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How to plan your own DIY Neverland Party

Rebecca — Sun, 31 Mar 2019 12:00:04 +0000

How to Plan your own DIY Neverland Party

Here is how I made my own DIY Neverland Peter Pan Party. A lot of work went into this DIY Neverland Party for all my little Tinkerbell. My sweet baby Guine is turning two! I cant believe it! I chose an Fairy Neverland DIY Peter Pan Party to match the popular saying Never Grow 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

Peter Pan was one of my favorite Movies from when I was a little girl. I really wanted to share it with my baby girl. I decided to make a transitional party, where each room is a different scene. My Dining room theme was the Nursery. I bought Pink and Raspberry balloons, Along with matching streamers! It worked out so cute! I wish I had time to make a peter pan shadow. If you throw a similar party please add this extra touch! I found an adorable pink number 2 balloon on wish. ( Make sure if you order from wish, you order with a lot of time to wait for delivery)

My Living room was possibly the easiest to decorate. We are in the process of decorating a big girl room for Guine and she needed curtains. I found adorable pink ruffle ones at Target and hung them up in front of my galaxy tapestry. Taped up some white construction paper as a window frame and whala! The perfect window to jump right into Neverland! Over my couches and bookcases I placed star banners and two balloons. Second star to the right of course!

Through my French doors ( I placed iridescent streamers on the doors) You wanted into Neverland. My Neverland Backdrop was very similar to my Alice in Onederland theme. Three Dollar tree table clothes, braided and topped with pom-pom flowers. I even added some of the left over iridescent streamers from the French doors. It looked beautiful!

I decided to expand my party to out front my home to invite all my guests inside. I have added Neverland Directional Signs to my shop! I think this would be the cutest addtition to any Neverland Party or Nursery.

Table Decorations

It was so much fun to spread my party out to so many different areas of the house. My Nursery table was simple and sweet. Only flowers and display trays were placed there to accommodate all the food for the party.

My Neverland table was more elaborate, I DIY some terrariums for the Pixie Hollow Table, and added an extra Lost boys table to the outside to hold my favors and Crafts. I used props from around my home and special additions bought from stores to make my table a little more Neverland Themed.

For my guest book I decided to pick a non-Disney Peter Pan book. Flying to Neverland with Peter Pan by Betty Comden, Adolph Green & Carolyn Leigh. I had my guests sign the front and back pages of the book. This makes such a fun keepsake for any child.

My Centerpiece

Inspired by a DIY Project from Instagram, I found a easy way to make some DIY Terrariums for my Pixie Hollow Table. I used some gold straws from Target and glue to create a open style terrarium. I bought the flowers from Dollar tree and arranged them myself. I had enough supplies to make a total of three and I think they turned out amazing! SO EASY. Under the Display I placed my wood cuttings and palm leaves. It seemed to all work so well together.

Food

DIY Neverland Peter Pan Party Menu:

Purple and Green pixie dust Cupcakes (Publix Supermarket)
Brownie Arrowheads
Fools Gold rice crispies
Smees in Blankets ( Pigs in Blankets)
Fruit and Veggie trays (Publix Supermarket)
Purple Rose Birthday Cake! (Publix Supermarket)

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 request.

Alphabet Banner . Cupcake Liners . Cupcake Toppers . Food Tents. Welcome Banner . Book Sign . Directional Sign

Custom Printable: Invitation & Thank you Card

DIY Favors & Gifts:

Favors:

I went a little crazy with my favors and had fun doing it! My favors included Fairy wings and handmade fairy wands. I also wanted to do a Neverland craft which every child got to bring home.

My handmade fairy wands were crafted by me. I took chopsticks and separated them. I then glued bells to the tops of each chopstick along with flowers and ribbons. Guine loved them, and so did everyone else! They matched perfectly with the fairy wings I found at the Dollar Tree.

My favorite part of the party with the interactive Neverland Craft! I found sensory bottles and the Dollar Tree and corks that fit perfectly. I spent a while collecting little “lost things” to put inside. I was able to find Fairy Confetti, Alligator erasers and other Neverland themed items. This is such a fun idea for a young/ Toddler party! This project was such a crowd pleaser. Totally recommend!

For Neverland Baby Showers I recommend my Neverland Milestone Stickers to be the perfect gift that keeps on giving. If your planning on taking monthly photos of your Lost boy or girl I recommend these Fandom Stickers to help you show the progress your lost child is making. <3

Fashion

Fashion is always my favorite Subject. Nerd fandoms make it so much fun to dress up. What makes it better is when there is a Fandom event where you can go to show off your Nerd Fashion. If your not already following us on Instagram and Facebook you know that were expecting a little boy in June! We are over the moon excited! I made it my goal to find the perfect Wendy dress for the party. It was harder then I thought. But I found the perfect maternity dress from H&M. I didn’t even know they had a maternity line. Its safe to say I was pleasantly surprised.

Guinevere looked adorable in her Tinkerbelle inspired dress. I found the perfect dress on Amazon. I paired it with little green wings and a green handmade wand. Just Precious!

Thank you so much for joining me for my Neverland Birthday Party. Let me know in the comments if you are planning a Neverland Party. Did my ideas help you out? I sure hope so! Photos were taken by Lalalu Photography!

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DIY Doctor Who Party

Rebecca — Thu, 10 May 2018 18:11:20 +0000

How to Plan your own DIY Doctor Who Party

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.

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!

I like this one because she’s trying to figure out how to use the sonic on wood.

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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Showered with Love Ideas

Rebecca — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 15:02:51 +0000

So much research went into my Showered with love Baby Shower I was showered with Ideas (pause for laughter). Here are the Showered with Love Ideas from Pinterest. I love Pinterest as a research tool and a great place for new moms to find ideas and be inspired. Here are the Images and links to the Blogs and Shops I either purchased from or referenced! I hope you find it helpful!

Decorations:

I have put the links to the images in the comments of the images.

Food:

For Food I ended up going really simple with store-bought sandwiches and finger foods. The only food we ended up making was the strawberry and Vanilla Cupcakes. Which were wonderful. Here are the Ideas I wish I had time to bake and show off.

Games & Entertainment:

For games I wanted to do low-key games. Nothing where you sit in a circle and write silently on a piece of paper. Ugh. I wanted games that you can play during your stay completely independently and Optional.

Here are some easy carefree entertainment include;

Diaper Raffle
Hide the baby
scavenger hunt
bow making station
onesie making station
Cute Guestbook ( a great children’s book is my favorite)
Guess the birthdate frame

Artwork & Invitations:

My theme for Showered with Love ideas included a little red panda. Red Pandas are surprisingly hard to find in current trends. So I had to create my own. I also used the same characters in my gender reveal cards.

This is the card that was sent out:

I included an Invite, a request for books, and a name card and interests.

Favors & Prizes:

For favors we ended up giving everyone Panda hard candy. If I can find the link to the shop Ill post it here. The prizes for my games were an assortment of Bathbombs, 90s candy and Notebooks.

Let me know in the comments if you are planning a Showered with Love Baby Shower. Did my ideas help you out? I sure hope so!

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Rebecca, My Nerd Nursery

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