All Dolled Up Barbie Party. Barbie Party Ideas.

Colorful Barbie Party Ideas

Party Planning

As I was planning my daughter's 7th Birthday Party she jumped from theme to theme until she decided on an All Dolled Up Barbie Birthday Party. I needed some ideas and came up pretty empty handed. I could not believe there wasn't anything on google search for a COLORFUL Barbie Party. Of course, there are some awesome Barbie party ideas on Google, but they all were black and pink. My baby wanted COLOR! It was especially disappointing not to find anything since mulitple stores have all this adorable All Dolled Up Barbie Party supplies.
Well, if anyone else is in need for a COLORFUL All Dolled Up Barbie Birthday Party ideas I've created one for my daughter and for you! I hope you enjoy and get inspired.



Party Theme & Supplies:

 We bought our All Dolled Up Barbie Party Supplies at Party City. You could also get it at Walmart. We bought Barbie plates, cake plates, napkins, wrapping paper, a banner, gift bag, and table cloths.

The Barbie wrapping paper looked cute taped to the bar (1st picture). I bought the Barbie gift bag for her presents, but it ened up being too small so I just used it as decorations. You could fill it up with flowers or just tie several balloons to it for a cute centerpiece.


Birthday Banner

I really liked the Barbie birthday banner, but I think I should have tied some ribbon or tulle inbetween the letters.


Cake & Sweets Table

This was the Barbie Cake Table. I wanted it simple and sweet but with lots of character and pop.

The colorful balloons just pulls it all together and the paper chain was an easy and fun craft that Madison was able to create for her party all by herself. We took it old school and made our paper chain out of cardstock and tape. It was cheap and a great addition to the cake table.

Close Ups of the Cake Table...

 A great way to add color to your cake table is with candy. Now days you can find candy in any color! I mean ANY COLOR and with creating a COLORFUL Barbie party it was an easy hunt. I bought Candy Dots, Pixie Sticks, and Jolly Rachers. Can we say sweet tooth?!

 Every party needs cookies and I'm so lucky to have a wonderful bloggin' friend who makes the best cookies! Kathia from Pink Little Cake Blog made these Barbie Inspired Sugar Cookies for Madison's birthday and everyone at the party loved them. She can ship them too, so if you want one of kind, amazing cookies you should go talk to Kathia from Pink Little Cake.

Party Favors

 I did simple Barbie Party Favors this year. I filled bags with Rodeo City Popcorn (YUMMY!!), added a Barbie Pencil, and a Thank You tag. I made the Thank You tag myself and printed them out.

Use colorful flowers to fill up your tables...

Strawberry cookies that my Mother-in-law made matched the party perfectly and tasted so good.

The glass jars are from my living room decor that I just added silk roses to. You may remember the jars from this post.  Instead of buying all new decorations go through your house and see what you can use for the party.

Tulle Pom-Poms & Flower Ball

I do not think I could get sick of tulle puffs and I'm loving the flower ball I made. So many places these can be used. I've used them for Jaxson's Nursery, Madison's Zebra Party & Zebra Room, wedding showers, photography, weddings, and parties.

I made a few tulle pom-poms and a flower ball and my husband hung them from the ceiling with curly string and a push pin. The flower ball was something new and different. Madison wanted flowers at her party, so it was a great way to incorporate them in. I will have a tutorial for the flower ball tomorrow.

Learn how to make your own tulle pom pom puffs here.

The Cake & Cupcakes

 I made the Barbie Cake and Cupcakes.

Learn more about the Barbie Cake Here.
Print out your own FREE Barbie Cupcake Toppers here


Making a wish...

Wow! My baby girl is 7 years old!! My oh my how the time flies.



Picture Backdrop

 Over the fireplace I pinned up a Barbie Table Cloth to use as a backdrop. I'm going to start doing this every year. This was a great location to take pictures with the Birthday Girl and for her to open her presents.


The Finger Food Table

 This was the table of the finger foods with half the food missing. I forgot to take a new picture with all the food setting out.

