Kara's Party Ideas

Ferris Wheel Cupcake Server

Popcorn Boxes

Striped Treat Bags

Carnival Water Bottle Labels

Wooden Welcome / Directional Sign

Dalia said this about planning the party- ”We couldn’t decide if we should have a Circus party or a Carnival party so why not have the best of both worlds! This party was held for a 5 year old boy and boy oh boy was it a hit with all the little guests! Best thing about this theme is that it’s loved equally by both boys and girls and it oozes FUN! Every last detail of this party was themed with props from Tiny Tots Toy Hire’s new Carnival range including vintage Hot Dog and Lemonade stands, Ticket booth, Carnival Directional Sign, Corn & Candy Station, Photo booth, Circus tent, Lolly Shop Canopy and much much more! Along with the music, both adults and kids felt like they were really at the Carnival on the day!

The kids loved playing traditional carnival games like Can Toss, Pin the Nose on the Clown, Duck Pond fishing, Tattoos and Ring Toss, along with some not so traditional but equally fun games like bowling, Dress up Corner, Sack race, musical chairs and hopscotch! When it was time to eat, both the savoury and sweet food was themed and included mini hamburgers, hot dogs, corn cobs, mini pies and sausage rolls, toffee apples, lollies, freshly made fairy floss and popcorn to name a few. The balloon arch by Born to Party was definitely a show stopper and really made an impact alongside the giant whirly windmills and of course a Prize Board filled with goodies to choose from is a huge hit with the littlies and a must for this theme!”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

Carnival / Circus Party Supplies

Balloons

Ferris Wheel Cupcake Server

Popcorn Boxes

Striped Treat Bags

Carnival Water Bottle Labels

Wooden Welcome / Directional Sign

Gone Fishing Themed Birthday Party

Kara — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:02 +0000

This rustic GONE FISHING THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Laura Aguirre of LAURA’S little PARTY.

I love so many of the ideas and elements in this gone fishing party! My favorites are:

The fishing themed cookies
The waffle cones filled with goldfish cracker “trail mix”
The bait stand displaying the “catch of the day” sack lunches
and MORE!

Here’s what Laura said about planning the party- “Recently, my little guy Jordan {2 1/2 yrs old} has taken a liking to fishing. I recently purchased a fishing hat, and brought it home for him. Since then, he would tell me every day that he wanted to go fishing. I love making fun milestones into big celebrations, so I quickly put together a little fishing spread at a small lake near our house. I gathered some props, put together a few fun fishing elements, and even converted our lemonade stand into a “bait stand” that held the “catch of the day”: sack lunches, and milk bottles for lemonade.

S’mores bites, mini cupcakes, gold fish cracker “trail mix” and other treats were perfect for our little day trip to the lake. My dear friend Arlene, from She wears the crown made a batch of adorable cookies, especially for my little skipper!

Although he didn’t catch anything, he certainly had a great time casting his fishing line, and clomping around in his favorite boots, and fishing hat.”

Photography/Party styling/printables – LAURA’S little PARTY

Milk bottles, brown bags, polka dot snack cups – Kara’s Party Ideas Shop
Gone fishing cookies – She Wears The Crown

All items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

Milk Bottles

Brown Bags

Polka Dot Snack Cups

Burlap

Jute Twine

Striped Paper Straws

Wooden Forks

2-sided Frame

All items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

Milk Bottles

Brown Bags

Polka Dot Snack Cups

Burlap

Jute Twine

Striped Paper Straws

Wooden Forks

2-sided Frame

Rainbow Themed Birthday Party | Kara’s Party Ideas Shop

Kara — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:18:25 +0000

Today I am featuring my RAINBOW THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY! I actually styled this party last year…and have been dying to share it with you!

This party was super fun to plan and execute. I hope you enjoy all of the rainbow party ideas. I tried to pack as many rainbow themed party ideas as possible into one party. There are a lot of ideas that could be used for an ART PARTY, too!

Party Styling: Kara’s Party Ideas

Photography: Kara Allen / Kara’s Party Ideas

Cake- Chubby Hubby Cupcakes

All party products used in this party are from KARA’S PARTY SHOP:

Rainbow Printable Set

Lollipops

Bakers Twine

Balloons

Number 5 Piñata

Gumballs

Paper Straws

Polka Dot Baking Cups

Candy Sticks

Bubbles

Chevron Paper Bags

Chevron Wooden Forks / Spoons

Striped Wooden Forks / Spoons

Ribbon

Mini Pedestal Cups

Rock Candy

Paper Shred

6″ Linen Bags

3″ Linen Bags

Paper Fringe

Party Hats

Gumball Tubes

White Standing Party Frame

Swirl Lollipops

Mini Cordial Clear Bowls

Happy Birthday Wooden Spoons

Cello Bags

Crepe Paper

Gable Boxes

Mason Jars

A number 5 piñata from Kara’s Party Shop doubled as part of the decor.

