Saturday, May 21, 2011

Carnival Birthday Party!

Addys 6th Bday party is coming up! I can’t believe how much time has flown by. I’m in the mist of planning & crafting things for her up coming party. I thought it’d be fun to share some of the fun things we did for her party last year. We had a “carnival”! Perfect for turning 5. It worked out great for being able to invite the whole preschool class. Both boys & girls loved it!

**DISCLAIMER** This is before I started blogging, so unfortunately most of the photos were taken with a cell phone or by others ! ( too hard to run the party & take the pics) But at least I have some to share!

We decided to have the party in our basement (I‘ll post about that redo later!). Its basically the kids space so it worked out well.

First the invites to set the theme. I bought the carnival cards at Oriental Trading Co.
They are actually supposed to be frames. I decided to print the invite & glue them to the photo spot.  Now for my carni help….


I bought red tshirts & iron on letters to create matching shirts for all us “helpers” . Complete with hat & apron! Lots of typical carnival games…


Photo booth……

The tattoo booth was a hit! Always a line there!

And of course there was a magic show at lunch! (performed by my older daughter & her friend) ……


One side of the ping pong table was for magic & the other was for lunch.....


At the end, everyone got to turn in their tickets for prizes & pick up their take home bag!!


She had such a great time!
I can’t wait for this years party - “Pinkalicious Princess party” …details to come!






 

12 comments:

Lisa @ Two Bears Farm said...

Wow, that's some party! What fun!

Heidi said...

Wow seems like quite a production! Must have been a lot of work

Treehugger_31 said...

Awesome!!! I bet that was a party to remember!

Paula said...

What a great party, can't wait to see what you'll do for this year.

Happy Birthday to the birthday girl :-)

TexWisGirl said...

you are just so creative and sweet!

Allison said...

What a cute idea! This must have taken you hours to prepare... I'm tired already. :)

Debbie said...

what a great theme...i LOVE the colors, everything tied together so well.

you are super creative, i use to LOVE planning my boys birthday party. they were less then 1 year apart so we always had 1 big party for both of them. they loved it!!!!

teekaroo said...

Wow, that was a lot of work! Can't wait to see what you have going this year... I need ideas for my little princess.

Grumpy Grateful Mom said...

What a fabulous party! I'll bet the kids were sad to leave. I can't wait to see your Pinkalicious party.

Diane Writes said...

Hello Trisha! I love kiddie parties. You see I am a grown up who remains to be kid at heart. :) I love the details of the party. It's so alive, colorful and each kid guest have his own personalized loot bag.

I am definitely looking forward for your next part post!

Lyneen said...

What a great party... so many ideas.. I am sure she loved it!!!

Unknown said...

Such a great post on Carnival Birthday Party! All of the colors, décor, activities and everything is so inspirational. The happy faces of kiddos give some sort of satisfaction. I am also making plans for family party on my son’s birthday and would book one of the rental venues in NYC for that. Will also be using some of these ideas for this party.