Rapunzel Tangled Birthday Party

The hair.  The Mother.  The frog.  Err, chameleon.  What's not to love about Rapunzel?  For Sami's 4th birthday we got all Tangled up in fun!  Join us, won't you?

birthday photos

  Here's a small selection of the adorable birthday photos we got this year.  Isn't her dress just fantastic?!  It was made by Marsha at the Esty shop, Sissybugs Sewcrazy Boutique.  It's incredibly well made too, so she will be wearing for years, I'd bet!

the invitation

Many thanks to Grealish Greetings for the tower SVG and inspiration for Sami's invitation.  Maybe I should also thank you for my carpal tunnel.  *wink*  Those tiny braids nearly did me in.

the cake

The tower cake was made of a 9" round, 2 layer cake, topped with donuts, a muffin and ice cream cone.  I got the inspiration for this cake from Dreaming of Stitches.

dessert table

The dessert table had an "art" theme, since Rapunzel loves to paint.  Speaking of painting, how much do you love my background?!  I painted that baby all by myself.  *swoon*  The curtains add to the inside-of-the-tower effect and there are lanterns across the ceiling as though they're coming off the painting.  The food tags are sitting on popsicle stick easels.  I used Ikea frame to add quotes from the movie to the table.

"Apple Cake Pops for Maximus" (inspiration: Fredellicious) and "Paint Brush Pretzel Rods" (inspiration: Peas & Thank You's)

 A paint palette full of colorful cupcakes (inspiration: Mama Urchin) and "Painted Popcorn" (recipe)

 "Magic Golden Flower Punch" (aka Golden Wedding Punch), "Paint Brush Rice Krispie Treats" (inspiration: Little Things Creations) and "Paint Palette Sugar Cookies" (inspiration: The Celebration Shoppe).

"Jell-O Boats" (inspiration: SuperMom Moments), "Mini Pies" and "Marshmallow Pop Paint Cans".

i *do* like ducklings

Welcome to the Snuggly Duckling, where you'll find the best (root) beer on tap.  The sign is homemade.  The movie quotes are in Ikea frames.  The food... in frying pans, of course.  Even the paper plates have been transformed into frying pans.  The inspiration for these came from Me and My Insanity.  And if you look close, you can see a pair of ceramic unicorns (*clink*).  I purchased these from Etsy seller Nonconformity.


"Pretzel Ducklings" (inspiration: Stop Lookin' Get Cookin'), cheese & crackers, "PB & J Ducklings", "Braided Pizza Sandwiches" (inspiration: Squidoo), "Braided Ham & Cheese Sandwiches", strawberries, blueberries and grapes, root beer.  I wanted to make hazelnut soup since it's Rapunzel's favorite but I knew a household of 4, 5 and 6 year olds so I put butterscotch pudding in little cups and sprinkled it with hazelnuts.

If you'd like to print my signs for yourselves, you can find them here.  Frying Pans.  Dream.  My Birthday.  Best Day.

stuff to do

Each child got a 4x4 canvas, which I put contact paper initials on.   After they were finished painting, we removed the contact paper and their initials shown clearly.  I got the inspiration for this from Oh Amanda.

Photo ops!  Rapunzel's tower and Flynn Rider's wanted poster, with noses, since they can't ever get it right.  Both photo ops were handmade.

 Inspired by Martha Stewart, this is a new take on the pinata.  Each child pops a balloon and candy, toys and confetti come out.  It was a HUGE hit!

favors

 Pacal party blowers (instructions: Family.com).  Watercolors with personalized liners.  Hats for Princesses or Ruffians.  The princess hats were inspired by Little Things Creations.  The Ruffian hats are party hats from Hallmark's How to Train Your Dragon collection.



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Disney's Tangled Themed Movie Night

We'll be enjoying our first family trip to Walt Disney World in May.  To pass the time, we're having a Disney movie night every week until we leave.  We celebrated today's release of Tangled with our first movie night.

the centerpiece

Love this!  And it was pretty simple to make.  The tutorial can be found here Disney Family.com

the craft

Also found on the Disney Family.com website, a 3D Pascal.  The kids each colored one and I cut them out and glued them together.

dinner

Going along with our Tangled theme, we had angel HAIR pasta, a loaf of BRAIDED bread and Pascal peppers (mostly green, some red) with ranch dressing.  Another great meal idea... Hazelnut soup!  It's Rapunzel's favorite.  Soup is, however, not a favorite around or house, which is why we went with the pasta.

dessert

For dessert we had gorgeous "boats on water".  Reminiscent of that pivotal trip Flynn and Rapunzel took to see the glowing lanterns gleam.  The water is blue jell-o, the boats, orange slices.  I got this great idea from Supermom Moments.  Another great dessert idea, blondies, one of Flynn's nicknames for Rapunzel.  Or anything with apples, since they're Maximus' favorite treat.

decorations

Flynn's wanted posters where all over.  I just couldn't get his nose right though.

Over the TV, I placed a "baby" picture of Rapunzel, with a tiara I'd purchased at the dollar store.  The tiara was going to be used for a "hide the tiara" game, but it was a school night and the movie ended a little too late. 

Draped over the TV is a braid made of yarn.  I decroated it with flowers, just as the little girls did in the town square.

On either side of the TV (as well as over the dinner table), I hung paper lanterns.  I got these from Disney Family.com as well.

Not pictured, is the town's Sun Banner.  I got the template from Supermom Moments.

movie snacks

The kids loaded up on their movie snacks, errr, pub snacks, here.

Feel free to use my Snuggly Duckling sign.

And, just because I like it....

Our lanterns, and their lanterns.  *swoon*