A Burlap Party {for Teenagers}

This weekend we celebrated Kennedy's 14th birthday with a chocolate fondue party ... a fun party idea for teenagers, right?  Kennedy wanted everything decorated in burlap and natural tones which made it a very simple party to put together.

I hung the embroidery hoop banner on the wall ...

... and covered the table with my seamed burlap tablecloth.  We used square brown paper plates and napkins and set bowls of chopped nuts and individual containers of peanut butter at each place {because who can resist chocolate and peanut butter mixed together or marshmallows dipped into chocolate and then into chopped nuts?}.

I set out mason jar sippers for Italian soda and tied the sippers and water bottles with burlap.  And of course we had striped paper straws ... I love paper straws for a party!

The centerpiece and the party entertainment was a chocolate fountain.

I set the food out on the kitchen island.  Skewers wrapped with washi tape were used for dipping ...

... and brown washi tape was used to embellish a little garland on the cake as well.

  We had a rice krispie cake ...

... and we served it right at the beginning of the party.  Before we cut into the cake, the guests wrote wishes on pieces of paper that we tied to the candles {inspiration found here}.

We stuck the candles into the cake, Kennedy blew them out, and we cut the cake and added it to the buffet of dippers.

The buffet was full of Kennedy's favorite foods to dip.

Cookies and cake ...

... and lots of fruit.  Is there anything that doesn't taste better covered in chocolate?

The girls helped themselves to plates full of food and then sat at the table and ate and laughed.  Just right for a group of teenage girls!

We may have forgotten to give the girls their party favors at the end of the night {ahem} so we'll be doing a few little deliveries this week.

Burlap is such a fun way to decorate ... have you used burlap for party decor?

I'm linking to The Gunny Sack, Ginger Snap Crafts