Winter Candyland Birthday Party

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Winter Candyland Birthday Party

submitted by Fresh Chick Design Studio!

I love this!

How cute are the little penguins & sugar cookies?!

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Here are the party details {told by Rebecca}:

My planning process started with a color palette of red and aqua and as it evolved I added a few accent colors so that the theme could be unisex as well. The theme was a “Winter Candyland”. I created this cute penguin graphic to add some wintery detail and incorporated lots of candy to bring in the whimsy factor...I wanted it to be festive without being over the top holiday. I designed all of the printables for the party along with much of the decor.

My first project was to create “birthday posters” as the building block for the desert table...I printed up 13x19 posters that were mounted on foam board and hung from candy cane stripe ribbon. The posters were layered on top of an aqua and lime damask fabric. Above the posters hung a flag banner that I made from digital papers I created. The dessert table was flanked with paper trees made from the same digital papers. (I was inspired to make these paper trees by my sweet feathered friend of Bird Crafts) I also made lollipop bouquets to add height and interest. The center focus of the table was the cake. I ordered a cake from Target...I made some special requests to accommodate a few ideas I had. They offer a typical 8” round double layer cake...I asked for them to add a third layer, add fudge between the layers, ice with smooth buttercream, add polkadots in red with a red beaded border. I would take care of embellishing the rest. The cake decorating was totally last minute with a few items I had for the party...some large swirly lollipops and some super cute decorated cookies to match the theme sent by The Cookie Jar.

I kept the everything else fairly simple with the treats on this table since there were lots of colors and patterns. The only other items were decadent red velvet cupcakes and some adorable custom sugar cookies.

Since I was limited with space on the dessert table I added a candy bar loaded up with all sorts of sweets. To carry the theme over, more custom signs adorned the table, along with treat bags, fondant topped cupcakes, colorful fabric, and a cute DIY stocking garland.

For entertainment all of the kids had a blast taking turns hitting the penguin pinata. All of the pint-sized guest were sent home with candy bags, penguin drink cups, and a fun ornament to hang on their tree!

This was the perfect theme for a December birthday...the possibilities to carry out this theme were endless!!

Shopping Resources

Cake: Target

Party Printables: Fresh Chick Design Studio

Fabric for tables: Hobby Lobby

Candy Jars & Containers: Homegoods

Candy: Sweeties of Arizona

Vendor Credits

Photography: Jackie Lindfors Photography and Apple Velvet Photography

www.jackielindforsphoto.com

www.applevelvetphoto.com

Party Printables & Decor: Fresh Chick Design Studio

www.freshchickdesigns.com

Red Velvet Cupcakes - Modern Cupcake

www.modern-cupcake.com

Custom Decorated Cookies - The Cookie Jar

www.batches.etsy.com

Fondant Cupcake Toppers - Two Sugar Babies

www.twosugarbabies.etsy.com

Penguin Pinata -A to Zebra Celebrations

www.atozebracelebrations.blogspot.com

Thanks for your submission, Rebecca!

You did such a wonderful job.

Congratulations on being the winning party feature today!