I had picked up a few vintage toys from Kmart on the way home for only $5 and some $1 lollipops, and had already sent out invites with a cute vintage paper doll on the front. With limited time we thought we would theme it loosely around old school/retro/vintage toys/games/food and use what we had on hand in the house. It was our easiest, simplest party yet, and very low budget. All the details below...
Party: 3rd birthday party
Organised by: me! (Steph Bond-Hutkin and Mr Bondville too)
Location: Sydney
Theme: loosely based around vintage toys and games
Invitation: Made by me. I had received a very cute vintage paper doll sticky memo booklet in an abcd meet-up goodie bag from Vesna (My Little Jedi). I cut and layered white and cream card, added the doll on one side and the kitten on the other. I then stamped a 3 on the front, and an M on the back, and hand wrote all the party details on the back.
Cake: Thinking old school, I made a layered sponge cake with jam and cream. I topped it with some sugar flowers that I happened to have in the cupboard, and added the vintage doll from the invite as a topper and a glitter M from my sister-in-law's Christmas gift tag.
Party food: Mr Bondville made pigs-in-a-blanket and chicken wings for the adults, as well as rice crispy treats and a fantastic watermelon ball basket for the kids. We also served homemade popcorn, Cheezels, caramels (from Down That Little Lane in an abcd meet-up bag), and sugar hearts (from Sweet Style in an abcd meet-up bag), and I made raspberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and strawberry butterflies on top. We offered real lemonade to everyone, and Mr Bondville made the kids orange ice cream floats (spiders).
Birthday Girl Wears: Tinkerbell costume from her Aunty and big sister wears the eeni meeni miini moh combo dress.
Games/activities: Tiddly winks, marbles, pin the tail on the donkey, and the kids went to town in the toy room. (note: the pin the tail on the donkey game was missing the tails so I made my own).
Tips: It was a very hot day so although we have a great space outdoors for entertaining, we brought the party inside so that everyone would be comfortable. This time I set up the table the night before and put together all the decorations first, and made the food last. I thought that if I didn't get all the food finished, it wouldn't matter as there was already so much. I'm usually rushing around last minute trying to decorate to my vision and not finishing, so this was a much better strategy. We kept things really simple and focussed on the games for the kids and it really was my favourite party to put together - easy, no stress, and fun for the kids. And it was really low-budget, which is a bonus!
Images: Steph Bond-Hutkin and Carmen Lee Platt
Very cute.. I am in the midst of planning another Thomas Party this year for Harrington.. fun and games :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a gorgeous little birthday party! I just love the vintage theme... adorable :)
ReplyDeleteThank you. You have finally explained to me the difference between a float and a Spider. I always had Spiders and assumed they were different somehow. Now I know. :)
ReplyDeleteLove those classic KMart games. I have no reason at all to get them except I love old games. What a cool idea.