I am so excited to share with you my daughter’s Princess Garden Party themed 3rd birthday party. For the second year in a row, we were very fortunate to have wonderful weather for her birthday party which meant I was able to have everything out in our backyard as planned.
Last week was my son’s last day of pre-school. It was a great introduction to school and I am (mostly) looking forward to sending him off to kindergarten this fall.
He had a great year and had some really amazing teachers who made it fun for him to go each day Most days I didn’t even get so much as a wave good-bye as he was running into the classroom to play.
I wanted to do a gift card of some sort, but I knew the one teacher did not like tea or coffee. Both teachers have young families and since our family goes out for ice cream a lot during the summer months, I decided on a gift card for Dairy Queen.
I enlisted the help of my mom to make the cards. She was happy to do it and I knew she’d do a great job so this was one place I was happy to pass the DIY torch over.
The cards turned out great and I love that my mom even thought to included a small pocket inside for me to tuck the gift cards into!
And as a little something to go with the cards and gift cards, I decided to use a couple of the plastic pots we had leftover from an activity at my daughter’s birthday party. (There’s more on that to come, I promise!)
I designed a new insert to go in the plastic pots and had my son color and decorate one for each of the two teachers.
Now coloring and crafting is NOT my sons strong suit. It has been a battle all year to get him to do the crafts at pre-school and if it was left up to him he chose to play with toys or build with blocks before touching a crayon or scissors. At pick-up each day I would see each kid coming out with their wonderful creations, and my son was almost always empty handed.
Knowing this, I hope the teachers appreciated his efforts to sit down and actually create something for them. He seemed to try and get through the coloring part quickly so he could get to the playing in the dirt and planting, but he did seem quite proud of his creations at the end.
The gifts turned out great and I hope it help show the appreciation for his wonderful teachers. My daughter is already excited at the idea of starting at the same pre-school in the fall because of her big brother’s great experience.
When it comes to Disney Princesses, it can be hard to pick a favorite – especially when you’re two!
Since going to Disneyland in February, my 2 year old daughter’s fondness for all things princess has turned into a full fledged obsession. I won’t lie, it totally makes my heart swell and I can’ help but oblige her obsession when I see how happy it makes my little girl. Our Disneyland trip was amazing all on it’s own, but to see it through her little eyes and experience her excitement truly made it magical for my husband and I.
When it came to picking a theme for her upcoming third birthday, it was pretty obvious. But, there are many directions one could go when it comes to princesses. Last year I did a Snow White themed party and my husband suggested I just stick with one princess again this year to keep our options open for future parties. While it is a very wise suggestion, when it came to nailing down Keira’s favorite Disney princess it wasn’t a clear cut answer.
I finally came across these paper plates at the Dollar store and decided I would use them as the inspiration for my party planning. I decided to work with Cinderella, Rapunzel and Belle as my princesses, throwing in Aurora (Sleeping Beauty) for good measure!
I didn’t want the party completely over-run by the princess theme so I am incorporating a lot of flowers and garden aspects in to create a more of a Garden Party theme.
I am hoping to host the party in the backyard and am keeping my fingers crossed for good weather. At this time last year our yard was nothing but bare dirt, and my husband has worked incredibly hard to create a space we can enjoy. His latest project was building the kids play structure and I am hoping it helps to keep the kids entertained at the party! It has been up less then a month and you can see by the worn grass under the swings and slides it has already been well used by our kids and their neighborhood friends.
I still have a lot of DIY details to tackle, but I am too excited about the way my princess inspired flowerpots are turning out to not share a sneak peek of a couple of them:
I have a couple more weeks to finish up all my crafts and have everything ready to transform our backyard into a garden party worthy of my favorite little princess! I am excited with the way everything is turning out and can’t wait to share all the party details with you after the big day.
Have you ever planned a princess party? Please comment with your favorite party detail or ideas!
One of my favorite party purchases last year has to be these Aladdin brand mason jar style drink dispensers from Walmart. I bought them on a whim last year before my daughters birthday party and will admit that I was a bit skeptical of quality for the $10 price tag. I even kept the receipt on hand just in case I experienced leaking spout issues like I have had with other inexpensive drink dispensers I have purchased in the past.
After a full summer of use, I am happy to report my two are still holding up well. I love the smaller size of these jars which makes it easy to offer a few different drink options at smaller gatherings, and they fit nicely in my fridge to keep iced tea or lemonade on hand during the hot summer months. With the addition of some fresh citrus slices or cut fruit, they also make a beautiful addition to any party table.
