Tangled Birthday Party
AKA-When I take a blogging hiatus, my titles suffer.
I’ve been working like a maniac on an all-out birthday party extravaganza for Catie.
It’s a bit early.
Her birthday isn’t until June, but summer birthdays mean friends on vacation and busy summer schedules that make parties a bit challenging. Take it from an August baby – it stinks. So I promised Catie we’d celebrate in May, before school let out, so her friends could be there. But then my sister and my niece planned to come visit in April, and since we see them so very infrequently, she wanted them to be a part of the party. So yeah…we’re having a party 2 months before her actual birthday. But I’m requesting no presents, so it won’t look greedy, will it?
All of that led me to realize that I’d never posted about Annie’s birthday party, which was, um…6 weeks ago?
I suck.
Her theme was Tangled.
I thought I was soooooo clever when I came up with this invitation idea:
But then later I googled ideas for food and saw that someone else had a similar idea, and did it better. Drats.
The good news is that I was able to download her cute banner to print and hang at the party as well.
I also made those paper mache lanterns, which worked very well with the theme. {More on those tomorrow}
The kids could color
and paint salt dough ornaments.
I thought I was so clever, making little crowns and frogs to fit the theme.
Until after I finished making 40 of them and Annie pointed out to me that Pascal was a chameleon and not a frog.
Whoops.
That also affected my ‘flip the frog chameleon into the frying pan’ game.
My fabulous mother drew out this super cute poster – perfect for playing ‘Pin the nose on Flinn’
She also painted this fabulous tower – the kids could climb up in and get their picture taken as Rapunzel.
{huge hit!}
But most breathtaking of all was the cake. Ah, my mom creates the very best cakes! And this was no exception.
No detail was overlooked
check out this light fixture!
and even the inside was ornately decorated.
It was a cake truly fit for a princess.
And princess she was – my Annie shone.
Her one true love was there, and they danced.
She told me later that him being there made her day completely perfect.
Funny.
Her being here makes my life completely perfect.
I love this kid.
One of my favorite moments was the pinata.
Well, the pinata aftermath, actually.
The tower was busted and as the kids scurried to scoop up the candy, I hear Annie’s small voice, urgently telling the kids to take their bounty to the table so it can all be divided equally.
Methinks someone is a bit too high strung for pinatas.
She recovered nicely, though. And has only mentioned how stressful that was twice since the party.
Oy.
Tags: Tangled, Tangled birthday cake, Tangled crafts, Tangled party games, Tangled party ideas, Tangled party invitations, Tangled tower, Tangled wanted poster
Crafty Stuff, My beautiful daughters | Heather March 23, 2011
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By Cindy522, March 23, 2011 @ 11:01 am
Beautiful! Everything… the cake, the inside of the cake.. the photo tower… the dancing… and your writing!
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By Cindy522, March 23, 2011 @ 11:04 am
PS. I like your Tangled Party Invitations Towers better.
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By Allison@Slice of Heaven, March 23, 2011 @ 1:10 pm
Love it and so did my Cate! We were just at WDW for the DisneySMMoms and she got to meet Rapunzel in the play and greet (formerly Storytime wth Belle) and that was her favorite moment of the vacation!!!!
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By Beth, March 23, 2011 @ 9:38 pm
What a great party! I loved the photo as Rapunzel and the cake! But seeing Annie dance with her true love was priceless!
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By darcie-such the spot, March 25, 2011 @ 4:36 pm
Frogs…chameleons. Same diff.
You’re right; your mom’s cake was absolutely amazing. But I’m totally going to have to call you on that whole “I suck creatively” thing. Far from it, friend.
What a fabulous day for Miss Annabelle!
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By Alea, May 27, 2011 @ 11:56 pm
I stumbled upon your blog looking for new ideas for a Tangled party, just in case I forgot anything!Loved your writing. I have an added difficulty,because my daughter is turning 9. (how did that happen so fast?!) I feel like I need to make his party cool enough for a 9 year old, well, mostly for her friends. Here are some of my ideas, in case someone’s still looking. Her party is a sleepover, so it starts at 7. A couple of boys will be here until 10. Our pinata is a cereal box I covered with tissue paper and made it to look like a Flynn Ryder wanted poster. We will use a frying pan to break it open. There will be painting. I bought canvas panels for all and paints. We have an asphalt pad in our backyard, so I bought glow in the dark chalks so the kids can color like Rapunzel did, just with a bit of a coolness to it.We plan to float the wish lanterns in the sky near the marina, so I just ordered a bunch of daisies in various purples, yellow and white for the girls to let go in the water.
I keep calling the lizard a frog, too! But you can tell your daughter that’s what Flynn did for the whole movie!
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By Melodie, September 22, 2011 @ 9:19 pm
Hi! Love your tangled party! Can you please ask your mom how she made the cake and forward the instructions to me or post it here? My daughter is wanting a tangled birthday party and wants that cake. Thank you so much!
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By Lynnette Esper, October 12, 2011 @ 4:06 pm
Love these wonderful ideas!!! Your so talented, thanks for sharing
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