Posted on March 16, 2013 by Kara

St. Patrick’s Day Party + FREE Printables

This adorable ST. PATRICK’S DAY PARTY {with FREE PRINTABLES} was submitted by Cris McGrath of Crissy’s Crafts.

What a fun St. Patty’s party! I just love all the ideas & details!

Some of my favorite elements of this festive holiday party are:

The edible rainbow, leprechaun, clover, and pot of gold displayed on the lunch plates
The FREE St. Patrick’s Day Printable Set
The rainbow candy filled push pop containers
and MORE!

Styling and Photography- Crissy’s Crafts
FREE Printables- Amanda’s Parties to Go

Items used in this party available from Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Green Striped Paper Straws
Green Popcorn Boxes
Scalloped Cupcake Wrappers
Polka Dot & Solid Color Lanterns
Polka Dot Favor Cones
Push Up Pop Containers
Green Paper Plates
Striped Green Square Paper Plates
Polka Dot Napkins
Rainbow & Polka Dot Washi Tape
Gold Coins
Gumballs
Apothecary Jars
Clear Cellophane Bags
Rainbow Whirly Pops
Green Gable Boxes
Tin Pails

This is what Cris said about planning the party- “With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, now is the time to start planing your get together! Amanda’s Parties to Go and I teamed up to help make the festivities easy and fun for you! Amanda is offering a FREE St. Patrick’s Day Printable Set that made this party a breeze to style. I created a colorful sweet/snack table for the kids with a rainbow backdrop made out of ribbons where I displayed the banner from the set. I used the icons from the printable set to create the center pieces for the the sweet table and the kids table. I dressed up the candy containers using ribbons and the circle tags included in the set. I also used the tags to embellish the popcorn containers. The rainbow flags were added on the kabobs sticks and lollipops for an extra pop of color. As for healthy snacks, the guests enjoyed leprechaun whole wheat sandwiches, rainbow fruit kabobs, veggies and orange juice. After their lunch, the children had fun making rainbow necklaces and finding gold coins around the backyard. It was finally time to enjoy some sweets! Rainbow cupcakes, M&M’s, Hershey’s kisses, lollipops and cinnamon popcorn were enjoyed by all! Instead of the traditional rainbow and pot of gold favor, I created a cute favor by dressing up green pails using cupcake wrappers, filling them with gold coins and finishing up by adding a rainbow lollipop.

Each child also took home a rainbow notebook, rainbow crayons, shamrock necklace, shamrock headband and tattoos. Hope these ideas and the FREE printable set offer help you plan your own St. Patty’s Celebration! The set includes a banner, centerpiece sign, cupcake toppers, drink flags, treat bag toppers, drink wraps and Hershey Kiss circles.”

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Kara

Rainbow Themed 4th Birthday Party

This RAINBOW THEMED FOURTH BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Megan of Genie Leigh Photography. So many darling party ideas here!

I love this simple beauty of this pastel rainbow party! Some of my favorite elements are:

The rainbow cake, of course
The crepe paper streamer banner
The pink tulle wreath
The rainbow crayon art activity
The confetti filled balloons
and MORE!

This is what Megan said about the party- “Our Youngest is Four – How time flies!! Dad made the cake and it was amazing to see him whip it up in the kitchen! The fondant is made from Marshmallows. I just stare at the cake in amazement!”

Items used in this party available for Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Balloons
Ferris Wheel Cupcake Holder
Crepe Paper Streamers
Ric-Rac Ribbon
Apothecary Jars
Striped Paper Straws
Paper Cups
Candles

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Kara

Pastel Rainbow Fairy Themed Birthday Party

You are going to love this PASTEL RAINBOW + FAIRY THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Natalie Zakhem of Events by Nat!

Natalie said- “My daughter’s birthday was fast approaching and I’ve always known that she would be having a fairy party. As fairy parties are very common these days, I wanted her party to incorporate elements that other fairy parties didn’t have, so I decided on an enchanted pastel rainbow fairy party.

The colours were perfect and captured a sweet version of rainbows and the party included all the elements of an enchanted fairy party. The dessert table was the highlight of the party. The cake and backdrop captured the scene of an enchanted forest. The sweet treats were styled in a way which enabled them to fit into this enchanted forest. The sweet treats included Butter-cream swirl pastel cupcakes, Butterfly cake pops, Pixie dust cake pops, a Flower cookie tree, Cookie wands, Topiary tree cake pops, Mushroom marshmallows, Petite fairy floss tarts, Petite pastel rainbow cakes, Pastel macarons, Pastel rainbow layered jelly, Pastel rainbow layered pannacotta, and I obviously had to include a pot of gold chocolates at the end of the rainbow.

As we had a huge variety of desserts I decided to have a separate drinks and candy table which the children could help themselves to. The little “fairies” and “peter pans” helped themselves to some Pixie Punch and treated themselves to some candy, which included Pastel marshmallows, Sour rainbow straps, Mint leaves, Pastel candy, Pastel fruit stick, Pastel lollypops.

For entertainment we had Fairy Good Times “Fairy Melody” attend the party. She transported the children away to a magical world of make believe, where their dreams began and enchantment commenced. The activities they participated in included A magic show with many giggles, Puppetry and many imaginative games, and Face painting. Fairy Melody also enchanted the children with her amazing voice, hence the reason for her beautiful name.

As a take home gift each child was given a bottle of pixie dust to enable them to be transported to this enchanted land once again and a personalised chocolate bar from the birthday girl.”

Vendors and Credits:
Concept, styling and photography – Events By Nat
Butterfly cake pops, pixie dust cake pops, mushroom marshmallows, pastel rainbow jelly and pastel pannacotta – Events by Nat
Cake, cupcakes, cookies, topiary tree cake pops, petite pastel cakes, flower cookies and wand cookies – Blissfully Sweet
Macarons – Its A Cake Thing (by Jhoanee)
Backdrop design and other printables - Pretty and Print
Ruffle Rainbow Tablecloth – Saffy & May
Backdrop Printed on Canvas – Buggyboo
Cake stands, pannacotta jars and candy jars – Sweet Style
Candy jars – Leo and Bella
Children’s ghost chairs – Mon Tresor

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Ribbon
Apothecary Jars
Wooden Utensils
Lollipop Sticks
Cupcake Liners
Tissue Balls