If you are planning to host any barbeques, parties or gatherings this summer I highly recommend these dispensers. They are in this weeks Walmart flyer and I am tempted to go buy a third to have on hand as a back-up. I look forward to using ours this summer to keep the kids hydrated while playing outside and maybe to try a yummy sangria recipe or two for myself!
For me, one of the best parts of being a parent is getting to make holidays special for your children. I usually don’t put much effort into the smaller holidays like Valentines or St.Patrick’s Day, but when it comes to the big stuff like Halloween, Christmas and Easter I like to try and go all out.
Growing up, Easter was always a pretty significant holiday and I have fond memories of yearly Easter egg hunts with my siblings. We would wake up to a basket filled with some small treats and usually a new outfit, then there would be small foil eggs and chocolate bunnies hidden throughout the house. The smaller eggs would be free for the taking, but we knew when it came to the bigger stuff there would be one for each of us. Sometimes my mom would even write our names right on the items in Sharpie marker. It was pretty chaotic with three siblings and I know my dad found great pleasure in finding the perfect hiding spot and then sitting back to watch as we tore the house apart in search of that last chocolate bunny.
Egg hunting with my sisters. That’s me on the right.
My mom never bought the plastic Easter eggs and now that I have, I think I understand why. They really don’t hold that much and it seems like you have to work backwards to try and find items to fit the eggs. There are a lot of great suggestions for fillers online, but I am mainly sticking to candy in ours to avoid more of the random trinkets that seem to accumulate in all corners of my house. I do still love the idea and uniformity of the plastic eggs for the hunt, though, so I was happy to find some large sized plastic eggs at Dollar Tree that I will be able to fill with a couple smaller toys each I know the kids will love.
The eggs are pretty obvious, but I have been struggling with how to help the kids know what else they are searching for on their Easter hunt. My first thought was to maybe attach a picture of a bunny to the items in their hiding spots, but I wasn’t loving this idea. I then thought back to our Disneyland Treasure Hunt and how much fun my son loved having the printed map to guide him, so I decided I would create a graphic based list to use for their Easter hunts.
Each kid will get the list, in a card, with their basket Easter morning. The visual reference will help let them know exactly what they are looking for and which color eggs are theirs. I am also hoping it will help my preschooler a bit with number recognition and counting as he makes his way through his list.
I am most excited for the wrapped gifts on their lists. For my Lego obsessed little boy, I was happy to find this cute bunny set when we were in Legoland, California. I swear they weren’t even in the gift shop the first day when we looked and then I just happened to take one last quick peek through the gift shop before we left the park on the second day and found it. I couldn’t resist picking one up to tuck away for Easter.
And because I am all about keeping things as fair and even as possible between my kids, I was excited to come across this pink bunny filled Duplo set at Toys R Us for little sister.
Their second wrapped item will be an Easter themed book I have picked out for each of them.
They are also being spoiled with Lindt chocolate this year thanks to a half price voucher I was able to get through wagjag.com. Hopefully they will be willing to share with mom and dad.
And it isn’t Easter without a Kinder Surprise! I opted for the slightly bigger ones and am excited to see what kind of surprise they have inside.
Finally, I can’t forget to mention the matching pajamas going in their Easter baskets! It is hard to resist matching pyjamas and it has become a bit of a yearly tradition now for me.
I snapped up two pairs when we were at the Gymboree outlet in Palm Desert. They will be going in the Easter buckets alongside fun new cups, a few chocolates and my daughters favorite – Jelly Belly’s.
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Today I am bringing you another kids craft courtesy of my mom, Christine Wolzl. It looks like a great little craft to help your kids understand the Easter story and most of the supplies you likely already have around your house. If you aren’t a religious person, I still love the little cave idea to use for a bunny home this time of year or even as a bear den to help your kids learn about hibernation!
Sunday is Palm Sunday, and the beginning of Holy Week. A lot happens in the final week of the life of Christ, so I created a set of props to help your young child learn about and retell the story. Too often the real story of Easter gets lost in the excitement of bunnies, eggs and chocolate. Making this project with your child will help your child experience the real reason why we have Easter. The original idea for the paper plate resurrection tomb came from a couple of ideas found on Pintrest. I took that idea and expanded it to include Palm Sunday, Holy Thursday, Good Friday as well as Easter Sunday. It is an easy and fun craft to do with your child, and the props will help them share the story with others.
