Disclosure: This is an original post about parties that I have thrown for my kids. Some links included are affiliate links.
Last year (E) has become more and more obsessed with Art of any kind. She loves to color, she doodles even when we drive to swim or dance lessons. That means its the perfect theme for her 5th Birthday Party!!!
*I’ve begun a few pre-party rituals now like pajamas on theme for the night before- this year she got tie dye. I also made family shirts which included tie dye shirts and a funny one for RNYD.* (if you want family shirts but don’t want to make them yourself- check out MHC Creations.
I also found her the perfect dress for the day of :o)
I made a few art party games to play, and let the kids run around and have fun in the yard as well. Food was supplied by our favorite Luigi O’Grady’s. Whenever I need to throw a party Michelle and I engage in the funniest email strings. I tell her the theme and she makes suggestions, I just never know. Luckily she does. This time however it wasn’t too necessary except for some additions as (E) knew that she wanted chicken finger and fries since its her absolute favorite meal.
One of my closest friends is a CRAZY talented cake artist, who works at La Promenade in Tenafly, NJ so she always makes my cakes. They are not only beautiful one of a kind works of art, but they are so very good.
If you are looking to re-create any parts of the party and need supplies, click items that are “blue” as they will take you right to the item on Amazon. These are affiliate links.
*Note- at each station I had a package or two of Baby wipes on hand for clean up. Totally necessary.**
Ceramics
My kids adore Jills Ceramics (if you are a reader you know this by now). Although we wanted to do the party at home, we made sure to incorporate something similar as a portion of the party. If you are local, you can go to Jills and purchase the supplies for the party at home. If you are not local- the boots (or other item you may want to paint) Amazon. We chose boots because (E) actually LOVES SHOES (lord help me).
Here’s the links also to the brushes, paint, smocks, Styrofoam plates and sealant I had on hand.
Chalk Art
(E) loves to draw on the driveway, but RNYD despises it (see funny shirt I made with my Circuit cutter and some vynil). Sooooooo obviously we had to take the opportunity to make a driveway mess. I drew assorted frames ahead of time and then left out some chalk, some chalk paint, spirograph and stencils for the kids to have a blast with.
Photography (see a theme in my parties? its art LOL)
I used a large frame that I always put into the ground as a setup for photos, and put some photo props there for the kids to use. It’s super cute (even the adults jumped in).
I found my large frame at a garage sale, which is a great place, but they also have these fun and easier to store ones online: Photo frame
DECOR
I used things I had lying around like old paintings and frames (which I love) but here are the other parts that went into the great look of the party.
After a 2 & 5th birthday photo shoot with IC You Photography where they made my children Large age Numbers with their theme, I have been continuing ever since, putting my own spin on things. I made a lage 3 and painted it then hot glued some of the fake flowers on it.
Here are some of the photos from the birthday shoot with IC You– for the full story and all the photos CLICK HERE.
Here is my “5” with not so little (E).
