KIDS PARTIES: PAW PATROL PARTY

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No job is too BIG, No pup is too SMALL!
PAW Patrol, We're on a Roll!

We asked master M (Marcus) what kind of party he wanted this year for his 4th birthday - without hesitation he said PAW Patrol! He is obsessed with PP and has requested anything and everything PP since his last birthday, we just rolled with it. 

I have to say, this party has been the most fun to plan - the ideas are endless and because it is such a popular show on Nick Jnr, there is quite a lot of decorations and other items available online and in store. 

Here are ALL the details about Master M's PAW Patrol 4th Birthday PAWty that we celebrated last weekend. Enjoy!

- THE INVITATION -

When it comes to invitations, I turn to Etsy! There are so many invitation designs available, it's hard to choose. I picked this one from PrintsForParty - Lisa was super lovely and I love the final product. I printed the invitations and 'thank you' cards from Harvey Norman for only a couple of dollars, and M gave them to his close friends from Playcentre and home-based care.



- DECORATIONS - 

The thing I love about the PAW Patrol (yes I am fan too lol), is that it's bright and colourful! I bought the 'Happy Birthday' balloon banner from KMart about 3 months after his 3rd birthday. I love it and it worked well for the party. 


Most of the decorations were from The Warehouse and KMart, with a few items found around our home. I borrowed the table and chairs from our local playcentre to accommodate the kids, leaving the adults sitting on the couches, and dining chairs. I invested in a helium tank to blow up the balloons - I love how they look and it meant they were up on the roof and not right under our feet. The strings were long enough for the kids to grab and play with, and that kept them entertained for quite some time. 

Can you believe that Master M set up the table himself (with a little direction from me)! I think he did a great job! The plates, masks, serviettes and cups were all from The Warehouse NZ (Buy 1 and get the 2nd half price). Under the plates, we had a colouring page (and others were available if the kids wanted to colour), with the crayons placed in the middle of the table with the PAW Patrollers. 

I really enjoyed setting up this party and when it was complete, Master M's eyes just lit up the room! He was a very happy boy, waiting patiently for his friends to arrive. 





              

- FOOD & DRINK - 

One of my favourite photos from the party is this one with the food table set up. My friend made cupcakes for me a day before the party and all I had to do was pop a cupcake edible icing image (from KiwiCakes) and a cupcake topper (fromNickelodean Parents) and cupcake wrapper to set the theme. I had toppers left over so I put them in the jelly. My friends also brought marshmallow slice (a fave at our birthday parties) and some chip & dip. We also served a fruit platter, sausage rolls, cocktail sausages and carrot sticks. I bought a pack of 24 water bottles and added a 'Thanks for coming to Marcus's party' label around the bottles. So cute. The kids (and adults) enjoyed it all and there was not a lot left over so we catered well. 










- PARTY FAVOURS -



I couldn't resist making up little loot bags/party favour bags for M's friends. 

The bags were from The Warehouse and so were the blowers and character cookies. I ordered some personalised chocolates from CelesteCeleste Chaplin Photography on Instagram. She did an amazing job and I absolutely LOVE them. (Marcus's friends were buzzing out that his face was on the wrapper). It was a cute party favour and keepsake for us too (we ate the chocolate). Master M found some swirly straws so that was a last minute addition to the bags. Everyone was pretty happy with their little treats. 




- THE CAKE -

When it comes to cakes, I am all about SIMPLE and EFFECTIVE! For this years cake I had a vision and I can't believe I made it become reality! I bought a banana slab cake from BidFood, my friend made some green butter cream icing for me (same friend who made the cupcakes), I put some KitKats around the edge and wrapped it with red and blue ribbon. We had the little miniature PAW Patrollers on hand from a Busy book so I blue-tac'd them to the front of the cake board. To complete the cake, I bought this tower (and about 9 bigger Paw Patrol cars & pups - used as decorations on the table) for only $60 from a friend!!!! (the Tower alone retails around $150, such a score). I was so happy and the best thing is, it doubled up as a present for Master M. Once I gave it a good clean, I propped it on the cake and said 'WOW, that is SOOO COOL!". It looked and tasted amazing! Master M LOVED it and so did our guests.









- ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS - 

I don't do party games, the kids just have free-range of the playroom and we also had colouring pages for them to colour in throughout the party. Oh and we had a Paw Patrol DVD on in the background. The kids pretty much entertained themselves. They had a great time! (it took less than 20 minutes to tidy it all up, which was great!)

- BIRTHDAY KEEPSAKE -

Each year/birthday I make or have a keepsake to represent the birthday. For M's first birthday I had our guests sign a 'Little Golden Book' with birthday wishes and advice etc. For his second they signed two hard hats. Third birthday was a little different...M actually made a dinosaur mobile at home-based care, so that became the keepsake - it was also used as a feature in his Dinosaur themed bedroom. This year I found a wooden M at KMart for $2 and got his friends (aged 2-4) to sign the M themselves (and the parents signed it too). Now it is displayed in his bedroom.