Here is how to make it:
Collect the items you will need:
Cut the Styrofoam plate in half.
Glue the two halves of the plate together with a glue gun. Cut a tomb entrance in the front half plate.
Make a popsicle cross by cutting one of the sticks in half and gluing it to the full stick with your glue gun. I trimmed the rounded edges off as well, using a pair of pruning snips.
In the back half plate of the tomb, punch a small hole and insert the popsicle stick cross. I used a bit of glue gun glue to hold the cross in place.
Decorate the front of the tomb with grass, flowers, and stone work. Use permanent Sharpie markers as regular markers will rub off. The flowers can be drawn on with the Sharpie markers, or can be made from coloured card stock with a punch, or cut out freehand. The flowers and grass represent the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus goes to pray after his Last Supper, and where he is betrayed to the soldiers by Judas.
Download the pictures of Jesus and the bread and wine, and print them on white card stock. I have sized both images for this project in this Holy Week Craft Images pdf download.
The original Jesus image can be found here: http://familyfeastandferia.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/JonahProjectJonah.pdf and the bread and wine can be found here: https://missionbibleclass.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/d07_meaning-of-lords-supper.png
Colour and cut out the Jesus figure. Cut a V notch out of the top of the figure in the white area. (The notch has to be big enough for Jesus to fit over the top of the cross.)
Colour and cut out the bread and wine picture. Glue onto a 2 inch by 3 inch piece of purple card stock which has been folded in half like a tent. This represents the table at the Last Supper.
From a piece of green card stock make 2 palm leaves and glue them to the top of the popsicle stick. This represents Palm Sunday.
Open a paper bag and then scrunch it up into a ball. This will be the stone in front of the tomb.
Line the props up in this order: Jesus, palm branch, bread and wine, tomb and stone.
As you read or tell the story of Holy Week, have your child do the actions with Jesus. You can tell the story in your own words, read a children’s story of Holy Week, or read the sequence from out of the Bible.
For Pam Sunday, wave the palms in front of Jesus.
For Holy Thursday, have your child move Jesus behind the table with the bread and wine.
Then move Jesus in front of the flowers. This is the Garden of Gethsemane where Jesus is praying.
For Good Friday, have your child hang Jesus on the cross (the notch made in the top of the Jesus figure slips over the top of the cross.)
Then take Jesus down from the cross, put him in the tomb, and roll the stone in front of the tomb.
For Easter Sunday, roll the stone away and bring the risen Jesus out of the tomb.
I hope you enjoy making this Holy Week craft with your child. Have a faith filled Easter!
Our trip to Disneyland in February was the first time for all of us so I wanted to find an extra special way to tell the kids we were going. To do this, I came up with a small treasure hunt throughout the house including a few fun new surprises along the way.
At 4 and 2 years old, I understand it is hard kids to grasp the concept of time so I waited until the week before our trip to let the kids know exactly when and where we were going. I figured only 7 days of “When are we going?” was best on both them and us. I had considered waiting until last minute, but the week gave me time to get things packed and ready without having to hide suitcases or answer questions from my 4 year old.
Our 10 day trip was basically divided into 3 parts – Disneyland, Legoland and then a few days with my husband’s parents in Palm Desert. My son loves treasure maps, so I decided to design a simple map for him with each of the destinations as small picture pieces to glue on. I wanted it to be fun and interactive while giving a visual image of the trip that he could look at and easily follow.
To prepare for the treasure hunt, I had my husband take the kids out of the house to a movie (Big Hero 6) Saturday morning. I set up 4 different treasure spots throughout the house – one with the initial instructions and one for each of the three locations we would be visiting on our trip.
When the kids got home, they were surprised with the new Little People airplane and their figures ready to go on a plane ride. Well,at least one of the kids was – the movie tired my 2 year old out so she ended up napping on the couch while her brother got to enjoy all the treasure hunt fun!
A small sign with the plane explained:
Their first clue read:
After first checking out Nova’s favorite sleeping spot on the main floor, Camden then headed upstairs to Keira’s bedroom where he knows she often naps. Here he quickly found their maps, along with our Grandma and Grandpa Little People figures and a small globe.
He was excited to get their maps and glue their pieces on before reading the next clue.
