Maggie started planning her birthday party earlier this year. I kept telling her we had plenty of time, but it's amazing how quickly time creeps up on you! She decided early on she wanted to share a Frozen party with Allie. Both girls love the movie and the princesses, plus their birthdays are only a few weeks apart so it worked for me. We had their party yesterday, Aug. 26th.
Last year the girls shared a Paw Patrol birthday with Jake. We went to Disney in September, so I didn't have it in me to do two or three birthday parties. I had a little more fun with this party 'cause princesses, but didn't go overboard. I found a bunch of free printables, used items I have on hand and found some great food ideas on the Disney blog. Still took some work and planning, but all in all it was pretty easy.
Instead of moving tables & couches around, I decided to have the dessert table centerpiece in the dining room this year. Now that we have the buffet in there, it works out really nicely. I got my snowflake ornaments and fake snow out of the attic and went to work. The "some people are worth melting for" was a free printable I found and stuck in my own frame. I added a couple of our dolls, my own platters and draped a blanket I made for Maggie awhile back over a box to elevate the cake as the centerpiece. I liked it, but it was kind of boring. Then I remembered the balloons. Once I added those Saturday morning it was perfect!
I found a watercolor cake idea online and went with it. Again, simple but still cute and goes with the theme. I just couldn't make the castle stair cake Allie wanted happen this year. I really like how it turned out.
Covered the dining room table with a purple table cloth, added a couple more dolls and mini Frozen tin and wah-la, centerpiece. I probably should've used the Frozen table cloth in here, but it worked out fine. Below are the cookies I made for the girls. Each had their ages, names and initials, plus Anna & Elsa "dresses." Maggie had her stuff and Elsa on her side and Allie with Anna and her stuff on the other. :)
I did a pretty simple food setup, not needing a full meal for a 3pm party but everything went! I looked up Norwegian food and it's pretty heavy on fish & lamb, neither of which I was up for making, so I added in the meatballs but didn't even name them Norwegian or Swedish meatballs anyway so it didn't matter, lol. I made sandwiches for the kids and everything else was an idea from the Disney blog. I forgot to set out the snowman-decorated string cheese though.
Oh and there were people there too! Ha! ;) Maggie loved having her little girl friends and cousins over. Allie did too! It was a great day, we all had a lot of fun.
Everyone loved the snowman slam! I had everything on hand for this game- small styrofoam cups, black & orange paper which I cut to make the faces and a sock rolled tightly for the ball. The kids played outside a lot but this was a fun activity as well. I also had ingredients to make snow, but we didn't get around to it.
Allie was running around when Maggie opened gifts but we got everyone in for cake time. :) I didn't get a lot of pictures during this time, but got some video. My friends were very complimentary of my setup, cookies & cake. Always nice to hear.
LOVE how the cake turned out! And it was yummy. :) "Wanna build a snowman" favors below and the guys outside playing as we say goodbyes.
A few more decorations- used items we already own, except the balloons- and the bottle labels. I also had kool-aid and sweet tea. But I never remember to take pics of the drink area. I usually make my own, but I found these free printables so took the easy way out! Who cares? They're still cute. :) Isla got to spend the night and go to church with us this morning. After dropping her off, we came home and the girls enjoyed putting together their snowmen.
Happy birthday to my girls! What a fun princess party we had. I love you so much.
