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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Kids Edible Craft. Valentine Candy Melts.

Valentine's Day Lip Candy

{Tutorial Thursday}

My daughter and I made some candy lip suckers today just for fun.  It was a great craft that my 6-year-old could handle and loved to do. This is a must try for you and your kids.

You Will Need:

Change it up however you want.

I used...

 Red Candy Melts

XOXO & Lip Candy Mold

Plastic Sucker Sticks

Make N Mold Bottle

DIY Steps:

1. Fill your Make N Mold Bottle 3/4 full with Candy Melts.
2. Melt in Microwave following the instructions. I did 30 sec intervals.
3. Squeeze bottle and mix candy
4. Repeat until the candy melts smoothly
5. Place lid on bottle and squeeze candy into molds (let the kids do this)
6. Tap molds softly on counter tops to level the candy
7. Place in fridge until it hards
8. Pop out candies from mold (let the kids to this)
9. Add a sucker stick by placing a small dab of melted candy to the back on the stick. Let the candy harded to hold the stick in place.

SUPER EASY!

 Madison squeezing melted candy into the molds.

 Jaxson sneaking and eating candy melts from the bag :)

 Dont forget to tap it on the counter to level it out and to pop any air bubbles.

Take silly pictures just for fun or to use as cards for Valentine's Day like our post from {yesterday}.

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Valentine's Day Candy Card Ideas

Valentine's Day Candy Photo Card

{Your Creative Way Wednesday}

So, I am a huge fan of these candy cards for Valentine's Day. I'm sure you've seen them around online and pinterest. If you haven't seen them here are my 3 favorites....

Landee See, Landee Do has a lot of creative ways to do this. Go check them out :) 

This is something different then the sucker idea and I love from Craftomaniac.

Muah. Just doesn't get any cuter than this! The kids would love to make their own suckers for their friends with candy melts and candy molds. This is from Funky Polka Dot Giraffe.

What are your creative ideas to switch it up?

I have a few but do not know if it would be cute.  Maybe, I can have Madison smelling a candy rose? Or, turning Madison's hair bow into a small piece of candy?

Any ideas?

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DIY Kid Quotes Journal

Kids Quote Journal

DIY Monday



  We made these back in '09 to record funny things the kids say. Whenever the kids say something funny we try to write it down.

Like today I said "oh man, I gotta take the backroads again." and Madison said "Why can't you take the front roads?" lol. That went into the book.

Jaxson's book I made when he was first born and it needs an upgrade. It is too babyish

All you need is a notebook, scrapbook paper, tape, stickers and anything else you want to decorate it with.

What's a funny thing your child has said that you will never forget?

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Learning to sew...

Learning to Sew

Today, I gave Madison her first sewing lesson....

She was so nervous to use the foot pedal, but did a great job. We did a basic zig-zag stitch on a piece of scrap fabric. She, then, made a Cross design using the zig-zag stitch. 

Next lesson we will do something with a curve. Maybe a "M" for Madison.

What age did you learn how to sew? What age were your kid(s) when you taught them?

This is one memory I will never forget. It was short & sweet and a perfect bonding moment with my sweet girl.



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!

Melted Crayon Art with Kids Names. TIPs to DIY

DIY Melted Crayon Art
~Great Kids Craft~

These are all over Pinterest and I do not know who to give credit to for the orginal idea. This is a fun and creative idea for kids and adults.

To DIY all you need is.....

Crayons

Blow Dryer

Hot Glue Gun or another type of glue

Canvas or white cardboard (shirt box)

Black Stickers for kids names.

Easy DIY Melted Crayon Art STEPS:

Add the childs name with black stickers on the bottom of your canvas/board.

Glue crayons at the top of your canvas or white cardboard.

Get your blow dryer and melt the crayons.

Let Dry (takes 30 seconds or less).

TIPS:

The kids and I made four of these in 2 days. Here are some helpful tips I learned along the way...

1. Use at least 2 or more same colored crayons next to eachother. Jaxson's crayon art was the first one we made and the colors look darker, because they blended together too much.
2. No need to melt the entire crayon. Just melt the tips of the crayons. On Jaxson's we started to melt the crayons from the top and it took awhile to start melting. It, also, made the paper around the crayon waxy. If you just melt the tips of the crayons the paper will still be nice and bright light Madison's Crayon Art. Only the top of the paper (near the tips) will be darker from the melted wax.
3. Blow dry downward. If you keep the blow dryer straight on the crayon it will go everywhere when it starts to melt.
4. Lay down paper under your melted crayon art. Just in case :)

HAVE FUN and BE CREATIVE!

Jaxson's Melted Crayon Art (Our 1st Creation)

Madison's Melted Crayon Art (Our 2nd Creation)

Madison & Madilyn's Melted Crayon Art (our 3rd and 4th creations)

Madison's cousin, Madilyn, spent the night and this was a great project for the girls to create. I didn't have any more white canvas, so we just used shirt boxes left over from Christmas.

These crayon arts will hang above their new art centers my father made. {Picture HERE}

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Super Easy DIY Satin Fabric Flower Hair Clip

DIY Satin Fabric Flower Hair Clip

Moms and Kids Crafts

Supplies:

Satin Fabric

Circle Templates (large, medium, & small)

Lighter

Glue Gun & Glue Sticks

Bead or Rhinestone

Scissors

Alligator Clip

Steps:

(Kids) Trace 2 of each template on the backside of your satin fabric.

 (Kids) Cut out each circle.

(Moms) Use your lighter and heat the edges of each circle cutout until it starts to curl up slightly.

(Moms) Hot Glue your layers large, medium, small on top of eachother.

(Moms) Hot Glue a rhinestone or bead to the center.

(Moms) Hot Glue a lined or unlined Alligator clip to the back

Madison and I made a few of these last week during our craft time. Hope you enjoy :)

Learn how to line your alligator clips here