I had Legoland spelled out in Lego blocks overtop Camden’s bed. We had already spilled the beans to Camden about the Legoland trip so I knew finding this clue might not be all that exciting for him. I found the “Everything is Awesome” shirt at Target and decided to include it in a small box for him to build the hype.
After getting the LEGOLAND piece glued on, we read out the last clue:
We headed downstairs and in our (yet to be finished) basement playhouse Camden found this:
He seemed very excited about the new Fisher Price Little People Day at Disney set and the Mickey cupcakes, but it took some prompting before he clued in that we were going to Disneyland. In his mind Disneyland was all Mickey Mouse and Princesses so his reaction wasn’t exactly as I had hoped. Luckily we had the Disneyland planning DVD to watch so he could see some of the other fun “boy” stuff Disneyland has to offer.
I took video of him discovering the surprise, but I mistakenly deleted off our camera during our trip so I don’t have many pictures to share. I was upset about deleting the video at the time I did it, but since his reaction wasn’t that great I am not completely heartbroken over it.
After Camden checked out the new toys, we all sat down to enjoy the mickey cupcakes and watch the Disneyland planning DVD. Even though I have had it for several months, I resisted watching it until then so we could all get excited together. Keira eventually woke up and Camden was very excited to show her the new toys and explain the map to her.
I won’t lie that, after all my planning, I was a bit disappointed over my daughter sleeping through the fun and my son’s less then excited reaction to the Disneyland news. It was something I had kind of expected and knew to prepare for with kids so young, but I was a bit bummed nonetheless.
And to drive the point home that you REALLY can’t plan for everything with kids, we ended up with a trip to emergency room that same evening. Our excitement filled day was capped off by my poor little guy falling off a bar stool and breaking his arm. He ended up going in for surgery the next morning, just 6 days before the trip, and we were left questioning whether we could even go on the trip. Lucky for us, the surgeon cleared him to go and the broken arm really didn’t limit Camden from being able to enjoy almost all the rides and activities at the parks.
Even though everything did not work out as planned, I still had a lot of fun planning our treasure hunt surprise and I know if I do something similar next time there will be a lot more excitement as the kids have now been and know the magic of Disney. I just hope next trip announcement doesn’t involve any broken bones!
When my good friend asked me to help with her daughter’s baby shower it was an easy yes. I knew she would be undergoing back surgery just a few weeks before the shower so it was a good way for me to lend a hand during her recovery period. She also gave me plenty of months notice which always makes it that much easier to agree to.
It was nice to be able to help out a friend by doing something I love, and lucky for me she trusted me enough to pass full creative control over. I had attended the gender reveal party so I knew the baby was going to be a girl and spent a lot of time perusing pinterest to try and come up with the perfect girly theme. I had seen these chevron printed tablecloths at Target that I loved, so I decided to pick a couple of them up to use for the food table. The baby is due in April so my mind went to April Showers which helped me settle on a rainbow theme using the color scheme from the tablecloths.
My main decoration was a large rainbow and clouds I crafted to hang on the wall. The clouds were simply cut from white foamcore and I created the rainbow by winding colored streamers around tubes of foam plumbing insulation. I was able to find the foamcore at the dollar store and the insulation tubes were reused from the Olympic Rings I had crafted for my sons birthday party last year, making it a very inexpensive party decoration.
Guests were greeted into the hall with a simple sign I designed to match my rainbow decoration. Inside, they were invited to make their mark on a fingerprint guestbook and help create a lasting reminder of the day for the sweet momma-to-be. I have always loved the idea of a fingerprint guestbook and I thought fingerprints lent well to becoming little raindrops under my rainbow and cloud graphic.
Alongside the guestbook were cards where everyone could write their wishes for baby, and then place them into an adorable pink mailbox I found on clearance after Valentine’s day.
The guest of honor’s best friend also set up a Guess Mommy’s Tummy game where guests cut a piece of yarn to the size they thought would fit around the mommy’s waist. Her sweet 4 year old niece ended up being the closest and the consensus was that it was a direct result of how much time she spends hugging the little cousin growing in auntie’s tummy. 🙂
I found some cute watering cans at the Dollar Store and filled them with a fake rose arrangement to use on the food table. The baby’s name will include “Rose” so it seemed fitting. I also did some quick subway art with the phrase “Love makes good things grow”.
The heart and raindrop shaped sugar cookies were baked and decorated by myself. They were a bit time consuming, but I was really happy with the way they looked piled on the small platters throughout the table.