- PAW Patrol Bedroom Makeover -

Speaking of bedrooms...Master M's bedroom got a bit of makeover (in terms of theme)...he got a new duvet cover and poster for his birthday so we went with it. Miss B coloured in some PAW Patrol pictures which were perfect for one of his bedroom walls (it used to have 'THREE REX' from his third birthday). I moved previous bedroom themed decor to the top of this wardrobe shelf, so he could still see his favourites. I changed the curtains to Cloud ones we already had and it completed the look of the room! It's VERY PAW Patrol, but our pup-mad son thinks it's pretty cool. The MARCUS letters, were a gift from his first birthday - the colours are perfect for the room, don't you think (we might fix them to the wall - haven't finalised it yet).





- HAPPY 4th BIRTHDAY MASTER M -




- PARTY SUPPLIES & DETAILS -

Here are the details again:

Invitation -PrintsForParty
Personalised Chocolates - Celeste Chaplin Photography
Happy Birthday Balloon banner - KMart
PAW Patrol items - The Warehouse & Trade Me (table cloth)
Helium balloon tank - KMart
PAW Patrol Cupcake Toppers/Wrappers (FREE) - Cupcake Toppers & Cupcake Wrappers
Paw Patrol Water Bottle Labels (FREE) Water labels (Mom's Tot School)

All in all, it was a fantastic party and a lot of fun to plan and prepare! If you're looking for PAW Patrol ideas, I hope you found some inspiration from this post!


Thanks for stopping by,
Charlene





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KIDS PARTIES: DINOSAUR PARTY

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ROAR!
 There's a 'THREE-REX' in the house! 

When my partner asked Master M what kind of cake he wanted for his birthday - he said "DINOSAUR" straight away, followed by a huge ROAR! Therefore, it was decided that the theme for his 3rd birthday was going to be 'DINOSAURS'. 

I do love planning and organising events, especially birthdays on a budget. Previous birthday themes were A Little Golden Book for his first birthday, and a Construction theme for his 2nd (which I only shared on the blog last month, oops). 

This year I wanted to keep things simple, yet effective. So today I am sharing with you, all the details of our son's 3rd Birthday - DINOSAUR PARTY! 

Enjoy!

- THE INVITATION - 

I made the invitations this year. I designed it in PicMonkey, using one of their templates for inspiration. I simply changed the watermark images to dinosaurs and also changed the colours to match the theme of the party. 

I went to Harvey Norman Photo Centre and printed the invitations onto 6x4 photo paper. They turned out really good. (Invitations cost less than 20c each). I ended up using these invitations for party favours instead (see below), and just created a Facebook event for his birthday, so I could keep track of who was coming and used this invitation as the cover photo. 

- DECORATIONS - 

Keeping it simple, yet effective, I found this cute idea (via Instagram user @makaylalambert) of hanging the words 'THREE REX" above the table - it was the perfect backdrop. I found a number '3' Heidi Swapp Marquee light for $10 on clearance at Spotlight last year, which looked really cool all lit up. 

I put a photo of Master M in an orange frame we already had in his bedroom and put his green soft toy dinosaur next to it. 

As soon as I knew we were going to have a dinosaur themed birthday for Master M, I went straight to Mel's blog Flicker and Flock and downloaded her awesome Dinosaur Balloon templates. These are so cool and easy to put together, as she has included a 'how to' tutorial. They looked awesome in the living room and playroom, setting the scene for the theme.

I also used Master M's dinosaur mobile, he made at care, as a focal decoration hanging from the living room lights. (more details about that below)
Dinosaur Balloons were a HIT! 

The KMart light box is always a great item to use as a decoration - I put 'YOU ARE RAWRSOME. ROAR!  as the message. I also used the dinosaur cookie cutters as decorations too. 

Dinosaur balloons
I was stoked to find these cute Dinosaur Prints on Etsy for less than $3. I printed and laminated them and displayed them on a string in the playroom (which is also where I displayed Master M's birthday cards). These prints are now in his bedroom, I just need to get some frames for them. 

A week before the party, we visited our local public library and found some Dinosaur themed books to put on display. Master M loves reading books so it was a nice to add books as decorations, the kids loved reading them too. 


- FOOD & DRINK - 

My son's amazing home-based carer made us some vanilla cupcakes & dinosaur shaped shortbread cookies, so all we needed to do was decorate them.  For the cupcakes, we added Flake, Chocolate speckled eggs and Dinosaur confectionery lollies. I also found these cute cupcake toppers from Place of my Taste. 

We iced the dinosaurs in the theme colours: green, blue, orange and yellow. Not the greatest icing, but they still looked cute and were very delicious. 

