Invites
She couldn't pick just 1 thing to have on the invite so we did them all. We used blue paper to represent Alice and I used my Cricut to cut out everything else - luckily I have the software that lets me make my own svg pictures so I was able to make a Cheshire Cat, watch, and Mad Hatter hat. I used the Cricut Flower Shoppe cartridge for the Dandi-lion.
Decorations
I had so much fun getting the decorations together for this party! She wanted to play croquet with the Queen so of course we had to have a room decorated for the Queen of Hearts!
I cut a heart, an A, a 2 and a 3 out on my Cricut and traced them onto a poster board to make my patterns.
Once everything was traced I used a utility knife to cut them out - this gave me a stencil.
Next I got to spray paint!!!
My finished product :)
She also wanted to make a craft with the flowers and have a Mad Hatter tea party. I ran out of time to make all the decorations for 2 separate rooms so we combined the rooms. I decorated the walls with balloon flowers and some wide crept paper. For the ceiling I hung purple (my daughter's favorite color) plastic table cloths, balloons and some paper lanterns that I had made. I covered the table with purple plastic for the craft and black table clothes for the tea party. All the chairs were covered with white and cream material and brightly colored ties. For the tea party portion of the party I used glass candy jars as center pieces - this probably wasn't the best idea since I had planned on it being given out at the end of the party not snacked on throughout the entire night :)
She also wanted the signs they have in the Disney cartoon version of Alice in Wonderland. I used poster board, my Cricut to cut out the words, and ink pads to smudge the edges.
Game
She wanted to play croquet but with several girls coming we had to make it into a relay race. First we had them climb down the rabbit hole.
My husband made 2 rabbit holes out of PVC pipe, rope, and sheets.
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| This is the PVC frame. We tied rope across the sides and top, then covered it with a sheet. |
Next they had to play a short game of croquet.
And last they had to feed the Cheshire Cat.
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| My daughter wanted us to use heart shaped bean bags for this part of the game. |
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| My adorable niece :) |
This is what the room looked like.
Crafts
She wanted each of her friends to get a small top hat to decorate. I was able to sew 4 hats out of 1/2 yard of fabric and I used the plastic mesh to give it structure. We kept it simple and had the girls pick a trim to put around their hat. |
| The birthday girl |
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| My 10yr old daughter |
We also made bracelets. Again I used the plastic mesh, covered in gray yarn with 4 buttons sewn on. The girls cut flowers out of felt and we cut button holes in the flowers so they could be attached to the bracelets.
Food
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| Our version of pizza rolls |
For dessert we had ice cream in cookie bowls (I didn't get a picture of these) and cake. She wanted a fun crazy cake so this is what I came up with. Please don't look too closely this was my first time making and using marshmallow fondant (which is so much fun! Now I try to find a reason to make a fun cake).
This party was so much fun! But I couldn't have done it without my amazing friends and family. I always get a little crazy on "party day" and so many of my friends and family just showed up to help. My husband says they came to help him deal with me - either way I love to have them there.
My daughter was thrilled with how it all turned out
and is currently planning next years party :)
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