The cupcakes were ordered through Walmart and finished off with cloud shaped toppers I baked out of meringue. They fit perfectly with the theme and I was pleasantly surprised just how darn tasty those Walmart cupcakes were! I normally bake my own, but I might have to keep them in mind for my next party.
The fruit was displayed as a rainbow and served with clouds of white chocolate creamcheese dip from heart shaped bowls I bought at Dollar Tree. I tried to keep to my color scheme and used strawberries, blueberries, red grapes, watermelon balls and fresh pineapple.
One other fun detail I “borrowed” from Pinterest were these tiny umbrella’s from half a round of Babybel cheese and a plastic bendy straw. I had the straws trimmed down ahead of time so it was easy to cut the cheese in half and assemble them right before the party.
I always find shower games tricky so I decided to reuse one of the ideas from my sister’s Elephant themed baby shower. Everyone there seemed to enjoy the baby version of Price is Right, so I decided to revamp my artwork and use it again at this shower.
The printables were designed with the color scheme in mind and I think the best part of the game was watching the momma-to-be try to match the price tags to the right products. She did fairly well, only mixing up a couple of the prices.
It turned out to be a lovely afternoon and I loved the way all my details came together to give a bright pop of color and remind us that Spring and other good things are on the way!
Momma-to-be was beyond spoiled by all her close family and friends and should now be more then ready to welcome that sweet baby girl into the world in the upcoming weeks. I can’t wait to meet her!
To princess dress or not to princess dress? That was the question I faced before heading to Disneyland. We have no shortage of princess dresses to select from, but they are all very delicate and not made of the most comfortable material for a full day of wear. They are also all pretty long and I worried about my daughter tripping or getting caught up on it when getting on rides.
BUT I was also afraid after seeing all the other little girls in the park wearing their Princess dresses that she would be upset. In the past month, she definitely hit the terrible two stage full-on and has become very headstrong if there is something she sees and wants. Before the trip, I downloaded the Disneyland app to my phone and she repeatedly went to the Fantasy Faire section to pull-up the pictures of the princesses to point to the dresses and proclaim “I want dat!”. I know they do sell much better quality dress-up costumes in the parks, but there are still a lot of itchy materials and the length issue to consider.
I ended up getting this lovely Cinderella Deluxe Dress from our local Disney Store and hoped it would be a good enough compromise for my dress obsessed little girl. The bodice is a nice cotton so she was comfortable throughout the day and the skirt portion was short enough that she was not tripping as she ran through the parks and stepped onto the rides. The extra layers at the skirt did make it a bit heavy, but I don’t think my little ‘Rella even noticed.
She was with me when I bought it, but I tucked it away and surprised her with it for our second day in the Disneyland Park when I knew we would be visiting Fantasy Faire. She was so excited and proud to get the dress and she ran/pranced/skipped the entire way from the hotel room to the park that morning.
The dress worked perfectly and the adorable photos of my princess were well worth the cost of the dress. Her faced absolutely beamed every time she was called a princess that day or was told how pretty her dress was! It is better made then most of the dresses in our dress-up our collection so it should stand up to the daily use I know it will get now that we are back from the trip.
For the other days in Disneyland, she was happy to wear her Minnie dress, and her favorite Frozen outfit. The more frills and tulle for my girl, the better! I did have a frilly new Minnie outfit for our last day in the parks, but she insisted on wearing the Cinderella dress for a second day. I think she would have worn it the entire trip given the choice.
How do you deal with princess dresses in the Parks? I figure my little girl will only be little for a short time so I want to embrace this phase as much as I can. Seeing her excitement in the park just made me excited for the next time we go when she will be able to get the full princess experience with a Bibbidy Boppidy Boutique makeover!
Disney Under 3 also shares a great idea to use Princess Dress-Up Aprons on your visit to the parks. I came across this too late to have time to order any this trip, but I will definitely keep this in mind for our next Disney adventure.
My little guy’s love of all things Mario has not faded in the past few months, so when it came time to start planning his 5th birthday he was very confident in what he wanted for his party theme. I grew up playing Mario on original NES and knew it was something I could have a lot of fun with so I was more then happy to go along with his request.
The invite was a simple 5″X7″ single sided card that incorporated a picture of the birthday boy in his Mario costume and the bright graphics seen in the Super Mario video games.
