I’m in the midst of planning my daughter’s “Ballet and Bow”s 3rd birthday party so everything is “ballerina” in my party planning head right now! I wanted to share this utterly gorgeous jaw dropping Ballerina party which was styled by Dalia of Tiny Tots Toy Hire
It is a true visual feast for the eyes!
Tiny Tots Toy Hire has a large selection of gorgeous props available for hire in Sydney – so everything you see here is available for hire so if you want to recreate a party like this in Sydney, it is possible!
Oh and those gorgeous hanging tulle poms? You can find those beauties at Pom Pom Princess
How beautiful are the pinwheels in this setting? All handmade by the talented Sarah of Pink Giraffe Fair:
This cake is just beautiful by Cake Von Dee:
Stunning cupcakes adorned with graceful cupcake tutus from Fantasy Kids Parties:
Ruffled cake pops from It’s a cake thing are almost too gorgeous to eat:
Beautiful array of macarons from Her Macarons:
Love the detailing on these cookies from Sweet Couture:
What an amazing Croquembouche by Styled by Linda:
Such a pretty drinks setting in this lovely cart:
A table setting fit for real ballerinas with handmade party hats by Pink Giraffe Fair:
The girls enjoying some real ballerina fun. Tutu heaven!:
Pretty party favours:
Other vendor credits:
Ballerina tutus (teacher & mannequin): Little Chiyo
Ballerina dancer: Little Ballerinas
Photography: Silk Truffle Photography
Wooden cutlery: All in All Party Boxes
Children’s lunchboxes: Catering for Kids
Ribbon Wands: Maddison’s Flutterbyes
Birthday girl’s headpiece (handmade): Bespoke by Renee
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I hope you enjoyed this beautiful Ballerina themed party! For more ballerina inspiration you can view my Ballerina themed blog post here
Today I’m sharing a real party feature which was put together by Michelle from Little Wish Parties for her son’s 3rd birthday. It features lots of DIY and creative ideas and with Peppa Pig being such a popular theme lately I hope it inspires lots of mum’s planning for this theme!
Michelle from Little Wish Parties writes….
“In our home the daily ritual is watching Peppa Pig, there is always a rush of excitement with little ones yelling “Peppa Pigs on!” So it was a no brainer when it came to deciding on what type of theme to have for my sons third birthday.
I had seen a few Peppa Pig parties over the internet but they all seemed to be purely based around girls parties and when i offered a George Party instead my son still had his mind set on Peppa!
I was determined to not go with pinks, although knew i had to have it in there somewhere, obviously!
The first thing i decided on was the colour scheme and my first choice was pastels so i got started on my backdrop design for my table.
Once my backdrop was done it gave me loads of inspiration to add to my table. After convincing my dad to make me some trestle legs and source a tabletop for me, i got painting and decided to coordinate my table colour with my backdrop (mint green) which was the base for all things yummy.
Originally i wanted to paint muddy puddles on my table but i sourced some wooden circles in various sizes from Bunnings , glued and painted them for the foundation of my cupcakes and cookies and the base of my cake stand.
I also included the boys in painting these as i always like to involve them in the party planning. I sourced some tiny gumboots and went with red as they are Georges colour. This is when i began to start adding a few extra brighter colours to the mix.
Pinterest was great for searching for ideas for cakes and even though he is only three, i rounded a few cakes down and asked the birthday boy what he liked.. easy.
I had a visual of muddy puddles and gumboots on cupcakes and after searching high and low over the internet i couldnt find any that had been done. Michelle from Miss Shell’s Cakes was wonderful to work with. I was so happy with the cake and cupcakes, they were just divine, exactly what i had imagined.
My dear friend Natalie from D’lish Cupcakes and Accesories made the apple and strawberry cookies. I also got inspiration from this for a bit of Grandpa Pigs Garden as well as adding some more brighter colours to my table.
Themed candy such as clouds, Peppas Teddy Biscuits, raindrops and icecream pops mixed with a few tiny umbrellas and fresh flowers for my Peppa Pig Garden finished the table.
Dinosaur donuts and dinosaur nuggets were also on the party menu, also a request from the birthday boy.
I had chair backers made up for my gorgeous chairs , grass mats for my table settings as well as some great props (all hire items from Little Wish Parties).
I dressed up some plastic milk bottles from the reject shop with fabric and opted for a chocolate sippa straw to make some muddy puddle milk. I cut out some muddy puddles from brown cardboard to create a coaster for their milk. The kids loved it!
