Eloise's first birthday (Minnie mouse theme)

   With Eloise's second birthday coming up i thought that i should show you  her first birthday party . she was very into Minnie mouse back in November of 2012 so we thought that would be the perfect theme. as a child i always had big party and a lot of it was DIY. My mom was very crafty and so am I, so i decided that her party was going to be at home and ill make most of it myself.  I'm  very proud of all my hard work so here  it is!  

                                     Here is the balloon arch way I did we used black balloons to make a Minnie mouse head and two pink heart balloons as her bow, I am so happy it turned out .

                                       
                                Next was her birthday banner I used a circuit  to cut out mickey mouse heads and some letters. After that  I chose a ribbon and made bows then glued them on. I also cut out the Minnie mouse characters to hold the banner.

                               Next is the food table, Here it is without everything on it 
                               
                                     

                    Straws and cups I made, I had made smaller Minnie mouse heads to                                                    glue onto the straws and cups for my DIY cups and straws.

Next is the the pink forks, spoons and knives i wrapped in pink and white

 polka dot napkins and taped together with some Minnie mouse heads .

My Nana also bought some table cloths and cups and plates that were Minnie mouse  

as back up. I am so thankful she did we had more then we expected show up for her party but we do have a very large family on both sides .

                      These are my favorite cookie cutter cookies i make. I used my mickey                                              mouse cookie cutter to cut them.Then used a vanilla frosting.
I                                          I  coloured them half black and half pink .

                   I had to make the Minnie mouse Oreo cookies. It's such  a cute idea.
                              Eloise loves Oreo s so it was perfect thing to make.
                    we stuck one original Oreo with black frosting and  two snack pack size Oreo s
                                as ears and then used pink icing to make a bow.
                                        They were a huge hit at the party.

High chair

 This is her high chair  I decorated i made a skirt out of tool to go on the table part.

Then I made a banner the read "I am 1" .

I got a zebra print fleece blanket and pinned it to the chair part as a cover.

 her Minnie mouse stuff toy her great Grammy got her sat in the high chair.

                 her cake smash cake was made by my friend it was shaped as a bow.

I bought (her father)Travis a white t shirt and me a pink one.

I cut out the shape of mickeys mouses head and the letters to spell mommy and daddy.

I used  iron on fabric and made us matching t shirts

     

         We bought some Minnie mouse fabric to use as the background at her high chair.

                                      

                      Eloise wasn't into the smashing of the cake so mommy and daddy had some fun!

                           
                               after math of the cake smash Eloise and daddy.

last is the present table i used a Minnie mouse table cloth and it had two stuffed Minnie mouse toys on it but they are hidden in gifts.

  I sure hope that this inspire's you to plan your own party and try DO It Yourself decorations or things to make your party  more original and custom to what you imagine . thanks for taking your time to read my post on Eloise first birthday its sure a awesome memory that i treasure and love to look back on.