The party ended up being just 4 days after we returned from our Disneyland trip so I had to be organized and do a lot of the decorating and DIY projects before we left.
To try and keep costs down after the trip, we ended up hosting his party in our home this year. I still wanted it to be special so I used it as my motivation to complete some of the half finished projects in the basement and create a fun space for the kids to play during the party.
One big project was the painting of the racetrack on the cement floor. Our house is plenty big enough that we don’t need to finish the basement as another living area, but I did want to make it a fun spot for the kids. I still have touch-ups to complete, but the painted floor makes the basement feel so much more inviting and finished.
The kids each got a Plasma Car for Christmas and they just happened to be red and green so I decided to add on the red Mario “M” and a green “L” for Luigi so the kids could have Kart races during the party. These work great on the cement floor and I will admit to even have taken one for a spin around the newly painted track.
The basement walls were also a blank canvas so I also decided to paint two of them with blue and green and then cut some bush shapes and printed Mario themed figures out of paper to stick overtop. The final additions were large white clouds cut from sheets of foam core and the Mario item boxes I constructed to hang on the wall. It turned out better then I pictured and I love that our basement now looks like something straight out of a video game!
The brick and item boxes on the wall read out “Camden is 5”. These were built from foamcore and contained a fun activity and surprise for the party. I made each box as a separate box with tissue paper access for our guests to punch through and their loot bag items to spill out of.
The loot bag items included K’nex Mario figure mystery bags, Mario themed fruit snacks, chocolate coins, bubble gum tape, finger lasers and some other small Mario candies I found in the Valentine’s section at Dollar Tree. I also gave each guest a card game set as they were leaving.
To collect all the items that spilled out of their punch box, the kids each received one of these mushroom bags I made by gluing a paper mushroom top and eyes to a small paper bag.
For the food table, I used a pre-printed tablecloth and partyware ordered from Birthday Express. The centerpiece block was created from foamcore and I made piranha plants by inserting cut-out paper images into flower pots I picked up at Ikea.
The party started at 1pm so I wanted some light snacks, rather then a full meal. I decided on pizza rolls, pigs in a blanket and other simple kid-friendly finger foods.
One of my favorite food details was the idea I came up with to turn the Babybel cheese into Mario hats.
The firepower veggie platter was easy to put together and a fun way to get some veggies into the kids. Mine included yellow bell pepper, baby carrots, grape tomatoes, celery, broccoli and cucumber. Having now planned quite a few kids parties, I have learned that the cucumber always is the first to go and I make sure to include it in any kind of veggie platter I might be making for kids.
The piranha plant fruit skewers were simple to make and went over well with the kids. I filled my flower pot with honey dew melon balls to stick the skewers into and threaded the grapes and strawberries onto wooden coffee stir sticks so there were no sharp points for the kids to hurt themselves with.
For sweet treats, I had originally intended to make star shaped sugar cookies, but the Rice Krispie treats were easier and still turned out pretty cute once I piped on melted chocolate eyes.
I have become obsessed with meringue cookies and included them on the food table for my last few parties. They are easy to whip up with just a few ingredients and can be piped into a variety of shapes like the clouds I made here.
Chocolate Cadbury Mini Eggs labelled as Yoshi Eggs and gummy bananas with a Donkey Kong label also made for some quick and easy Nintendo themed treats on the table.
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And, of course there was birthday cake! For the cake, I decided to use my giant cupcake pan and try to make a mushroom. I was intending to make the top red, but the birthday boy requested his favorite color green and I didn’t see any good reason to convince him otherwise. To make the white spots on the mushroom top, I simply took my rolling pin to some large marshmallows. It is not perfect, but I was pretty happy with the end result.
One final fun detail were the Hawaiian Punch drink bottles I transformed into Mario, Luigi and Princess Peach with paper labels. They were a hit sipped up through moustache and crown drinking straws. To see more pictures and print your own free bottle labels, please visit my Mario Party Drinks guest post over on Moms and Munchkins.
This was a fun party to plan and I love how excited my boy got over seeing all the small details. I am afraid I am creating a bit of a party monster, though, because as we were food shopping for the party he began picking out items and telling me how I could transform them to fit the theme. “Just add a Luigi hat and me and my friends can have these yogurt drinks at my party!” I absolutely love his enthusiasm and it definitely makes all the planning, painting, crafting and baking worthwhile.
Happy Birthday Camden!
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