Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Birthday continued (lots more pics)

So I just shared a lot of my projects from Olivia's 3rd birthday party here but I have a few more... plus a bunch of party pics.
Here is a pic of my sweet table.  I was very ambitious and thought I would make cake pops, a 3D clubhouse, chocolate covered oreos, Mickey shaped cookies with royal icing as well as the number 3 and square ones with Olivia's name.  This was a bit ambitious for anyone I think but especially for me since I just had a baby 3 weeks before Olivia's birthday. Well, this is what I got instead.  Oreos out of the package, cupcakes, and puppy chow.  I also made chocolate chip cookies and I found these adorable Minnie mouse sugar cookies that really didn't turn out anything like what the box looked like ;) It was still a big hit.
Also big hits were the 18" pixie stix and gourmet lollipops.  I'm not sure what makes them gourmet but they went fast!  The pixie stix were fun because I added little Mickey  labels to the top. The kids were really excited about these but I'm not sure the parents were.  I don't know that I would use them again for a party for toddlers... OOPS!

We had the basic food set up~ Hot dogs, chips and salsa, chex mix, some cheesy stuff.  Here is a pic of Nic preparing the "Hot Diggity Dogs" and look at what I did with the hot dog ketchup, mustard and relish bottles.
We also played some games.  This was an area I had to scrap too.  I had planned on making Minnie's BOW~tique, Goofy's obstacle course, Mickey Pavilion and Pluto's bubble bath.   Then I realized that there was not enough time and I didn't have enough "extra" adults to oversee these games.

So, Minnie's BOW~tique turned into Minnie's BOW~la~rama.  We didn't have an organized obstacle course but I still had tons of hula hoops to jump through and some other fun things.  I didn't get many pics of that but I did get a couple of Donald's Ducks.  You know what else I didn't get many pics of?  The birthday girl! She had such a good time and would not sit still long enough.  I thought I had a good pic with this one but she ran off!

I could hardly get her to come in for cake and presents

This is a pic of her gift table.  I made a banner with her name out of glitter paper using my cricut.  She loved it because it was so sparkly.  I hung it up in her playroom after the party.  I made a big cardboard number 3, painted it pink, modge podged and glittered the hell out of it but I totally forgot to hang it up :( I thought I could let someone else use it but then it got ruined outside.  Oh well.  I had also planned this big Mickey frame using a 10x13 and 2- 5x7 pics cut in circles framed with black glitter paper circles put together like a Mickey Mouse head and maybe even a big bow but it didn't work out. I ran out of time.  So what I do with a picture this size?  

I just hung it over the gift table.  I didn't want it to go to waste. I mean look at this girl... What a cutie, right?! Her sister is pretty cute too!  It was really hot out and she was so new that she was inside for most of the party.  She had some cute Minnie mouse ears too.  I know someone got a picture of her with them on but I'm not sure who. So, if you have it, please send it my way.  Here are some more pics of the party fun!

Thank You!!!

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Birthday (lots of pics)

I just thought I would share some pics of Olivia's birthday party.  The theme was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.  I didn't want to have a "grocery store party" but I was limited on time and resources because Penelope was born just a few weeks before Olivia's birthday.  I had to scrap probably half the ideas I had because I just couldn't fit it in.  I'm sure I'm the only one who noticed anything was missing.

Mickey and Minnie favor bags

So, I started with the Favor bags.  I wish I would have taken a pic of the contents but I didn't think to do that until after they were all gone.  They were a big hit! There was a slimy sticky hand thing, Mickey stickers, bubbles, a party horn and a kaleidoscope.  I didn't put any candy in the bags because we had candy prizes for some of the games.  To make these I used the solid color bags from Hobby Lobby.  There are 10 in a pack for $1.99.  You could also use a 40% off coupon if you wanted but I didn't.  I used my Cricut and the Mickey and Friends cart to cut the head pieces.  The ears were cut at 7 3/4 and the bows were cut at 2 1/2 real dial size.  The bottoms were just 4x6 pieces of paper and the buttons were 1" circles.  I did the same thing with the juice boxes. 

Mickey and Minnie juice boxes

First I wrapped them in black wrapping paper. (love HL's because there is a grid inside) And used 2" mickey heads but that will probably depend on the kind of juice boxes you use.  I used HiC.  I think juice boxes are my new thing.  I love the way they can be decorated to match any theme.  Like these reindeer boxes I made for Olivia to take to school and for a Christmas party last year. I have used different things to reattach the straws but I really think hot glue works the best.  Just make sure you are extra careful peeling the straws off so the wrappers are still intact when you go to reattach them.

I also made a couple banners. I made a basic name banner for the gift table.  In pics you can't tell that I used glitter paper but the birthday girl loves all things sparkly!  Now it is hanging in her playroom.  The one I was really excited about was the Happy Birthday banner.  It was so much fun!  I used gears in primary colors.  They are actually tractor wheels but there is a very similar image in the shapes file of SCAL.  I used the Mickey Font cart for the letters but you can download this from dafont.  I think it's called Minnie.  The hands were cut from Mickey and friends.  I attached them with little red brads.  I normally use ribbon but that didn't seem to work for the gears.  This way they kind of look like they are moving together.

I was pressed for time so I ditched the 3D fondant covered clubhouse and went for cupcakes.  Actually, Nic made all the cupcakes and I made the icing and cupcake toppers.  The cupcakes were all vanilla (so the cupcake liners would not turn too dark as they often do with darker batters)  This was a fun way to incorporate some of the characters from the show.  I used red liners for Mickey and pink polka dots for Minnie, added my fudge cream cheese icing and little ears on a pick.  For Donald I just cut out his hat and a tiny red bow, which I don't think I got a pic of, and used buttercream icing.  For Goofy I used a yellow liner, chocolate buttercream and his hat on a pick.
I have a some other projects I did and a whole bunch of pics to share so I'll just post them here