Tinkerbell is a Tinker Fairy

Okay, yes, I know have adult children, but I still love Tinkerbell.  She may be my favorite Disney character - well, I have several.  BUT  the new Tinkerbell movie is out today.  I got a Tinkerbell and the Never Beast playset at the Disney Store this weekend for $15.  I will set up a tea party after nap, but for now...Tinkerbell is tinkering about.

I had some miniatures from a dollhouse and used them to set up Tinkerbell's workshop - spare clock parts, teeny tiny nuts and bolts, paperclips, spools, jars of fairy dust, and buttons were also added.

G is going to have a ball tinkering around with Tinkerbell today!

Have a fun and playful day!
Mel

Disney Friends Birthday Party

 So a certain 3 year old had a birthday party.  With 14 kids coming - the majority boys - the theme was decided to be "Disney Friends" to remain gender neutral.  I thought how in the world?  It's going to look like a hodge podge of Disney stuff but...a Fairy Godmother waved her magic wand and...

 It turned out so Disney but simple and fun and elegant and perfect.

 I had a stash of Disney pvc characters then won some on online auctions.

 I wrapped soup cans and tomato paste cans (the smaller ones) in two different purple patterns that I found at Micheal's, simply using double stick tape and cutting paper to the size.

 I bought fresh flowers.  I think every party should have fresh flowers.  It just makes it a little more special.

 I cut out Mickey heads from black cardstock x2 and glued to a dowel.  It was the perfect pick for the flowers.

 So each table went like this...
small can + big can + characters + sparkly castle + characters+big can + small can
I continued that pattern over and over.

 I stuck to one color of flower - white - but in different varieties so that there weren't so many competing colors and it added texture and a little touch of class.

 Isn't it fun when the centerpieces double as entertainment?

 The castle was simple.  I made my own pattern, cutting it out of glitter paper from JoAnn's.  I made it 3D by "t"ing the two parts.  For stability, I hot glued it to a piece of green cardstock.

 cupcakes!

 For the picks, you can order them from etsy or I made myself with a paper punch and Disney stickers found at the dollar store.

 Everyone got a Disney gift bag and a Mickey Ears headband.  The bags were $5.99 per dozen with a simple Mickey head cutout and red polka dot ribbon bow.  The headbands I found cheap at Walmart (2 for $.88) and hot glued black circles onto them.

 The craft was castle making.  A simple box base (these found at brpboxshop.com) and toilet paper roll turrets.  The kids ages 18mos to 12 yrs were engaged in decorating the castles with markers and stickers.

 I love this one with its many turrets!

 The food was even Disney themed.  Cookie cutters from amazon made these jam or cream cheese and cucumber sandwiches magically fit the them.

 Mickey Pasta from amazon was a hit!  Zesty Italian Dressing, cherry tomatoes, olives - easy peasy.

 Cucumber and carrot slices made Mickey heads :)

 and pretzel rod magic wands.

A drink station was flanked by thrift store stuffed animals to tie everything together!

Doc McStuffins Tea Party

 Big Blue Eyes simply loves Disney's Doc McStuffins.  It's super cute and well done.  It explains words like "symptoms" and "diagnosis" to kids in a fun way.  I saw this Doc McStuffins playset at a Disney Store in Cincinnati this weekend and knew we ad to have a Doc McStuffins Tea Party.

 Shhh!  It was a surprise.  I gave her an invitation before lunch and it said that there would be surprise tea party after nap on the front porch and to wear her doctor coat.  She was sooo excited.  I set it all up while she was napping.

 I bought flowers at Kroger - of course - they have the best selection.

 The placemats are giant bandaid - just scrapbook paper.  I made boo-boo berry muffins (aka blueberry) and feeling better banana chips.

 so yummy!

 After the tea party, Doc had to get everyone a bandaid.  Let me tell you, they don't make bandaids that small, so...I had to make some out of masking tape:)

 So cute!

 Yes, Littlest Pet Shop Chameleon and Wonder Pets' Ming Ming and a Schleich gorilla all needed check ups and bandaids.

Mouse (& a few hamsters) Tea Party

 In preparation for our Mouse Tea Party, we read "The Red, Ripe Strawberry) by Audrey Wood and watched Cinderella.  Big Blue Eyes looked at me and asked, "Can I wear my Cinderella dress, because Cinderella had mouse friends?"  How can I argue with that logic?  We sliced cheese and cut up strawberries.  It was the perfect morning for a front porch Mouse Tea Party.

 Big Blue Eyes wanted "pink flowers and a blue tablecloth".  Okay!  I found these gerber daisies at Kroger and picked some wild flowers - I think they are mustard - on my way in this am.  Yes, I was roadside picking flowers for a tea party at 7am.

 The table looked so cute.

 Of course, the cheese and crackers were the biggest hit with our mouse friends.

 Our guests include...The striped mouse is by JellyCat.  The white mice are by Schleich.  The mouse with the pink dress on is a Woodzeez.  The pink and blue mice are actually hamsters - Japanese erasers.  The mice from Cinderella were from a playset found at the Disney Store ages ago.

 HUGE strawberry!

 Gus, Gus, get down from there :)

I even added some ribbon to the back of the chair - just to make it "fancy".