Matching but larger cardboard muddy puddles were placed around the party for lots of muddy puddle jumping.
Cloud balloons and rain set the scene. Instead of making tassels i ended up buying some pre made metallic pom poms for my jumbo balloons, saved me lots of time. I also attached blue beads to some umbrellas to make rain.
I tried to save money where i could by planning well in advance and doing lots of bargain shopping. That way i put it into other things like entertainment. Peppa was a huge hit and it was like all his dreams had come true at once so it was well worth the money.
Lots of party games had come to mind like piggy in the middle, mr potato sack racing, muddy puddle jumping. We also transformed our little tykes cozy coupe into daddy pigs car.
I knew this party was a successful one as he has already told me he wants the same party next year!
– All photos by Kate’s Precious Moments Photography
Thanks so much Michelle for sharing your son’s fantastic Peppa Pig Party! For more Peppa Pig party ideas, visit my previous blog post here.
Today being official “Talk like a pirate day” – I am sharing some images that one of my blog readers/facebook followers Melanie sent me of her son’s Pirate Themed 3rd birthday.
I was excited to share these because often I see and share images of parties styled by professional stylists and I think it is important to also see parties hosted by mum’s who aren’t professional stylists to see what an amazing and fun party can be created by someone just like – you!
Melanie who has a 3yr old and a 13 month old made all the decorations, the cake and most of the food herself – not an easy feat with two toddlers at home! However she said it was all worth it to see her son Max have a great time and see how excited he was at the set up!
She used the printables from One Magic Day who is one of the vendors in the children’s party directory. Cookies and macarons are from “Oh Sugar”.
I love the clever use of props at this party such as the wooden elements and creative cake stands Melanie made. So many fantastic details in this party which I have mentioned below.
Enjoy the photos and all the creative ideas of this wonderful pirate party!
Fantastic treasure map backdrop that Melanie made is perfect for this theme:
Clever styling with the gold coins spilling out of the hessian bag:
Love these toppers in the jelly which look like boats:
Melanie made this cake herself and I love the sand effect. Also how fantastic are those mason jars on stands?
Perfect kid friendly candy bar!:
Great prop sign!:
Love this pirate tent and the happy pirate birthday boy:
Melanie has done such an amazing job. Thanks so much for sharing Melanie!
We had a wonderful day celebrating Naomi’s 1st birthday and it was exciting to see it shared on Kara’s Party Ideas!
In this post I will share more pictures and details to explain where I found various products as that is the focus of my blog/business – helping you source items for your children’s parties! I used some truly wonderful vendors when planning this party all of which I can recommend.
We did not have this party at home – and I only had 2 hours to set up at the venue. So learning from my previous parties I decided as far as decorating to mainly focus on the Dessert table and the Favour table. Besides this I had some helium balloons placed on the food and drinks tables for quick and easy decorating but didn’t have a kids table or too many other props/sections to decorate.
The theme for Naomi’s 1st birthday was a Carousel theme with colours of mint green and purple with gold.
It did take me some time to find a carousel look that I LOVED as far as printables – I found it finally at Fairydust Stylish Stationery and Toni was great to work with in designing the backdrop and other items. As the venue had brick walls I decided to go with a printed backdrop as it was the easiest way to cover up the brick.
Here is the dessert table I setup and the backdrop which I absolutely loved which was designed by Fairydust Stylish Stationery and great quality printing by Little Dance Invitations
The ruffled tablecloth was hired from Tiny Tots Toy Hire in Sydney, along with a few other items – great service as always!
Sweet items:
Since the backdrop was quite detailed I opted for a simpler cake design to compliment the backdrop.
Cakes by Sharon did a beautiful job creating something that worked in with the backdrop and other decorations such as the pinwheel items.
The jade milk glass cake stand is hired from Sweet Celebrations in Sydney and the wooden riser is from Saffy & May
Minnie from Minnie’s Sweet Creations created the perfect chocolate coated oreos – some with pinwheel design, as well as the mini carousel horse cookies with gold touched heels.
Macarons with some gold sprinkling were from Her Macarons and so many guests commented that these were the most delicious macarons they have ever tasted!
They were placed atop cake stands from Leo & Bella
I also had some fruit cups on the table as well as 3 acrylic candy jars from Just Party Supplies (so kid friendly!) filled with choc beans, persian fairy floss and meringues.
