Rainbow Birthday Party [Plus, Some Printables]
Good Morning!
I don't have much time to write, but I did want to quickly share Addy's 4th Birthday Party with you. I was hoping to have some pictures from the actual party, but I didn't take a single one. On a more positive note, one of my best friends was in attendance with her camera and took pictures for me. She is super awesome with the camera and with edits... but she is also a mom and a teacher and just started her school year. She's allowed to be slow at getting the pictures to me...especially since she's not charging :)
Anyways.
About that Rainbow party...
I have a small budget, like small as in just slightly above nothing, so I got creative, made just about everything, and did not go overboard. (Anyone else feel a little overwhelmed by looking at Pinterest for party ideas? Great ideas... but seriously, the thought of all the time and money it takes to get a party to look like that... Overwhelming) So I guess this is the busy/frugal moms non-pinnable rainbow party. And I am REALLY okay with that! Ha!
Tissue Paper Poms- My sister helped me make these. Super easy, super cheap, and super big presence in a space. (We picked up 2 multi-color tissue paper value packs at the local dollar store. $2!)
Rainbow cake- I found rainbow twizzlers at the store and knew I would do something with them. I had big ideas for somehow making them arch like a rainbow over the cake. My sister looked at me and was like "Dude, Amanda, just cut them and put them around the cake." She's really smart. That's exactly what I did. I used rainbow cake mix from a box for the cake and added a homemade raspberry filling to the center plus a white-chocolate cream cheese frosting. Delicious!!
Birthday Banner- I cut triangles (6"x7") out of scrapbook paper and then made up some circle letter cut-outs on the computer. Joy of Joys! I figured out how to share them too should you want to make your own birthday banner. (They'll be at the bottom of this post)
My Cheapest/Best Decorating Idea: I had gotten Addy watercolors a few weeks prior to the party. She wanted to paint everyday. And the pictures were super colorful. (And so fun to see her imagination at work!) So I used them as decorations. Rainbow colors? Check. Free? Check. Grandparents get to "ooh" and "aah" over grandkid? Check.
I hung up by banner and the pictures by stringing some ribbon and attaching the pictures and the pendants with miniature clothespins. Super easy set-up and clean-up and very re-useable. (Mini clothespins were in craft section at my local Walmart)
Favor Bags- I used regular sandwich bags that attached a printable I made (that I am sharing with you too). "Thanks for Bringing the Sunshine to my Party" <---cute, right?? The super nerdy former teacher in me added a cheesy weather/rainbow joke to each of the bags. I put the answer to the joke on the bottom of the bag.
What kind of shorts do clouds wear??.............. Thunderwear!!! Hardy-har-har-har :)
Hey, and thanks for bringing the sunshine to this blog each week!
xo
Amanda
Printables:
Just click link to bring up Google Document that you can print from.
Rainbow Party Birthday Banner
Rainbow Party Favor Bag
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I don't have much time to write, but I did want to quickly share Addy's 4th Birthday Party with you. I was hoping to have some pictures from the actual party, but I didn't take a single one. On a more positive note, one of my best friends was in attendance with her camera and took pictures for me. She is super awesome with the camera and with edits... but she is also a mom and a teacher and just started her school year. She's allowed to be slow at getting the pictures to me...especially since she's not charging :)
Anyways.
About that Rainbow party...
I have a small budget, like small as in just slightly above nothing, so I got creative, made just about everything, and did not go overboard. (Anyone else feel a little overwhelmed by looking at Pinterest for party ideas? Great ideas... but seriously, the thought of all the time and money it takes to get a party to look like that... Overwhelming) So I guess this is the busy/frugal moms non-pinnable rainbow party. And I am REALLY okay with that! Ha!
Tissue Paper Poms- My sister helped me make these. Super easy, super cheap, and super big presence in a space. (We picked up 2 multi-color tissue paper value packs at the local dollar store. $2!)
Rainbow cake- I found rainbow twizzlers at the store and knew I would do something with them. I had big ideas for somehow making them arch like a rainbow over the cake. My sister looked at me and was like "Dude, Amanda, just cut them and put them around the cake." She's really smart. That's exactly what I did. I used rainbow cake mix from a box for the cake and added a homemade raspberry filling to the center plus a white-chocolate cream cheese frosting. Delicious!!
Birthday Banner- I cut triangles (6"x7") out of scrapbook paper and then made up some circle letter cut-outs on the computer. Joy of Joys! I figured out how to share them too should you want to make your own birthday banner. (They'll be at the bottom of this post)
My Cheapest/Best Decorating Idea: I had gotten Addy watercolors a few weeks prior to the party. She wanted to paint everyday. And the pictures were super colorful. (And so fun to see her imagination at work!) So I used them as decorations. Rainbow colors? Check. Free? Check. Grandparents get to "ooh" and "aah" over grandkid? Check.
I hung up by banner and the pictures by stringing some ribbon and attaching the pictures and the pendants with miniature clothespins. Super easy set-up and clean-up and very re-useable. (Mini clothespins were in craft section at my local Walmart)
Favor Bags- I used regular sandwich bags that attached a printable I made (that I am sharing with you too). "Thanks for Bringing the Sunshine to my Party" <---cute, right?? The super nerdy former teacher in me added a cheesy weather/rainbow joke to each of the bags. I put the answer to the joke on the bottom of the bag.
What kind of shorts do clouds wear??.............. Thunderwear!!! Hardy-har-har-har :)
Hey, and thanks for bringing the sunshine to this blog each week!
xo
Amanda
Printables:
Just click link to bring up Google Document that you can print from.
Rainbow Party Birthday Banner
Rainbow Party Favor Bag
Like what you see here??? Subscribe to my feed, like my page on facebook, or follow through GFC. (See upper right hand of this page).