Abby Cadabby Birthday Party

Morgan LOVED Sesame Street so for her 2nd birthday I wanted to throw a Sesame Street party, but of course wanted it to be all girly girl.  She liked the character Abby Cadabby- a cute little fairy- and I thought she was the perfect character to base the party around.  The colors we chose for the party were purple, pink and turquoise to match Abby of course.  Here are some of the details...

The birthday girl all dressed and ready to go to her party.

The party was held in a rec room...rather large but worked out well as it allowed plenty of space for the kids to run around with Abby Cadabby herself!

 I made up some wand centerpieces for the kids' tables.

The dessert table held the cake and lots of yummy sweets and treats.   

The cake was made by my usual bakery...Cornerstone Caterers.

Guests were invited to fill up a treat bag with candy from the candy buffet.

Purple and pink lollipops from Birthday Express.  These were a hit, I just didn't like that the wrappers were not clear unlike the picture on the website I ordered from.

The cupcakes were a huge hit too.

A close up of the favor boxes, cupcake toppers and water bottle labels.

As the guests arrived, they made a pit stop at the craft table to make fairy wands and get Abby Cadabby tattoos. 

You can't see in the picture, but water and star shaped sponges were in the tattoo tub so the tattoos could be applied.

The favor boxes were displayed for the guests to take home.  I went with the boxes and favors from Birthday Express to make these easier for me.  They came with crayons, activity book, Abby Cadabby stickers, a stuffed wand and a lollipop

The highlight of the party was when Abby Cadabby arrived and danced, sang and played games with the kiddos.

I found an Abby Cadabby pull strign pinata at Party City and stuffed it with lots of goodies.

Happy Birthday my sweet Morgan Paige.  I hope it was a FAIRY MAGICAL day!

XOXO,

Mommy

Pinkalicious Valentine's Day Party

Today I am going to post the PINKALICIOUS Valentine's Party I threw for Valentine's Day 2010. My girls loved the Pinkalicious books and I thought that V-Day would be a perfect way to incorporate the character and the book. We had a small party in our tiny condo. I let each daughter invite 3 friends. The kids had a blast! Here are some of the details.

A scrapbook paper banner hanging in the window...heart lollipop centerpieces...cupcake apron chair covers...

We served pink lemonade in these pink sugar coated cups with YUM stir sticks courtesy of Style Circle and heart shaped ice cubes.

I served tons of sweets at this party. This was around the time I started seeing "sweets" tables popping up everywhere. While I think they are beautiful, I don't think the parents of the little ones appreciate the creativity when it comes to their kids and sweets. I did try to incorporate fruit and also served Strawberry Cream Cheese sandwiches...in heart shapes of course. A pink feather boa and pink lanterns hung above the food table.

Strawberry cupcakes with strawberry icing and cute Pinkalicious cupcake toppers was the centerpiece of the dessert table.

I had a last minute menu change and forgot to switch the sign for these. These are Hostess Brand strawberry mini cakes that I put on a lollipop stick and topped with a red m&m....cute for last minute huh? I'm talking 5 min. before guests arrived last minute.

Pink chocolate coated popcorn served in cones that sat on a bed of pink m&m's. Wish I had more time to dress up the cones a little, but time ran short. They were still a hit!

I made heart shaped rice krispie treats that I tinted pink with red food coloring.

I dipped pretzel rods into white chocolate and pink candy sprinkles. YUM!

Pink marshmallows dipped in white chocolate and pink sugar.

I included an assortment of red fruits for the kiddos along with PB and Raspberry J and Strawberry Cream Cheese Sandwiches.

All of the guests wen home with pink bubble bath along with the aprons and heart lollipops.

Activities for the party included Guess How Many jellybeans in the jar, coloring Pinklicious coloring sheets, a read-aloud of the book, hershey kiss hunt and find, and decorating PINK cupcakes with sprinkles and candies.

This was a fun party to host. I LOVE Valentine's Day!