At The Movies Birthday Party!

January 30, 2012

It can be so difficult to plan a birthday party for a “tweener”. Not a kid anymore, but not quite a teen either.

Especially when said birthday party is one’s first “boy/girl” birthday party. Parties involving manicures, facials and tea parties just aren’t that appealing to the male gender. But candy, hotdogs, nachos, popcorn and movies certainly are!

When we decided on our “At The Movies” theme, I headed straight for Pinterest (we’d love you to follow us!) and Etsy to look for some fun ideas!

I found Typewink and her adorable Etsy shop, with lots of cute party printables! She has an adorable Movie Themed packet, but the girl and I decided we loved the red, black and turquoise theme of her Carnival set and knew we could adapt it to her movie party!

For $10.00 you receive TONS of cute images to print and use for your party.

Fun things like the pendants to make a Happy Birthday banner. I hung them on twine with tiny clothespin. So cute!

We also printed off these adorable “goodie boxes” and filled them with fun little items, some for the boys and some for the girls.

Our favorite items in this packet though, were the “popcorn box” cupcake wrappers!

The popcorn box cupcakes were quite the hit!

But, I think the Candy and Popcorn Bar might have been the most popular feature of the evening!

When planning a themed party, the attention is in the details!

Little details like wrapping water bottles and the cupcake stand with tickets purchased from the Dollar Tree. Providing movie food like Nachos, Hotdogs and Pizza Bites. And, including cute movie themed items like movie production clap boards and movie themed napkins. Playing games like “guess my character”. And even turning your TV into a “movie screen”. Then of course, watching a fun movie!

Adding details like this aren’t expensive, but really add to overall feeling of the party, helping everyone to get in the party mood!

Turn your TV into a movie screen! I added a $2.00 extension rod and a clearance red curtain panel cut in half, tied back with ribbon for a fun movie theater feel! Total cost $4.50!

Of course the best part of a party is always fun times with good friends!

We so appreciate the great friends our children are blessed to have!

Here’s a quick tutorial on making your own Popcorn Box Cupcakes!

Popcorn Box Cupcakes

Bake your favorite cupcake mix (homemade or store bought) according to recipe in cupcake liners, and allow to cool.
Frost with your favorite frosting (homemade or store bought). It does not have to be neat because you will be covering it with your “popcorn.” Be generous with the frosting though, so that the popcorn will adhere well to the top of the cupcake.
After frosting, place cupcakes in popcorn box cupcake holders.
Using a bag of miniature marshmallows, tear or cut marshmallows in half and stick cut sides back together twisting them a little to create the popcorn kernels. It takes a lot of these so we “cheated” and used regular marshmallows on the bottom and the “kernels” on the top.
For the look of butter, mix yellow food coloring in water to dilute and then with a clean paintbrush, brush food color lightly across the marshmallows. Before the food coloring dries, sprinkle with yellow sprinkles for the “salt.”

Crafty types could easily make their own popcorn box cupcake wrappers, but if you aren’t so inclined to make your own, please consider ordering the adorable ones we used from Typewink. (and no I was not paid to say this..I just LOVE her cute printables!)

Wow! Hard to believe a year has gone by and I’m sharing another of the girls birthday parties with you! You might remember her cute Monster, Alien Robot Bash Birthday (yes we can be quite creative in our household. ) from last year! So, a big thanks for sticking around and joining us for another fun party!

We also want to give a quick shout out to thank Cassity for featuring Vanessa’s beautiful mudroom makeover today at Remodelaholic! Please pay her a visit over there!

And, be sure to join us tomorrow for another party…our one year Blogiversary!! We’ve got some fun stuff in store!

Thanks for joining me today…at the movies!

Party Sources:

Party Printables: Typewink
Goodie Idea Inspirations via our Kids Party Ideas Pinterest Board
Decorations: Party City and Dollar Tree

Where this post is partying at:

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My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia: Tuesday’s Treasures
A Simply Klassic Home: Simply Klassic Sundays
Savvy Southern Style: WOW Us Wednesdays
DIY by Design: Winter Blues Wednesday

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