This year for her birthday, Clarissa wanted a polka dot party. Her inspiration for this theme was the cake. She and I sat down at the computer one day to look at birthday cakes to get ideas. She saw several that were polka dotted and that was it. She was very specific about how she wanted her cake and especially that the dots be pink and brown. She explained that she really thinks those two colors go well together. I'm not sure if the cake met up to her expectations, but I had fun using fondant for the first time.
Clarissa's birthday was on Wednesday, March 18th, but we had her party on Saturday the 21st. The first activity at the party was to have the kids make their own pizzas. That was a big hit, both the making and the eating.
The next activity was to decorate their own foam visors with foam stickers and pom poms. It was fun to see the different creations they came up with.
In this picture Krystal, Dathyn, Clarissa, and Iris work on their visors.
Here's Clarissa with her friend, Cailin.
Next, the kids got their wiggles out with a double decker game of twister, followed by the opening of presents. (Dathyn, Sadie, Clarissa, Charlie, and Maggie).
Last of all was the cake and ice cream. Clarissa's friends Maggie and Sadie really wanted a piece of the edible pink bow.
This is one of Clarissa's gifts. A garden box that Chris and Jared designed and built for her to plant some flowers in.
Here's Clarissa at a friend's house wearing the birthday outfit that Grandma Mattson gave her and talking about her diary that she got for her birthday. She loves writing in it, she really is growing up.
Clarissa's birthday was on Wednesday, March 18th, but we had her party on Saturday the 21st. The first activity at the party was to have the kids make their own pizzas. That was a big hit, both the making and the eating.
The next activity was to decorate their own foam visors with foam stickers and pom poms. It was fun to see the different creations they came up with.
In this picture Krystal, Dathyn, Clarissa, and Iris work on their visors. 
Here's Clarissa with her friend, Cailin.
Next, the kids got their wiggles out with a double decker game of twister, followed by the opening of presents. (Dathyn, Sadie, Clarissa, Charlie, and Maggie).
Last of all was the cake and ice cream. Clarissa's friends Maggie and Sadie really wanted a piece of the edible pink bow.
This is one of Clarissa's gifts. A garden box that Chris and Jared designed and built for her to plant some flowers in.
Here's Clarissa at a friend's house wearing the birthday outfit that Grandma Mattson gave her and talking about her diary that she got for her birthday. She loves writing in it, she really is growing up. 
4 comments:
What a fun party. The cake was really cute. Using foundant didn't turn out as well for me as it did for you. Great job. I'm still amazed at how quickly you put this party together.
The cake looks great! It looks like party was alot of fun, especially the twister. The garden box is awesome, Chris and Jared did a great job.
Everything looks awesome. Love the cake! So, did this change how you feel about parties?
That is the cutest cake! Polka Dots must be the thing now. Sydney and I just painted a night stand for her room in blue and purple polka dots. And I love the garden box.
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