Showing posts with label printable package. Show all posts
Showing posts with label printable package. Show all posts
for my niece's 2nd birthday, her mom thought the perfect
party would be themed around her favorite snack...
goldfish crackers.
it helped that my sister loves the color combo of orange and aqua!
my son is THE biggest hockey fan.
he LOVES the chicago blackhawks.
so for his 5th birthday he had to have a hockey themed birthday party.
if you have kids,
you no doubt have the songs from frozen running through your head
as you pick up toys, drive through town and most often,
as you go to sleep at night.
as i watched frozen, the designer in me was drawn
to the rich colors and beautiful patterns of the girls' dresses
and decorations in the castle.
i knew i had to create a party featuring these designs.
lucky for me, i have made some wonderful party planner friends,
and you don't have to twist their arm to throw a good party!
here in chicago, we need a distraction from this brutal winter and
this frozen playdate by lillypaul designs definitely brought out
the best of winter for these girls.
my daughter LOVES bunnies.
she has slept with 2 stuffed bunnies every night since she was a baby
and has countless other bunny items.
she really wanted a bunny themed party,
but the trick was how to keep it from being too babyish
since she was turning 8.
we came up with a play on words:
"there's noBUNNY like you!"
and decided to do a favorite things party.
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i've been so lucky to form a partnership with val gimre of
val is a contributing editor of carousel party magazine.
for the winter edition of carousel magazine val asked me
to create tartan plaid themed printables.
she wanted to incorporate the plaids, reindeer and snow.
this is one of my favorite printable collections and i love what val did with it!
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my son is crazy about dr. seuss.
he loves all of the characters, but
cat in the hat and grinch are his favorites.
in fact, cat and grinch are often at our house causing lots of mischief.
for his 4th birthday, i knew we had to celebrate his imaginary friends.
the invitation
i loved all the bright dr. seuss colors!
and if you only knew my crazy son,
you'd understand that this seuss quote was perfect for his invite.
when you untie the twine,
the card folds down to reveal all the party details:
the party
food table
for the backdrop, i had the invitation quote printed on foam core.
then i covered additional pieces of foam core with adorable seuss fabrics.
i designed a small banner with all his favorite book covers.
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i found so many cute dr. seuss food ideas on pinterest.
to see the original links for many of these ideas {and many more} please visit my
babybel cheese with thing 1 & 2 labels
sugar cookies frosted like green eggs
jelly bean truffula seeds
more decorations and drinks
everyone loved the truffula trees
made from $1 pool noodles and tissue pom pom balls.
(my sister made the cute thing 1 & 2 outfits for my girls)
his favorite spot was by all his friends.
my daughter's wonderful teacher leant me her seuss bulletin board guys
and i made "me and sally" silhouettes out of posterboard.
printable banner {part of my seuss printable collection}
drink cup labels - with a place to write names
loved this idea! how cute are they?!
but here's the truth.
the washi tape would not stay on the bottles for more than a few minutes,
especially in the heat.
but we just stuck all the straws in and they were still super cute.
right?
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cake
to make this cake, i use one 8 inch cake and 3 6 inch.
putting a cardboard support circle in the middle
and using dowel rods kept it "straight".
i used this technique for the frosting.
i tried to do it with one tip. but i'd advise getting two so you can alternate colors.
i had to do all the white and then all the red. it made it more messy and less perfect.
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activities
parties are more fun when the kids can just run around and play games so i made signs
to explain each game. of course each one was based on a seuss story.
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{how adorable are the mr. krinklebein bean bags that my sister made}
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we set up a photobooth area with lots of seuss props.
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(trampoline jumping)
and since grinch is his "favorite guy in the whole world"...
pin the heart on grinch.
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favor bags
i found these cute reusable bags in the dollar bins at target.
i thought they were perfect and love that they can be reused as snack bags after the party.
the lorax would be proud!
another favorite seuss quote...such a smart man!
sidenote: about 2 weeks after our party target set up a
whole section of seuss stuff in the dollar bins!
of course.
but i did find some cute stuff here.
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he loved his party!
i am so thankful for everyone who took pictures
including many of the pictures featured here by
the seuss printable party will be available in
soon!
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