Colour your party: natural

Whether you’re planning a vintage themed party, or a theme which incorporates wooden/natural features such as a woodland, pirate, jungle, dinosaur party theme (to name just a few) – here is some inspiration to get you started with what you could perhaps work into this celebration.

All the links are below the inspiration board:

 

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Find them all here:

Sambellina kraft favour box

Pine food boat

Hessian roll

Wooden scoop

Tassel garland DIY kit

Jute sacks

Rustic pie buffet table by Bubble and Sweet

Muslin favour bags

Wooden mini blackboard pegs

Champagne stripe tableware

Tree stump risers

Taupe and white striped lantern

Caramel straws with stripe

Are you working in natural or wooden elements into the next party you’re planning?

If so – what is the party theme?

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Minecraft party theme

Minecraft is becoming a popular theme at the moment for those kids who love this video game. For those of you who don’t know, Minecraft is a video game where players build worlds out of textured boxes.

It is still newish on the party scene so it is hard to find Minecraft partyware etc however there are lots of creative ways to theme this party and DIY ideas which you can find online (check out the “Real parties” section at the end of this blog post).

I’ve kept the selections here mainly to greens and some browns, as well as everything quite boxy to suit the theme!

Don’t forget that the talented vendors in the party directory can also assist you in creating something custom made to suit this theme so either contact someone in the Printables category or in the Handmade Decor category if you want something made (eg: invitation, garland, favour tags etc!) not to mention the talented businesses also listed who can create cookies, cakes, cake pops etc to match this theme!

 

Invitations and Printables

A full range of party printables for this theme:

 

Minecraft party invitation and printables – Edge House Design

 

 

Minecraft printables – Be Design Solutions

 

Unique ticket style invitation:

Minecraft invitation – Jpixels (ETSY)

 

 

Minecraft inspired printables – Star Designs

 

These items are printed, cut and posted directly to you ready made within Australia (however a printable option is also available)! Perfect!:

 

Minecraft party decor - Memories are Sweet

Minecraft party decor – Memories are Sweet

 

You can also print off some Minecraft characters to assemble here from Paper Minecraft

 

Decorations

Love this idea for a backdrop and you can use the plates shown below to create the same look:

Minecraft backdrop idea from Catch my party

Green square plates – Just Party Supplies

 

Use hanging decorations in the theme colours to emphasise the theme as well:

Green paper fan – Just Party Supplies

 

 

Brown paper lantern – The Little Big Company

 

 

 

A garland such as this (which can be made to match the theme colours) is also perfect due to it’s rectangular shapes:

Paper garland – Penny Lane Studio

 

Minecraft inspired garland:

Minecraft inspired banner – Have Your Party (ETSY)

 

Square lanterns would also work for this theme:

Green square lanterns – The Lantern Shop

 

Tableware

 

Light green reversible table runner – The Little Big Company

 

Sambellina striped plates in lime – Occasion by Design

 

Love these minecraft cutlery sets!:

Wooden minecraft cutlery – Bespoke Party Products

 

Lime green paper straws – Saffy & May

 

Sweet Treats

How perfect is this acrylic green candy jar? Perfect for this party theme and safe for kids!:

 

Lime green acrylic candy jar – Fantasy Kids Parties

 

Use these Tetris cookie cutters to create boxed cookie creations:

Tetris cookie cutters – Food for little tummies

 

Wilton square cookie cuttes – Kitchenware Direct

 

Love these cubed acrylic dessert cups which would suit this theme more than the more common little round bottles:

Square acrylic dessert cups – Occasion by Design

 

Cupcake wrappers perfect for this theme:

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Minecraft cupcake wrappers – Memories are sweet

 

These boxes are great for popcorn, fairy floss, hot chips or other snacks:

Green popcorn favour boxes – Just Party Supplies

 

Free cupcake topper printable:

Free cupcake topper printables – The Party Animal

 

Some clever toppers:

Minecraft toppers – Have Your Party

 

A green square based cake stand is perfect for a Minecraft party!

