Customer Party....All Aboard

Candace over at Candy and Cake threw this darling train party for her son! I designed as set of coordinating toppers & favor tags to match my All Aboard invite.

She used the toppers in creative ways; on her goodie bags & even her hats. Check out her great party blog for great inspiration & party ideas.

Thanks for sharing! Carli

Watermelon Party

A sweet watermelon theme is a great one for summer. My daughter wishes she had a summer birthday for this reason, she want a watermelon, cherry & strawberry birthday (her favorites), but since those would cost a small fortune in December (in Washington), that isn't happening here (I am a bargain birthday momma!). With a bright and cheery palette of pinks, red, greens & touches of black it is a darling loose theme easily pulled together with a few watermelon touches!

Credits:
Watermelon pie

watermelon salsa

cupcakes

Jello

cookies

crown

Watermelon Ice (yum, one of my favorite things!)

hair clip

Watermelon dress

More Circus Fun!

Tissue Poms

Tissue poms are a great way to add fun, color & whimsy to your party (or even a bedroom, nursery or playroom). They are easy & affordable to make. No need to buy them, they are really easy to make & take only a couple of minutes each. I even have had my 6 year old make them! Martha Stewart has a great tutorial here. I have found that pipe cleaners work better than wire, as wire can tend to rip the tissue (maybe because I use dollar store tissue!). I usually buy my tissue at the dollar store! You can make numerous poms out of a $1 pack of tissue. They even work with used/old tissue, just flatten it out a bit. Cutting the ends differently creates different effects. You can even make little ones for garland, napkin rings, whimsical flowers, etc.

Owl Party

Owl parties have been popular for a while now & after a few requests for an owl invite, I came up with a few variations, check them out in my shop. This theme is fun for everything from a first birthday to an older kids night owl sleep over or even a daytime pj party, who doesn't love pjs!

Menu: Night time munchies-popcorn, junk food, chips, etc. (oh how my kids would love this menu, okay me too!!)

Decorations: There are darling owl pillow all over the web (etsy, amazon, etc.). They would be fairly simple to make with some inexpensive felt (you could sew or even hot glue them together). Owl pillows would be a fun craft/favor for older children to make.

How cute are these round felt owls? Here is the tutorial . They call for styrofoam balls which can be surprisingly pricey! I have modified crafts which have called for them before by using shaved down styrofoam squares (cheaper, sometimes you can even find them at the dollar store!), or even a wodded up old shirt or rag (using duct tape to form a ball shape) as well as a cheapo dollar store ball (note you can't use hot glue on these though as they will melt, but you could probably wrap with duct tape a few times to avoid this problem).

COMING SOON: NIGHT OWL/EARLY BIRD PRINTABLE PARTY PACKAGE!

Cute as a Button Birthday

I love the Cute as a Button birthday idea for a little girl's 1st birthday. It is a simple, fun and affordable theme. Check local thrift stores or garage sales & see if you can snag a bag or two of old buttons & you are set!

1. Button Pillow-easy craft to add a personalized touch to the party (courtesy of Charlotte's Fancy)

2. Button Flower pins-Easy to assemble with a little hot glue or gorilla glue (flickr)

3. Cute as a Button Invite by DimplePrints

4. Button Cookies

5. Initial Pillow by Letter Perfect Designs (on Etsy)

6. Button Mums-Very afforable & easy to work with!

7. Button Flowers

8. Button Hair clips-Cute favor idea (courtesy of The Art Zoo)

9. Button Mum arrangement

10. Button Clips (bhg.com)

I love these cute, simple crafts to add to your cuties birthday celebration. Be sure to secure all buttons secrely since they are choking hazards for little ones. Thanks, Carli

D's Construction Party

D's mommy did an amazing job with this party! I love the street "tablecloth" and all of the great construction touches. Thanks for sharing.

The Construction printable party can be found in my Etsy shop.

Carli

Customer's Parties

Here are a few pics from customers parties utilizing DimplePrints printables!

Thank to you all who share their party pics! Carli

New Design: Robot Invite & Favor Tags

I have seen a handful or 2 of darling robot parties floating around out there and after a few requests for a robot themed invite, I finally came up with one.



Great thing about this party theme, is you can use household junk as decor!

Food
Label your food with cute tags:
Computer Chips (chips)
Nuts & Bolts (Chex mix, nuts, pretzels, etc. Be cautious with nuts-check for allergies with the kids parents prior to serving)
Machine Oil-Drinks
Fuel Cakes (cupcakes)

Serve food in cheap aluminum disposable pans, muffin tins & galvanized buckets.

Decorations
Utilize your household junk, raid those junk drawers, garage & more for goodies to decorate.
Screws, buts, tools, funnels, dryer vent, boxes, metallic paint, foil & more can make some crafty additions to your decor. A birthday banner would be darling strung with nuts. This can be a fun way to get kids involved pre-party with some great craft projects.

Games & Entertainment
Kids can craft robot costumes out of boxes and decorate with "junk". Or have a robot building station where they can create their own little robot to take home (recycled aluminum cans work great!), or setup a lego station.


Resources:
1. Invite by DimplePrints
2. Robot Costume
3. Robot Plates by French Bull
4. Robot Cupcakes by HelloNaomi
5. Robot Cake & Tablescape
6. check your garage or junk drawer-or mine I have too much of this kind of stuff!
7. Robot Thank You Tag by DimplePrints
8. Robot Craft