Mazzy’s birthday party is on December 11th and I have yet to really plan anything. (Kind of like last year.) I’ve sent out an evite and people are coming but that’s as far as I’ve gotten. I was also informed by Mazzy that she expects cake and candy and prizes.
“What kind of prizes?”
“Tuna salad.”
Guess the menu is settled.
Then, a few days ago, my sister told me that she wants her husband to come to the party in an Elmo costume as part of Mazzy’s present. I can’t think of anything Mazzy would like more so I agreed to it.
THEN. Almost immediately after, Crumbs emailed to ask if I’d like an Elmo themed Colossal Cupcake for the party. Huh. Apparently, they’ve been reading the blog and know all about Mazzy’s obsession. Well, how do I turn THAT down???
Now this presents me with a dilemma.
Because.
Does this mean I am throwing a Sesame Street themed party???
And if so…
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I mean, I’m not even sure I’m the type of person to have a theme at all until my child starts begging for one. And can I really impose something as lame and generic as a Sesame Street theme ON MYSELF? Without any begging or screaming or threats of leaving home from Mazzy whatsoever?
But wait. Let’s think rationally. Is it possible to have a COOL Sesame Street themed party?
I did some research.
It appears the answer is “yes”. I love color and Sesame Street is awfully colorful. Plus those Sesame Street t-shirts/onesies from American Apparel would make awesome party favors. As for most everything else, I would have to morph into Martha Stewart within the next week or so and then rent a “crafts only” dedicated apartment where I could lock myself without television or internet until I mastered the conehead construction paper version of Big Bird.
TRANSLATION: NOT HAPPENING.
But maybe I could summon the energy to buy a goldfish.
Cause “first pet’s death” is an awesome gift for a two-year-old’s birthday.
Speaking of which, how many Dorothys do you think Elmo’s World cycles through each year?
Sorry. I don’t why I got so morbid all of a sudden.
I’m gonna try my best not to talk too much to any of my new mom friends at the party.
Or maybe, I’ll just distract them with my awesome cookie monster cake…
I mean, how hard could it be to learn to sculpt with fondant, anyway?
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Alright friends. Serious question. To theme or not to theme? If so, what’s your favorite birthday party theme you have done or seen?
Honestly, themes drive me nuts BUT it’s a no-brainer. Especially with Sesame Street, someone else has already done all the thinking for you from the decorations to party favors to the menu.
And dude, Elmo life-size and a Crumbs Elmo cake????
Your theme has been decided for you. Face it.
I think your blog ate my comment. 🙁 I’m going to try again, and then I’ll look like a moron for posting the same thing twice. Here goes!
This should come as no surprise as we’ve already established that you are infinitely cooler than me, but I am the queen of themed birthday parties (and of fondant sculpture, so there. If you lived here I would totally make you that cookie monster cake. For a very reasonable fee).
My daughter’s 2nd birthday was Blue’s Clues (I made an awesome cake that year). 3rd birthday, Tinkerbell (another awesome cake). 4th birthday, Fancy Nancy (no cake, but very themed. We did a whole tea party with teeny tiny finger foods and fancy “parfaits” for dessert). 5th birthday the theme, no joke, was “rainbows and unicorns” and I had way too much fun with that because it was so easy to be ironic about it. Glitter EVERYWHERE. It was awesome.
Anyway, this was in no way helpful except to tell you to give the kid an Elmo party. She’ll love it. 🙂
This sounds like it is going to be quite a party. What fun to have cupcakes given to you!
I am pro-theme, but anti-licensed character. However, the only reason I’ve been able to maintain this stance is because mine isn’t talking much yet. (And I like to pretend he doesn’t know the names of Jake, all of his Neverland pirates, and the pirate band.)
