Well I know I have been M.I.A. the past few days. It is safe to assume that I was in recovery from a rainbow sleepover party overdose!
It was AWESOME, but I am so glad it is over!
You know, NOT ONE ITEM WAS BOUGHT FOR THIS PARTY UNTIL 9:30 PM THE NIGHT BEFORE! Yep, I just said that!
INSANE? Just a little!
It all came together fine, thanks to Pinterest, a great friend's help and some crafty brain power!
Here is the E-vite that I emailed out to everyone!
She had to choose girls in her own age bracket and only 10 of them...That was MY her limit.
She is so cute:)
And for decor, I made tissue paper flowers to make a rainbow backdrop (super easy tutorial on the way), the white paper plates as clouds, a chandelier out of a dollar tree wreath, rainbow streamers and these dollar tree rainbow wind things that I found. I used colored tulle I had hanging around to make a draped table skirt!
The girls loved the activities.
I really thought I would have had more "oops" moments, but there really weren't many at all. Nothing permanent, anyway!
They REALLY loved making these shirts! I followed this tutorial and just tweaked it a little! If you'd like to know more, let me know and I will fill you in!
I got this adorable party favor idea from here! Again, I added my own little spin on it...
...just like most of you would!!
:)
And here are some yummy food ideas...
DO NOT BE ALARMED BY ALL THE CANDY AND HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP!
I cooked a big pot of Jambalaya (which is basically rice with meat and gravy all mixed up) for some "rib-stickin" dinner!
OH..
and the CAKE!
I followed these instructions which were great and easy!!
It was so yummy and quirky!
I chose to not put icing on all of it so that we could admire all the colors and I figured a six layered cake with icing between every layer was plenty of icing!
OK and the highlight...RAINBOW DIPPING PANCAKES!!
EASY AND FUN! They loved them so much!
Now, I KNOW if I would have planned ahead, it really could've been even grander and craftier, but I am thinking..
Not too shabby for 24 hours?!
What do YOU think?
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Nelly, that e-invite is adorable! Rainbow pancakes??? Wow, this is one party neither she nor you will ever forget!
ReplyDeleteWhat great ideas! I love the cake with the pinwheels . :) Megan
ReplyDeleteSweetheart! Your creativity never ceases to amaze me!
ReplyDeleteWhat a FUN party...and oh so colorful! You did a great job sharing with us too. Thanks for joining the newbie party.
ReplyDeleteRainbow is such a fun kid's party theme.
ReplyDeleteSo much fun. I recently did a rainbow birthday party for my three year old, and I just had to stop by and check out your version. You did a fabulous job. I love the decorations, the licorice rainbows and the pancakes. Great job. Jodi @ www.meaningfulmama.com
ReplyDeleteThe party turned out AWESOME, even with you starting the night before!! :) Good thing for Friday's off ;)
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun party! It's looks like everyone had a blast! Theme parties are a reason why I can't wait to have kids. I hope I'm a cool mom too. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! So much rainbow-ness! Looks fabulous! Such a great theme idea! Thanks for sharing! Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteRebecca @ heronscrafts.blogspot.com
absolutely awesome i want you to throw me a party lol ;)
ReplyDeleteI think I might just start a " Feature Nelly " party. Seriously.
ReplyDeleteYeah, you've been featured at my place...again!