Doctor + Nurse Themed Birthday Party

I’m so excited to finally showcase the DOCTOR + NURSE THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY I styled a while back! This party could serve so many purposes- a birthday party for a child who has a dream of being a doctor or nurse, a med school graduation party, a Doc Mcstuffins party, etc! I wanted to create a party with a theme that isn’t seen very much :]. The beautiful photos were taken by Valerie Hart Photography. Hope you enjoy and find lots of fun ideas for your next “I want to be a doctor when I grow up” party!

Credits:
Party Styling- Kara’s Party Ideas
Photography- Valerie Hart Photography
Party Supplies/Decor- Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
Invitation & matching Printable Doctor Party Collection- Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
Fondant cupcake toppers- So Sweet Favors
Cake- Sweeten Your Day 
Green Scrub Sugar Cookies- Cookie Cheers
White & Red Scrub Sugar Cookies- Ladybug 650
Doctor Cake Pops- Cake Pop Castle
Ribbon- Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
Apothecary Jars- Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
White Gumballs- Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
Ambulance box {Ice cream truck painted white}- Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
Children’s doctor/nurse costumes- Amazon
Syringe pens- Amazon

The invitation and full printable collection used for this party can be found in my shop for only $3, here. I used clipboards throughout the party as party trays {I thought they matched the theme perfectly}. Old operation game cards were also set out amongst the party goods.

I set out darling green scrub sugar cookies {ordered from the online shop, Cookie Cheers} a top of a vintage operation game board!

Plastic gloves were filled with popcorn and tied off with cute ribbon from the KPI shop. The printable food label is part of the doctor themed printable collection.

At the center of the table were apothecary jars {available in the KPI shop here} filled with white gumballs, red heart candies, blue dum dum suckers {the kind you get at the doctor’s office}, and large marshmallows labeled as “cotton ball mallows”.

The adorable doctor themed cake was made by Sweeten Your Day!

I stuck bandages on glasses to add to the doctor feel :]

The adorable doctor cake pops were ordered from etsy shop, Cake Pop Castle. The ambulance box is actually a painted ice cream truck box from the KPI shop {I painted it white and added a red felt square to the side}

I placed white and red scrub themed sugar cookies {ordered from etsy shop, Ladybug 650} on a small scale.

Store bought heart shaped doughnuts were covered in white frosting and red string licorice {cut and put on the doughnuts to resemble heart monitors} and were placed on another clipboard :].

I filled plastic syringes with blue m&m’s.

On another clipboard were mini cupcakes with stethoscope and nurse hat fondant cupcake toppers from So Sweet Favors.

The printable party hats are also a part of the printable doctor collection.

Healthy food had to be served at the party, of course, so I filled clear glass containers with various veggies. Ranch dressing was also set out, along with bone shaped breadsticks :]

The darling doctor themed printable banner is also part of the printable doctor collection.

I made a giant operation game for the children to play with at the party. I had a local printing shop enlarge an operation game board image, and attached the image to heavy gator board. Red bean bags were painted with white puff paint to resemble operation game pieces. The children had to throw the bean bags onto the game board, trying to get as close as they could to the matching body part/game piece.

A clear plastic organizer tray was filled with various candies, and labeled as a “happy pills first aid kit” :]

Credits:
Party Styling- Kara’s Party Ideas
Photography- Valerie Hart Photography
Party Supplies/Decor- Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
Invitation & matching Printable Doctor Party Collection- Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
Fondant cupcake toppers- So Sweet Favors
Cake- Sweeten Your Day 
Green Scrub Sugar Cookies- Cookie Cheers
White & Red Scrub Sugar Cookies- Ladybug 650
Doctor Cake Pops- Cake Pop Castle
Ribbon- Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
Apothecary Jars- Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
White Gumballs- Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
Ambulance box {Ice cream truck painted white}- Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
Children’s doctor/nurse costumes- Amazon
Syringe pens- Amazon

Rockets and Robots 2nd Birthday Party

What a fabulous ROCKETS & ROBOTS + SPACE THEMED SECOND BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Louise Sanders of SunshineParties! I hope you gain a lot of inspiration and party ideas here!

Louise said this about planning the party- “Send your little boy shooting into the stars with this vintage-inspired Rockets and Robots space-themed party. We created this party theme for my little boy, Thomas – he was turning two!

For the Party Table decor we used mainly blue and orange. The decor consisted of honeycomb paper balls or “planets”, home-made rockets, spaceship and robot masks, rocket favors and of course the space rocket cake.

We created this space theme by using our designs from our latest Sunshine Parties printable set. All digital design elements can be printed on a home PC printer and handmade. This makes the party unique and still affordable and best of all it doesn’t take that long! With a little thought this party can look out of this world and your little boy will be over the moon! Excuse the pun!”