I think the key is making the birthday party magical for Mazzy no matter what (meaning: life sized Elmos). If you do that, then you can’t go wrong. Not to mention, I could hire an event planner to come into my home and plan my son’s birthday party and it wouldn’t even be half as fabulous as what you’ll come up with, I’m sure 🙂
daughter’s birthdays age 1-princess (because at the time i thought i’d only have one child and if she grew up and hated pink i wanted to have done one girly party)-best part was the life-size picture of her in a princess dress that we hung on the wall to play pin the crown on the princess…age 2-curious george and a couple of weeks later we went to see a curious george live show, age 3-no theme as we did it at a bowling alley and that was crazy enough, age 4-no party as i had just come home with her baby brother, age 5 remains to be seen but as i just planned a huge 1st bday for her brother she informs me it better be a big deal and she is asking for lots of pink owls
my son’s 1st birthday was magnificent, we invited almost 300 people and it was race-car themed to a t, and because we had a rental hall and i picked the theme 6 months in advance everything was perfect, and it especially helped that i hired a photographer so i could focus on going crazy hosting instead of hosting and photographing
I have done themes. For her first birthday, I did a ladybug theme, but really only in color. Everything was red and black. For her second birthday, Dora. Not my choice, it was hers. Her third birthday party is Sunday, and we are having an owl themed party. It’s light on the owl. I only used it on the invite and made owl treat bags.
I know. I am in denial. I was going to make it sweet and simple and pretty. Now it looks like it will be loud and animated and ELMO!!!
I actually think you are pretty cool yourself so it makes me feel better that you embrace the themes.
Rainbows and unicorns sounds like the party of my childhood dreams. Were there satin things hanging from the ceiling? Because then you could have held it in my 7th grade bedroom.
It’s not. It’s really not. Low expectations, people. It’s the only way to succeed.
The whole licensed character thing is out of control. She loves Sesame Street, Minnie Mouse, Curious George, Winnie the Pooh and Olivia. Oh! And now Kermit. I don’t even know how that happened. I blame my mother.
We had a luau-themed birthday party for my little Monster’s first. For his second, it was on Memorial Day, I had recently become a single mom, so I did a Memorial Day-themed potluck picnic theme! At my mom’s house! Whatever, as long as there’s cake, right?
A rental hall?? DAMN. You know how to set the bar. Be careful or else you’re daughter’s sweet sixteen is going to be the stuff MTV is made of!
I want to see pictures of this 300 person race car party, please…
I like the subtlety of your themes. If I do the Sesame Street thing, I think it will be mainly in color. With a giant Elmo walking around of course.
I’m a huge fan of the potluck. I used to throw a potluck New Year’s party every year. They were fabulous.
Didn’t Kermit stem from a refusal to purchase yet another Minnie? Sorry but I don’t think Grammy can take the heat for that one! Unless of course she was the one purchasing said Kermit.
Go with life size elmo and cake and just solid bright colors with maybe a few theme accents and you’re golden. Uncle Elmo is going to steal the show anyway (And that is awesome by the way!)
I saw this thing on how to make Elmo cakepops and it’s REALLY simple. Let me start by saying that Kohls sells a cakepop maker (pretty sure it was Kohls)where you basically just put cake batter into the little holes. Or you can use munchkins from Dunkin Donuts. And you dunk them in red icing and get little white candies for the eyes (with a brown icing dot in the middle) and orange tic tacs for the noses. Then you find circle candies in brown or black and you cut them in half for the mouth. Google that shit and you will see it’s actually pretty simple. If you want something a little less messy than icing you can dunk them in red melting chocolate (from a party store or craft store). Also, I hate to break it to you, but you definitely have a theme 🙂
First birthday, the theme was smushed cake. I knew the cake would be smushed so I just kinda phoned it in. We did it at the daycare and it was a plain yellow cake w/chocolate frosting. I got a lot of good pics that day.
Second birthday was monkeys because I call her my little monkey. Third birthday was a princess & pirate party and all guests under 4 feet tall were encouraged to come in costume. Very, very cute.
Unfortunately, she will not be able to turn 4. She has had that privilege revoked for suddenly refusing to pee in the toilet. Apparently, she now prefers a bucket. If things don’t change before the end of November – she will be 3 forever.
