My now-six year old requested a Frozen birthday party this year. And no matter how often I tried to distract her by saying things like, "A Frozen party? Won't that get cold?" she would not be deterred. So I set out on a mission to figure out how I can make a Frozen party, at a park, in May.
Here's what I did:
Favors:
*Do You Wanna Build A Snowman?
I found this idea on Pinterest (like, pretty much, everything else on here) and made my own picture.
Needed:
- 3 big marshmallows
- 2 pretzel sticks
- 1 candy corn
- several miniature chocolate chips (I admit I didn't count these out, just added roughly the same amount to each baggie. They're very melty.)
- Treat Bags like this.
- Printer
- Cardstock quality paper
- Stapler
*Ice Candy
Yup, that's good old fashioned rock candy. No, I didn't make it myself, but if you're keen, here's a link to a recipe and how-to. Looked like WAY too much of a mess for me, so I bought it.
Needed:
- Rock Candy (duh). I found it at Party City for the cheapest. It's a true sign of how big of a PITA it must be to make when most places charge a buck a piece! Party City has it at 8 for $6. They have a lot of colors to choose from. Mine didn't have the light blue so I went with dark blue and white/clear.
- Again, you'll need the treat baggies
- Stapler
- Printer
- Paper (Oh and I use www.ipiccy.com for all the designing of labels.)
*Snowballs
Needed:
- White Sixlets (I was cheap and only put 18/bag. Let's face it, my kids didn't need anymore candy that close to Easter, and I'm guessing they weren't the only ones.)
- Clear treat bag
- Printer
- Staples
- Paper
*Bows
These were only for the girls, and made by yours truly. The boys got sunglasses - I was reaching for the Olaf/Summer thing. Hush. These were the most time-consuming of the favors.
Needed:
- Ribbon, varying colors
- Alligator Clips
- Hot glue gun (LOVE getting my glue gun out!)
- Any beads or accents you'd like to include. I got the pearly-type one and the diamondy one from a page of stickers found in the scrapbook section of my Joanns.
Instructions on how to make the bows are in another part of my blog. Here at the top, is the first part, then this particular look is shown at the bottom of the page.
*Snowflake Lollipops
These were easy-peasy. Just your typical melted candy deal.
Needed:
- Snowflake Lollipop Mold (could only find this on amazon)
- Lollipop Sticks (these are easily found in grocery or craft stores)
- The plastic treat baggies, bigger this time. A lot of the lollipop sticks come in kits including the twisty-ties and baggies. I'd get those if you can find 'em.
- Blue and White Candy Melts (I found "stark white" at Joanns and think they looked better. The regular "white ones are really off-white." I think these can all be found cheaper in stores, anyway.)
Also included were stickers (holy crap, the price on those went up drastically since I purchased them!)
I put them in plain white bags and added a little fancy ribbon.
Activities:
Well, we were at a park, so there was the playground equipment that kept the kids entertained mostly. I did have my wonderful husband draw Olaf on a poster, and we printed and cut out carrot noses to play Pin the Nose on Olaf.
Food:
We ordered pizza, since it was a lunchtime party. I also had veggies and dip.
I included a "Frozen" mix of pretzel sticks, mini marshmallows, candy corns,(I ad-libbed the candy corn and marshmallows) and white and blue M&Ms. That was quite a hit.
I made an "ice cap punch" like this, only not as fancy and in one big bowl.
And, of course, there was cake.
That looked roughly like this inside (it's a different cake, from a different party - don't your kids have multiple parties? - and the lighting is effed because I took the pic on my phone)
And cupcakes.
Decorations:
*I didn't do much beyond the balloons and streamers. I got this disposable snowflake tablecloth (note: it did not cost $248... I don't know WTF that's all about!).
*I am so mad at myself for not getting a picture of the little snowflake hangings I did! They were a huge undertaking, and I wound up not making as many as I'd hoped I would. Anyway, I bought this guy, cut a billion little snowflakes out and hot glued them to fishing line, before attaching it all to thick ribbon and then hanging them along the edges of the pavilion. The little snowflakes clung together and were a royal bitch to untangle. If I had to do it again, I'd get a bigger die-cut. Not even sure many people noticed the hangings.
*I made this
with my printer, different edged scissors, a hole-punch, and ribbon. (Doesn't it look so lovely on the door with the big padlock? Uhg.)
Because no one can find an Elsa dress for less than a gajillion dollars, thanks to all the assholes that buy them and then resell at 3xs the retail value (seriously, stop it.), and because my mom is awesome, she made A her very own custom Elsa gown.
I think it turned out quite nicely.
We, of course, had to get E an Anna dress (much easier to find!).
There are my Frozen girls. :)
