Timeless Birthday Parties

Remember the type of birthday parties we had growing up? Parties filled with classic games like pass the parcel, musical chairs and pin the tail on the donkey?

Well today, Mardi from Party Ideas in a box is sharing some ideas for planning a birthday party with the same timeless and classic fun:

 

 

“At Party Ideas in a Box , we believe that kids parties are best celebrated with fun party games and unstructured free play where children feel at home.

Party games make the party come to life and children know that games are a part of the party fun.

The best party games for children are timeless, classic games that are suitable for boys and girls, all ages, skill levels and are best enjoyed with no-pressure fun.

 

Timeless party games can be played with either no props or with resources you already have in the home. Musical Statues, Simon Says, the Egg and Spoon Race or the Memory Game are perfect examples of these types of games.
Other classic party games call for more specific supplies, such as Pin the Tail on the Donkey. Our classic Pin the Tail  and contemporary Pin the Tail  versions have a different feel about them, but they are just as fun as each other!

 

Let’s have a sack race- it is simple yet potentially challenging fun for every age group. The older children will sneak around the rules, creating such a creative element with this game. It is one of those games that children love to play again and again.

Our traditional potato hessian sack  is sturdy and strong and is perfect for both kids and grown ups. The lighter weight contemporary hessian sack version is ideal for young children to hold and jump.

 

The egg and spoon race is a simple relay race. Our version of the game is perfect as an allergy- friendly game and doubles as a musical shaker. Challenge the grown ups at your party to play the blindfolded version- kids will love the silliness of their parents!

 

 

Create the classic party ambience using our timeless party decorations such as balloons , streamers and windmills  . Bright, gender-neutral colours are ideal for this style of party.

 

 

 

Our high quality, brightly coloured fill-in invitations are ready for you to introduce your timeless birthday party to the party guests.

 

 

 

The classic style of party is ideal for 3-6 year old boys and girls birthday parties…or even an 11-14 year old girls birthday party (when it starts to become cool to do things when you were little!).

Celebrate your next child’s party the traditional way by playing the old party game favourites with Party Ideas in a Box

 

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Thank you Mardi for your wonderful ideas! If you need resources and games for these classic party games, shop them all at Party Ideas in a Box

 

 

 

Vintage Floral Party supplies

Today I’m sharing a guest post from Pam and Maria from Styled Pretty with products for a beautiful Vintage floral party!

At Styled Pretty we love creating environments that will keep your guests talking. Our products are unique, fun, stylish and perfect for any event. They are a combination of modern traditional elegance and definitely ‘pretty’!

 

 

 

 

Source list:

Thank you Styled Pretty for your lovely inspiration and range of products for a Vintage Floral party ! You can find more items to suit this theme in my previous blog post to suit a Tea Party theme as well here.

Oranges and Lemons baby shower by Lettuce & Co

Today I am delighted to share with you a unique baby shower styled by Lettuce & Co. I love that it is based around a classic nursery rhyme which is always good inspiration for a baby shower. My favourite element has to be the drinks setting on the vintage pram and the sweet cake bunting to match the rhyme!

Lisa from Lettuce & Co writes – This gorgeous baby shower took us back in time. The time the nursery rhyme was sung to us by our grandmothers to the time we were singing and dancing to the rhyme ourselves with our little friends.

 

 

There is just so much to love about it with its vintage rustic theme. Despite the nursery rhyme’s old history the vibrant colours of the oranges and lemons bring it to life, which is what we were celebrating after all, a new life! Our client didn’t know what she was having either, so these colours worked perfectly whether it was to be a boy or a girl.

 

 

 

The rhyme in almost its entirety (for those that had forgotten it!) hung above the old wooden table filled with orange and lemon goodness and the vintage pram was a real find and works just beautifully as the drinks station, laden with homemade lemonade and flowers.

 

In keeping with the themes old history but celebrating the new life, we worked the cakes and desserts around the old and the new.

 

Tangy lemon curd mousse pots and layered orange cakes with buttercream topped with orange zest, ‘jam drop’ biscuits filled with orange marmalade and lemon curd and dusted with icing sugar had a real rustic feel to them, mini lemon meringues and the gorgeous citrus cake, with ruffles.

 

A lovingly handmade bunting by us girls with cut out children signifying the ‘oranges and lemons’ game took centre of the cake.

