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)

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!

Other Shop Products used:

• Cake Topper
• Captain Hook Tee
• Flying to Neverland with Peter Pan Book

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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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(and make it look Pinterest worthy)

Last year (2017) we hosted a Where the wild things are Baby Shower for my sister. I used Amazon and Party city the most and managed to throw what I think to be a beautiful baby shower with not a lot of themed Party Supplies.

I started about a month and a half before the party searching Amazon and Pinterest for Ideas.

There were tons of ideas! Too bad the makers of Where the Wild things are is not into the party business these days. Wild One is a popular party theme and this book is the perfect setting for it. <3

Lets start with Decor

Since we were on a budget I decided that all decor should be multi use. We decorated the walls with Gift Onesies for the little guy (some of which I designed)

I went to the Dollar Tree and bought some Green and Yellow streamers and Gold Glitter Paper for my gift area.

For the rest of the Decor aka Main Food Table, I used These Green Pom Pom puffs around the lighting and a Burlap Banner that I wrote Welcome James. (they later hung the banner in his nursery.

You can find those supplies here <3

I am a firm believer in reading to your little one and the importance of books (real books, not kindle) for your children. So every event I have a themed book for guests to sign. I got my copy here: 

I decorated the sign in table with Tropical leaves and a Stuffed Monster I found on Ebay. Funny story about those stuffed animals. You can read about it here. For the Decorative Letter I printed out pages of the book from the internet and mod lodged them   the letter. I also used stickers i found on Amazon to add some gold touches. I got some pine cones at Michaels (I live in florida, not a lot of pine trees). If you can just go outside and get some free ones, they make great decor.

Now for my Main Table!

I was so proud of how well this was set up <3

For Decor for the main table I placed my main monster there and my little max I found on Amazon. He comes with stickers and a little book

I purchased wood cuts from Michaels and made a cupcake stand for my little King Cupcakes by gluing a used masking tape ring to the side of one of the wood cuts and then gluing the other wood cut to the ring. I found the cupcake cups at Michaels too (on sale).

One of my most used purchases was this pack of Stickers. I used them everywhere! I glued them to picks and used them as Cupcake Toppers. A green table-cloth from the dollar tree was used to cover the table and the Tropical Leaves from Amazon to add more forest to the look.

I found this FREE Printable from Pinterest and used the Food Table cards and the Party hats i turned into popcorn cones

FREE Printable “Where the Wild Things Are”

For the artwork decor here is a free PDF file with all three Images inside for your Where the Wild things Are Party <3

Lets talk about Food.

We kept it simple since the party was for just family. We grilled burgers and had chips and dip. I am a huge fan of Fruits and Vegetables. So we had a tray of each. We also popped popcorn for a light snack. For sweets I made a 4 tier blue ombre cake topped with a little Sailing Max. it was meant to be naked like my inspiration… https://www.pinterest.com/pin/175218241735886116/ with blue drips from the top, but it didn’t turn out that way. Pinterest fail, but you wouldn’t know it unless I Told you. The cupcakes were vanilla with chocolate frosting. you can’t go wrong with a classic. I wanted something fun and outdoorsy for a sweet treat too, and my mind went right for S’mores! so good! But i didn’t have a way to make s’mores, like a fire or flame, so I went with the next best thing. I found this Pinterest post for S’mores Bark and it was a hit. My sister tried some and fell in love.

Smores Bark

My drink bar was off to the side with my last monster guarding the plates and silverware. I got all blue plates and Utensils from the Dollar Tree. For drinks i did Ice water and Sweet tea.

Now on to DIY Gifts!

My sister was showered in Clothing during the party (most of it from me) some of it was new and some were gently used by my little one. For a Gift I made a Where the Wild things Are Diaper Cake topped with a Max Crown. and Everything sat in a Bathtub that I gifted them (Because my baby preferred the big bath) that i dressed up to look like Max’s Ship. Adorable no? to make the boat I wrapped the sides in Red poster board that I bought from the dollar tree and I drew planks on the side. Instead of Max i wrote James as a cute little touch. to make the sail stand I used the diaper cake as a base and rolled a yellow poster board with the flag section cut out. Put it in the top. So cute! The Ship also made an adorable photo spot for the children who attended the party. The Crown will be used again later for James 1st photo shoot.

Here is the tutorial I used to make mine

Last but not least Fashion

I think when it comes to a party the hostess is part of the overall feel of the decor. So i picked a cute Navy V-Neck Dress with a circle skirt and white polka dots. The Mini host wore this adorable blue sailor outfit that was gifted to us from another dad at my job. Is it not the cutest dress! it looks like it was made for her. This party didn’t have entertainment per say, I read the “Where the wild things are” story to everyone, with Bittys’ help of course.

Thank you so much for reading and I hope my post will help you plan your own DIY Where the wild things are Party.

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