I filled letter candy dishes spelling ‘happy’ (from Amazon.com) with various rainbow candy…

White Gable Box, Bakers Twine- Kara’s Party Shop

I love these old fashioned lollipops in the shop. I attached cute tags (part of the rainbow printable collection) to the lollipops with bakers twine (also from the shop). I cut out the tags with my scallop paper punch.

These napkin holders were one of my favorite elements of the party. I used mini chevron bags to hold napkins, a candy stick and a paper straw with a cute printable straw topper…all from the shop. I tied printed wooden spoons to the bags with bakers twine…available here.

The invitation is also part of the printable party pack…shown here with red ribbon weaved through one side.

I cut cloud shapes out of white card stock and used them as fun straw toppers. Glass milk bottles, paper straws and printable drink label from the shop.

The layered jello was super fun in the mini plastic parfait cups from the shop.

One of the cute images from the printable party pack was printed on iron on transfer paper. The “you are my sunshine” was then printed onto linen favor bags from the shop.

Milk bottles, rainbow drink labels & striped paper straws from Kara’s Party Shop.

The same “you are my sunshine” image was printed on a smaller scale and used as cupcake toppers (attached to striped paper straws). A yellow pom sun was also attached to each topper.

Bubble favors were adorned with rainbow heart patterned printable flags (also part of the rainbow party pack).

Oranges were cut in half and hollowed out then filled with jello. Cute happy birthday wooden spoons from the shop were inserted into each orange jello cup.

I filled individual popsicle molds with rainbow candies and attached a printable tag (also from the printable collection) with bakers twine.

I filled ice cube trays with various juice and fruit. The ice cubes were delicious in Sprite.

I made the above party hats with regular inexpensive hats from my shop. I simply glued paper fringe (available in all colors in the Kara’s Party Ideas Shop) around the bottom of the hats to dress them up a bit.

Rock candy sticks (from the shop) are one of my favorite party treats.

I added paper fringe to the tops of paper chevron print bags.

Doughnut holes served as “Doughnut Clouds”. Printable topper from the rainbow printable collection.

Mini plastic cordial cups from the shop were filled with rainbow candies. A printable tag from the party pack was then simply placed on top of the candy in the center of the bowl for extra cuteness.

Easily make these popsicle cupcake toppers with mike & ike candies & toothpicks! The cute polka dot cupcake cups / wrappers are from the shop.

TUTORIAL on how to make a fringe garland…

Supplies needed-

Square Plastic Tablecloths

Wire

Rope or Ribbon

Scissors

I filled cello bags with rainbow licorice and gold chocolate coins for one party favor. The other held rainbow paint. All printables from the shop.

Printable banner and cupcake toppers / tags from the printable collection. Gumball tubes also from the shop.

Rainbow swirl lollipops from the shop.

Printable over the rainbow sign and standing party frame from the shop.

The mini happy birthday pennant banner cake topper is a FREE download here!

Slushie Tube recipe found here.

Raspberry Lemonade pop recipe found here. Striped wooden spoons and snow cone wrappers available in the shop.

Beautiful cake made by Chubby Hubby Cupcakes.

Mini happy birthday cake topper banner available as a FREE download here.

Gifts were wrapped in craft paper and yarn.

Mini linen bags from the shop were stamped and used as crayon bags for guests to fill at the “crayon bar”.

All party products used in this party are from KARA’S PARTY SHOP:

Rainbow Printable Set

Lollipops

Bakers Twine

Balloons

Number 5 Piñata

Gumballs

Paper Straws

Polka Dot Baking Cups

Candy Sticks

Bubbles

Chevron Paper Bags

Chevron Wooden Forks / Spoons

Striped Wooden Forks / Spoons

Ribbon

Mini Pedestal Cups

Rock Candy

Paper Shred

6″ Linen Bags

3″ Linen Bags

Paper Fringe

Party Hats

Gumball Tubes

White Standing Party Frame

Swirl Lollipops

Mini Cordial Clear Bowls

Happy Birthday Wooden Spoons

Cello Bags

Crepe Paper

Gable Boxes

Mason Jars

Elephant Themed 1st Birthday Party

Kara — Wed, 22 May 2013 02:00:54 +0000

This charming ELEPHANT THEMED FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Juliana Han of Elefante Colorido in Brazil.

This elephant birthday party could easily be customized to suit either a boy or a girl. There are also so many fun ideas that could be used for an elephant baby shower! Some of my favorite elements in this party are:

The elephant silhouette party picks
The assortment of green topiaries displayed in various sizes and styles of white milk glass vases
The elephant tail marshmallow pops
and MORE!

Desserts and “brigadeiro” cake- from Ateliê do Doce

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

Candles

Elephant Printables

Balloons

Circle and Scalloped Paper Punches

Here’s what Juliana said about the party- “For the 1st birthday of our kids’ party hall, we gave ourselves the challenge to develop a table that would be easily customizeable (so we can re-create it in different colors, for boys and girls, following our guests´ requests). We wanted it to be tasteful and delicate, and not use any specialty, expensive sweets, desserts or cakes. With this, we want to keep the cost affordable for our clients to be able to have a beautiful, customized table, without having to spend a lot of money.

