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 the Process Video on the Drawing & Painting of my 10th Doctor Design. I’m going to be using this figure for Party Supplies and Nursery Prints.

What types of styles have you seen Ten drawn in? What other Character do you think would look super cute in this style?

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Here is the Process Video on the Drawing & Painting of my Tardis Design. I’m going to be using this figure for Party Supplies and Nursery Prints.

What types of styles have you seen Tardis drawn in? What other Character do you think would look super cute in this style?

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I have a feeling your wondering what my first Daughters nursery looks like since my blog is called “My Nerd Nursery”. Well I’m here to tell you “Nerd” comes in many shapes and sizes. I didn’t do a fandom theme like a Harry Potter or Legend of Zelda. Even though they are amazing if that is what you are doing! (send me pictures! I want to see) for my first baby I wanted something simple and gender neutral. I went with a supple theme of a bamboo Garden Nursery.

We painted the walls a light teal and added a green “grass” carpet from Ikea. I wanted sort of a Bamboo Garden Friends theme. Like if my husband, friends and baby were animals living in a bamboo forest living on the Disney Channel. Wow! that’s a mouthful. we painted murals on the walls of her family but in friendly animal form. If this is the first time your hearing my favorite animals and the story behind the Red Panda you can read about it in my Gender Reveal Blog Post. Anyway, for the mural we had my best friend Jesse (a Disney artist, and Guineveres’ God Father) Sketch out the animal designs which I later painted. Between the Door and Library is a Fox reading meant to represent my husband. On top of the door is a Squirrel Writing (her God Mother). Behind the door is her Aunt Noelle as a deer. On the Left closet door is her Uncle Jesse as a Sketching Cat and next to him is her painting mama Panda. then above the window looking into the crib, watching over my little baby is a red panda. <3 I get so happy going into her room. the last part of the mural is the bamboo stalks behind her Crib adding the Bamboo element to my Bamboo Garden Nursery.

For her furniture, I wanted to go with a nice warm wood to ground her room with the light walls. The crib and the Diaper Changing Area is from Toys “R” us (RIP). Her reading bench is a thrifted gift from her God Parents. The Dresser inside her closet was actually mine from when I was growing up that my father had kept. <3 I got her light curtain from Ikea, but Guine slept better when it was darker so I went to target and got the black out panel. My Nursing chair is mine from the living room. I found it at a thrift shop and fell in love. Next to the chair is a side table we’ve had for a while now that I just moved into her room. Her lamp is a panda theme from target, that I have been in love with since I saw it. We managed to get it for our baby shower.

Like any other mother, Motherhood has gotten away from me and I have not finished her nursery, but on the other hand I like to watch it grow with her. For her first birthday we finally bought her book shelfs and put them up. We bought them at Ikea and I love them! I love that the books are on display instead of hidden in a bookcase. My Father also added to her nursery by making her a large ruler, so we can mark her growth. I love this idea because if we decide to move we can take her height chart with us. My plans for her ever growing nursery is to add a gallery wall and get the attachments to make her “grow with me crib” crib, grow with her.

Let me know in the comments what kind of nursery you made for your child. I would love to see photos! for updates on my babies nursery follow me on social media. <3

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