My Party
- 17 guests
- 18 September 2011
- My backyard / Bowral / NSW / Australia
PhotosView all 21 photos →
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- The Party Table
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- The Party Table
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- Party Favours
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- Seussical Syrup
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- The Cheese Tree
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- Pink Ink for the Yink
Comments
Alison L says...
Thank you for your lovely comments. The popcorn cases are from Inviteme.com.au I made all of the sweets as well as the birthday cake. Please email me for a quote if you are interested. alison@alisonlawsoncakes.com
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Party Recap...
Theme – A Seussical Adventure (To celebrate my son’s 5th birthday)
I have seen many Dr Suess themes, and the challenge for me was to choose a colour palate that represented Dr Suess loudly, but tastefully! I went with pale blue, red, royal blue, lemon, and white.
The cake design was initially inspired by a cake titled Homage to Dr Suess by Colette Peters. I was inspired by her freedom of pattern and over all fun. I applied this feeling to my own colour palette and cake, and topped the three-tiered design off with the offical 'hat' from the 'cat' - how could you not!
Decorations – I made my own bunting, and worked hard to make the dessert table our ‘wow’ factor!
DIY Projects
All of the printables for cupcake toppers, chocolate label, dessert table labels
I also made the Cheese Tree from branches I collected cut down to size
I also made the bunting using a Martha Stewart template for party flags
I made medals from the cupcake toppers for the games as well, complete with little pins to go onto the children
Party Highlights
What People Ate
Making up ideas for the food was so much fun, as we just looked through our huge collection of Dr Suess books. I made all of the food at home, and thoroughly enjoyed creating the menu. Slurpy Suess Syrup - water bottles Pink ink for the Yink - Strawberry Yoghurt New Bloo Goo - blue jelly cups Pocket Wocket Sandwiches - cheese and vegemite rolls Truffula Fruits - little pails with grapes Apples for 10 apples up on top Star bellied cookie wands - vanilla cookies on sticks High Fliers - vanilla balloon shaped cookies on sticks Green eggs - vanilla cookies Seussical Rolls - sausage rolls Hop on Pop 'corn' - popcorn in cones Circus McGurkas Pops- Marshmallow Pops Noodles for the Poodle - Pasta in Napolitana sauce Truffula Trees - Strawberries on sticks The Cheese Tree – mini baby bel cheeses tied onto branches in a vase.
What People Drank
Seussical Syrup (water) It was a warm day, and most parents prefer their children to drink water these days.
Dessert
Pink ink for the Yink, New Bloo Goo and Cookie Wands
Activities / Games
Green Egg and Spoon Race Musical Truffula Fruits Pass the Suess Parcel
Party Favors
Cat in the Hat shortbread cookie Personalised chocolate bar
Halli D says...
@ 04:00 on Apr 30, 2012
Hi, i love your party it looks amazing! Where did you find all your party supplies? I am having trouble finding things in Australia. Who made your cookies? & the popcorn things are so cool :) where did you get them from? Thanks for your help! I'm planning my daughters 1st birthday and want it to be amazing :)