Here is how I made my own DIY Bluey Party using only Small Businesses. This was such the simple party I needed to really have the time to celebrate time with my child. Here is how you can throw your own simple Bluey party while supporting small Businesses.

This post will be an overall summary of what went into making the party come to life. If you have questions or want me to go into more detail on specifics, let me know in the comments and I would be happy to make a blog all about it. There will be another post showing where I got everything for the party so you can find it too.

Decorations

Backdrop

Welcome to my simple fun DIY Bluey Party, Small Business edition. I decided to throw my son a simple pool party at our community pool this year (Mostly to keep everyone healthy, 2021 you know) and I wanted to showcase some other small businesses in the process! Lets start with the backdrop. Since this was a quick set up at a public pool I opted for easy set up and take down. I actually created this water effect for my DIY Bioshock party set up and it worked great for this set up too! I topped the top with blue dollar tree pom-poms. Check out this amazing Banner from MamamadeAU on etsy. This is their “For real life Happy Birthday Banner”, is it not the cutest!

Party Table

The party table was kept simple to show off all the cute things from the small businesses I supported. You can see the most adorable party hats I have ever beheld from MamamadeAU. The table held blue plates (duh) and a simple blue table cloth, capable of getting wet, so close to a pool with kids.

Table Decorations

Anyone else have these super cute plushies from the official Bluey Collection? We found ours at Target and couldn’t resist getting them for his birthday.

My Centerpiece

This giant Bluey didn’t make it to the party because I was afraid she would get all wet in the pool but she made an appearance at his 2 year old photoshoot with Lalalu Photography.

Food

My DIY Bluey Party Menu:

Keeping the kids happy and my menu simple I just included cupcakes and had the party between meals (3-5pm).

I got the best cupcakes from Publix of course in Orange (Bingo) and Blue (Bluey) Colors. I found the most amazing cupcake liners from Celestia Digital Shop. They have so many popular shows available as Printables in their Etsy shop. These particular ones are of Bingo and Blueys’ faces as a wrapper. They also included the tails in the printable! Adorable! I didn’t add them to mine because I was afraid of what a bunce of 2 year old’s would do with them. This file also included 12 printable cupcake toppers of some of the popular characters of the show.

Artwork & Invites:

My Party invitations were purchased from MamamadeAU with the most adorable graphics! They have tons of images to choose from including this cute little Bluey cake. Here was my invitation! look at how Adorable!

DIY Favors & Gifts:

Favors:

Favors was probably my favorite part, Other then the Bluey hats! You can find these Bluey and Bingo favor bags at MamamadeAU. They are a super easy printable to put together. I filled each one with lots of Bluey themed goodies from MamamadeAU too. Including a Feather Wand, Thank you Tag, Sticky Gecko, a Keepy Uppy Balloon and I thank you Stickered Lollypop. Check out all the other goodies they have available in their shop!

 Fashion

When searching for a Bluey themed outfit that could also work for my Bluey themed pool party I ran to Etsy for something handmade of course! I found Golden Cactus Tutus on Etsy. They were able to quickly put together this brother and sister look for my DIY Bluey party. Don’t they look adorable!

Thank you so much for joining me for my DIY Bluey Birthday Party Small Business Edition. Let me know in the comments if you are planning a Bluey Party. Did my ideas help you out? I sure hope so! Photos were taken by Lalalu Photography! I love them! Please follow her on social media and love her as much as I do.

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Hello everyone! Welcome to my DIY Kingdom Hearts Party blog! You can find all the printables in my shop or as a bundle on Etsy! Keep reading to see how I put my own party together on a super tight budget!

This post will be an overall summary of what went into designing and making the party come to life. If you have questions or want me to go into more detail on specifics, let me know in the comments and I would be happy to make a blog all about it. There will be another post showing where I got everything for the party so you can find it too.

Decorations

Backdrop

Channeling my inner Kingdom Hearts was so much fun with this backdrop. Looking to the video game Kingdom Hearts my favorite world was Alice in Wonderland so I included checkerboard in my background with this fabric sheet. The Kingdom Hearts Alphabet Banner got a bit too lost in the checkerboad so I topped it with a light blue plastic table cloth to block out the banners. The Topper of my background is curtained black table cloth with my favorite gold table runner. The bottom banner is my favorite one so far, Its my Kingdom Hearts Keyblade Banner. Each key was hand drawn by me and I am in love.