I bought some melamine white platters from Occasion by Design – again another kid safe option!
I used gold straws to look like carousel poles in the fruit cups. The candy scoops and gold straws were from Little Dance Invitations.
The gold glitter tablerunner you see in the photos – I purchased from Hunt and Style who have quite a gorgeous selection of table runners! I also purchased gold glitter ribbon from them which I used throughout the party.
Decorations
I love pinwheels and they fit in with a carousel and carnival theme. Samantha from Dunne with style created paper rosettes with pinwheel centres which I used as part of the backdrop. She also created pinwheels and gold glitter glass bottles on the table. The pinwheels were gorgeous in colours of green and purple!
Party Favours
Here is a photo of the party favour table. The carousel horse garland created by Hanging Pretty was one of my favourite items – the detailing was gorgeous on the horses!
The green wooden cake stand I had purchased for a previous party from from Leo & Bella and the wooden name was from Little Sweet Styling
Most of the children coming were around 1-4 years of age so I decided to go with ribbon wands for party favours as the entertainers I was having were incorporating ribbon wands into their show as well. I wasn’t sure how they would go down with the little boys but I have to say the boys were having more fun with them than the girls! The ribbon wands were made by Dunne with Style in colours to match the theme. They were setup in lilac acrylic vases from Simply Sweet Soirees
For the older children I ordered some chalk favours from Chalk Chook! These included stars as well as other shapes (animals, cars etc). I packaged them in the most adorable Carousel Horse favour boxes from Bespoke Party Products.
I also had some chocolate bars packaged with wrappers from Bespoke Party Products for the adults who were coming without kids as I like to send them home with something.
Another lovely item made for me by Dunne with style were these purple and green lola fabric poms! They sat inside a ferris wheel cupcake holder which belongs to my sister in law. I also attached another spare carousel horse from Hanging Pretty to the cupcake holder:. You can see a better photo of the ribbon wands and chalk favours here:
One of my favourite items was this personalised canvas. It was designed by Sweet Bee Creates on ETSY and printed at Harvey Norman. I love personalised items and enjoyed thinking of all the bits and pieces to incorporate into this canvas. Here are a few shots of the birthday girl as well:
Here is our little Naomi playing around with a tulle pom from Pom Pom Princess (which was from a previous party)
A few other bits and pieces from the party
Purple and gold garland from Penny Lane Studio – this ended up being hung behind the high chair and gift table.Love the way each piece swung in different directions.
You can also see the gorgeous white high chair hired from Sweet Celebrations (this photo doesn’t do it justice as I ran out of time to decorate it as I had planned !) which was so sweet and a lovely place for Naomi to sit at the start of the party when guests were arriving.
Also a lovely Carousel I bought for Naomi which I found in the party colours as well which I placed at the party near the party favours.
The actual party went well – Naomi was a bit sick on the day and so was very clingy and not quite in a party mood. Goes to show it doesn’t matter how much you plan, some things you cannot control – I just tried to go with the flow and carry her during the party as much as I could when she wasn’t with a relative.
However her sister and the other kids enjoyed the day and that was (and always is) my favourite part of the party – watching the kids have fun as they were entertained by 2 entertainers (A tin soldier and a ballerina) with songs, games, face painting and balloon animals.
Of course there were things which went wrong & things which didn’t go to plan – always the way at kids parties!
However at the end of the day – the birthday girl enjoyed her cake and received lots of love, wishes and cuddles from our wonderful friends and family – and that is what we will always remember.
Thanks for reading and sharing in some of Naomi’s 1st birthday celebrations!
When this Iceskating themed party arrived in my inbox from Sweet Event Styling by Thanh (based in Sydney) I was looking forward to featuring it for a few reasons!
1. It’s a great theme for a child who is a little bit older
2. It shows how a predominately blue colour scheme CAN be used well for a girl
Thanh based the decor around a wintery icy blue to go with the ice-skating theme as well as her daughters love of this colour!
She cleverly designed the printables including the lolly tags, toppers, placemats and signs.
Lollies were from Professors Lollies online and Thanh made all the other desserts except for Melting Moments (from local supermarket)
Love the shape of these bottles!:
Toppers are such a cute and easy way to dress up your treats.
Cake buntings are definitely IN right now! :
Thanks Thanh for sharing your great work. You can get in contact with Thanh & see more photos by visiting her facebook page here.
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