Green wooden cake stand – Leo & Bella

 

 

Party Favours and Packaging

You can find a few novelty Minecraft favour items online such as these stickers:

Minecraft sticker pack – EB Games

 

Love these chocolate bar wrappers which you can buy already packaged with the chocolate bar itself if you wish:

Minecraft inspired chocolate bar wrappers – Bespoke party products

 

Clever favour boxes I found on ETSY:

Minecraft favour boxes DIY – Atlas Artistry (ETSY)

 

Creeper favour bags – Have Your Party (ETSY)

 

These favour bags would also work well in this theme:

Paper Eskimo Favour bags – Sweet Celebrations

 

Love these jute sacks which come in a few sizes:

Jute sacks – Occasion by Design

 

Top off your favour with a gift tag attached with ribbon:

Grosgrain ribbon with white stitch – Saffy & May

Real Parties

Lots of creative ideas can be found in this Minecraft party by Sunny by Design

A link to some fantastic Minecraft parties on Catch My Party

Great minecraft party with ideas for food and activities featured on Kara’s Party Ideas

Some fun ideas for decorations and activities in this party on The Jensen Hoard blog

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Hope you enjoyed my selection! Being a newish theme it is still hard to find some supplies for this theme, but as I mentioned  – the talented vendors in the children’s party directory will be able to assist you!

 

Owl Theme

For all the wise little one’s out there, an Owl party theme is gorgeously cute and perfect for boys, girls and twins!

I love the idea of incorporating browns and natural colours and textures into this party theme, but really you can style this party with a range of colours depending on your chosen invitations.

Team this theme with birds (see our Little Birdy theme ), woodland features (see our woodland party theme) or it is perfect to stand as it’s own theme as well.

 Invitations/Printables

Love the colour scheme used in these printables for boys and girls:

Owl and bird printables - Style me Gorgeous

 

Girl owl and bird printables - Style me Gorgeous

Fairydust Stylish Stationary has loads of cute owl printable options. Here is one of them, but there are many with other colour choices:

Owl printables - Fairydust Stylish Stationary

Love the idea of combining owls with buntings as opposed to branches:

Owl bunting invitations - Poppiseed Designs

A few other sweet owl invitations:

Owl Themed Birthday - Little Dance Invitations

 

Owl pink invitation - Illume Designs

 

Turqouise hoot invitation - Invite Me

 

Ingrid and friends invitation set - Kikki. K

 Decorations

A cute owl themed bunting in your party area would look delightful!

Hoot Owl bunting - Merry Go round

 

Life's a hoot bunting - Giggleberry Creations

 

Owl Bunting - Magnolia Nursery Decor

The pastel shades of these Alimrose buntings work well with this theme and are perfect for future themes and use in the nursery:

Alimrose bunting - Tots n Tales

Alimrose Designs bunting - Three Little Owls

The natural look of this paper bunting would work in well if you are using a wood element to this theme:

Natural bunting - Lily Chic Events

A cute hoot birthday banner perfect for behind the cake:

Owl Banner - Piece of Cake Parties and Celebrations

Love these colours together in this paper garland. Perfect for an owl party in blues and browns:

Tissue paper garland - Invite Me

To incorporate balloons I thought these one’s were really lovely and simple! Also available in pink shades as well:

Owl balloons - Let's Celebrate Parties

You could mix them in with these cute polka dot balloons:

Polka Dot Balloons - The Princess and the Pirate

Tableware

For your tableware I was delighted to see that these new coloured linen options are now available from Occasion by Design in a range of colours. It makes setting the base of your table so easy to match with your colour scheme!

Solid coloured linen tablecloths - Occasion by Design

 

Colour choices for tablecloth - Occasion by Design

If you are using plastic tablecloths, then this sweet owl tablerunner could help bring your owl theme to life.

Owl Hipp table runner - Le Petit Party

This tablerunner (also available with pink stripes) is great in incorporating the natural/wood look into your table:

Blue/Kraft tablerunner - The Party Parlour

I thought these plate options were really cute and stylish if you are looking for theme based plates:

Little Owl Dinner plate - Piece of Cake Parties and Celebrations

 

Owl blue plate - Bubbles and Rainbows

You can incorporate natural textures through these items:

Square palm leaf plates - The Party Studio

Pine food cups, bowls and cones - The Princess and the Pirate

Or find another option to work in with your colour scheme:

Fuschia pink paper plate - The Party Studio

 

Paper Eskimo party plate - Details, details

 

Blue rectangle plate - Mon Tresor

 

Polkadot raspberry plates - Sweet Style

Complete your tableware with a colour matching or theme based napkin:

Pale blue polka dot napkin - Invite Me

 

You're a hoot napkins - The Little Big Company

 

Soft pink dots napkin - The Little Big Company

 

Owl napkins - Leisure Time

 

Sweet Treats

For your sweet treats, themed based cookie cutters are great not only for cookies but you could use them on sandwiches or other items too:

Owl Cookie Cutter - Sweet Themes

Cute cupcake toppers (available in other colours too) to add a personal touch:

Personalised Mr Owl cupcake topper - Mon Tresor

 These baking cups add a touch of brown to your decor:

Chocolate polka dot baking cups - Little Dance Invitations

 

Pink and brown polka dot baking cups - The Raspberry Butterfly

 

Plain brown cupcake wrapper - The Little Big Company

 Cocoa colour candles could be mixed in with other colours to also carry on a wood feel on your cake:

Cocoa and white candles - The Party Parlour

Love these cake stands as they make sure your cake stands out and a sweet owl would be lovely atop one of these!