You can also find this Kingdom Hearts Heart Topper Printable for your Kingdom Hearts Party right here for free

Party Table

Welcome to my super simple Kingdom Hearts table. The same background checkboard fabric covered my party table. Adding this glitter red table runner brought in a bit of the Queen of hearts I was looking for in my Kingdom Hearts Party. I had to add my white rabbit vase on the left and Mirror tray full of tea cups on the right. I had a lot of fun with this set up and I hope you find Inspiration from my ideas for your own Kingdom Hearts Party.

My Centerpiece

The Kingdom Hearts Party show stopper is this beautiful cake from Jaime’s Cakes of Ocoee FL. It quite literally made the table complete. Can also spot my Heartless Favor bags in the center of the table? These printable Favor Bags make a fun little addition to the party.

Food

Meet my Kingdom Hearts Party Cupcakes! These delicious cupcakes are from Publix. Half have Navy icing and the other Half Black icing, each cupcake is circled with gold sprinkles. I topped each cupcake with a little Kingdom Hearts Character Cupcake Toppers and Placed them in Keyblade Cupcake Liners.

DIY Kingdom Hearts Party Menu:

• Kingdom Hearts Cupcakes (Publix)
• Kingdom Hearts Cake- Jaime’s Cakes Jaime’s Cakes | Facebook
• Paopu Fruit mini Cakes – Pound cake stars filled with lemon filling topped with a sage leaf
• Macaroons
• Sea salt Popsicles
• Alice Tea

Artwork & Invites:

All the artwork was created by me to show off for this Party Set up and everything is printable and available in my shop or as a bundle on my Etsy.

Kingdom Hearts Party Supplies

Custom Printable: Invitation & Thank you Card 

Kingdom Hearts Art Prints

Etsy Party Bundle

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Here is how I made my own DIY Invader Zim Party. My Invader Zim Party was super easy to put together (while I was on Quarantine) and very affordable!

This post will be an overall summary of what went into designing and making the party come to life. If you have questions or want me to go into more detail on specifics, let me know in the comments and I would be happy to make a blog all about it. There will be another post showing where I got everything for the party so you can find it too.

Decorations

Backdrop

Invader Zim was one of my favorite Cartoons from my childhood! I loved watching Zim and Gir challenge themselves to take over the world! I decided to use the space tapestry from my doctor who party to set the scene. I pinned pink and green (Dollar Tree) balloons and tissue paper puffs to the top of the tapestry making it look spacey. I layered on my gold Star Banner, also from my Doctor Who Party (Wish) to finished off the top. My favorite party of the background was my custom font Invader Zim Banner. It was simple but effective in giving off the overall ascetic I was looking for.

Party Table

Working from the Bottom up my DIY Invader Zim Party table scape was small but effective and SO EASY! anyone could DIY this is a matter of Minutes. I started with a hot pink rectangle tablecloth from Dollar Tree. I used a thick sharpie to add Zim Stripes to the table cloth along the creases. I topped the table off with a silver and gold star sequins. Simple yet effective.

Table Decorations

My table decor is a fun collection of Invader Zim Inspired items that I either bought from Dollar Tree or had on hand. Everything was printable or had a purpose. From the right, I found these adorable clear party containers, that I filled with “purple things” and followed by “food holders”. I am experimenting with large cutouts being added to my party line. If your interested in these for other parties just message me. Up next I used my own green flowers to add some floral to the table, but I topped them off with pink and green bloom bows from Dollar Tree. Next I placed a bunch of “Space Lollies” in another clear Dollar Tree party container. Very Simple and fun design.

Moving on to the show stopper. The “Poop-cakes” cupcakes. The cupcakes turned out so bright and colorful that they brought the set up together! I must say that they really made my Invader Zim cupcake topper and Invader Zim Cupcake wrappers really stand out and steal the show.

