WINTER SNOWMAN PARTY

A whimsical Winter Wonderland~Snowman Party was designed by Candace, of Lillypaul Designs. With pops of red, blue, pink, and purple, this party shimmers with happy little handmade snowmen leading the way on the dessert table- which included dipped Oreo Snowman Pops, pink snowballs, snowball cake bites, snow covered pretzels, snowflake sugar cookies, and a homemade snowflake cake! Wow- that ‘s a lot of SNOW!

I keep calling the snow people “snowmen”, but they are actually snowGIRLS made especially for the birthday girl! Each held the sign telling what the desserts were~

Icy blue rock candy “glaciers” were also served~

I love the striped pattern that Candace used to tie it all together!

Hot cocoa helped the guests warm up in all of the snow!

And, guests went home with bags of Homemade “Cuddle-Up Cocoa”…with labels that said, “Thank you SNOW much for coming!” on the back.

How CUTE, Candace! Thank you for sharing this Winter Wonderland Party full of great and easy ideas!

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Party Favor Labels by Little Sprout Creations

Cookies- Walt’s Bakery

Categories: Girl Parties, Party Themes

Tagged: Snowman, Winter Wonderland Party

outdoor mexican fiesta table for birthday party

CAMILLE’S FIESTA ~ MEXICAN THEME BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS

Celebrating your birthday with a Mexican Fiesta is a sure way to have a great time! My daughter and several of her friends had a ball with all of the bright colors and (hopefully) vivid memories of a beautiful party day full of fun! Planning all of the party ideas and details was loads of fun- although we don’t claim to have everything authentically perfect- this is our take on a party that combines Mexican birthday party ideas with a young girl’s likes and wishes! For instance, we know hedgehogs don’t hail from Mexico- but when she fell in love with a festive-looking hedgehog at a local shop, we decided the hedgehog would make a perfectly fun party favor! So read on and enjoy- and hopefully you will find an idea or two that you can use for a Mexican-themed party or even a Cinco de Mayo celebration, too- and inspiration to incorporate ideas that make your party perfectly-suited for the birthday child!

LILLY PULITZER CAKE DECORATING FLAMINGO BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS

There is nothing like the bright colors and happy prints of Lilly Pulitzer to make every day feel like a party! For my daughter’s 12th birthday party, she wanted to decorate cakes~ Lilly-style! So, in order to decide how to mesh the two, I kept thinking “if Lilly had a cake shop instead of a juice stand”… I have to admit, this was one fun party to plan! It is a blast to see where ideas go in the hands of a TWEEN! Enjoy and remember, “…being happy never goes out of style!”.

LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE PARTY

What began as a simple gesture to introduce my daughter to a wonderful book series has become a special evening ritual for us- reading Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House books! I must admit, I didn’t realize quite how interesting these books would be to her, but she cannot wait to read all nine in the series. It was only fitting that her birthday party focus around Little House on the Prairie! Together, we had a ball planning all of the details of her party that related to the books in some way. At Camille’s request, we focused on some of her favorite parts of the stories… prairie flowers, covered wagons, tee pees, the colors in the drawings of the books, and “pretty”…because “Ma” liked things to be pretty!

Birthday Party Ideas for a Teen- How to Celebrate a TEEN

Wow! My daughter turned into a teen! Sometimes it can be tricky to decide what to do to celebrate this milestone. I wanted to share with you some ideas that may help if you want to mark the occasion but also keep it low-key. At first, my daughter wanted to have a very large sleepover to celebrate. I loved it that she wanted to include everyone she knew, but laughed at the thought of trying to corral close to 30 tweens and teens! So, I told her she could have a little, bitty, teeny sleepover and her “real” party could be bubble soccer (which she had been begging to do at this huge sleepover she was planning ). So, realizing the play on words with a “teeny” party, we went with the TEENY theme and used as many miniature things as we could. It was such a fun theme and the ideas could go on forever…but this is what we decided on for her teeny, little sleepover.