Eloise's Second Birthday party D.I.Y (The Little Mermaid)

I cant believe Eloise is 2 years old I am so happy to get to finally post this as her party had to be postponed a month due to an extreme ice storm that happened that day. I am very  proud to post this party as I love do it yourself projects and when it comes to birthdays I love to go all out. My mom always had big birthdays for me as a kid so I plan on Eloise having them to they were some of my best memories growing up and some of my party's are still talked about with my now adult friends.

I had booked with Magical memories princess parties  for Ariel to come to Eloise's party. she was awesome she even brought Eloise a gift. I will absolutely   book her again for other parties.she was awesome with the kids and even offered to help set up.the kids loved her she did great with Eloise.

             Here is the birthday banner i made i used a circuit to cut out two size shells and the letters to spell out happy 2nd birthday and used blue ribbon and a hole puncher to string the ribbon through. then I made  4 Ariel cut outs with the circuit to hold the banner on each side

         Next I used a small old fishing net I borrowed from my sister in law.

 Who's family is lobster fishermen and used a circuit to cut out multiple types of fish in different colours .then used the Disney princess circuit to cut out little mermaid characters that I glued together and used in the net.

Next Thing Is my center pieces for the tables I just bought two fishbowl sets and then got the little mermaid character figurines from wall mart and placed them in the bowls with some beach glass I collected over the summer to add more sea theme to the bowls and then the day of the party added 5 tetras to each bowl

I found a great site to order balloons from  which ended up being a great hit with the kids 

but also was a great find to bring my theme together. the site I ordered from is www.bargainballoons.com great site to order from and fast shipping they even replaced my 

order when my neighbors stole my order.

Next thing is the food table I  made cards saying names of the food to make it sea themed  Examples:  

watermelon - shark bait

 grapes on a stick - grape sea weed

cheese cut into triangles - shark teeth

 blue Hawaiian punch - sea water

crackers - sand dollars

cucumber - sea cucumber slices

carrots sticks - crab legs

scotch mints - oyster pearls 

gold fish cracker - goldfish in a bowl

Next is Eloise cake which I custom designed from 4 cakes I saw online that I liked. Then had my moms friend make me the cake. The top layer is vanilla pound cake middle was marble and the bottom layer is chocolate. I don't like fondant so she used butter cream frosting and then made marshmallow fondant to make the detailed coral and sea urchins for around the cake. 

here is a picture of Eloise enjoying her slice of cake at her party

Eloise place setting for her to have her cake I bought her the littler mermaid cup place mat, plate and fork and spoon form the Disney store it was such a great find to bring this theme together even when eating her cake.

Next is her present area I bought a little mermaid shower curtain and i had some old twin size sheets from when I was a child that I used to cover the stage and a tote so I could set up her presents around the chair on the stage for everyone to see her open her gifts and set two balloons on each side of the stage one tropical fish and one Ariel balloon. over the top is her gift my mom had custom made in the little mermaid which is her name it was perfect place to set it.

 I had Travis aunt Sharon make Eloise a custom dress in the little mermaid colours. I picked out the fabric and found the perfect dress style pattern. Then picked out which ribbon I would like to use for a bow on the dress. We also found a little mermaid tiara that matched perfect. Eloise got obsessed with the little mermaid when we had found this flounder purse at a second hand store and then went home and watched the movie. She goes everywhere with the purse so it was perfect for her birthday theme.

Eloise's  party was one hour in a big room then 2 1\2 hours of swimming.

to complete her party theme I had  a good friend sew me a  shell bra bathing suit top for Eloise and she had a cloth diaper made with a mermaid tail but where we had to post pone her party a month she grew and it was to short so we ended up using her m AppleCheeks Cloth Diapers swim diaper Mojito as a bottom which I think worked just as well.

Last of all the party is the party thank yous  all the adults got a fork with a thank you tag 

that hand Ariel on it and read :

DINGLE-HOPPER

thank you for joining me on this "Under The Sea Adventure!!!" 

Love Eloise

The party favors the kids got were Treat bags with little mermaid fruit s

snacks a bag of gold fish and some sand toys with a ribbon tying the treat bag to a pail & shovel or a watering can with a thank you note that had flounder on it that read :

    Next time you go

 to the sea

 take this bucket 

and think of me -Eloise 

Well I hope you enjoyed looking through her party pictures I had a great time at her party and planning this event. It was definitely one everyone will be talking about for a while .
 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 Second birthday its sure a awesome memory that I treasure and love to look back on.