Food

DIY Invader Zim Party Menu:

• Poop-cakes (strawberry cupcakes with green Cream Cheese Icing
• Taco Bar
• Space Lollies
• “Purple things” aka grapes

Other foods you can try: Pizza, Waffles, and Nachos.

Artwork & Invites:

All the artwork was created by me to show off for this Party Set up and everything is printable and available in my shop or as a bundle on my Etsy.

Alphabet Banner . Cupcake Liners . Cupcake Toppers . Food Tents. Character Cutouts.

Custom Printable: Invitation & Thank you Card 

Thank you so much for joining me for my Invader Zim Birthday Party. Let me know in the comments if you are planning a Invader Zim Party. Did my ideas help you out? I sure hope so! 

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How I Created a Magical Totoro DIY Party!
Ever since I conceived my daughter, I hoped she would fall in love with the magic of Studio Ghibli just as I did. Studio Ghibli is a Japanese film making company who turns stories into art, displayed through animations that are loved by all ages. Before my daughter was born, my husband and I were blessed to visit the Studio Ghibli Museum in Mitaka, Japan, where I even purchased a stuffed animal Totoro that my daughter now enjoys. I knew that by age two she would be able to recognize her favorite movie characters, and I began planning… a Totoro party would be a big hit, for her, me, and guests alike!

Food (100% Vegan)

Our Family is Vegan

Our family is vegan — baby too! So we would never want to serve animal products at an event we are hosting. After checking a few locally owned vegan restaurants, we opted for something cheaper, easier, and something that would be familiar to our guests. Chipotle has great options for vegans, and their party takeout was stellar! I ordered online a few days in advance, and my husband picked the food up about thirty minutes before party time.

We offered a taco bar to our guests with corn, flour, and hard shell tortillas, black beans, pinto beans, chopped lettuce, sauteed fajita veggies, brown rice, spanish rice, and salsa. My mom actually prepared the spanish rice herself, just so we had enough to share. We had about 20 guests, but ordered for 15, and had so much leftover we ate Chipotle for five days straight! It was very affordable. The catering containers from Chipotle are also dishwasher/microwave safe. We kept them afterwards!

Using themed cookie cutters is such an easy way to add more flair to your party! For my daughter’s party I found Totoro, Calcifer, and a Kodama cookie cutters to use on Etsy. My Nanna’s Christmas cookies were always something I looked forward to most at Christmas time. Since her original recipe wasn’t vegan, I simply replaced the egg with a flax egg and the cookies turned out exactly the same. These Ghibli cookies were an easy treat to make, and a hit with my family who remembered Nanna’s recipe, but any sugar cut-out cookie recipe will work.

Two additional sides we offered were Abe’s Vegan Mini Muffins, which I picked up from Whole Foods, and fruit. I topped each muffin with a Ghibli Cupcake topper to put them over the top! For her cake, we contacted local bakery Miss Chickpeas and placed an order for a two tier vanilla cake. They asked for a theme, and I told them ‘flowers’. Check out what they came up with! If you have a cute cake topper that matches your theme, try a simple cake design to keep the cake looking beautiful. The large Totoro Topper in included with the Cupcake toppers File as well as the banner files. You can never have enough Totoro.

Decorations

Leading up to her party and throughout decration-creations, she would look, point, and shout “RAAAAA!” — a big yawn — one of Totoro’s only phrases in the movie. I giggled in anticipation of the party works that were to come. In Texas, the weather during winter is as unpredictable, and can change as much as forty degrees in one day! But I went forward with hopes that her party would be a cool 70 degrees (btw… in the end I was right!). With that in mind, I decided to host the party in our yard, with decorations centered around Totoro, Ghibli, trees, and flowers.

It was amazing working with My Nerd Nursery to start — her cupcake toppers, cake topper, and birthday banners added such a professional finish to all the decorations, and tied in the theme so well. It was as simple as printing, cutting, and decorating! To add a feminine touch to the party, I went to the florist and picked up a few bouquets of flowers. The clear vases I used to arrange them were old pasta and apple sauce jars.