Milk glass cake stand - Sweet Style

Special Themed Items

Some lovely wall decals to decorate your party area:

Owly Wall decal - Mini Mecca

 

Owls on a branch wall sticker - Oulike

A cute print can create a special touch and memory of this birthday:

Owl print on wood - Brown Paper Packages

 

Personalised owl print - Lollipop Baby

Love these cute (and educational) blocks, also available in other colours. Would make a nice extra on the food table:

Owl ABC blocks - Retro Ragamuffins

Another option for decorations which can be transferred to the nursery afterwards:

Owl mobile - Kinder Kamoodle

 

Hanging owls - Magnolia Nursery Decor

These sweet personalised carry cases can be used on the day of the party to display favours, plates/cutlery, water bottles or other items you want to display in a unique way:

Owl carry case - Fairydust Stylish Stationary

Grass flower placemats are perfect for this theme as well as any future parties which are based around outdoors/gardens/woodlands etc

Grass flower mat - Sharnel Dollar Designs

For a unique way to display some of your food items, these mini stools can be placed on your dessert table to create the natural wooden feel:

Mini stool set - Sharnel Dollar Designs

A lovely wooden stool as a special seat for the birthday boy/girl and a garden feature for after the party:

Wood (fake) stool - Third Drawer Down

Some lovely ornamental owls as a special feature at the party:

Hoot Porcelain owl - The Little Big Company

 

Ceramic owl - Shoppe with Lily

If you are hosting this party in the cooler months, these cute sleeping owl beanies would look gorgeous on your little one!

Sleepy Little Owl beanie - Three Little Owls

Feature some lovely delightful owls as part of your party decor. Here are a few choices:

Owl wall hanging - Razzle Dazzle 4 U

 

Felt owls, wooden trees and owl cage - Fairydust Stylish Stationary

 

Handmade hanging owl - Amber Dreams

 

Jolie Petite Owl cushion - Baby be Natural

 

Brown crochet owl - Baby Pebbles

 

Russ jungleloo owl - Tarbea

 

Bubble the scrappy soft owl - Fabric Jungle

Favours/Take home gifts

There are so many cute options for party favours for this theme. Here are a few of them:

Ingrid and friends gel pens - Kikki.K

 

Owl yo yo - Piece of Cake Parties and Celebrations

 

Owl bubbles - Piece of Cake Parties and Celebrations

 

Tiger Tribe mini stamps - The Peanut Gallery

 

Owl eco torch - Kids Stuff

 

Little owl perfume in a tin - Twinkietwink

Package your treats up in one of these cute options:

Owl lolly bags - Ben and Jess

 

Kraft gable box - Little Sooti

 

Pink polka dot party bag (also available in blue) - Twiggi

Some options for packaging embellishments:

Blue and brown stripe ribbon - Le Petit Party

 

Ingrid and friends ribbon - Kikki.K

 

Natural jute twine - Little Sooti

 

Mini wooden pegs - Little Sooti

 

Owl party tag - Little Indigo

Real Parties

A sweet girls owl party from Stamp with Kim

Want to go vintage? Have a look at this beautiful vintage owl baby shower on Kara’s Party Ideas

Absolutely gorgeous boys Owl party by Sugarcoated Events

Simply amazing Night Owl party from Snowybliss

Beautiful Baptism party on the Style Me Gorgeous blog based on her owl printables

Love all the tree trunk elements in this hoot party featured on Amy Atlas

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I hope you have found some inspiration for this gorgeously cute theme – whether you use it for a birthday, baby shower or Christening or even a starting/finishing school party!

Remember to contact me if you need more customised inspiration for the party you are planning: lifeslittlec@gmail.com

Enjoy the celebrating of your little one =)

 

 

 

Woodland Theme

A theme which has become quite popular lately for children’s celebrations is a Woodland/Enchanted Forest theme! Such a wonderful neutral theme that you can tailor towards a boy or a girl. Create a colour scheme of red, white, green and brown – think mushrooms, deers, fairies, trees…and a little magical scene for your little one’s party is set!I have done a seperate blog post on a Fairy Theme so have a browse there for some specific fairy ideas =)

Here are some cute finds you may love if you are planning a celebration for this theme! Click on the image to take you directly to where you can purchase it.

