Circus Party!

WOW!

talk about posting this late.. ha. her birthday was in april.

it was just one of those posts that i was dreading because i had so many pictures to sift through

and i still ended with a ton.

i never get all the pictures that i want being as i was hosting and trying to get everything together while also taking pictures - so this is the best i took!

 

 

 

 

why are my family & friends so awesome? :)

 

 

the glitter on that "5" was awesome, but i'm STILL finding it in my house and in my window sill.

 

 

 

 

table centerpiece (minus the flowers)

ticket vase.

pictures on every birthday.

 

 

 

 

made this bunting with scraps leftover from the hats

 

 

 

my cotton candy!

it looked so cute.

until it sat out for about 15-20 mins.

and then it melted.

so if you do this - WAIT- until right before you serve it.

 

 

this is a real popper that i found on amazon.

but we used microwave popcorn and then shoved it inside for looks!

used clear packing tape to cover the hole.

 

 

these turned out awesome!

found these cute bags at a little store in Jacksonville, Oregon

and got the others on etsy.

 

 

most of the kids had fun trying this out!

i have a ton of pictures of the kids doing this!

and the dress up photo booth that we had next to it!

 

 

 

 

cut out - photo booth - ball toss

 

 

this was the hit of the party!

darts + balloons

 

 

can knockout!

 

 

our ticket booth!

& noisemakers

rowan loved handing out the tickets.

but she became conflicted when she wanted to start playing the games and didn't know what to do.

my cousin saw her being distraught and told her to go play at her own party!

haha... i thought it was cute - being as she was so excited to actually use the booth that she thought she was playing in there too!

 

 

 

 

 

 

these bags took forever to punch for the peanuts. but worth it. they turned out cute.

even though we had pounds & pounds of peanuts leftover.

apparently someone thought there would be an elephant at the party

 

 

 

the only pic i got of the hot dogs & tator tots with spread.

it turned out awesome.

and i had a great group of assemblers who made it possible to serve hot food!

 

 

kids pie eating contest! that was the cutest part of the party for me.

i loved watching their faces and reactions.

some kids just dug in, others were apprehensive, some tried it and didn't like getting messy.

it was hilarious!

 

 

and of course this was a hit.

pie throwing.

my husband is such a great dad.

willing to have pies thrown at him for her party. i love it.

 

she nailed it.

 

 

adult pie contest.

same goes for this as the kids.

some were apprehensive, some didn't want to get dirty, and some dug right in.

 

 

 

birthday girl & cake

 

 

the lion piñata.

which we almost forgot to do!

 

 

this party turned out amazing. i couldn't have asked for a better time.

other than the melted cotton candy i think it was a blast! and i think that most people had a fantastic time. especially the birthday girl. who ended up playing Merida from Brave for most of her party.

even though she had a super cute circus shirt on... she wanted to be a princess.

it's her party, she can change if she wants to.

ha.

the other day

i had intentions of posting this as "my day"

which was really like 3 weeks ago.

ha.. so much for that.

 

made a cake bunting for my little girl's birthday cake

 

made these awesome cans for our "knockout" game at the carnival party.

used scrapbook paper. paintbrushed on elmer's glue.

printed the labels off of here

 

and read some more of this book.

i'm only halfway through.

and i've already started another book.

why do i always do this? i'm like halfway through 5 books..

and 2 of them are library books. oy.

DIY Circus Party Supplies

i've been putting together some more quick decor for the circus party!

That is now a week away! aahhh.. where has the time gone?

 

 

i found these felt hats at the dollar tree!

i just used elmer's glue and added some glitter.

i'll be hanging these up somewhere for decoration.

 

this is a "5" cardboard cutout. thankfully bubba had ordered a bike through amazon so we had some huge cardboard pieces here!

just painted on glue and dumped on the glitter.

at first, i was shaking the glitter around and i found that i got better coverage if i took my hand and spread it around. it was faster even though at the end my hand was covered in glitter and glue

 

and these adorable hats.

my love hate relationship with them.

i love them. i use the template here.

cute. but oh man did i struggle at first.

i did get to catch up on some shows on my DVR while i attempted to assemble these bad boys.

who would have thought it would be so difficult to take a piece of paper and stick it in a slit. oy.

 

now i get to make a few more, being as today was the cut off RSVP day... yay me!

Circus party supplies

Bubba took the week off last week from work. And during the week we noticed that his windshield got a huge crack across it. so while we were waiting for the windshield to be replaced we ran over to party city and grabbed some supplies for the upcoming partay!