Instead of a photo booth with props, I opted to hand paint a huge Totoro. No one would mistake what the theme was with him standing there! I abducted a gigantic cardboard box from my work’s recycling bin and set to work. First, draw the outline of Totoro and use a box cutter to cut. Afterwards, start with painting the white belly followed by the eyes. Paint the gray and black very last. His leaf hat was from a set of plastic leaves ordered off Amazon. These leaves would be great table decorations for a Legend of Zelda or forest themed party too! The cardboard Totoro was such a fun decoration to make, and I even keep it in her room to this date as a decoration.

Last but not least, my mother in law offered to purchase a pinata for the party. “There couldn’t possibly be a Totoro pinata” I thought. We found this one on Etsy from Pinatas USA!

 Fashion

Fashion
I knew the weather was unpredictable, but hoped for sun and ordered my daughter this adorable hand-stitched Totoro dress from Etsy shop Pipocass! She has so many Totoro-themed dresses and shipped quickly from Spain.

Addition: Check out this amazing Dress artist blog post on this party!

Having a Totoro or Ghibli themed party yourself? Get creative? I went to a birthday party at a friend’s home a month later and she had hand-crafted a Catbus out of a refrigerator box! The kids could even climb inside and look through the windows.For a future party maybe I’ll hide Kodamas around the yard or craft Howl’s Moving Castle.Have you ever thrown a Totoro or Ghibli themed party? Tell us your ideas below!

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It doesn’t get any easier than this DIY Sally Jar Luminaries to make a spooky addition to your Nightmare Before Christmas Party! I loved how this DIY Project came out! You can either use them as décor aka tea lights or candles, or you can put them to use holding silverware or flowers. Either way they will bring compliments and questions!

Can’t I Just buy a Sally Jar Luminaries?

You can’t at the moment. If you do find one available for sale let me know!!! But for now DIY seems to be the only way to have some of your own. I hope my tutorial helps make it as easy as possible.

Are DIY Sally Jar Luminaries Expensive?

The homemade Sally Jar Luminaries are made using only 7 Items. All you need is:

Supplies:

• 3 glass jars, for mine I used pickles, and two spaghetti jars (one Alfrado and one red sauce)
• Silver Tissue Paper from the dollar tree
• Modge Podge
• Sally Jar Printable (Free Template from me)
• Black paint (I got mine at the dollar tree)
• sticker paper (you can get postage paper from an office supply store, that’s what I used)
• Scissors
• Paint brush

How To Make DIY Sally Jar Luminaries Tutorial

Time:  Start your Project plenty of time before you event. Should take about 1 hour. I made mine during the duration of Moana the movie.

Instructions:

1. 1. Make sure your glasses are clean (no food) and have most of the labels off
   2. Prep your tissue paper by cutting it into about 1 inch squares.
   3. Paint a bit of Modge podge onto your first glass
   4. Apply tissue paper one square at a time applying a bit of Modge podge on top to seal it
   5. Once you have covered about 2 inches of area on your first jar, set it down to dry and repeat on the second jar, then the third.
   6. Keep rotating your jars to make the process faster until all the jars are covered.
   7. print out this template onto sticker paper and cut out
   8. once the jars are completely dry apply the stickers
   9. Paint the lids to the jars with your black paint.
   10. while lids are drying dab your paintbrush with black paint and lightly brush the silver tissue paper to create a dingy aged effect.
   11. Apply a second coat of black paint to the lids.
   12. Once everything is dry you are finished.
   13. Enjoy your Sally Jar Luminaries, by adding a candle.

If you make Sally Jar Luminaries, I’d love to see pictures and hear stories!  Enjoy!

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If you have watched Gravity Falls you have seen Smile Dip, much like Fun Dip this little pink packet is full of addictive amounts of “Sugar”. Don’t eat too much or you’ll send up just like Mabel… well here is a way to make DIY Gravity Falls Smile Dip

If you like me and choose the easy way to make this a hit with the kids you can choose one (or two) of two ways. You can buy Fun Dip and wrap them up to look like Smile Dip or you can open a bunch of Pixie Sticks into a bag for a Sugar Explosion.

OR!!! you can do a healthier option to all that and Follow this video to make heathy Sugar from Feast of Fiction!

