Rainbow Unicorn Birthday Party

Honey Pot and Sweet E's birthdays are just a week apart. With family traveling in from out of town, we decided to have them share their themed party this year. Honey Pot first had some friends join her at a local skate park, then family followed us back home for this little celebration. Since unicorns are all the rage for young tweens, and Sweet E is obsessed with colors, this was the perfect shared theme for them!

Decorations

I had nearly every color of streamers leftover from other parties, so I made a simple rainbow background on the mantle, with some clouds that I cut out of poster board for a banner. I also scored this sweet rainbow unicorn balloon on clearance at Michaels.

Here are the birthday girls in their matching dresses that I found at Target. And there was a simple welcome sign taped to the door, but I didn't take a close-up pic of it.

Unicorn headbands for all! Found on Amazon.

The Food

Coming from the skate park, we kept the food pretty simple. I made a few things in advance, and we just ordered pizza for dinner. But here is a rainbow fruit platter I arranged.

Some homemade chocolate cake pops, which were to die for!! Recipe from my go-to baking blog, Sally's Baking Addiction.

And I also made a unicorn cake (don't tell, but I totally cheated with a box mix).

And have a look inside!

And you can't have a rainbow party without Skittles:

The plates and napkins were in theme, and I made water bottle labels.

Not pictured, we also had pizza and chips with dip.

The Party Activities

First, we had our classic balloon pop. There were rainbow unicorns hidden in four of the balloons. There was a tack taped behind each balloon, so the kids only had to throw bean bags at them to pop them.

Here is Honey Pot, mid-game.

Rainbow lollipops for the winners!

Pin the Horn on the Unicorn

I don't have pictures, but we purchased this set on Amazon that matched our theme.

Rainbow Color Throw

We participated in a Color Run several years ago, and it was just a ton of fun. I had the idea that the kids needed to get colorful during this party. So we provided a white tee shirt from Michaels for each of the kids. And they ran around the backyard, as the adults shot color powder at them with squeeze bottles. The kids had SO MUCH FUN getting messy and colorful. It was a bit chaotic, and the adults ended up covered in powder too, but I would do it again in a heartbeat. And, with so much leftover powder, we can! 90% of the powder brushed off of our clothes easily before we walked inside.

After the bottles had been emptied, we gave each of the kids a handful of powder, so we could do a color throw picture. I think I'll frame it. 💗

Thanks for looking at our latest party! It was small, but special. 😊

Winnie the Pooh Birthday Party!

Little M&M had a Winnie the Pooh party this year! He wore a shirt I made for him for our Disney World trip six months ago, using iron-on transfer paper.

He's just obsessed with Winnie the Pooh! He has dozens of Pooh books, and he reads them every night before bed. We tried to keep the party simple this year. Take a look at what we did:

Decorations

I used a couple yellow lanterns to make bee hives. I printed the bees onto cardstock, cut them out and taped them onto the lanterns. We also used our seemingly never-ending roll of craft paper to make some trees, and leftover green crepe paper to make the leaves.

I painted a flower pot to represent Pooh's honey pot, and filled it with honey sticks (found on Amazon). The honey sticks would then be passed out as prizes after the party games. They were a huge hit, with kids and adults alike. I was so surprised at how they hoarded them!

I hung a banner that I found for free at Bugboo City. And I also painted some wooden letters from Michaels to look like Pooh characters. Little M&M loved this, and has them up in his room now.

So here are all of those details from afar, complete with a Hundred Acre Wood sign I taped up there.

And finally, I created this open book in Photoshop Elements, and hung it on the front door to welcome our guests. I tried to make the text float across the page, as it often does in the original. Chapter Seven, obviously, because Little M&M was celebrating his seventh birthday!

The Food

Before we get to the food, let me first show you the tablecloth we made to look like dripping honey! Super cute, and all we did was cut out a yellow tablecloth and lay it onto a red one.

Tigger Tails - Cheetos.

Eeyore's House (some assembly required) - Pretzel Sticks

Rabbit's Garden Veggies - assorted vegetables with a yummy dip.

Piglet's in a Blanket

Owl's Wings - two types of chicken wings, honey garlic and buffalo.

Kanga and Roo's Tails - large subs from the deli.

Heffalump Droppings - Little M&M's three favorite types of cookies: chocolate crinkles, iced oatmeal and mini M&M.

And finally, Pooh's Punch. And I don't have a close-up picture, apparently, but as you can see in the punch picture below, I also made Pooh water bottle labels!

The Party Activities

The first activity was to guess how many Haycorns (this is what Piglet calls acorns) were in the jar. The person who guessed the closest won an Amazon gift card.

The next activity was a type of scavenger hunt. Little M&M loves math of all kinds, so I incorporated it into this scavenger hunt. Each child received this checklist with the answers, and they had to go and find each of the equations, hidden on honey pots around the house.

For example, when they find this honey pot, they can check off the 160 honey pot!

Little M&M loved this game. It was quite a challenge for our little party-goers, but no one gave up, and they all received honey sticks upon completion!