I confess, guilty of a theme. Oct 15th the twins were 1. I am a MSU college fb fan and grad- he is the same for U of M. Their actual bday, the 15th was also the day those two interstate rivals played each other. Kind of a no brainer. I asked my super awesome friends (Avery & Grant’s mother among them) to make me stuff for the decor and it rocked. One twin in a MSU 1 jersey, the other a U of M 1 jersey. Yes. I am that mom. I also emailed this story to my MSU newspaper and they published it. Let me go hide now.
I’m a theme junkie here… every party I throw has a theme, even if it’s only in my head. My 2 year old’s party was a Sesame Street theme and I even made a bowl of guacamole shaped like Oscar the Grouch. You can steal that if you want.
I always do a theme, just because it’s SO easy, and fun for the kids. Easy as in, planning around one thing is easier to me than trying to have some kind of cohesiveness without a theme. I don’t get crafty for parties….that’s what friends and companies are for!
Elmo is fun! She’ll have fun! There are so many things to do for an Elmo party. Easy things like …ok here’s a idea for a loot bag. Buy small red gift bags or lunch bags, crazy eyes, orange and black paper. Cut black crescent shapes for mouth and orange circles for nose and u got yourself an Elmo bag!
For my girls’ 1st bday the theme was butterflies, 2nd was Yo Gabba Gabba, I made the loot bags and centerpieces from Nick Jr site. 3rd was pink mod monkey, SIL and me made chocolate rice crispies in the shape of a monkey face and used melts to decorate them! Everyone loved them!
It seems like a lot of work but you’ll feel a great sense of accomplishment and the pics will be great!
LOL i would lose it if i didn’t have a themed party. my daughter will be 4 in march and her parties have been (1st birthday: sesame street 1st birthday, 2nd was princess tiana, 3rd was dora the explorer, and 4th will be, at her request,disney princess tea party). how do you have a party without a theme LOL! i need my tablecloth, cups, napkins, plates, and gift wrap all to match! LOL
I love themes! It makes it easier for me to focus and not just get EVERYTHING that catches my eye, magpie-style. Plus, back home you MUST have a piñata, and that pretty much sets the theme for the whole thing.
C’s 1st year we did pirates, and it took a team of 5 women a whole day to make all those pirate flags and treasure chests. This year we threw 2 parties, one here and one there, and both were monster-themed because I just loved the Target paper plates. Oh yes.
So go crazy with colors and balloons, add a few sesame details, and Elmo’s your uncle! Can’t wait for the photos of Mazzy when she sees Elmo came to her party! 🙂
There’s WAY too much going on for me this month and next month, so I’m doing a party for Rebecca at a local kiddie gymnastics place. She loves jumping and bouncing on things, so I thought it would be cool. Except I’ll have to tell them NO PARACHUTES! (she is mortified of them for some reason…)
BTW, please feel free to give Crumbs my address should they have any extra Elmo Colossal cupcakes laying around… I think Rebecca would have a toddler-gasm… 🙂
Did you happen to collect Lisa Frank stickers too? 🙂
I was a “My Little Pony” girl myself…
That sounds really cool actually… 🙂
That is beyond awesome! Maybe that’s the way I can get Rebecca to try avocados.. 😛
Do you remember the Sesame St puppet show we did for your sister’s birthday? I might be able to find the script if you are interested.
it’s a blessing. your daughter did all the work for you and she picked perhaps the easiest theme ever. go to party city on 14th and there is an entire sesame street aisle and they will also deliver balloons to you. i can also give you fondant tips if needed. PS. the bottom right picture is angry birds. cheater.
Goddamnit! You people pay too close attention. Kermit is totally my fault. But it was either that or Minnie in red Christmas gingham. You can’t let a child leave empty handed from the Disney Store.
That sounds somewhat doable. Except the part where I have to go to Kohl’s. Is there a Kohl’s in Manhattan?
I love that you can just use Munchkins for the baking challenged like myself!
Maybe her 4th birthday can have a Little House on the Prairie Theme. Turn that bucket into an outhouse and get a Michael Landon cake!
Sorry, that sucks. Hope the threat of no birthday sets her straight.
