{"id":1416,"date":"2009-09-14T10:34:11","date_gmt":"2009-09-14T17:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.makeplaydough.com\/blog\/1416\/birthday-party-topiary-prize-and-game\/"},"modified":"2015-04-27T21:33:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T21:33:15","slug":"birthday-party-topiary-prize-and-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/1416\/birthday-party-topiary-prize-and-game","title":{"rendered":"Birthday Party Topiary Prize and Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-snk-default wp-image-18669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Candy-Topiary-Party-Favor-720x480.jpg\" alt=\"Birthday Party Topiary Prize and Game\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Candy-Topiary-Party-Favor-720x480.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Candy-Topiary-Party-Favor-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Candy-Topiary-Party-Favor-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.surfnetkids.com\/early\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/Candy-Topiary-Party-Favor.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/>Make a few candy topiaries to decorate the tables at a birthday party. Use the birthday girl or boy&#8217;s favorite treats to cover the balls of the topiaries. You can even incorporate your topiary into a game by having the guests guess how many candies it took to cover the surface of the balls. The one whose guess comes closest to the actual number of candies used gets to take the topiary home with them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Make a few candy topiaries to decorate the tables at a birthday party. Use the birthday girl or boy&#8217;s favorite treats to cover the balls of the topiaries. 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