Invitations/Printables

Some lovely Woodland printables to make sure your party is easily styled for this theme:

 

Enchanted woodland - Style Me Gorgeous

Woodland printables - Love the Day

 

These are lovely for a vintage look:

Vintage fawn invitation - The Little Soiree

 

Vintage woodland party - Love Creation Gal

 

For something more personalised, I thought this one was lovely:

Beautiful fairy forest invitation - Little Dance Invitations

Love all the little creatures in this invitation:

Woodland invitation - Adyl Owl Invitations

 

Tableware

The little mushroom on this grass mat are so cute. These mats are perfect for table centrepieces and placemats:

Toadstool grass mats - Bickiboo

 

To create a woodland feel, use these or similar for table coverings:

Hessian rolls - Simply Sweet Soirees

 

Tablerunner Kraft Chrysanthamum Blossom - The Party Parlour

 

This tableware will keep you in the woodland theme:

Red polka dot plates - Simply Sweet Soirees

 

Brown paper straws - Saffy & May

 

Wooden cutlery - Simply Sweet Soirees

 

These berry baskets are perfect for a woodland theme, either to serve/display food or to use as favour baskets:

Paper berry baskets - Instyle Parties

Decorations

Such a sweet mushroom garland! Perfect for a bedroom or playroom after the party:

Mini toadstool garland - Radish and Ruth

 

I love all the creations by Dunne with Style. The flower garlands and various decorations she creates in various colour options are amazing and are perfect for a woodland theme:

Garland - Dunne with Style

 

Woodland Bunting - Sweet Celebrations

 

Giant 90cm polkadot balloons - Bickiboo

 

Dark green honeycomb ball - The Party Table

 

The paper garlands and mobiles by Hanging Pretty look fantastic and could be custom made to suit your woodland theme:

Hanging pretty mobile & garlands - Hanging Pretty

 

Sweet Treats

This sweet cake bunting would easily dress up a lovely cake for this theme:

Woodland cake bunting - My Little Blue Designs

 

Popped onto this wooden cake stand for a perfect woodland feel!

Wooden pedestal cake stand - Occasion by Design

 

 

Sugar toadstools - Wheel and Barrow

 

Robert Gordon mushroom toppers - Instyle Parties

 

Toadstool cookie cutter - Sweet Themes

 

 Special Themed Items

Use various woodland creatures on your party dessert table etc to bring the woodland theme to life! These creatures are so cute and I’m sure would look great in a bedroom after the party :

Set of 3 wooden deers - The Little Big Company

 

Deer ornament - Deer Little Parties

 

Standing and crouching squirrels - The Little Big Company

 

Moss rocks - Occasion by Design

 

These wooden props are great to use for a woodland theme on your table, and can be used for many parties/themes afterwards as well:

Wooden tray set - Sweet Style

 

Wooden crates to use as risers - Saffy & May

 

 

Mushroom Stool -MiniStyle

 

Love these Woodland theme props by our lovely sponser Tiny Tots Toy Hire (Sydney):

Mushroom table and chairs set for HIRE - Tiny Tots Toy Hire (Sydney)

 

Woodland props for HIRE - Tiny Tots Toy Hire (Sydney)

Tree trunk risers for HIRE - Tiny Tots Toy Hire (sydney)

 

 

Favours and Packaging

A few cute items to use as party favours:

Mini mushroom pencils - Little Muse

 

Mushroom erasers - Piece of Cake Parties & Celebrations

 

Gnome noteboks - Piece of Cake Parties & Celebrations

 

Tiger tribe stamp set - Urbanbaby

 

Packaged up with some cute toadstool ribbon!

Toadstool ribbon - Ribbons Galore

 

I’m seeing tape used more and more in decorating and unique packaging at parties. Here is some green floral tape perfect for this theme:

Green flower tape - The Party Table

These sweet baskets would be lovely for a woodland theme:

Mini wired baskets - Saffy & May

Also loving this green scalloped box to fill with treats:

Scalloped box - Sweet Style

 

Real parties

Love the natural elements used in this Toadstool party featured on Babyology

Very cute outdoor Woodlands party on the Mandy Lynee blog. Love the log risers!

A stunning woodlands party on the Celebrations at Home blog by White Room Events.

This Woodland Fairy Party on the Kate Landers Event blog will fill you with ideas and inspiration!

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Hope you enjoyed the finds for this theme. It is a really fun theme to plan for and there is so many items available to suit this theme and I’ve really just chosen a few to give you some ideas and get you started.

Enjoy the planning!