Salad Dressing

A few days ago, S and I had the brilliant idea to plan a dance party for the weekend. First, we decided on a theme- Salad Dressing. The idea is that everyone would come dressed as their favorite dressing. So if your favorite is ranch, you might dress in a cowboy hat and cowboy boots. If you love Caesar, you might come in a toga.. You get the idea.


Next, we crafted some fabulous invitations, cut in a bowl shape and complete with tissue paper lettuce, details on the back. We handed them out and then everyone spent time on Saturday afternoon, after campers had left, creating their perfect outfit. Most people spent some time googling salad dressing first, which I found to be funny, yet resourceful.


For our party, we made a variety of salad appetizers (taco salad, snicker salad, fruit salad, etc.), we also had a great playlist of dance music and the big speakers hooked up to blast the music. The party was B.Y.O.B. which, in this case, refered to, "bring your own bowl". We filled the drama building with decorations, and then waited for everyone to arrive, which was the best part of the night because we got to see each other's costumes and hear the explanations. This is the perfect kind of party to do with camp staff, because they are the most creative people alive.


C dressed as honey mustard, which included a tall yellow cone shaped hat (like the top of mustard) and a black shirt with yellow stripes pinned on (like a bee). S was poppy seed, so she made a giant poppy flower out of tissue paper, which she pinned all around herself and then made bracelets and anklets out of paper and birdseed. My favorite costume of the night was K, who dressed in an olive colored shirt and had made wide belt to go around his waist with a red circle crossed out to make a "no" symbol. He was extra virgin olive oil.


We danced, ate, hung out and had a blast. It was a great night at camp!