We were going to do a Sesame Street party for our little guy’s 2nd, but ended up not really doing a theme once we realized that there wouldn’t that many people able to come to his party.
Anyway, I am also anti-characters, and found this great (crazy, over-the-top) party that I was using as a guide. She used mostly the primary colors as a theme, rather than going all-out Elmo, which I loved.
http://karaspartyideas.blogspot.com/2010/08/sesame-street-birthday-party.html
You should see Mazzy in her Giants Jersey. Mike is busy teaching her all the hand signals. It’s adorable. As far as themes go, yours sounds like a pretty cool one.
Do you have a picture? I need to see how this works exactly….
Just FYI that rainbow balloon wreath thing? Takes HOURS to make and requires you to douse it with unicorn blood to hold it together.
PS you know what totally matches the rainbow theme? Jolly rancher infused vodka 😉http://pinterest.com/pin/256634878735522619/
It’s the art director in me. I feel like I have to make things myself and make everything original even though when you take me off my computer, I am really bad at it.
I love the gift bag idea… that sounds easy enough. I think I know what I am doing over Thanksgiving break…
i wouldn’t worry, an elmo party at age 2 will not have much bearing on her future aesthetic.
my daughter also insisted on an elmo party for her second (i ordered all the matchy party ware and even the pin the nose on the elmo game) and everyone had a great time, and i didn’t have to craft or bake.
and now my daughter is turning eight and is *totally* a little hipster.
I’m a big fan of fabulously thrown together last minute. It worked out well last year. But there’s no way to pull that off with matching Elmo napkins and plates!
Well, when you put it that way…. An Elmo pinata sounds FANTASTIC. Off to Modell’s to pick up a bat!
I’d say maybe you’ll win one in the Colossal Cake Smash Contest but I’m afraid Rebecca’s cake hating photo probably isn’t going to bring it home for you:)
But Crumbs does make them to order if you really want one!
I do remember that. SHHHHHHH!!!!!
It isn’t Angry Birds. That’s Telly and Big Bird and cropped off the left is most definitely The Count. I can send you the full picture if necessary.
DON’T DOUBT ME!!
Now we’re talking!
The wreath is fantastic though isn’t it? I wouldn’t attempt it in a billion years. Even if a unicorn offered to sacrifice himself for the cause.
That party is INSANE!!!! How the hell did the the kids carry home all their loot PLUS their new pet goldfish???
I like the idea of using the colors with minimal Elmo references. Cake and life size Elmo is enough.
Although I am seriously considering getting a Dorothy.
Alright, alright. As long as she won’t continue to like lame party theme themes for the rest of her life, I guess we’re okay.
I love that you think I’m cool. Seriously. Ha.
I don’t think we had “satin things” but we did have pin the horn on the unicorn, and unicorn ringtoss, and rainbow cupcakes. The birthday girl wore a silver glittery tutu with a custom-made-by-daddy purple t-shirt featuring a majestic unicorn soaring in front of a rainbow…I should probably blog about this party, now that I think about it. It was that epic.
“Milk and cookies” is a great theme, easy to pull off, not too cheesy…I saw these pics and immediately wished I’d done that for my son. I really love the cookie jars. I “candy shoppe” theme would be similar.
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150280782564044.354636.193612494043&type=3
Any part with tuna fish prizes is an automatic win.
Yes theme! It’s so fun. I did Dr. Seuss for my son’s first birthday and this year I did The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Both were a ton of work but everyone loved it. And that’s the point right? A party is not really for your child, it’s for his friends and the parents that bring them. Just like a wedding is not for you and your soon to be spouse – open bar. I mean as a bride you can’t be smashed at your own wedding. What would the photos look like? I really enjoy your blog. Just picked you up Monday. Great job! Love it!
Let’s put it this way, She’s 2. You have lots of time to have “pretty” parties but there will never be another time like now when she adores Elmo. I think this just fell in your lap, I say run with it!!
You don’t have to go overboard decorating either, just the paper products would be fine and the party favors for the kids.
