Kids love sprinkles, so get plenty of sprinkle party ideas from my daughter's 3-year-old birthday party! It was so easy and such a hit!
Yesterday I shared the story behind the birthday smack in the middle of Christmas, and today we're going to talk about the party details!
I'll be honest, it's hard for me to switch from Christmas to a birthday in the middle of it all, so I try to keep things as simple as possible. Right around Thanksgiving, I settled on a sprinkle theme and quickly scoured Pinterest and the Interwebs for inspiration. I already had some ideas, but there were tons more out there.
Call me a 5-year-old, but I love sprinkles. I know my daughter's birthday isn't about me, but she loves them too! I always get sprinkles on my ice cream. #notashamed
A sprinkle cake sounded so cute and festive! It was really simple to make. You just bake a cake, frost it {or buy one}, and press sprinkles all over it. It's a pretty messy task, though. I had that raised edge on my cake stand to help corral the rogue sprinkles. When I was done decorating, I just spooned out the extra sprinkles.
The cupcakes were a big hit, too! A couple might have been swiped off the table during dinner.
I loved that I found this polka dot fabric at Hobby Lobby. It gave the table quite the festive vibe!
{There was room left in the middle of the table for some yummy pizza.} I used my Silhouette to make the fun birthday banner. You can buy the shape I used HERE.
I simply decorated with little vases holding votive candles set in sprinkles. So easy!
I designed the graphics myself in Photoshop. I was inspired by the Sprinkled with Love party by Kojo Designs for a lot of the party elements, especially the graphics and these adorable balloons!
Aren't these balloons so cute? I wish I had gotten a better picture. All you do is get clear balloons and add some tissue paper confetti. We bought a disposable helium tank from Target, and it blew up about 25 balloons.
We blew up one confetti-filled balloon without helium, and it may have been the hit of the party. If I could do it over, I would blow up a bunch of non-helium confetti balloons and create a balloon pit for the kids. They would have LOVED it!
It's always the simplest things, right?
For our winter-time, indoor activity, we decorated gingerbread houses. I think the moms might have enjoyed the decorating more than the kids.
The kids just liked eating the candy, anyway. Ha!
I had a lightbulb moment when I taped craft paper all over the table. When we were done with the gingerbread houses, we just wadded it up and threw it in the trash. Easy cleanup is my favorite!
I made some fun confetti garland to hang above the kitchen table. I just bought brightly colored scrapbook paper, cut out some shapes with my Silhouette, and glued them onto a piece of twine. {I used THESE shapes.} I'm thinking I can reuse the confetti garland for future multi-colored birthdays. What do you think?
I needed a healthy option besides pizza, candy, cake, and ice cream, so we offered some of nature's sprinkles. {Inspired by Kojo Designs.}
I love pinecones for decorating. They're an easy way to bring the outdoors in and fill up large vases or containers. So I grabbed some leftover paint and painted the tips of the pinecones pink and turquoise.
I put some little bubbles and a coloring book with crayons and stickers in the little guests' treat bags. All of it was found in Target's Dollar Spot. And I made the tags.
Oh, and I can't forget the burlap birthday wreath! I think it might have been my favorite decoration of them all, because I can reuse it all year and just change out the decor. I'll share more about how I made it in another post. Don't you think it's so cute? I loved how it turned out. I have to thank my sister-in-law for the idea, because she has one that she changes out throughout the year. So cute!
I had a ton more decoration ideas, but I just plain ran out of time. But that's OK. It's not all about the decor anyway, although it's fun. Maybe I can do the same theme next year and elaborate on it? Oooh, the wheels are spinning!
Some Sources:
Polka Dot Fabric – Hobby Lobby
Paper Straws – Target
Balloon Time Helium for confetti balloons – Target
Clear balloons – Party City
Tissue Paper confetti for balloons – Party City
Materials for the burlap wreath