 

 

Credits:

Styling & Design, Floral & Stationery: lettuce & co 
Cake & Biscuits: Cakes & Biscuits by Lisa
Desserts: Sweet Empire
Photography: Willem dirk du Toit

 

Thank you Lettuce & Co for sharing this event with us!

 

 

 

 

Pink Lemonade Party supplies

Do a search for “pink lemonade party” in google or pinterest and you will find the cutest party images ever! This is such a gorgeous theme and even if you don’t style a whole party around this theme you could always incorporate a lemonade stand into another theme you are planning.

 

This is the perfect party to include lovely drink dispensers, use cute mini bottles and coloured straws and bring some sunshiny yellow into your party!

Most popular colours for this party are mixing yellow with pink and/or green but for boys I would mix the yellow with grey, or blue (fantastic real party in this colour scheme under the “Real parties” section of this blog post).

You can go for a retro or vintage vibe with this party and include cute wooden crates/boxes/props for a unique look.

See my Pinterest board for this theme for some more ideas!

Hope you enjoy this post!

 

Invitations/Printables

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some perfect options for boys:

 

 

Cute FREE printables for some lemonade signs:

 

These labels are easy to just write your descriptions straight on and pop them on your table:

 

 

Love chalkboard signs for a vintage feel for a lemonade party:

 

 

 

 

Decorations

Lots of cute ways to decorate this party and particularly to string something pretty around a lemonade stand:

 

 

 

 

 

 

A bright paper chain for a retro feel:

 

Love these MINI tissue balls – only 12.5cm!

 

 

Tableware

This theme is the perfect excuse to set out a cute drinks table and use mini bottles and colourful straws. Here are some items perfect for this theme:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love love love these PLASTIC milk bottles. Perfect for smaller children!:

 

 

For older children who can handle the glass – these yellow dot glass bottles are cute!

 

 

Or go for a vintage feel with these little mason jars for your drinks:

 

These are great props on a dessert table for a pink lemonade party:

 

 

 

Pop in some cute straws:

 

 

 

 

You can’t have a lemonade stand party without drink dispensers! Either hire some or buy some of these lovely ones:

 

 

 

 

This lovely white tray would be perfect filled with your little bottles:

 

Also love these square tins for this theme…fill them with some lemons perhaps and use as a prop?:

 

These berry boxes would also look great filled with a few lemons if you are going for a rustic feel:

 

Or use these sweet ceramic punnet boxes in your party:

 

Top off your dessert table with a yellow cake stand!

This yellow wooden stand is also available to hire from Tiny Tots Toy Hire if you’re in Sydney:

 

 

 

Props and Lemonade Stands:

For an affordable lemonade stand to purchase, this cute cardboard one is perfect!:

 

You can also hire a stand which you can use as a lemonade stand like this one available in Sydney from Tiny Tots Toy Hire:

 

 

Here are more lemonade stands for hire from vendors in the HIRE Category of the Directory:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A canopy such as this one below (available for hire and you can probably find similar for hire in other states) would also look really cute for this theme with the yellow and white chairs as well:

 

You can find other vendors in various locations which have similar canopies for hire such as Wild Rose Sweets and Styling (Newcastle/Hunter region in NSW), Sweet Boutique Lolly Buffets (Canberra), Your Style Dessert and Buffet tableware hire (Ipswich, QLD) and many more on the Directory here.

 

These sweet yellow chairs for HIRE would also look fantastic for this theme:

 

Get your birthday boy/girl a fun apron to wear as they serve some lemonade! Love these waterproof ones:

 

Or dress your birthday girl in a sweet pink and yellow outfit:

 

 

 

 

 

These ladder shelves are so fantastic for around the house and I know when I’ve used similar ones in my parties, some of my facebook readers have asked where to buy them from. They would really suit this theme I think – fill the shelves with cups/bottles etc for your lemonade stand – and of course use them around your home after the party!

 

 

You can also hire a similar ladder shelf as well as a butlers tray (along with a drink dispenser, bottles etc) from Utterly Organised Events in Melbourne.   Browse the hire category for other vendors in your location.

A butlers tray table would also look really sweet filled with some bottles. I’m not suggesting you buy this JUST for a party – they make a great little table for around the home! Or as mentioned above – hire one!

