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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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!

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Rebecca, My Nerd Nursery

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