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Cowboy Party–Blue and Gold Banquet Style

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Last week, we had our Blue and Gold Banquet. I’m still sorta new to the Cub Scouts. Okay, I’ve been in about 6 months. There’s so much to learn I still feel like I’m new! I’m the Cub Advancement Chairman. It’s fun because my main job is recognizing all of the boys accomplishments! Normally, the Blue and Gold Banquet should probably follow under the Cub Master, but I volunteered to do all of the decorating and games. I love planning parties like this and I knew it would be so much fun. The fact that I could throw a big party on someone else’s dime was definitely an added bonus!

If you’ve wondered why I haven’t been blogging much, this is why. I don’t have tons of time to craft/sew/cook/blog and every free minute I had was getting decorations arranged and made for the big party! It turned out to be a huge success! We had over 100 people show up, the food was delicious, and all of the kids loved the games we had planned!

I threw together the invitations using some fun (and free) Western fonts. I love fonts. They make me happy!


One good thing about living in the country is the availability of cowboy stuff. I don’t have any myself, but we found no short supply!

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decorations

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We also decorated with bandanna bunting. The Cub Master’s wife had a bunch of bandanna looking fabric in her stash. I cut it up into triangles and we hung it all over the place. It worked perfectly!!!

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And, of course, you can’t have a party with out lots and lots of balloons!

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Did you know there is a helium shortage right now? It’s hard to find any place around here that will blow up more than 3 balloons. So, we bought a tank of helium from Walmart and had plenty. I love balloons!

We made cute and easy centerpieces.

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I got the “Cub Scout” printable from Over The Big Moon. I also used (and altered) it a little bit for the water bottles:

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I did a TERRIBLE job taking pictures during the banquet! Mostly because I was in charge of taking pictures at the photo booth. Here’s my daughter posing:

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I used my handy dandy Silhouette to cut out a ba-zillion mustaches for everyone. It still cracks me up!

We also did Knot-Tying, Arm Wrestling and had a S’more station.

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The S’mores were my favorite!!! So easy and so yummy!!

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Comments

  4. The Thriftiness Miss says

    You did such an awesome job Shatzi! The invites are the cutest! Love it all :)

  8. Sky says

    This looks like it turned out awesome! I bet the scouts were loving it! I was in Cub Scouts briefly in an old ward and it really is overwhelming to keep up with it all! Cute cute ideas, Shatzi :)

  12. BrittanyLane says

    Wow!! You guys went all out. Awesome decorations. We’ve never been to a Blue and Gold that was half that fun… great job!

  25. Anonymous says

    I would love a copy of your invitation template! It would be perfect for our Blue and Gold, and I am completely lost as to how to even start to make my own. Thank heaven for people like you!!
    [email protected]. Thank you.

  29. Mari Sanchez says

    What a great invitation!! Is there any way you would consider sharing the template for my daughter’s FFA banquet? If so, could you please email it to me at
    [email protected].
    I would great appreciate it. Thank you.

  32. Amy says

    If you are willing to share, I would love a template of the invitation as well! I love your ideas and my wheels are turning now about where I might be able to get a bunch of horseshoes and a saddle! I think it made the room! Great job!

  35. Miriam says

    Your blog post left me drooling! Everything looked fantastic!! And it looks like the evening was a hit! Would you be up for sharing your invitation with our pack as well? [email protected]

  36. Julie says

    So, it looks like just about everyone in cub scout land has asked for your invitation template. But to be honest, I haven’t found anything half as good as yours! Would you mind sharing it with our pack also, if you’ve shared it at all? It would be amazing of you… [email protected]

    Thanks,

    Julie

  37. Sandra Phelps says

    It’s my first time planning this awesome activity for the Scouts, I want everything to look great!
    I love your invitation, can you share it with me, there’s nothing nice, yours is the best! I am pretty sure our pack will totally appreciated.
    [email protected]

    Thank you
    Sandra

    • Pamela says

      Thank you SOOOO much for the invitations!!! They are a HUGE HIT!! You are sooo talented!! Thank you for sharing with the less talented – hahaha!!!

      Pamela

  44. Jessica says

    I am going to be original and ask if I can get your invitation template?!! I am planning our Blue& Gold for February. Thank goodness for creative and amazing people like you! [email protected].

    THANK YOU!!!

  49. Ashley says

    Could I get your template for the invitations?? We are hosting our “western” theme at the end of the month and this would really help.
    Thanks
    [email protected]

    Ashley

  50. Ashley says

    Shatzi, Thank you for sending the invitation but how do I customize it? If I sent you our details could you do it and resend it??

    Please advise

  53. Cathy Borders says

    I am holding a Western themed Blue & Gold Banquet in February and will be using lots of your ideas. Can I get the template for your amazing invitation? Thank you bunches! [email protected]

  57. Samantha Lauritzen says

    Hi! I love your invitations! We are actually doing this theme next month and I was wondering if I can get the template for the invitation please!!! Great Job!