Paige turned 3 recently and even though Mia wont be 5 for a couple of months we'll be moving house then so I decided she could celebrate early and we had a combined birthday sock hop.
To be honest Paige wanted a fairy party {which I told her would be so lovely} meanwhile I talked up twirly skirts and glitter balls then wooed her with promises of strawberry milk and fries, not to mention my wild demonstrations of the jive all around the kitchen until finally she was converted to a rock and roll theme. I only feel a tinsy bit guilty since she has never mentioned fairies in her life until we started talking about her party. {Of course she hasn't mentioned sock hops either, but that's neither here nor there.}
Before the party I spent an hour washing, dusting, sweeping and generally de-wintering the outdoor area before realising it was way too cold and windy to have it outside. What a waste of time! So even though there was a bunch of little {screaming} girls on their way we had to have it inside. Which meant a quick re-arange of the decorations. I think it turned out well.
These records were $5 for a box of eight at the op shop. That's very glittery cardboard in the centre though it doesn't show in the photos. Obviously the juke box pinata was meant to be hanging from my outside hook but it turned out to be a great table decoration instead. Lolly bags from the dollar store and florescent pink tulle, which cost about $1 a meter.
The girls looking so cute in their cheapo outfits. Mia's tutu skirt is from the dollar store and was falling apart by the end of the party, Paige's was on sale at Spotlight for $14 and the tops are $3 from Kmart. {I love the new Kmart!}
Fifi the poodle was the rock and roll clincher for Paige, marshmallows are her favourite. Which I kept telling myself around 11pm when I was still putting them on Fifi individually! She looks so smug about it too. Your supposed to put the marshmallows all around her body but my icing was too dry and they wouldn't stick thank goodness because I don't know if I could've been bothered. {Don't mention her stubby legs, she's really self conscious.}
The kids got a pink tray {plastic plate} of diner style food. These burger cupcakes were very tasty and so easy to make, way faster and simpler than Fifi the {flippin} poodle. Instructions below. And making an appearance at every party we do, wobbles jelly cups. This time chocolate with a musk stick, canned whipped cream and a jaffa on top to look like a sundae. Other food served, wedges, curly fries, hotdogs, fairy bread, fruit and flavoured milk. You could also do spiders {floats} if you had older kids, ice cream sundaes, pizza, milk shakes or banana splits. I forgot to put out my Oreos.
We played lots of fab 50s tunes and the girls had a really good time.
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| And I had the last laugh Fifi! |
Hamburger Cupcakes
So easy. Packet cake mix, packet brownie mix and packet icing. Bake mixes, slice cupcakes, cut brownies into circles {I used my 1/4 cup measure} use finger to slightly wet the top of the cupcakes and sprinkle sesame seeds on top. Tint the icing red {tomato sauce} yellow {mustard} and green {lettuce} place in snap-lock bags and snip the ends off to pipe on top of the brownies. Use a powder rather than a liquid to get a true red colour and snip your piping bag small, mine was slightly too big.
Amazing idea from Bakerella.