My grandson’s 1st b’day was Cookie Monster. So much fun, he had blue frosting all over his face.
Enjoy your little one while she’s still little and let her enjoy her passion! She would totally be in heaven with Elmo and you know it. LOL!
I’ll be putting together a Dora the Explorer themed party in December for my daughter’s 2nd birthday. I fully blame daycare for introducing my daughter to Dora. I’m tons less than thrilled about it but I know she will be in Dora heaven the whole time so how can I not? I think my highlight of the party tho, will be watching all of the kids beat the crap outta the Dora pinata.
I do think you will have just the right amount of Seseme Street with just the colors and then the cake and life size Elmo walking around 🙂 I will also be trying to do the less is more thing with probably just Dora print cups and plates and solid table cloth, napkins, balloons. (ps have you checked out party city’s themed party section? the Dora the Explorer party video blew my mind. I will def NOT be making everyone thier own tiny sombrero.)
yup one of my girlfriends is doing a party with the same theme – rainbows and unicorns – for her daughter. I checked out your blog to hunt down ideas, but I think I might just send her that last comment for inspiration…. If that’s ok 🙂
I concur! Holy crap!
your comment is awesome… “turn that bucket into an outhouse.” I only read the books (over and over) when I was little, so by the time I saw the show, I was 14 or so, and was like, “Daaamn, Pa is HOT??” …I already thought he was hot from Bonanza, but I wasn’t ready for sweet ol’ bearded, half-pint-saying Pa to be that gorgeous 🙂
I don’t love character themes. Ever. I’m not sure if you’ve seen some of my girl’s bday posts – but I’ve done color themes..like Astrid had a yellow 2nd birthday and Esther had a red heart 6th birthday.
I do other themes – not character though. We had a tea party birthday and a Wonderland birthday and a pink tulle birthday.
I’m more into linens and fresh flowers than plastic and Elmo..but I’m uptight that way. 😉
You have a whole brain trust packed full of ideas here – DANG, I need to start a blog community ASAP so I will have so many rad suggestions when my baby has birthdays. Lucky, sister 🙂 Have fun! It sounds like it’s gonna be awesome
Ha. Totally. Maybe I’d better get right on that blog post, huh? The people demand inspiration!
That Cookie Monster cupcake is adorable. I want one.
I’m not doing a themed party this year. Hell, I’m not even doing a party this year. It’s just going to be us and my parents. Maybe my SIL and nephews. Possibly a few friends and their kids. But definitely not a party. Just a small gathering. With cake. And presents.
you can probably order one online from amazon or something.
I think you can do NO THEME but pull out the Elmo cake at cake time. Works for me.
Party favors for little ones don’t have to be themed either. THEY WON’T KNOW.
i did a farm theme for parker’s 1st birthday, he wore overalls and all. made a barn cake and animal cupcakes. getting the icing red and not pink was a challenge for me….2nd birthday did an easy thing, rented a room at the local indoor pool that has this really cool play structure in 1 foot of water, so it was a pool party. the room came with a ben and jerry’s cake and everyone had a great time swimming and splashing! i am actually considering it for the next 5 birthday’s cause it was so easy, and i didn’t do a thing but decorate the room with balloons!
So funny! I was ADDICTED to Little House on the Prairie. So addicted that my Cabbage Patch Doll contracted Scarlet Fever during those “very special episodes”, died, and got buried in a shoe box in the backyard.
True story.
That was the last doll I ever got.
Hey! Blog post up and running. Send your friend over for Unicorn and Rainbow party goodness. 🙂
I just had a birthday party last weekend for my daughter who turns two in a few days. We went with the Sweet Shoppe theme….I can’t even sew a button on a shirt, but I turned a long table into glasses full of candy. I tied colorful ribbon around them and had stickers that said “Amelie’s Sweet Shoppe” created on Etsy. I made a lollipop tree out of a painted flower pot, a foam ball and three bags of dum-dums(not my husband’s family, the little lollipops). I also drilled a hole through large gumballs and put a ribbon through them to make necklaces. Somehow I attempted to make giant lollipops for the sidewalk (it was at a park) using a dowel, paperplates and cellophane paper, but they looked like my not quite two year old made them…..of course I did get some hate mail the next day from exhausted parents of kiddos who had a sugar high til midnight….
