Julian had one friend sleep over for his fifth birthday this year. The child’s family came over for a pizza and salad dinner, and guess what? That’s eight people around our table. Eight is enough, right?
I was so in love with some of the other birthday parties I saw on the interwebz this month, those with lovingly designed party favor bags and cupcake toppers, that I couldn’t resist spending a few minutes making something personalized for the party. I think these little decorations could be used for any age of party, from one to 99.
I bought a package of orange circle stickers from the Paper Source, which has a store near me. On their website, there is a Word template you can download so that whatever you type on the Word doc will show up in the center of the stickers. I typed a number 5 and used different fonts for variety.
Then I looked in our wrapping paper stash for ribbon. I cut a few lengths of it and taped it to our doorway. Then I placed a sticker on each side of the ribbon every six inches or so. Repeat.
The second thing I did with the “5″ stickers was place them on each side of a toothpick. Then I stuck the toothpicks in the brownies.
I really really wish these were cupcakes. I think it would look much better, but the birthday boy was with me at the store selecting a mix (yes, I am that type of mom) and he insisted that he loves brownies.
I did have a few stickers left, and I could have made more streamers, but I decided to hand them over to the pre-K class so they could use them on the birthday crowns they make.
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Whit, these are super cute, creative, and simple. Of course.
I’d love to see your “recipe” for talking your kid into simple sleepover away from a party. I’d also like to know how you introduced a sleepover in the first place. What are the rules for that? How scary.
How fun and super easy! I love the doorway streamers, who doesn’t love walking through those?!
Very cute use of streamers. Love the 5 images. I bet he loves that. And the brownies look just perfect (especially if that’s what he likes).
When I make brownies or cakes and don’t have time for frosting, I sprinkle powdered sugar on them. Or, cut out a “5″ stencil using paper and place it on each brownie before you sprinkle the sugar to stencil the image. If the cake is white, you can sprinkle cocoa or hot chocolate mix.
Woah, these are awesome! So cute, and easy!
cute!
This is such a great post. My friends and I love to do stuff lke this for showers, parties, etc. My friend purchased a stamp set to make different letters and numbers like the “5″ example above.
I cut my child’s age out of a big piece of paper, and have her decorate it however she wants. Then put it up with tape. Always cheap, easy and appropriate.