A Splash-tastic Birthday!!!

A. Turns Six 

I have an extraordinarily talented friend who, from the genius of her very own head, comes up with cute and creative ways to throw amazing birthday parties on very tiny budgets and then blogs about it.  So when it came time to throw a birthday party for A., I tried to take a page out of my friend's book (er, blog) and see what I could come up with. 

M.M.--this blog entry is dedicated to you. 

 

A. decided to commemorate turning 6 by having an "Under the Sea" themed birthday party.  Here she is all decked out in her Ariel costume standing next to the "pin the tiara on Ariel's head" game.  No, I didn't make it--I bought it at Party City so no points scored for being creative here, but I thought the food ideas I came up with were somewhat original.

 

 Starfish Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwiches--Go star shaped cookie cutters!

 Seaweed Salad made from fruit roll-ups.  It looked totally cute in the serving bowl but then the fruit strips starting sticking to each other making it hard to dish out.

Apple slice sailboats floating on a pool of blue colored water sealed inside ziploc baggies.

And here's everybody enjoying the food.  We also served goldfish crackers to round out the "fish" food theme. 

 We hung streamers in front to the kitchen in hopes of making it look like a waterfall but we ran out of streamers before we were able to create the effect. Who knew that I would need more than 200 feet of streamers?!?

 After lunch the girls went outside to paint an underwater mural.

Once the mural had been painted, the games had been played, and the presents had been opened, it was time for cake.  No, I didn't make this cake either, the grocery store did, but it was free (I got a coupon in the mail).  So no points scored for creativity but I feel that I should definitely get some extra credit for being economical.

Here's the birthday girl making her wish.

And one final shot of the hostess who actually had quite a bit of fun putting this all together for her little girl.  Happy Birthday, A.!  I love you!!