I have always had my birthday parties at my house. I love parties at my house but this year we decided we would try something different and have an out of home party. Just when we started to think of ideas a
Groupon for a Ben & Jerry's ice cream party for 15 people became available and we picked it right up and scheduled out fun party! Then, one night we were eating pizza at our favorite local pizza joint (Johnny
Bruscoe's) and noticed they had a new party room, so we booked that for after. Dessert before dinner...just how I like it!!
We found a woman on
etsy.com that made us this ice cream party invitation template and mommy had the invitation printed at Hallmark.com (with her 50% discount...of course)!
Here are the invitations. I even had a picture of me on the back at Winstead's drinking (actually pretending to drink) a chocolate milk shake!
The party was at Ben & Jerry's at 135
th and
Metcalf in their party room. The party room was so cute with bright colors on the walls, cute mini tables and even a chalk board that took up the entire wall!
Mom had a little candy table set up full of lots of goodies...
Another table had cupcakes, waters and the party favors. This was also the table we decorated our ice cream cones, so we had to leave
some space for that!
Some of the party favors...ice cream cone cookie cutters! With a little thank you tag that said "Thanks for making my party so SWEET! Love, Kate"
Water bottles with pink damask labels that said "Kate is 4!"
Mom made vanilla cupcakes with homemade cream cheese frosting. Each
cupcake had a little marshmallow ice cream cone on top!
The party table!
Ice cream cone balloons!
We also put a balloon at each chair!
This is the party favor for the kids. In it was a homemade chocolate dipped rice
krispie lollipop shaped like an ice cream cone that mom and I made, a heart bracelet from Target Dollar Spot, a homemade ice cream cone necklace with pretty crystals that mom ordered from etsy.com...all in a ceramic ice cream dish (shaped like a waffle cone) from Hallmark!
Mom had bought paper ice cream cups from World Market a few years ago and they were FINALLY put to good use. This one has ice cream cone shaped marshmallows mom just found at
Walmart in the Easter section!
Yummy gum drops in this one. The others had kettle corn, mustard pretzels and lemon drops!
Here is a close up of the rice
krispie pop! The adults even got these!
A framed invitation!
I am 4! The "4" candle is from Target!
The annual cupcake inflatable I take my birthday picture by every year. This year it came with us out of the house!
Ben & Jerry's has such a cool party room with fun colors...it makes a party so festive!
We made birthday party hats out of headbands, sugar cones, streamers and a spray on top!
Ice cream cone centerpieces...
A little note on the chalkboard...
courtesy of Aunt Jenny!
Here is the sign that Ben & Jerry's posted in the entrance so all my party guest would
know just where to go!!!
It was such a fun party with so may fun crafts....most if them as ideas spurred from mommy's new website...pinterest.com. We will have to search Pinterest for our next party ideas!
Love,
Kate
xoxo
I choose to ride on the Panda Bear on the 2nd level! I wanted to be up high!
Funny picture of Daddy down below watching us!
Mommy and me!
Up I go!!
Here I am in the American Girl store. I found twins just like Thomas and Julie!
Look, I can get an outfit just like Julie's..super cool (although mom wasn't jumping at the idea of me and my doll dressing alike...weird)!
