My PB + J

the best day ever! {a tangled inspired 4th birthday}

A few weeks ago we celebrated Miss Payton’s fourth birthday Rapunzel style. She has been obsessed with Tangled since she first saw it. Day in and day out we listen to the soundtrack. She pretends to be Rapunzel at any chance she gets so naturally choosing her birthday theme was a given. We rented out Kid Ventures for a few hours and she invited all her closest friends. The party was simply amazing and she was over the moon excited with all the little details and kept exclaiming, “this is for me!?” Yes, my dear, it was all for you and I am so happy it all came together. Now, let’s talk about those details!
The invitations went out six weeks prior to the party. This seems excessive, but when you’re dealing with a party one week before Christmas you have to give your guests enough time. If you want to beat other engagements send out your invite with enough time, normal guideline would be one month out. The invites were printed at Costco on regular photo paper. The envelopes and envelope liner paper were purchased at Paper Source. The envelopes were sealed with gold polka dot washi tape.
The party was at Kid Ventures. I didn’t want to deal with clean-up or games. I wanted to enjoy the party. The only downside was it was two hours on the dot. I felt rushed when setting up and it felt more like a factory. Which I get, but…let’s just say moving forward all parties will be at our house.
When it came to the food I didn’t want to cook either. We had the main food catered by Chick-fil-a and Champagne Bakery. We had chips, juice, fruit skewers, veggies, jell-o cups and so many desserts!

 

I made Rapunzel “paint brushes”, homemade rice krispie treat bars with popsicle sticks inserted and dipped in a Rapunzel paint palette.

Sugar cookies that matched the theme perfectly. I still need some work on my cookie decorating but they were sure yummy!

 

 

I had to work in the frying pans some how since we didn’t have a piñata. So I took black paper plates and black knives and taped them on the back to create a frying pan plate.

 

Flynn Rider Jell-O boats were a must! I created a flag by taking the sun into a purple triangle and then cut them out and glued them on toothpicks. One large box of Jell-O made eight cups.

 

 

 

 

The favors: I went way overboard but that’s just me. I scored on these Pascal sippy cups. If you give yourself enough time to plan your party you can watch for sales at stores like the Disney Store. The cups were on sale online but I waited too long to order them so I called my local Disney Store and they had twenty in stock and would offer the online sale price, double score! On top of the price matching I was able to use my 20% off for having a Disney Chase card. Even better deal!

 

The girls were all given a Tangled inspired hair bow. I highly reccommend using Isn’t that Cute for any hair bow orders. She was amazing to work with, the quality held up to my standards and the girls loved them!

 

While I baked the cake I didn’t decorate it how I had wanted. I didn’t have enough time for the caste but it still came out super cute, simple and cute.

 

 

 

 

 

Jim and I braided a 30′ braid that served as a table runner. I wanted the braid to be thicker but once you have that amount of yarn in that length you start to become, well, tangled! It was still cute and Payton played with the braid after the party when she would dress-up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The gable boxes included: Snuggly Duckling snacks (duck goldfish crackers), Rapunzel flower paints, a blank canvas and a hair bow.

 

In the end, Payton had a magical day. I hope that this post has inspired you to throw the best day ever for your little princess!
Sources:
Cake/Cupcakes: Me
Food: Chick-fil-a & Champagne bakery
Hair Bows: Isn’t that Cute!
Paper Cupcake Toppers: 3 Tots Designs
Banner / Food Signs / Water Bottle Labels:  Funky Monkey Design
Snuggly Duckling Treat Labels: jstaab
Fondant Toppers: Les Pop Sweets
Flower Paints: Target dollar bin
Mini Canvases: Michaels (comes in packs of 4)
Duck Goldfish Crackers: Nuts.com

 

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  1. […] This is such a genius idea! Make up a batch of blue jello and distribute them amongst some clear plastic cups to set. Once they’re ready, cut up some orange slices to make the boat and place them on top of the jello. Grab a toothpick and some purple paper shaped as an isosceles triangle (or a banner shaped one) and draw some gold (or yellow) stars on ‘em. Check out Melissa’s (from My PB+J) version here! […]

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  2. […] This is such a genius idea! Make up a batch of blue jello and distribute them amongst some clear plastic cups to set. Once they’re ready, cut up some orange slices to make the boat and place them on top of the jello. Grab a toothpick and some purple paper shaped as an isosceles triangle (or a banner shaped one) and draw some gold (or yellow) stars on ‘em. Check out Melissa’s (from My PB+J) version here! […]

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