We printed a little game of Pin the Tail on Eeyore from Disney Family.

This game is always a lot of laughs; the kids were hilarious playing this.

And our last game is one we've been playing at most of our birthday parties, a balloon pop! We placed pictures of heffalumps and woozles into four balloons, and the kids had to pop the balloons to find them. Anyone who found them received honey sticks. Of course we played the song from our phone while the game went on.

We used craft paper and green balloons for this game to make a tree, because the heffalumps and woozles were hiding in the Hundred Acre Wood. As always, we taped tacks to the wall behind each balloon, and had the kids toss bean bags at them to pop them. Love this kid-friendly way to play!

The kids stood farther back, but here is Sweet E having a try. She loves Pooh too!

Little M&M mid-game, running up to see if he found a heffalump or woozle.

Thanks for stopping by to see our party!

Disney Safari Party!

For Sweet E's first birthday, we had a safari party with a Disney twist! How did we arrive at this theme? Well here's a little background information:

Honey Pot and Little M&M traded in their birthday parties and presents, in exchange for an upgrade to our Disney World vacation taking place later this year. (Experiences over gifts, for the win!) So with the money that would have gone toward parties, we were able to change our reservation from a value resort to the Animal Kingdom Lodge, with a savanna view. With the money that would have gone toward gifts, we bought tickets to Mickey's Not-So-Scary-Halloween Party! I am so proud of them for making this decision. It's going to be incredible! So Sweet E's party theme pays homage to them, and the amazing adventure that awaits us.

Now, let's talk about the party details!

The Outfit

I purchased a safari dress for Sweet E from Etsy. Please excuse where I blurred out her name.

Look at that cute little ruffle bottom! Could you just stay this small and sweet for a little longer, baby?

The Decorations

We kept it fairly simple and budget-friendly, using green streamers and craft paper that we already had on hand to create jungle vines. We also purchased cheap safari hats for each of our young guests, and wrapped them with animal print ribbon from the craft store.

The high chair for the birthday girl, containing animal print balloons and a banner!

Add a stuffed animal with a cute safari hat nearby...

And a clever welcome sign on the front door!

The Food

All food labels came free from Printable Treats, and they just fit the theme perfectly!

First up, The Watering Hole water bottles!

 

And one of our favorite drinks at Disney World comes from Tusker House in Animal Kingdom, called Jungle Juice. It is made from equal parts passion fruit juice, orange juice and guava juice and is SO good. It also goes by the name POG juice at other Disney restaurants. So we served up a great big bowl of that as well!

Crocodile Eggs.

Tiger Tails.

And we cut up a large sub to look like a giant snake! I think it came out awesome!

Lion Hummus. We also dumped a bunch of pretzel thins around the carrots once this was served.

A spinach salad we called Giraffe Food.

We also served up some Buffalo (chicken) Dip. A favorite snack when hosting.

It's not the greatest picture, but here is Grub. Some slivered up hot dogs meant to look like worms, which we warmed in the crock-pot for the kids.

And I don't have a pic of the chocolate fondue, but here is the dipper part of our Mud Bath food. We dipped pound cake, bananas and strawberries into a yummy chocolate fondue!

The Activities

Giant Coloring Page

I printed a coloring page at Staples that was 3'x4' and it was the best thing ever! What a simple party activity for kids of all ages! Before sending it in to be printed, I added a little birthday message to the top of the coloring page.

It was such a great thing for kids (and adults!) to do throughout the party. They even left personal birthday greetings around the border of the coloring page. We hung it up in Sweet E's room after the party, and she loves to point out all the animals!

Animal Tail Stomp

We had extra animal print balloons, and tied a string to them with a clothespin at the end. The kids each got a balloon tail, and had to pop everyone else's! The person with their tail still in tact at the end was the winner!

It was a wild scene!

Jungle Vine Limbo

A classic game, we made a limbo stick out of twisted craft paper. The kids had a blast!

Safari Scavenger Hunt

This was the big activity of the day! I created a checklist in Photoshop Elements, and printed one for each kid.

Then we hid that number of animals outside in the yard.

Unfortunately it was a rainy day, but that didn't stop us! It just made it a bigger adventure! My husband made ponchos out of garbage bags, and the kids went out on safari! They searched high and low for all the animals!

They had SO MUCH FUN. I think the rain made it even more exciting for them.

Photo Op

I made a collection of photo op props in Photoshop Elements, and attached them to skewers. Isn't it just the cutest? These just scream Disney Safari party!

For the photo, I purchased a cardboard jeep on Amazon, and created a jungle backdrop behind it.

Here's Honey Pot giving it a whirl.

  

And later, Little M&M joined her. All the kids (and even some adults!) enjoyed posing for funny photos throughout the party. We got some great pics!

Party Favors

I kept the party favors simple this year, with some assorted animal print items I found at party stores and on Amazon. The animal print sunglasses, though, were a favorite with all the kids! Super cute!

Hope you enjoyed our Disney Safari Party! We had a blast!