The best things about hosting a last minute party is that it
won’t cost you a pretty penny, and knowing that you don’t have stress out about
all the planning and organizing that usually come along with hosting a party. The
theme I used for my nieces ‘last minute’ 2nd birthday was a ‘colorful’
theme. Using a ‘colorful’ theme means nothing has to match! I didn’t have to
spend time looking for matching napkins, table cloths, and sweets. All I had to
do was dip into my crafting closet and figure out what I had on hand that could
be used. As a crafter/blogger I like to have certain things; such as, paper
straws, tissue paper, cardstock, icing, box cake, sprinkles, and more, in stock
for my photoshoots—and for this last minute party I was grateful to have stored
a collection of these items. Although if you’re not a crafter or a blogger most
of things I used for the party are very cheap and easy to find. Here are some
pictures of the stuff I like to keep stocked in my crafty closet:
Tissue paper…because I never know when I’m gonna need a
pom-pom, haha!
Craft punches
Glue
Twine
Paper straws
Mason jars
Cardstock
Cupcake wrappers
Kraft treat bags (for
party favors)
…and the ingredients to make cupcakes, cakes, or cakepops
For the table
setting I hung three pom-poms from the ceiling and tied a colorful handmade
garland to each one. We also bought a small set of multi-colored balloons, a
colorful $2.00 table cloth, and polka-dot napkins (all of these things were under $10.00).
Here’s how I made the
garland: I used my heart shaped craft punch to make a few hearts in a
variety of colors. Next I folded them, applied glue, and adhered them the
twine. Once they were done I attached them to the pom-poms I made. If you’ve
never made a pom-pom before you can go ahead and give it a google—You’ll find
tons of tutorials.
For dinner we got
pizza, fried chicken, and chips (all of
her favorite things, lol)—all of which were under $25.00.
As far as her
birthday treats my little sister used the boxed cake, and icing container
to make the cupcakes and cakepops. As you know one box makes 24 cupcakes—so she
made all 24 of them, iced 12 and used the other 12 to make the cakepops! Clever.
(You can view more of her work here on her FB fan page).
Once dinner was done, we opened presents and sang happy
birthday to my little niece Sammy; and, as you can see from the images she was not at
all disappointed with the absence of a cake. She was perfectly happy with her
cheap cupcakes, lol.
…but she wasn’t happy when her grandma’ tried to smash a
cupcake in her face! We had to distract her from crying by putting a cakepop in
her hand, haha!
She wasn’t fooled—she replied with, “get out!” (jk, I just wanted a reason to use this cute sad
face pic, haha).
Well thanks for stopping by again! I hope you've enjoyed this
D.I.Y. last minute party idea! I found out about this party the day of, but I
was super happy with what my sisters and I were able to come up with in such a
short amount of time. I think that was the fastest I’d ever made pom-poms,
haha. Overall, baby Sammy was super excited when she walked through the door
and saw all we had done for her—and that was worth everything!
