Houston has an amazing party warehouse store called Arne's Warehouse. Whatever theme your party has, Arne's will most likely have something for you. Between Arne's, Party City, and Hobby Lobby, I was able to find what I needed for Pumpkin Girl's 4th birthday party.
The Invitation
I used assorted blue cardstock, 2 snowflake stamps, and blue and white ink. I printed a free Frozen invitation from Party and Prints on regular paper. I cut it out and Pumpkin Girl and I used a glue stick to glue it to the blue cardstock. Next time I will try Mod Podge because the glue stick didn't hold up very well. On the back of the blue cardstock, Pumpkin Girl and I stamped an assortment of blue and white snowflakes.
The Decorations
I used the Frozen Scene Setter and Frozen Wall Decals (from Target) to decorate the house. I set up the table with Frozen Confetti and blue and white snowflakes made with cardstock and a snowflake punch. I taped silver and white snowflakes to the mantel and kitchen island/bar. I tied Frozen balloons to gazebo stakes (metal rods) and lined the walkway to our house but the wind popped the balloons before the guests arrived. :( Oh well. They looked nice while they were up,The Food
Most of my food was inspired directly from Rambling Renovators. I printed off her menu and taped it to my fridge to make sure I served everything that I wanted. We used Frozen place cards from Rambling Renovators to identify the food.
Snowman cheese sticks: string cheese wrapped in blue washi tape and decorated with black and orange Sharpie markers
Olaf's nose: baby carrots
Olaf's arms: pretzel sticks
Anna and Hans' sandwiches: PB and J and Costco chicken salad sandwiches cut into fourths
Sven snacks: cubed watermelon, cubed cheese and crackers
Snowman buttons: black sixlets and M and M's (pretzel and almond because I wanted to try them)
Frozen waters: Frozen slush punch from Rambling Renovators
Frozen hearts: strawberries dipped in white Wilton candy melts - we had such a difficult time with the candy melt. My dad decide to run warm water over the strawberry with the candy and then smeared the candy on which worked, thankfully. Next time we will do melted chocolate!
Trolls: grapes
Kristoff's ice: blue jello served individually in 2 oz blue disposable shot cups
Frost bites: marshmallows steamed until shiny (electric kettle) and then dipped in blue sugar (add 5 drops of blue food coloring to 1/2 cup of sugar) - Pumpkin Girl and I had a good time making these
Melted waters: Frozen water bottle labels from Delicate Construction wrapped around 8 oz bottles - I printed the labels on regular paper and used clear packaging tape to seal them so they would be waterproof.
The kids were not really eating any of the food until I brought the food over to the table and asked them if they wanted Olaf's arms or Kristoff's ice, etc. Then they were so excited and wanted everything. :)
The Cake and Ice Cream
I went very low key for the cake and served boxed cupcakes. We made Blue Velvet and Blue Raspberry cupcakes. We baked half of the cupcakes in ice cream cones. We topped the cupcakes with homemade buttercream frosting and silver cupcake gems. I used a 2" circle punch to punch out these cupcake toppers from Homeketeers printed on white cardstock and attached with Scotch clear tape to lollipop sticks.
We served neopolitan ice cream into the 2 oz blue cups. Cover with plastic wrap and place in freezer until ready to serve. We placed them in a baking dish to make it easier to bring out.
The Favors
We wrapped washi tape around the top and bottom of white favor boxes and then we stamped the top with blue snowflakes. We filled them with M and M's and Hershey kisses with Frozen character stickers on the bottom. I used a 3/4" circle punch to punch out these stickers also from Homeketeers printed on sticker paper. My husband, Pumpkin Girl, and I put the stickers on the bottom of blue Cookies and Creme Hershey's kisses.We also made favor bags filled with Frozen pencils from Five Below or Party City, Frozen stickers from Arne's, silly straws (on clearance at Target), stencil rulers, a bouncy ball (Arne's or Party City) and a Disney's Jake, Sofia or Doc McStuffins play pack (from Wal-Mart). I also gave the girls Frozen snow globes (Arne's), Frozen lip gloss and Frozen nail polish (from Five Below). I gave the boys a 12 pack of glow sticks (Target or the Dollar Store).
The Games
We played bowling and Pin the Nose on Olaf. I gave the bowling winner a 2-pack of water guns and the Pin the Nose winner a Frozen activity book. Technically, Pumpkin Girl won Pin the Nose and the bowling winner was second, so we gave the prize to the 3rd place winner. :)
We had a great time celebrating Pumpkin Girl's 4th birthday party with friends and family and Pumpkin Girl was so excited by all of the Frozen details, especially the wall decals and the scene setter.
The next day, on her actual birthday, we went to the Kolache Factory for breakfast with my dad before he had to drive home, played with her new toys and ate more cupcakes. Happy 4th birthday, Pumpkin Girl!
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