Monday, September 10, 2012

Delightful Decor

I'm finally getting the last of Landon's 1st birthday party posted!

Now its all about the baby Mickey Mouse decorations and activities.

First lets start with the Mickey Mouse party hats! I just got normal party hats and got black foam and then hot glued them on. There was one for every guest it was pretty funny to see the grandparents wearing them.

*Tip* To get rid of hot glue strings just use a blow dryer.
Not only were there party hats for every guest I made a craft table so everyone could decorate their own party hat. It was a huge hit among the kids and even a few of the adults had fun with it.
 One of my friends finished products.
Now lets talk centerpieces. 
I started with a square box and then I printed out baby Mickey Mouse designs from the web and I cut a bigger Mickey Mouse on this side to make it stand out a little bit more.



Then on this side it was just the size of the box and used ribbon to kind of clean up the edges. 
(I think I should have used something else but I didn't feel like going back to the store again.) 
 Then as a finishing touch I just added some baby Mickey Mouse balloons and some tissue paper. Nothing extravagant it was pretty cheap and simple. I'm also thinking of taking the paper off and using the boxes in the future so I don't just throw them away. 

Lastly I have the favor bags. I made Minnie Mouse colors for the girl bags and Mickey Mouse color for the boy bags and filled them with squirt guns because it was really hot and some bubbles and other fun crafts as well as some animal crackers.
Hope you enjoyed my party decorations! 

If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!

Sunday, September 2, 2012

Tasty Treats

Sorry it's been awhile since my last post things got pretty hectic as my sons party drew near and then after the chaos still trying to get my house back to normal! Parties are really fun to plan and put every thing together but the cleaning up process... not so much. Any who I'm going to go ahead and show you some of the tasty treat I made with the help of my wonderful friends!


This was one of the first things we made and we crushed up Oreo's for the topping on top of some whipped topping then stuck mini Oreo's on tooth picks and used them as the ears. I forgot to take a picture of just one but you can kind of get the idea. They were super yummy! I used these instead of a big sheet cake. 

 I was originally going to make little Mickey Mouse head cheesecake pops and they were not cooperating so this is what I ended up with. Strawberry cheesecake pops dipped in blue chocolate and even though they didn't turn out how I wanted they still tasted really good!


 These were the biggest hit of the entire party! They were extremely sweet though so I should have made them smaller because they were huge. All we did was make a batch of rice crispies and dipped the top in blue chocolate! Super easy!

 While all of my other friends and I were decorating the sweets my amazing friend Lauren created this little master piece! A Mickey Mouse watermelon bowl!

My son's smash cake! None of us are that great at writing on cakes and it also started melting but he didn't care!

This was the table with all of the lunch stuff as well as some other munchies. 
(My house is currently under construction so don't mind the mess behind the table... lol)

Our make your own sandwich 3 tier display.

I will post all of the decorations and party activities in my next blog post!