 

we found this super cute lion pinata. we figured it's way too small for all of our goodies but we couldn't justify spending $35 on the bigger pinata. this one was only $15. yay!

so bubba thought we would just throw the extra out once the pinata was broken.

 

i finally found some mustard and ketchup bottles that i was looking for, at a pretty price from a party store, but it was one of the things i really wanted.

and we found this great section of circus supplies, but it was for a 1st birthday. boo!

i did manage to get these cute cutouts that i will attach to a wall or some of the game setups. there are a couple of them that have "I'm ONE" or something, but we will just put a five there or not use that one.

 

i'm so excited about these! i found all of these from oriental trading!

gummy lips and gummy moustaches. love them!

and finger tattoos! these will either go inside of the water balloons that we are filling up for the dart game or to go with the face painting table.. not sure yet.

 

and these suckers. oh my!! they are SO cute! i just love them.

i'm so glad i ordered them.

who needs animal crackers when you can have animal suckers?!

 

these are some of the goodies that we picked up for the pinata.

it was so fun to be able to pick out from their assortment all of the ones that we thought were fun!

 

and lastly, for now, our noise makers!! instead of the traditional noise makers or party blowers, we went with lip whistles and these other things that are whirly and twirly and loud!

 

as this party nears, i'm getting excited, but overwhelmed with what is left to do.

rowan is very excited for this party and so am i!

 

*All photos are from my iphone.

DIY Circus Party Supplies

This past week I got some party supplies done for little miss' carnival/circus party!

 

I got some ideas/inspiration from pinterest! love it.

 

 

 

these are .99 frames from ikea with scrapbook paper

i'm going to put labels in them such as "hot dogs" or "cotton candy"

 

these are pieces of cardboard cut and painted red.

hand painted the letters.

and glue with glitter!

 

these bags were my sister's idea and we made them together with kraft paper

cut, tape and used some fancy scissors.

washi tape and a little baker's twine.

these will be used for the plastic silverware for cake and ice cream.

 

 

 

 

These are white lunchbags that I punched with the marth stewart edger.

these will be used for whole peanuts at the party!

 

only a little over a month left to finish planning this party.

lots to do!

Welcome to Candyland!

Did you bring your sweet tooth?

We had such an amazing time at our daughter's 4th birthday party! I love putting together parties and I only wish that I could have made more of my ideas (with the help of Pinterest, of course) come to life.

but none-the-less we all had a great time, especially the birthday girl!

Welcome to Candyland!

I loved this entrance! I thought that it was so fun to decorate the front of the house. To be able to give all the party guests a a great big welcome of candyland!

I got the idea of the entrance to use the posterboard walkway and the balloons with cellophane from a Parents magazine that I read forever ago. Super cute.

This is the candy display I made. I had been working on it for.ev.er.

I had some other ideas planned, like hanging the characters from the candy associated with them. Like Princess Frostine to Sno Drops and Jolly to the Dots.

but no time.

I also made these awesome cupcakes. bubblegum and cotton candy.

uber sweet, but super delicious.

Have I mentioned that my husband is amazing? He built this fabulous lemonade stand for our daughter while he was home on r&r. he's amazing.

and i got to use it for the party. perfecto.

I saw these super cute pompoms on Pinterest and just knew that I had to make them for her party.

It was so easy and I will definitely be making them again for another party sometime.

I'm not going to lie.. they are still hanging in my dining room. Even though the party was over a week ago.

must take them down. they're just too cute.

I also made the bunting. our of burlap. easy peasy.

Again, my husband is amazing. while he was in afghanistan he asked the lady who makes the maps if she could blow up some candyland images.

and she did. on her own time. SOOO nice. I love it when people are nice.

and the hubby carried them in a cardboard tube all the way home. did i mention that he was traveling from afghanistan and it takes a week! i know. amazing.

so we played pin the lollipop on lolly.

we cut out some crown strips from brown paper bags and some of the kiddos made crowns.

they turned out so cute!

rainbow bowling.

idea from pinterest.

my cake.

i decided last minute to make a cake to look like the board game.

i had been debating what i was going to do for her cake being as she wanted a cake and cupcakes because that's what i did for her party last year.

i know. expectations. geez.

people tell me i do it to myself.

don't mind the craziness.

i took this picture after the party was over.

i realized i had forgotten to take a picture of my trees and flowers.

i felt i needed to because i spent so much time on them.

so i had my gumball tree and my lollipop tree.

and the gumball flowers of course.

birthday girl.

she thinks she's pretty cool now that's a big 4 year old and all.

we also had a pinata and did a licorice game. super fun party. would do it over again in a second.

happy birthday to my baby girl, miss rowan!