Vendors and Credits:
Venue- Akimbo (in Durban, South Africa)
Photography- Louise Sanders
Party Design, Printables and Decor- SunshineParties
Cupcakes- Isla Louise
Cake- Marlise Ross Cakes

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Tissue Balls
Baker’s Twine
Cupcake Stand
Gumballs
Tin Paint Pails

Mad Scientist Themed Birthday Party

How fun is this MAD SCIENTIST SCIENCE THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Cris McGrath of Crissy’s Crafts!

Here is what Cris had to say about planning the party- “What is a better way to learn about Science than having a Mad Scientist party? Our dessert table was turned into a real lab with edible sweets like atom balls, lab rats, brains, frogs, crystal rock and bacteria culture, to name a few.

The party icons from the Mad Scientist printable collection were used to decorate the push up pops to look like real test tubes, colored water was served in a Beaker set, jello with gummy balls and worms in petri dish and green and blue M&Ms in test tubes were a must to make the edible lab a success.

Science wall decal was used as a backdrop to make the edible lab more realist. To add more details to the dessert table, a snake and a giant ant were displayed in glass containers and metal trays were used to display some of the goodies. To add more fun, the children’s table was also styled to resemble a lab. A microscope, funnels and beakers were added to the table along with coordinating party ware. Black wrapping paper with scientific formulas written on it was used for the children’s table backdrop.

Some of our mad scientist projects were Lava Lamp, Glitter Green Slime and Crystal Bubbles. The party favors were Mad Scientist totes for the girls and fabric string bag for the boys filled with pop rock magic potion, bubbles in test tubes and glow in the dark bouncy balls. It was MAD FUN party!”

Re create this party:
Styling and Photography- Crissy’s Crafts
Mad Scientist printable- Bird’s Party
Mad scientist tee- *golden*
Lab coat and mad scientist tote bag- Patricia McGrath
Cupcake toppers- Edible Details
Bunting, table runner and tablecloth, bow ties and string bags- Celebrations by Jill

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Cupcake Liners
Push-up Pop Containers
Rock Candy
White 2-Sided Picture Frame
Wooden Forks
Striped Paper straws
Daisy Cut Mason Jar Lids
Clear Cellophane Bags

     

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Cupcake Liners
Push-up Pop Containers
Rock Candy
White 2-Sided Picture Frame
Wooden Forks
Striped Paper straws
Daisy Cut Mason Jar Lids
Clear Cellophane Bags

Mad Science Themed Dessert Table/Birthday, Mad Scientist Party

What a fun MAD SCIENCE THEMED DESSERT TABLE / BIRTHDAY PARTY by Stephanie Keeping of Spaceships and Laser Beams! The “brainiac” cupcake wrappers and scientist ice cream cone treats are my favorite!

Party details and vendor list at bottom of post…

Party details/description from Stephanie- “This is a mad science themed dessert table. Treats included Dr. Honeydew Melon cones, big chocolate brains, bowtie butter cookies, pop rock chip chocolate molecules in petri dishes, nerds in test tubes and mad scientist cupcakes. In addition, I actually took a page from Amy’s book (which I love) and wanted to do a “craft it” item for the table. The green nerd shirt favor bags were the result.” Vendors and Credits: Printables, Styling and Photography- Spaceships and Laser Beams Printable Designer- Lindsay Pasichnyk Chocolate Pop Rock Chips- Goodness Bakeshop Cupcake Toppers, Faces on Cones: Edible Details Grey paper straws, nerd candy tubes, paper sacks- All available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop

Geek Squad Birthday Party

My next party feature goes to this excellent GEEK SQUAD BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Allison Fannin
of Two Thirty-Five Designs. Geek Squad?!! How fun! This party definitely made me chuckle. Such a great theme. Do you have a computer nerd in your family? Definitely bookmark this baby! Love it. {I must admit, I’m a little bit of a computer nerd myself..hehe.}
Here is what Allison said about the party- “This is my Nine year old’s birthday party. He didn’t have a party last year and didn’t want a party this year, that is till we suggested having a ‘Geek Squad Party’, then it was all over. He was insanely excited. You see, he is clearly OBSESSED with anything having to do with electronics, especially computers. He tends to have a slight seizure when we go to Best Buy…well not really, but you get the point.
After searching and searching for a venue, we ended up having it at our 35th Street investment property. It really worked out well, that is except for the heat. When I left, my car said 127. Now, I know that it’s not accurate since it was sitting, but the house had to of been 95 or so and no breeze…NOT cool. The food melted, literally. Couldn’t get the ‘Happy Birthday Kolby’ banner to stay because of the heat, so we resorted to ‘Kolby’, even that wouldn’t stay, so pardon the crookedness of it…
Photographer was Memoree Barrett with Memoree Barrett Photgraphy.
The Little Flower Bakery made the app cookies and the ties for the cupcakes. The cupcakes were actually bought at the local grocery store, I had them just do a ‘drop’ of icing on each cupcake. Everything else was made by myself, including paper goods, shirts & nametags.
And to my awesome partner in crime and blogger buddy, Kelly at Oak House 5, you truly rock my friend. Most of my day to day life lately (as you have held my hand), and definitely this party, would not have happened without you. Love you and biggest thanks!!”