Great finger foods we had:
Crackers, Sausage, and Cheese
Cheese Dip (Crockpot) & Chips
Large Marshmellows on a stick covered in Pink Candy Melts
Colorful Rodeo City Popcorn in Watermelon, Key Lime Pie, Grape & Cotton Candy flavors
Pasta Salad (my favorite!)
Pinwheels (my other favorite!)
Barbecue/Jelly Meatballs (Madison's favorite)
Strawberry Cookies

Yum my mouth is watering just thinking of the finger foods.


Cover wallpaper with wrapping paper...

 If you look in the far corner you will see grape wall paper. YUCK.. Doesn't go with this Barbie Party, so I just covered it up with barbie wrapping paper :)


Close-up of the food table...

Pictures Left-Right

Large Marshmellows- on a stick and covered in pink candy melts. Kids loved them! Just cover a styrofoam square with wrapping paper and stick the marshmellows in.
The Fork Holder- Old candy dish I found at my mom's house.
My Plate of fingerfoods- Pasta Salad, Pinwheels, Popcorn, Crackers/sausage/cheese.
Pinwheels- My mother-in-laws famous pinwheels!



Birthday Girl enjoy...

Madison taking a break from playing to enjoy some finger foods.


Barbie Party Decoration Ideas

 Not only do I sugest finding things around your house to use for your party, but make things for your party that you can use in your house. I made the barbie wall art using a ceiling tile, paint, ribbon, and a boa. Easy, ADORABLE, and can be used as a bulletin board in Madison's room after the party is over.

Learn more about the DIY Barbie Ceiling Tile Bulletin Board Here

wow.. say that 3 times fast


Table Decorations

I dressed up a wired mannequin with a boa and some shades and used it as a table centerpiece. Dont forget to frame your childs birthday pictures and have them throughout the party.


Great Bounce House Company

 I've used Jump For Fun for 2 years now and really like the options you find. Jaxson's Mickey Mouse Party had a boys castle that went perfect with his theme and this pink castle went well with Barbie or a princess party.

Birthday Outfit

Don't forget an adorable outfit for the Birthday Girl!

Barbie Shirts can be purchased at Tutu Fairy.

Barbie Invitation

Mommy's girl...

Oh, how I love this girl! Happy Birthday Madison Dae!

I hope you enjoyed this Barbie Party and I hope it gave you some new ideas.

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Waterproof Vinyl Decals. Etsy Tuesday

Middleburg Trading Company

Etsy Tuesday

 

Who doesn't love vinyl decals? Decals are great and can be attached to almost any surface. I do not know how to make vinyl decals, so I did the next best thing. I found someone who makes them at a great price.

 Middleburg Trading Company is a fantastic Etsy Shop with a shop owner who is wonderful. Middleburg Trading Company shop owner, Neal, was wonderful to work with. He made exactly what I had in mind and had my items shipped extremely fast. I will be shopping here again and often.

This is what I bought for my laundry room...

Laundry The never ending story Vinyl Decal from Discount Decals.

This is the custom order I had that Neal create...

Here is the post I wrote about my countertop water bucket.

Thank you, Neal, for all your help in making my creation come to life. I'll be back soon!

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Use a Wreath Holder as a Purse Holder. Smart Ideas.

Smart Ideas

Purse Holder

I've never thought to blog about the simple things I do around the house that make my life easier. I just assumed everyone does the simple things I do, until I realized there are some awesome ideas I've never seen before it was pinned onto Pinterest.

Today, I'm going to share a small thing I do several times a day. A couple years ago I never had a place for my purse, so it just hung on a door knob, or sat on the living room floor. It was cramping my living room style. Totally didn't match my decor. Then one day I was taking down an Easter Wreath and forgot to put away the wreath holder. Then, it clicked....

Flip the wreath holder to the inside of your coat closet and hang up your purse...

 As soon as I get home, I open my closet door and hang my purse and keys. My purse never sits on the floor for those nasty germs to spread throughout the house.

I have more ideas I'll post in the future :)

Here's some awesome ideas I love that I've pinned to my "Smart Ideas" board on Pinterest.

CLICK HERE

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How do you get your toddler to take medicine. My tip...