For my Gravity Falls Party I wanted to create my own version of the Smile Dip Package to match my Cute and Cuddly Gravity Falls Party. These will be linked Here (after my Party Post) or available in my shop by searching Smile Dip in the search bar!

I hope you liked this little side party post and I cant wait to see how the party looks! 

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It doesn’t get any easier than this DIY Luna P Piñata to make a sweet addition to your Sailor Moon Party! I loved how this DIY Project came out! You can either Hang it up ready to break open or as a sweet table decor like I did.

Can’t I Just Buy a Luna P Piñata?

You can’t at the moment. If you do find one available for sale let me know!!! But for now DIY seems to be the only way to have one of your own. I hope my tutorial helps make it as easy as possible.

Is a DIY Luna P Piñata Expensive?

The homemade Luna P piñata is made of only 4 Items. Making this the cheapest Piñata you’ll ever make. All you need is:

Supplies:

• Large Purple Chinese Lantern
• Dark Purple Tissue or Solid Purple Wrapping Paper (pictured)
• Glue (Elmers or Hot Glue)
• Luna P Printable (Free Template from me) 6. sailor moon luna P pinata printable.jpg
• 2 Cardstock
• String or Twine
• White Pom Pom ball
• Scissors
• Tape

How To Make a DIY Luna P Piñata

Time:  Start your Project plenty of time before you event. Should take about 1-2 hours

Instructions:

How to make Fringe:

1. Roll out your purple wrapping paper on a table off the roll to a good amount
2. Roll the paper into a tube of its own. about 1.5 inches wide
3. flatten the roll of Wrapping paper onto the table
4. Cut the roll into 1.5 inch individual rolls.
5. Take each ring and unroll it all the way until it’s a long strip of paper.
6. Fold the strip in half, then half again, then half again
7. You should have a folded rectangle about 6-7 inches long
8. Use your scissors to cut into the folded rectangle every half-inch.
9. This makes the fringe of the piñata.
   1. for Wrapping paper go one step further and cut all the way though the stripe to make smaller strips, since wrapping paper doesn’t turn very well.

How to decorate your Piñata:

1. Open your Large Chinese Lantern to its full size.
2. Start at the bottom, start running lines of glue around the bottom of the lantern in a circle around the bottom.
3. Place your stripes along the lines of Glue.
4. Keep going along the wire lines of the Lantern (this works as a great guide)
5. Once you have finished the Lantern leave to dry.
6. Once dry give your piñata a little shake or spin to make sure all your fringe is secure.
7. When everything is dry, Take your Card stock and cut it into a circle a little larger than the open hole in the bottom of the Lantern.
8. Apply a line of glue around the edge of the Cardstock circle and place glue side down inside the piñata, covering the opening.
9. Leave to Dry.
10. While drying print the Luna P Face Printable (Above) and Cut out.
11. Once the Piñata is dry either glue or tape your Luna P Face to your Piñata
12. Lastly make the ears
    1. Cut out two long triangles from your second piece of Card Stock
    2. Wrap the triangles in either your wrapping paper or tissue Paper (you may need to wrap them twice if using tissue paper)
13. To add a little extra touch, when you tie the hanging string to the piñata about 10 inches up, Glue on the white Cotton ball.
14. Tie the piñata to a branch and you are ready to go!

If you make a Luna P piñata, I’d love to see pictures and hear stories!  Enjoy!

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Here is how I made my own DIY Doctor Who Party. A lot of work went into this DIY Doctor Who Party for all my little Doctor Who fans. This party set up was a future party in the making! Little Eliza just turned one and came to visit us here in Florida! Sadly the party wasn’t ready for her so I made it for her 2nd Birthday! I chose a Galaxy theme for my DIY Doctor Who Party to add a little Whimsy and color to the set up.

This post will be an overall summary of what went into designing and making the party come to life. If you have questions or want me to go into more detail on specifics, let me know in the comments and I would be happy to make a blog all about it. There will be another post showing where I got everything for the party so you can find it too.