Was totally curious about this Elmo obsession
(mine is only 6 months- anticipating what is to come) and found some really cute ideas on this website:
http://www.ivillage.com/20-amazing-elmo-birthday-party-ideas-real-moms/6-b-360828#360817 picture 11 seems great- not too theme-y but with the correct colors. Also the oreos with Elmo stuck on them are great!! Maybe some of these will help. And yes, you have a theme. Embrace it. She’ll only want them themed for a short time and then she won’t even want you involved with her birthday. 🙂
I agree that you are totally stuck with a theme. JUST a warning, I went to a party where the mom gave out GOLDFISH as goodie bags. Personally I think it’s an awful idea for 2 reasons. #1: a couple of the fish had died before the party was even over (she brought extras but still. #2: thanks for the responsibility of caring for a fish that, as you put it above, will probably die soon anyway and then you are stuck with the death talk or getting ANOTHER fish. We did a thomas the train party for my son’s 2 year old party. I got a thomas pinata and that covered a game AND goodie bags! GOOD LUCK!
Yeah, you most definitely have a theme. Look at it this way – you’re not imposing it on her because it’s already something she loves. I am also the queen of themes and there’s just no escaping the license crap, and believe me, I tried. Daughter’s 1st bday (anti-license) was a carnival with so called carnival games, a merry-go-round looking jumper (at a park) and bbq from local bbq restaurant. I picked up the pink butterfly/flower 1st bday decorations from the party store. Had TONS of fun. 2nd year: Petting zoo, black/white/red, red gingham plastic table covers, sunflowers, cow print balloons and the animals. Found a cute barn invite and used online farm party supplies. 3rd year -SESAME STREET. I asked her what kind of piñata she would want and she said cookie monster – theme was set. had homemade games involving sesame street stuff. very cute, oh and elmo jumper. 4th bday, pregnant so i found a local indoor play space to host a small dress-up princess party. She loved Tiana so cake was totally Tiana princess theme – yep, those spray painted ones – had to do it at least once. AND SHE LOVED EVERYTHING. the party place had d’s princesses plates and crap and she loved it. Whatever – hate them myself, but that’s what she wanted. and the 5th yr was the best – hannah montana, complete with hannah montana look-a-like, and decorated the space to make it look like a concert. lots of fun. and boy’s 1st bday, 1st bday crap from party store + all his favorite things which included monkeys, airplanes and (wait for it) freakin’ SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS! Yep, as if the world needed another spongebob party.
I always tone down the themed/licensed stuff by using complimentary solid colors and decorating according to theme. I’m mexican so a matching piñata is a must, but i get creative with the cakes and the decorations.
you can definitely tone it down, add some SS accents here and there and it will look civil and normal. Really, it’s ok.
Have you seen this website? catchmyparty.com
check it out, some really nice ideas there.
Embrace it and have tons of fun! and remember, before we know it, our kids are going to be asking to spend their bdays with their friends, alone, sans parents…
I’m already weeping….
crap, sorry, that got really long!
I am confused by the presence of the goldfish.
Also, I refuse to believe any of those awesome looking cakes taste very good – do you see how much touching and molding goes into them? That is not food.
Best theme party ever: my mom threw me a Pac Man party in 5th grade. I’ll never forget it. She iced a round cake yellow with a V frosted in chocolate for the mouth. And we were po’!
I did a sort-of-sesame-street party for my sons’s first. I had sesame street characters on the cake and one big mural of sesame street, and then just tons of balloons of all colors floating on the ceiling. I had ribbons on the ones toward edges of room. The kids took them home as favors.