There are many different and beautiful tables out there, that are based on expensive and artfully created sweets, desserts and candies. We wanted our table to be based on common brazilian party treats, such as brigadeiro, pink brigadeiro, coconut sweets and so on.
I think we met all our goals beautifully, since everybody who came visiting us on that day complimented us and liked our table very much!”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

Candles

Elephant Printables

Balloons

Circle and Scalloped Paper Punches

County Fair 4th of July + Memorial Day Patriotic Picnic Party

Kara — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:29:28 +0000

This charming COUNTY FAIR VINTAGE PATRIOTIC PICNIC PARTY was submitted by Heather Dalton of Chickabug and styled by Madeline Lewis .

With its old-fashioned charm and red, white and blue color scheme, this party would be perfect for celebrating any patriotic event, from Memorial Day to July 4th! Some of my favorite ideas in this county fair patriotic picnic party are:

The boxes wrapped in gingham wrapping paper and used to display party elements
The mini fruit pies
The vintage wooden Coca-Cola crates stacked in front of the table and holding the old-fashioned soda pop bottles
The carnival tickets used to adorn the pennants of the banner spelling out “county fair”
and MORE!

The darling vintage inspired printable collection used in this party is available via Chickabug.

Event styling – Madeline Lewis

Photography – Amanda Debusk Photography

Hair bows – All Star Bows

Vintage picnic printable collection – Chickabug

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

4th of July Party Supplies

Jute Twine

Salt Water Taffy

Gumballs

Burlap

The adorable printables used in this party are available via Chickabug HERE!

More darling ideas shown below using the patriotic 4th of July printable set available via Chickabug! Party below designed by Parties In Style, Gemma’s Party Style & D&P Celebrations.

About designing the printables, Heather from Chickabug said- “When Everyday Party Magazine approached me about designing a printables collection for use in their upcoming issue, I jumped at the chance! The vision was to create a vintage style picnic, with red gingham checks, blue ticking, and a patriotic feel. Old fashioned soda bottles, paper straws, and wooden utensils were a big inspiration for the theme! After I designed the set, Everyday Party Magazine asked party stylists to use the kit in a photo shoot (with a prize awarded to the favorite shoot). I was so impressed by what the stylists came up with, especially this county fair-inspired picnic and ‘pie bake-off’ that was styled by Stephanie of Madeline Lewis. Her ideas are SO charming, and I love how she incorporated the printables into her party!”

About styling the party, Stephanie from Madeline Lewis said- “The minute I saw the printables from Chickabug, I immediately thought about a good old fashioned County Fair. I just love the idea of homemade pies, gingham, old fashioned soda pop and aprons!”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

4th of July Party Supplies

Jute Twine

Salt Water Taffy

Gumballs

Burlap

Vintage Birthday Parade Themed Party

Kara — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:10:13 +0000

This sweet VINTAGE BIRTHDAY PARADE THEMED PARTY was submitted by Carlota Zambrano of criando-ando.

There are so many things to love about this casual vintage birthday parade party at Central Park in New York. First off, I love how Carlota used and displayed the darling Birthday Parade Themed Party Supplies from Kara’s Party Shop! Everything was adorable. A few of my favorite elements are:

The partially inflated balloons attached to paper straws and used as cake toppers
The toy horse and cart cardboard centerpiece filled with fresh flowers
The vintage Belle & Boo favor tins
and MORE!

Photography: Carlota Zambrano

Belle and Boo party Range (invitations, plates, napkins, glasses, center piece, tablecloth, garland): Kara’s Party Ideas Shop

Striped paper straws: Kara’s Party Ideas Shop

Favors (mini tin containers): belle and boo

Wooden utensils: Shop Sweet Lulu

Tin pails and mini wooden baskets: Target

Pink rustic chalkboard easel: Bragging Bags

Cake (strawberry shortcake): Corner Cafe & Bakery

Mini Cupcakes: Baked by Melissa

Eugenia’s dress: Matilda Jane Clothing

All items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

Wooden Utensils

Number 2 Pinata

Polka Dot Balloons

White Eyelet Tiered Cupcake Stand

Parade themed Invitations

Parade Themed Napkins

Glasses

Donkey Center Piece

Belle & Boo Tablecloth

Birthday Parade Garland

Carlota said this about the party- “When I was selecting the theme for my daughter Eugenia’s second birthday party, I came across the Belle and Boo Birthday Parade party range in Kara’s Party Shop and instantly fell in love. The vintage vibe and colorful illustrations caught my eye and then I realized that Belle reminded me of Eugenia with her brown hair and kind spirit.

The party was a very casual one held on a playground in Central Park. I kept it sweet and dreamy with mainly white, pink and red, and then added touches of colors in balloons and in the colorful number 2 piñata.

It was a lovely spring afternoon and Eugenia enjoyed it very much!”

All items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:

Wooden Utensils

Number 2 Pinata

Polka Dot Balloons

White Eyelet Tiered Cupcake Stand

Parade themed Invitations

Parade Themed Napkins

Glasses

Donkey Center Piece

Belle & Boo Tablecloth

Birthday Parade Garland