Donut Grow Up

A night full of donuts and your besties - what else could you ask for when turning 9? When one of our girls asked for a full donut themed birthday party, we won't lie, we were a little excited to partake in the sweet treat planning! AND eagerly agreed to the yummy theme :)

The decorations for this one consisted of mostly teals, pinks and purples, which contrasted with the color of the donuts perfectly. Rose gold was also added for a pop of shine with the balloons and plates/cups/napkins. We scored BIG with amazon for this party - they had everything we needed to create the look we were going for. Our "DONUT GROW UP" wall certainly set the tone for this birthday. This actually hid an entire wall of shelves that didn't match the theme of the party - always an easy solution to hide walls, decor, etc.

While grabbing the flavored donuts at Duck Donuts, we pick up a few dozen plain. Our neighborhood baker helped us pull together personal decorating kits for the girls. Each kit came with pink, white and teal glaze icing + 6 different kinds of sprinkles. They also came in a box that would allow the finished donuts to easily make the trip home, which doubled as a take home favor!! We are always excited for an activity that doubles as a favor!! A different take on a donut eating contest - we hung one glazed donut for each girl on a string, from a tree and the girls had to eat their donut as fast as they could without using their hands! The first person to eat their whole donut without dropping it off of the string was the winner!

We knew we wanted to create a unique space where the girls could "relax" after eating all of that sugar. We sectioned off part of this basement with plastic tablecloths and vertically hanging streamers to make the space feel a little smaller and cozier.

string lights helped to make the ceiling more magical for this party. Once the lights were in place we used 4 different colors of crepe paper streamers to drape over top of the light strands. This ended up bringing the whole basement to life and added SO MUCH texture to the space! The ceiling ended up taking only about 1.5 hours and definitely worth the time invested!!We completed the basement sleepover space with 3 queen size air mattresses that spanned the full width of the basement. The girls loved having a wall-to-wall comfy area to hang out for the rest of the night.

We finished the sleepover strong with a special request from the birthday girl....Waffles and ice cream for breakfast! There was absolutely no break in sugar overload during this party!

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• What People Ate

  candy, popcorn, donuts - all the sugar :)

• Party Favors

  Decorate your own donuts, donut blow up rings and donut squishies

• Activities / Games

  donut eating minute to win it style game, movie and decorate your own donuts