Hot Chocolate Station for a Snow Themed Party

My daughter, Olivia, turned 12 at the end of December.  Because her birthday is close to Christmas, she doesn't usually get a friend's birthday party.  We always celebrate as a family while enjoying our holiday break in Arizona.  This year, I promised her a birthday party, so she was super excited to get in on the planning of the event.  Since the weather is iffy in Cincinnati, we decided to embrace the cold and possible snow and do a snow themed party.  I'm sharing all the details today on the cute hot chocolate station I put together and all the little goodies we had for her friends.

The main event was snow tubing.  A local place has skiing and tubing and we made a group reservation for the evening. We went as a family last year and even our youngest enjoyed it.  It truly was a great activity to get the girls out and enjoying themselves and then we followed up back at our house with the food, gifts, and a movie for the sleepover.

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Thank you to Walnut Hollow for providing this awesome wood slice which made a nifty sign for our Hot Chocolate Station.  All I did was paint it with chalkboard paint.  It will be great to reuse for any other future parties or events.

Hot Chocolate Station for a Snow Themed Party

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Our hot chocolate bar had mason jars of chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, crushed peppermint, and marshmallows. In addition, a large jar of hot chocolate with a scoop and a teapot of hot water on a galvanized tray were all gathered together to make it easy to make your own concoction. Word to the wise, we found out the hard way that those darling copper mule mugs must only be intended for cold drinks.  They heated up with the hot chocolate and were hard to handle, so we swapped them out for white ceramic mugs instead!

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You have to have some fun little snacks to go with hot chocolate, so these snow-themed munchies were perfect!

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We made these yummy caramel and sea salt spoons to use in mixing the hot chocolate.  This is super easy.  All you need is a bag of caramels, sea salt, and wax paper.  I dipped each spoon in melted caramel and sprinkled on sea salt.  Let stand to cool on a sheet of wax paper.

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It was a super fun party and would be perfect even for adults! Here we are snow tubing.  Have you ever been?

 

To life feeling like home!

XO,

 

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  2. Tracy says:

    Wow! It looks like she had an amazing birthday! I want to have a hot chocolate station now too!

  3. What an amazing party! Those caramel spoons had me drooling. We have had such a weird winter so far, your post has me longing for a good snow. 😉 Thanks for linking up to Funtastic Friday!

  4. Pam says:

    That is adorable! Just one more reason to wish I lived somewhere with snow. Our winters have not been cold in the last couple of years. Maybe, if I turn the AC on…LOL Visiting from Friendship Friday!

  5. Looks like a fun time was had by all. Adorable drink station of the party. Thank you for sharing your party ideas at the Snickerdoodle Create~Bake~Make link party!

  6. shelley says:

    This is an awesome idea and this time of year it doesn’t get any better than hot chocolate! Thanks for sharing at Over the Moon.

  7. Sammi Ricke says:

    I LOVE this post especially the salted caramel spoons! My dad loves salted caramel and hot cocoa. I definitely need to make those for him 🙂

  8. Vanessa says:

    This is so adorable and I love drinking hot chocolate too. Thank you for sharing at Dishing it and Digging it link party.

  9. OMG What an adorable party idea!!!! The salted caramel spoons were my favorite touch. Thanks for sharing with us at Share the Wealth Sundays!

  10. Roxanne says:

    I think this is the best hot chocolate station I’ve seen yet! Pinning!

  11. BonBon says:

    What a great Hot Chocolate bar. Love all the tags, really cute

  12. Amy says:

    Those are some lucky kids! Way cute.

  13. Lindi says:

    SUCH a cute idea! Love this idea for a winter birthday party 🙂

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