I'm really pleased with the table decorations I made for Nick's 21st party. I went to the party shop and was going to buy some but I just didn't like any of them. So instead I bought the makings.

The little boxes are plastic noodle boxes and I filled them with plaster of paris which I dyed with a bit of blue food colouring. Before the plaster set I embedded a chunk of polystyrene into each, so that I'd have something to stick the um, stick thingies into. I decorated them with some stickers and that flossy paper stuff in the top to hide the plaster. I love that wire that's been decorated with tinsel stars, so there's a bit of that across the top, and then the tinsel stick thingies in the top.

I just hope they're heavy enough to keep the balloons tied down, otherwise they'll be floating all round the room.

H'm. On second thoughts, that could look really nifty!