As a parent we hate to see our kids sick and we get frustrated when they refuse to take medicine instructed by the doctor. Madison will (now) take her medicine if it's in the back of her throat, past her taste buds. Jax normally takes medicine pretty well, but these last few times he has become sick he refuses. He spits it out at me and I get frustrated. Maybe, it's just the terrible twos? lol

I needed advice and turned to this. It didn't help me, but it still has great advice and might help you.

This is what we found works for us.....

Yes... a STRAW!

I never knew a straw could be so magical :)

 Jax is still too young to be given a cup of medicine to drink by himself and he is at the age where he loves drinking out of a straw, so this is perfect!

What works for you?

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Kids Art Center Tables.

Kids Art Center Tables

Chalkboard Table Top

 For Christmas my daughter wanted an Art Center, but I couldn't find one like I envisioned. I told my father what I had in mind and he was able to create these Art Center Tables for me.

We put the kids Melted Crayon Art above their table.

Each art table has a Chalkboard Table Top that the kids love! Jaxson used a crayola instead of chalk on his table top, but it easily came off with the Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.

Underneath the tables has a shelf to hold coloring books and a storage bin for art supplies.

The art tables has a shelf and cork board to pin up their favorite creations. Eventually, the cork board will cover the whole backing. The store only had 2 and the rolled cork board wasn't thick enough.

I used Jif Peanut Butter jars for some of the art supplies.

Madison has mason jars for her art supplies until we can eat more peanut butter :)

The Chalkboard labels work GREAT!

You can purchase some Chalkboard labels HERE. Leave them as is or cut them in half to get more for your money.  I love them and I will be purchasing more. Instead of using chalk use a chalk marker. It will stay on better with the kids handling them.

I love seeing my kids be creative!

Now, it's time to work on a reading center...  EEEK!! So excited!

Turquoise Picture Wall

Turquoise Picture Wall

It took a few weeks to get this wall together. I had to combine my ideas into one, get family pictures done, and decide how to put it all together.

Our "Family" is growing like a "Tree". "K" for the Kennedy Family, where you can "Just be you!" and feel "Love" all the way through.

I spray painted all the frames brown, turquoise, and white.

We coordinated outfits to match our living room colors.

The Tree is metal from Kirklands.

The butterflies are Christmas Tree ornaments :)

We change up the chalkboard wording weekly. Last week was "Home Sweet Home". This week is "Just be you!" 

The "Family" is a wall decal from Hobby Lobby.

The "Love" is metal from Hobby Lobby that I spray painted.

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TIP:

Tape off where you want your picture wall to be. Form a square or rectangle with blue painters tape and fill it in with anything you decide to add to your picture wall. Be creative, thing outside the box (christmas ornaments), go to blogs or pinterest for inspiration, and get started.

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Our picture wall makes me smile :)

A picture from our wall.

Tutorial: How to make Camo Cupcakes

Camo Cupcakes Tutorial
by Ashlee Rivera


Check out these adorable Camo Cupcakes my friend, Ashlee, made :)
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I made these cupcakes for my boys to give to their dad for Father's Day. I wanted to make a "manly" cupcake so I decided on camouflage.

You will need:

-1 box of yellow cake mix and the ingredients to make it

-Green food color gel

-Brown food color gel

-Cupcake liners

-3 mixing bowls

First preheat the oven to the temperature on the cake mix box.

Make your cake mix.

Separate the batter between three mixing bowls.

Now grab your food color gel and add them to 2 of your bowls of batter.

Once you have put the cupcake liners into your muffin pan start adding a spoonful of batter to each one and then alternate the colors. There is no wrong way of making the pattern.

Continue doing this until your muffin pan is full.

Bake for the amount of time given on your cake mix box.

And they will look like this!

 Camo cupcakes!

You can leave them plain like this or you can frost them. I will be frosting mine with chocolate buttercream! This is also a great recipe to let the kiddos help out with. They can help with spooning the batter into the cupcake liners!

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Thanks, Ashlee! These look wonderful and I can not wait to try them!

Check out my post to see how I made a rainbow/tie-dye cake :)