Decorations

Backdrop

The Backdrop of my party set up has been the easiest so far! While party supply shopping I found these wonderful Galaxy tapestries on amazon and it was perfect! I was able to attach it to the wall using push pins. I added adorable yellow gold star garland. They were long so I only used two out of the three I purchased. Very Simple! I loved the effect it had with the Tardis cabinet. The most important part of the backdrop was the Printable Banner you can purchase in my online store.

Tablescape

This DIY Doctor Who Party table was also the easiest I have had yet. Simple yet effective. The Table was topped the table with three different table cloths from either Dollar Tree or Target (Party Section) topped with silver star confetti from the Dollar Tree. I used my party dishes and found a very pretty mirror plate to add some gold to the table while thrift shopping the weekend before. While doing some party shopping I found this throwback from when I was young, Gold Small Star Garland. I wrapped the garland around some of the display plates and to the area around the Tardis Cabinet. It was a nice easy way to make your dishes look themed.

To hold the cutlery I used the recycled vegetable cans from my last party because I feel they still fit the theme. If you didn’t already know this about me, I am an UCF Alumni with a bachelors in Fine Art and Animation. So of course I have a Human Skull model on hand. So I threw that on the table to highlight a few episodes of Doctor Who. I used the Navi Lights from the Legend of Zelda set up to wrap around my Tardis with some fabric I had on hand. Just scraps of clear shimmer fabric from when I made Tinkerbell wings for Dapper Day.

Food

I usually only do about 6 different party foods to show off (and fill) the table but for some reason we ended up with 8. I wanted something easy and simple to eat for the main dish. Of course! Pizza. I’m going to make a pizza and decorated it like a Tardis, or a Dalek or something. Yeah right.. Turned around at it was time to set up the party. Frozen Pizza it is I chose a 5 cheese plain pizza and opted to add the pepperiness in a “spacey” pattern. It ended up being a spiral. Oh well.

Next fun thing were the DIY Doctor Who Party Vortex cupcakes. They were originally meant to be beautiful galaxy cupcakes. But for some reason (I totally learned why just this past weekend) my frosting keeps falling flat. So thats why they are now Vortex cupcakes. Still cool with the sprinkles and still tasted really good. I chose Blue velvet cake mix to add a little more space to them. Those were the main events for the party and I’m going to make making a Cooking with Me video on the making of all this party food.

The Drinks on the other hand, worked really well with the display. My Husband collects decanters and I decided to borrow them for the table. They paired so well with the fancy plastic cups from the Dollar Tree.

DIY Doctor Who Party Menu:

• Spiral Pizza– Frozen 5 Cheese Pizza with double layer Pepperonis placed in a spiral.
• Vortex Cupcakes- Galaxy Cupcakes failed and turned into vortex cupcakes
• Chocolate Dipped Bananas– Frozen Bananas dipped in chocolate topped with blue and gold Sugar Gel
• Fish sticks with Custard– Snickerdoodle Cookies with Banana Dream Pudding
• Galaxy Lollipops: Sparko Sweets Galaxy Lollipops Spiral Designs with Space Foil Gift Pack, 10 Lollipops, Handcrafted in USA, 1 Pound
• Chocolate Stars: I used a star silicone mold and Milk Chocolate chips
• Jelly Babies: Jumbo size Gummy Bears (Dollar Tree)
• Drinks: Blue Hawaiian punch

Artwork & Invites:

All the artwork was created by me to show off for this Party Set up and everything is printable and available in my shop or as a bundle on my Etsy.

Alphabet Banner . Cupcake Liners . Cupcake Toppers . Favor Tags . Food Tents

Custom Printable: Entry Sign . Invitation & Thank you Card . Tardis Invitation & Thank you card

DIY Favors & Gifts:

DIY Sonic Bubbles

I had a lot of fun with favors to say the least. If you have been to the dollar tree recently (Spring 2018) they have these small bubble vials with little circle stickers on top. I snagged a few of those to make some custom stickers for Favors.  You can also get them from this Amazon link (Bullet Bubble Tube (1.4 x 5.1 x 1 inches) (Orange)I present Sonic Bubbles! this Printable comes with three kinds of sonic screwdriver stickers to apply to your bubble tubes. I originally tried it with my sticker paper but it had a hard time sticking once the bubbles started to get used so I coated the whole sticker in clear packing tape and it worked! so cute! I love them!

