Mia spent the last 5 months planning her birthday party.  She had so many ideas/themes that finally I told her to narrow it down to 4.  She decided she wanted a Peppa Pig, fairy, princess, and yellow party, so that's exactly what we did.  Each theme had a designated room and purpose.  I think the planning may have been just as fun as the actual party. : )

Mia and her Peppa Pig cake.  She told me exactly how to decorate this.  If you haven't seen Peppa Pig, search for it on YouTube.  It's the cutest show from the UK.

Mia's 4th birthday was extra special because Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Cody, and Uncle Colton surprised her a couple days before her party.  Mia just giggled when she saw them; it was a pretty cute moment.

The princess room.  We set up our cardboard castle and other princess themed toys to give the kiddos something to play with.  The kids decorated princess crowns, which they all seemed to enjoy.

   

Peppa Pig room.  Since Peppa Pig is from the UK, I couldn't find much for decorations so I be creative.  Luckily, the characters are pretty simple so I drew life-size pictures of them to hang on the wall.

I also found some cute printables on the Peppa Pig website.

Peppa loves muddy puddles so we had muddy puddles all over the floor.

The fairy room.  We used the foyer as the fairy room, which is where we put the food table.  The party was at 10am so we served brunch.  We had a variety of muffins with fairy tooth picks, fresh fruit, and egg bake.

I bought fairy wings at the dollar tree for all of the little ones.  Mia picked out the flowers and vases and put them on the table. : )  I made the tissue paper flowers on the wall and followed this tutorial- Giant Tissue Paper Flower Tutorial

The yellow room.  We simply decorated our formal dining area with lots of fun, yellow decorations.  

I loved that Mia wanted my help blowing out her candles.

What a fun day!

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I was inspired by Happy Mommy Box to have a Thanksgiving themed playdate.  It was such a great opportunity to get together with some of my favorite friends (and their amazing kiddos).  I hope each momma left feeling appreciated because I am SO thankful for everyone that came.  I wish I got more/better pictures but things got busy with 7 moms and 12 kids!

link to printables

Each mom got a bag of Lindor truffles as a party favor.

Turkey snack cups filled with mini pretzels.  

Even though I served lunch, the kiddos loved having a little snack when they first arrived.

I found a Thanksgiving paper tablecloth at Walmart for the kid's table.

Turkey fruit platter.

Oatmeal cookies and acorn cookies for dessert.

Each momma made their child this adorable turkey themed lunch!  I cut everything ahead of time, which made it super easy to assemble.

I made egg bake, broccoli salad, and fruit for the moms.

The lighting was horrible in my kitchen but here are pictures of the simple turkey activity the kids made.

Happy Thanksgiving!!

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Miss Mia turns 3 tomorrow but we celebrated her birthday with a Minnie party on Saturday. I really tried to keep the party budget friendly and we kept the guest list small so it wasn't so overwhelming for Mia.  

We turned the foyer into Mia's Bow-tique that included dress-up clothes, a basket full of bows, a basket with Minnie ears (for the guest's to keep) and a mirror.  I also set up an activity table that had Minnie coloring sheets and paper bows for the little ones to decorate with stickers and sequins.  I decorated the wall with paper plate Minnie silhouettes that I made by simply stapling small, black paper plates to a large, black paper plate and then taped on a bow that I made using pink ribbon. 

Link to printable paper bows

Link to Minnie coloring sheets

The dress-up clothes and bows were ours but I bought Minnie ears from the Disney store for each little girl (since I only needed 5, I decided to buy them instead of making them.)

Mia picked out the banner (even though I told her that I wanted to make one) so we personalized it by adding white circle stickers to the letters.  We also added white circle stickers to the pink cups (see below).

Streamers and balloons are a cost effective way to make a big impact.

I made Oreo Minnie cookies and packaged some for the adults to take home as party favors.

Link to directions

The link is directions to make Mickey cookies. I bought pink melting candy instead of red and put some of the melted candy in a zip-loc bag (make a very small hole in the corner to squeeze the melted candy through) to make the bows.  I did find it easier to attach the ears before dipping the Oreo in the chocolate.  Also, I could only get the ears to stay on the pink Berry Burst Oreos.  I don't know if they had more filling than the original Oreos, but the original Oreos kept breaking.

The beautiful birthday girl!!  I found her Minnie dress at Wal-mart.

Sweet, sweet, sisters!

I put Mickey shaped animal crackers (from Costco) in metal pails (that I bought at Target for Naomi's birthday) to have on the tables but the girls decided to carry them around for a pre-party snack.

This is the best picture I have of my best buddies, Emily and Hillary.  We kept the menu simple with kale salad, fruit and pizza.

Joe was on tattoo duty.  : )

I made the same cake that my mom made me when I turned 3 and I was very happy with how it turned out.  Mia was a little embarrassed when we sang, "happy birthday" but did blow out her candles after I offered some help.

 Mia with her best buddies (and her gift from Grandpa Jones that she was very excited about).

Naomi cuddling with her daddy.

 

The girls decorating the paper bows and playing dress-up.  

At the end of the night, the girls got a little crazy (check out Mia's new heels)!! 

Mia and her friends had so much fun at her party and I think the adults did as well. : )

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