes, wrapped his gift, and decorated the house. We went to dinner, came home, and opened gifts, and ate cake.
My parents gave Max a golf GPS which he LOVED!! He even made me walk out to the 14th hole at 10:00 at night so he could see on his GPS that we were getting closer. Apparently our sofa is 368 yards from the hole : ) I gave Max some golf pants and shirts to tie him over for the summer.
We had a lot of fun and got some great stuff. Happy birthday Max.....I love you so very much!!!