DIY Toy Blocks

For this party I decided to make a little DIY gift Idea using this DIY Toy Blocks Printable. You just need 8, 2 inch wooden Blocks (I found mine at Michaels) and some Modge Podge. The printable has a tiny bit of wiggle room to make them line up. The Blocks turned out so cute! Im going to be making a little tutorial for everyone so don’t you worry! This was a easy and adorable little gift idea for the new Timelord in your life. Here is a Amazon link for 16 blocks! enough to make two set! (WOOD BLOCKS (16PCS. WITH FREE COLORED MARKERS), 2″ WOODEN CRAFT BLOCKS, HARDWOODS, MADE IN USA, BY CROSSROAD SALES)

Fashion

DIY Doctor Who Party fashion is so much fun to play with. My fashion was a little casual for this party. I wore my new favorite “The Stars, cant do it, not today” tee from Nerd Under the Stairs. Paired with a mid length yellow pleated skirt, WITH POCKETS!.

Over that for my cooking and most of my set up I got to wear the beautiful Tardis Apron from Made from Oz on Etsy! Both of these shops are so amazing and I feel you should totally go check them out!

My Guinevere had an equally casual outfit for the DIY Doctor Who Party. I found these adorable puffy Royal Blue top with Gold spots at my Local Once upon a child. The yellow shorts were also found during that shopping trip too. So many fun possibilities for a little Timebaby. I topped off the whole outfit with a hat of my very own. It’s a little Tardis top hat that Bought maybe… 5 years ago. The light still worked and everything! I attached it to a elastic and placed it on her head. With some back and forth I finally achieved some photos. She’s starting to get into that always moving no matter what phase. Does anyone know how long that lasts or how to pause it for a second to take a photo? let me know!

Thank you so much for joining me on my little Wibbley Wobbley Timey Whimy DIY Doctor Who Party.

Let me know in the comments if you are planning a Doctor Who Party. Did my ideas help you out? I sure hope so!

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Here is little post on how to make DIY Fairy Wings. I wanted my Baby to dress up for our little Legend of Zelda Table scape as something a little different then the typical Link or Zelda. so we picked Navi.

For those of you who don’t know who Navi is, Here is a little Navi History Lesson.

Navi (pronounced NAH-vee) is a character in Ocarina of Time. She is a Fairy who serves as Link’s companion in his quest to save Hyrule.  Since Link is not a real Kokiri and does not have a Fairy to call his own, Navi is summoned by the Great Deku Tree to go with him on his quest. Throughout the game, Navi provides Link with a variety of clues to help him solve puzzles and progress in his quest. Navi also helps Link learn the controls in the game, such as teaching how to open doors or how to push and pull blocks. She is most popular for her line “Hey Listen” from the game.

Normally she looks like a small blue glowing ball, so I found the perfect blue dress while I was shopping at Once upon a Child. (if you don’t know them, look them up! it’s an amazing store) We had the bow already at home from my baby shower. Put it all together and Tada! Little Princess Navi. All we needed were the wings. Below is the video on how to make DIY Fairy Wings. Theres also a little story in there on Guine meeting the easter bunny for the first time and getting that little red spot on her forehead. We’re also going to the renaissance festival this weekend and taking our DIY fairy wings with us. If you want to join in the fun please follow me on Instagram. Thank you!

Materials:

• Dollar Tree Fairy wings (the ones with the tights on them)
• Scissors
• Glitter sticker paper (I get mine at Hobby Lobby in the scrapbook area)

Introducing Princess Navi

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Decorations:

I decided to make two different Alice in Wonderland party areas. The first was inside, it was the Queens Court. Since I was the “casual” Queen of Hearts this was my party table. On this table were most of the grown up foods. I decorated with painted white roses and a White rabbit stuffed animal. Since Guines birthday was right after valentine’s day I was able to find so much heart supplies to use, such as plates and pop up hearts. Instead of a forever chalkboard I used my dining room chalkboard wall to make a larger than life Guinevere Milestone Wall. Great use of the wall if you ask me.