Ohhhhh cruuuuuuuud, your post just made me realize that my daughter’s 7th bday is Dec 5th and I have nothing – NOTHING – planned. How did it get to be mid-November already?!?! I have some felt food half-made for a gift, but somehow I think the occasion is going to call for a little more than, “Here, honey, I made you a partially constructed felt sandwich kit – go to town!” A big thanks to you and your readers for the ideas! I’m just afraid that no matter what I do she’ll be disappointed that we’re not at Chuck-E-Cheese, which is where we went for my son’s bday last March because at the time I was out of my mind on pregnancy hormones. I know she wants to go there, but I still haven’t finished sanitizing everything from our last trip, and I’m hesitant to take a baby into Chuck-E-Cheese – that place has germs in it that haven’t been classified by science yet. Last time, I saw someone changing their kid’s diaper – on the table. Um, nooooo.
You don’t have to buy actual Sesame Street decorations. Elmo’s red, white, and orange. Just decorate generically in those colors, maybe get a birthday banner that looks like it was written in crayon. I’m sure people will get it once Uncle Elmo drops in and the upside is that you won’t have to drink out of a cup with a muppet on it, unless you want to. You can also get plain white placemats or, better yet, butcher paper and have any kids at the party draw their own Elmo’s World tablescape as a party game.
Well, the table’s probably cleaner than Chuck-E-Cheese’s bathroom.
Also, I totally brought a packed lunch last time I had to go. I love me some skee-ball, but I wouldn’t even eat that pizza at 7., let alone as an adult.
There are other options in our town. A cleaner Chuck-E-Cheese clone called Sea-Base, the bowling alley, the zoo, various museums, etc. I vaguely recall a skating rink, but the only time I ever skated indoors was with the Brownies. Google and find out what’s in your area.
Oh my god. That’s amazing. Your parents must have been VERY CONCERNED for you.
Very tasteful. I love it. Now. How to stick a few cows in my apartment….
She kills me.
See but those both sound like tasteful original themes. I mean— an Eric Carle book theme? That could go in the pages of Martha Stewart! Sesame Street is so… TRITE.
But you’re right. The party is not for me. It is for my new mom friends. I mean— it is for MAZZY! Right. Mazzy.
I actually think I might lean on Cookie Monster. Mazzy seems to prefer him at the moment anyway and he’d make for a much better cake.
But you’re right— give her what she wants when she’s young enough to love it wholeheartedly.
The pinata thing sounds amazing. I’m debating whether I can give Mazzy a bat in my dad’s apartment (location of party) and have everything remain in tact.
Good luck with your Dora party!
You are the woman with the cake smash photo of the beautiful kid in a big hat and a dollop of white icing on her nose so YES, I am not surprised that you are not into the themes. You tasteful aesthetically pleasing BITCH, you.
It is pretty lucky, isn’t it? People love to give suggestions. And I already know I can trust the people here.
Did you see the picture on my fanpage of the failed cookie monster cupcakes? THERE ARE NO WORDS.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150365513676373&set=o.153515434662274&type=1&theater
Voice of reason, thank you.
Awesome! Thank you!
I discovered way too late last summer that kiddie pools are one of the most low energy supervision toddler activities. Great idea for a party.
I was gonna ask. I’d be afraid to get flack from other parents for the sugar overload. But it sounds gorgeous.
How do you go from not being able to sew a button to drilling a hole through a gumdrop??
Impressive stuff, lady.
fun fact for your party that Mazzy is sure to not care about: Elmo is the only “non-human” or puppet to testify before congress. “At the request and with the assistance of Rep. Duke Cunningham, he testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education in April 2002, urging support for increased funding in music education.” <---Wikipedia
Maybe because a power tool is much more fun than a needle and thread. I just had the hubby put a small drillbit in for me and within minutes I drilled about 50 gumballs….got the idea here….
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Can’t wait to see what you do….LOVE your blog btw…it’s one of the first things I open at work!
I can’t watch Elmo’s World because of Dorothy. I’m an avid fishkeeper and to see any fish in just a grotty little bowl that’s too small for it, no filtration, no real decoration, nothing…when the youngest (Thing 3) insists on watching it I always make him point out that Elmo is being bad to his fishie.
One more nail in that bratty red Muppet’s coffin, that’s all…
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