Baby It’s Cold Outside! Selena’s 3rd Birthday!
“Let it Go” seems to be the most popular three-letter phrase
among kids these days. Since Selena is a big sister, she says she is Elsa and her little sister, Callie, is Anna. It was no surprise when
she told me she wanted to have a “Frozen” birthday party, this year. I had a swim party portion but family came over after to continue the celebration.
So there I was searching Pinterest for Frozen themed things
for a child's birthday party everyday for weeks. I pinned a few things, but
realistically, I didn’t have the time to do any of those so I decided that I’d
just do a few things here and there.
These are the things I came up with:
1) INVITATION: Blue/Turquoise and Silver Theme
This is the quick how-to:
1 Take a piece of Blue Marina Mist 8.5”x11” cardstock (#119682), and cut
it in half on the 8.5” side.
2 Score it at 3.25" and 8.75" marks, and fold.
3 Type the party details on the computer and print
it in Black Ink using a laser jet printer on Whisper White cardstock (#100730). Run it through the Heidi Swapp Minc
machine together with the reactive foil, giving it that blue foil effect. Cut
it at 4 x 5.25” and glue it on the inside.
4 To close the card, create a card band by cutting
a 1 inch strip of Bermuda Bay card stock (#131197) and folding it around the card. For added effect, glue a piece
of silver ribbon in the centre of the strip.
5 Stamp the largest snowflake from the Flurry of
Wishes Stamp Set (#139732) using Versamark (#102283), cover it with silver embossing powder
(#12345) and hit it with your heatgun.
Punch it out using a 2-3/8 scallop circle punch (#118874). Add a rhinestone (#119246) in the
middle of the snowflake for a little sparkle.
6 Secure the snowflake punch out over the ends of the card
band.
2) DÉCOR
I made four flag banners to put around our house.
I used the letters from the Larger than Life Stamp Set (#135382) to
stamp out HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LET IT GO AND FROZEN.
In keeping with the Blue/Turquoise theme, I used blue toned pattern
paper to make the flags of the banners. Each flag measured 6x6”. Using left
over glittery aqua coloured ribbon left over from Christmas, I added bows here
and there.
You can’t forget Elsa and Anna at a “Frozen” birthday party,
so there they were standing happily at 7 feet! Bonus: Olaf was there, too!
3) MARQUEE LIGHTS
In true Heidi Swapp style, I picked up these inexpensive
wooden marquee lights from Michaels. I
figured I would use these at each of her birthday parties. Seeing her name in
lights was truly something!
4) CAKE and other things
I made a three-layer cake (Vanilla, Chocolate and Vanilla) and covered it in Aqua blue ombre
rosettes and topped it off with a light up Elsa crown.
I had 33 loot bags to make for both boys and girls of
varying ages, so I picked up different things for each child. I don’t know how I did it, but they all fit
in a small white paper bag. I added
light blue tissue paper and glued silver doilies with each of their names on
the front.
I also added a few blue Christmas ornaments to tree branches
and changed my curtains to sheer turquoise curtains from IKEA to add to the
wintery feel.
It was a busy week leading up to the party but enjoyed every
minute of party planning!!
Enjoy the first days of Spring! Don’t forget to Stamp.
Craft. Love.
Fay xo