Outside was the kids area. I set up the Mad Tea Party table topped with a Cupcake carousel and tons of custom painted teacups. The tea-cup photo booth was right next to the table and the pop up ball pit was provided for all the kiddies. *Special Note* I know that Onederland was misspelled in my banner. It was spelled correctly when the party started and somehow disappeared during the party.* Thank you. For decorations outside we strung up some white chunky christmas lights and then hung different colored lanterns matching our color scheme. I made the flower streamer banner myself. (video coming soon)

Other tables included the front entry table, which had our favors and Guest book for guests to sign and write messages for Guine. I wanted a not blatant Disney Alice in Wonderland book and this one was perfect. The Drink table was a fun table to hang around. I had two drink dispensers one labeled “this one makes you bigger” that had sweet tea in it ( Thinking back I wish it was a long island Iced tea) and the other said “this one makes you Smaller” filled with pink lemonade. The last table was the gift table. It sported a simple “Gifts” Banner and had my little Cheshire cat to help guard the presents.

Food:

I ordered a lot of the food for my Alice in wonderland party because I was the host and I wanted to enjoy the party and not worry about the food. I ordered the fruit tarts and scones from Publix and My in-laws brought sandwiches. We had fresh fruit and veggie trays from Target. Nice, Easy and Healthy. We did make some of the treats. I figured out how to make Eat me Cookies and Alice in wonderland Cupcakes. For the tea party we made Rice Crispy Balls (easy for little hands) and Fresh fruit.

I ordered Guineveres first birthday cake from Publix and it came with a Free smash cake. They even made the roses white and red to make it look like we painted them. Thank you publix for the wonderful job. I chose to just add the cupcake toppers to the cake because it matched to color scheme so well. For Guines Smash cake I added a little eat me tag. I think it came out so adorable.

Games & Entertainment:

Since this Alice in Wonderland party was for a 1-year-old and my family and friends, I opted for no real games, just things to do. I had a Photo Booth area and a pop up ball pit for the kids. I was going to have NoOrdinaryBalloonMan come and entertain all the little kids at the party but sadly only a few could make it. He still made Guine a Giant Mad Hatter Balloon. He’s amazing!

Artwork & Invitations:

All my Alice in Wonderland party artwork was done by me and is for sale in my shop (soon). I opted to not do invitations and just did a Facebook event. It made it easier to see who was really coming and if anyone had any questions they could just message me. Hurray for the future! But if you want a Printable invitation to match the party supplies you can get one here (Soon).

Favors & Prizes:

For Alice in Wonderland favors I found these adorable white rabbit favor bags and we filled them with candy eggs, Reese’s, Alice in wonderland Stickers and a ring pop. I wish I had tied a little “Eat Me” tag to them in hindsight. That would have been so cute.

I didn’t have games for Guinevere’s party because we opted to make it an open house. I did have a diaper raffle and plan to send a prize to my winner with my thank you cards.

Fashion:

Fashion is always a staple at my parties and I wanted something adorable for Guine to wear on her first birthday!

I found this adorable Alice costume online and had to have it! The link is a little different then the one I had. I bought Guines’ Alice one year old costume when she was about 6 months old on WISH. I wanted to get as much use of the outfit as I could so she wore it for her first Halloween.I was very lucky she still fit it by the time her birthday rolled around. After her cake smash she was so sticky that I planned to do a costume change. Since Guines birthday was right after Valentines day there were plenty of heart clothes to choose from. I found this adorable double heart number that perfectly matched my Alice in Wonderland Party dress. It was perfect. Thank you Target!

Now it was important since Daddy and I would be in almost all the photos that we were on theme too. I found this wonderful dress on Dress Lily and would totally recommend it! (Sadly it’s not on the website anymore). My Husband was wearing this super simple Mad Hatter tee that he was able to just throw on and enjoy the party.

Let me know in the comments if you are planning a Alice in Wonderland Party. Did my ideas help you out? I sure hope so!

Photos were taken by Sury at Lalalu Photography  Please follow her on social media and love her as much as I do.

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