 

 

Some lovely props for this theme:

 

 

 

Chalkboards really suit a vintage feel for this theme:

 

 

 

Leave these suitcases open and fill them with bottles, cups, lemons, straws or just use them as risers under your drink dispensers perhaps?

 

A cute lemonade making kit:

 

 

Favours & Packaging

Give the little ones some of their own juicers to make some lemonade when they get home:

 

 

 

Or send the kids home with some of your own homemade lemonade using these cute bottles:

 

 

 

Some sweet packaging options for other sweets/treats:

 

 

 

 

 

Real Parties

There really are SO many gorgeous parties in this theme. Here are a few that really caught my eye for inspiration!:

Such an adorable pink lemonade party featured on Kara’s Party Ideas

Combine lemonade and tutu’s and you get one amazing par – featured on The Hostess with the Mostess website

A lovely summer lemonade stand party in blues, greens and yellows on the Hostess with the Mostess website

This lemon and lime party is a slightly different take on this theme but I love the colours & styling in this party from the Any Given Party website

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Anyone feel like setting up a lemonade stand after this post? It would be a lot of fun to style one!

I hope you enjoyed the ideas!

Vintage Tricycle Theme

I thought it was time to do a boys theme and one theme which I really love is that of a vintage tricycle inspired by the printables from Style Me Gorgeous. So I’ve decided to do this post on a tricycle or bicycle theme – a great theme if you want to do a classic traditional theme for a boy =)

You could combine this theme with another item as well. For example on the Style Me Gorgeous printables they are combined with a kite. Other printables combine a tricycle with other vintage toys. I also saw a vintage tricycle and ice cream party. So really anything could work and the vintage feel could tie it together.

I’ve based most of my selections on blues and brown/cream tones and vintage items however I know all of you fab blog readers of mine could make any colour work well =)

Invitations/Printables

These are the gorgeous printables which originally inspired this post! I love the colour scheme and the classic look:

 

If you want to inject some red into your colour scheme, here is another lovely set of printables:

 

These two bring a few other vintage toys into the mix, which I think are just lovely!

 

 

Some classic tricycle invitations:

 

 

 

Who said girls can’t have a tricycle party? Check out this cute vintage invitation for a girl:

 

Decorations

A few ideas in blue and brown tones:

 

 

 

 

 

Tableware

A gingham tablecloth could work in really well for this theme:

Or you could use this jute material for a vintage feel tablecloth:

For paper based invitations this tablerunner in brown would suit – and it has polka dots on the back if you want to change the design!

 

 

 

 

How cute is this – pre-stamped personalised wooden cutlery ! Saves you the hassle of purchasing the name stamp yourself:

 

 

Yes these popular straws now come in brown and white! Perfect with some chocolate milk I think =)

 

Sweet Treats

Use some old fashioned treats to go with this vintage theme:

 

 

 

Some cute options for cake toppers:

 

Love these blue cake stands:

 

 

Special Items

I’ve seen some images where people have used actual tricycles as props at their child’s party, and this one could certainly work into this theme and double as a birthday gift:

You could use a custom nursery print such as this for an extra decoration on your party table and a special keepsake:

 

Perfect options for table risers:

 

 

A few other vintage props and accessories for your party table:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can pick up some cute tricycle props here and there – I even saw a large tricycle planter in Target a while back. Here are two options I found online which are the perfect size for  small prop.

 

 

If you’re in Sydney you can hire this one from Tiny Tots Toy Hire:

Also loving these hire item for this vintage theme!

 

 

Packaging

How sweet is this tricycle favour container?:

 

 

A stylish tricycle favour bag with a vintage feel:

 

A lovely pastel blue to go with this theme:

These jute bags really suit a vintage feel:

 

Cute tricycle favour bags available in other colours too:

 

Top off your favours with some of these sweet tags:

 

 

 

 

Real Parties

The vintage tricycle party by Sarah from Style Me Gorgeous using her printables, on her blog

Amanda from the Kawaii Notebook styled this party based on the Style me Gorgeous Printables, featured on the Amy Atlas blog

This baby shower mixed vintage & modern tricycle together – featured on the Hostess with the Mostess blog

A cute pink tricycle party on the Frosted Events blog

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I can’t wait until I can use this theme for hopefully a future son…or grandson if I have to wait until then!!

It’s definitely on my “to do” list of party themes and doing this blog post made me love it more!

Hope you enjoyed the finds =)