I love the dinosaur jelly cups. I used lime jelly and popped a dinosaur lolly in each of them - 'Dig for Dinosaurs'. We also had 'Dino Eggs' - just green grapes in a bowl. Our friends brought a plate too, so we had green marshmallow, popcorn, sausage rolls, pizza bread, lamingtons, chips and mini toffee pops. 

For the drinks, I supplied: water, soft drinks, orange juice (in a flexi tub of ice) & hot drinks too. 

Because I moved our furniture around a bit, we had a massive floor area to put blankets down for the kids to eat on. It worked out perfect - picnic in the lounge. 

Dinosaur Cupcakes 

T-Rex and Triceratop Cookies

Dinosaur Jelly Cups
Dino Eggs

Dinosaur eggs

- PARTY FAVOURS -

I like to give our friends a little something to say thanks for coming to the party. Party favour included: an invitation/thanks for coming, Dinosaur Confectionary lolly, a few 'dinosaur eggs' (grapes), a mini dinosaur and a 'Capsule Creature'. 

IMPORTANT TO NOTE:
Before I handed out the favours, I told the parents to take the 'invitation' out because the capsule was taped to the back. The kids got to play with their dinosaur and eat their little treats, then once they got home, (with adult supervision) they were able to watch their dinosaur grow in water.  I photocopied the back of the 'Capsule Creature', so the kids could find out which dinosaur they got. 





- THE CAKE - 


A scrumptious double-layered chocolate mud cake (made with Kumara), with white and milk chocolate icing (requested) by my friend, Nicci at Delights.

I decorated it in the morning of the party, using a T-Rex & Triceratops (from KMart), Flakes, Malt balls, chocolate speckled eggs and a few items from his dinosaur adventure play set. Bunting was   also from KMart for $2 - I just added a couple of stickers and the RAWR@! Simple, yet effective. I love how it turned out.

(Note: Delights is dairy free, refined sugar free, & gluten free)


Chocolate Mud Cake (made with Kumara)  *DELIGHTS*

- ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS -  

We got Master M this 125-piece Dinosaur  Adventure Play set  for his birthday. Purchased from KMart. The kids loved playing with the dinosaurs and making little enclosures for them. 

DINOSAUR ADVENTURE PLAYSET

I bought a bag of playground sand from Bunnings for under $12 and put it in an under-the-bed storage container (it's great because the lid keeps the stray cats out).  This sand is a lot grainier than normal sand, which I actually prefer as it comes off a lot easier. I added a pack of 30 dinosaurs  ($3 from KMart) to the sand a few gardening tools, so the kids could dig them up. They loved it.

DINOSAUR HUNT

One activity I had planned, but completely forgot to pull out when everyone was here, were these super easy ICE AGE Dinosaur Fossils 

HOW TO:
Carefully place a dinosaur in a balloon and fill it with some water (about 1 1/2 cups) and place into the freezer overnight. After a couple of hours, when the balloons are starting to harden,  turn the balloons over to try and get the dinosaur to move more to the centre. Once frozen, cut the balloons and it exposes these really cool ICE AGE Dinosaur Fossils. 

I gave one each to the kids (Master M, Miss B and my niece & nephew, who were staying with us). Master M used the hammer to crack the ice (alternatively you could give your child a spoon) until he could get the dinosaur out. He thought it was pretty cool, and it was a nice activity to do on a hot day. It's a shame our friends missed it. 

ICE AGE DINOSAUR FOSSILS



- HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY MASTER M - 

Master M wore his RAWRsome DINOSAUR t-shirt he got from his Great Grandmother for Christmas, denim shorts and his 'trucker' hat. One of his friends also wore the same shirt, it was so cute. 

I can't believe my baby boy is 3! Happy Birthday son!


- BIRTHDAY KEEPSAKE - 

The week before the party, Master M had been working on a little project with his home-based carer. He made a dinosaur mobile! He painted it and decorated it with embellishments. There are four dinosaurs (T-Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus and Pterodactyl) and now it is proudly hanging in his bedroom above his bed. It is his keepsake for his 3rd birthday. 

For Master M's birthday - he got a mini bedroom makeover, using the presents he got from us to decorate his room. I love how it turned out and he loves it too. 



I hope you found some inspiration from this post! Here are the details again:

PARTY SUPPLIES & DETAILS

Invitation: designed and created in PicMonkey
Lightbox: KMart
Marquee Light '3' (Heidi Swapp): Spotlight
Dinosaur ballons: Flicker & Flock
Cake: Delights 
Happy Birthday Cake Topper & Dino Eggs Printable: Place of my Taste
Dinosaur Prints (T-Rex, Triceratops, Stegosaurus, & Pterodactyl): Prints and Princess Art 
Dinosaur duvet: KMart 
Dinosaur Hoody: Inkee Finkee

My friend Karen from Mummy Do It shares 10 Fun Dinosaur Party Ideas if you are looking for more Dinosaur party inspiration. 

Thanks for stopping by,
Charlene 




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