Donut Grow Up! Goldie Turns 3 and Finally Gets a Birthday Party.
With my girls being 5 days (and four years, but that is irrelevant when it comes to birthday celebrations) apart, Goldie has never gotten a proper birthday celebration. Because I know better than to think she actually would remember eating leftover cake while holding a 4 day old balloon from her big sister's Pinterest-worthy party (you may remember THIS crazy undertaking from a couple years back).
But this year, Alexa requested a gymnastics party at her gym- which is plug & play and couldn't be easier. So, I felt like it was time to roll up my sleeves, procure the email addresses of Goldie's friends' parents, and throw a party in our playroom like I had done for Lex many times before.
Goldie's favorite thing in the world is ballet- but I wanted a more gender-neutral theme. The only thing that Goldie loves equally as much as ballet? A donut. Or, more accurately, many donuts.
Donut Grow Up became the theme- partly because I can't resist a pun, and partly because I couldn't think of an easier way to decorate our basement than blowing up a ton of giant donut floats and calling it a day.
We covered up the toy storage cubbies with donut-covered plastic tablecloths (a trick learned from parties of the past- way less distractions and wayyyy less mess), rented 2 rectangular toddler-height tables and 18 chairs, and otherwise, everything came from Amazon and Etsy (shoppable links in captions in case you ever have a hankering to throw a similar celebration).
A few favorite details are below...
An inflatable donut- with GOLDIE written across the top using my beloved sparkle stickers- greeted guests in place of a wreath. Oh- and the doormat is always a hit- I got it here.
To balance out the actual donuts, we served sliced apples with cream cheese- we whipped a giant block of Philadelphia Cream Cheese from Costco with skim milk to make it all fluffy, and added pastel food coloring, topped with rainbow sprinkles.
Throw-away party favors annoy me endlessly- so we affixed $5 Dunkin Donuts gift cards to these insanely inexpensive squishies.
You can find ANYTHING on Etsy, including this easy-to-inflate foil balloon wall hanging and a ballet tutu outfit with a gold "three" in the front (I got Alexa a "seven" version but she wouldn't wear it, so...)
Photo Credit: Samantha Rose Photography