Hen Party Activites - Cup cake decorating

valezoe

I'm organising a hen party next year in hampshire and I'm looking for people that can come to us for various activities (i.e cocktail making, pampering, cupcake decorating, other crafty type activities). We'll be hiring a big house for the weekend - does anyone have any recommendations or know of any good people/companies that have websites that we can review?

BanburyBride

valezoe wrote: »

I'm organising a hen party next year in hampshire and I'm looking for people that can come to us for various activities (i.e cocktail making, pampering, cupcake decorating, other crafty type activities). We'll be hiring a big house for the weekend - does anyone have any recommendations or know of any good people/companies that have websites that we can review?

We stayed in a lodge for my hen do and one of the things my maid of honour organised was a skincare making session. She downloaded "recipes" for lip gloss, lip balm, hand cream etc and bought all the cocoa butter chips, flavourings etc and it was sooooo much fun, everyone went away with some new skincare products too

Lara44

My BM organised a 1960s hair and make-up session, so we were gadding about with beehives and the most hilarious backcombing. We went to http://www.diamonddollslondon.com/ but there are other ladies that will come out to you like these ladies (who are doing our wedding hair and make-up) http://www.lipstickandcurls.co.uk/

Poppleminster

BanburyBride wrote: »

We stayed in a lodge for my hen do and one of the things my maid of honour organised was a skincare making session. She downloaded "recipes" for lip gloss, lip balm, hand cream etc and bought all the cocoa butter chips, flavourings etc and it was sooooo much fun, everyone went away with some new skincare products too

Brilliant idea. A good website to use for supplies is The Soap Kitchen as they sell everything from the little pots to the bases for the balms etc.

Cupcakes - I am SUCH a nerd on cupcakes, you could search ebay and amazon for realy funky cases and make some (basic recipe = 4oz SR flour, 4oz butter, 4oz sugar and 2 eggs), mix butter and sugar then add flour and egg, cook on 190 degrees until brown. Then you can make cream cheese frosting in so many varieties, look up cake glitter too for awesome ideas. Lakeland currently have very cool cupcake tins on £2.99 in the sale and buy 2 get 1 free. They also have silicone cases on legs! Not worth paying someone when you could spend the money on supplies you get to keep afterwards maybe?

Buying those masques in sachets and giving each other a pamper session could also be fun and inexpensive. You can get so many types now that superdrug or boots should have a good range. Don't forget the obligatory teabags or cucumber for the eyes!

Poppleminster

Craft-wise you could all make a scrapbook and take pics over the weekend - if someone takes a laptop and printer then you could print them out and stick them in as you go along.