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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Carnival Themed { Sixth } Birthday!

My son is turning SIX this year, and I wanted to make his party special for him and his friends! I let him choose the theme each year and this year he chose a carnival theme. I was really excited about the possibilities! Lots of colors, fun foods and great games!!

For his invitations, I had free photo cards from Shutterfly, so I used those for his invitations and only paid for shipping, which was under $5! (Steal!!) The pictures I used were taken at our family shoot back in September and were perfect! With each invitation, I included a raffle ticket for each child invited! At the party, a name would be chosen and that kid would win a prize!
Now that our theme was chosen, I headed to the dollar store to see what they had. I was excited to find, they had plastic popcorn containers, large and small. I bought several of each to use as serving dishes. I also bought all the candy for the candy bar. Double bubble gum balls, cotton candy and twizzlers.

The kids had a blast playing all the different games! We had pong, bag toss and potato sack races!! After the games, there was a prizes table where the kids could chose small prizes and fun photo props! We had different felt mustaches, clown nose and two pairs of silly glasses. It was so fun watching the kids laugh and play with them!!

I made the cake and cup cakes this year! I was a little nervous to see how they would turn out, because I'm not much of a baker, but I was really excited!! I made a three- shade ombre cake. One of the main colors we used was a teal/ turquoise blue, so that's what the layers consisted of, with vanilla icing. It was yummy, if I do say so myself ;)


For the kids "thank you" bags, I used brown paper sacks from the dollar store, $1 for 40, and printed "THANK YOU" on them. They included puzzles, bubbles, ring pops and whatever candy from the candy bar they wanted!


Happy Sixth Birthday to my little man! The light of my life :)












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16 comments:

  1. Lady Behind The CurtainJune 20, 2012 at 3:27 AM

    What a GREAT party! I hope you will come over to Cast Party Wednesday and share it with us. Thanks, I hope to see you there!
    ---Sheryl @ Lady Behind The Curtain---
    http://www.ladybehindthecurtain.com/?p=30803

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    1. UnknownJune 20, 2012 at 8:12 AM

      Sheryl,

      I can't wait to link up! Thank so much for the invite :)

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  2. UnknownJune 20, 2012 at 8:39 AM

    What a great idea! I love the carnival theme. It looks like the kids had a ton of fun.

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    1. UnknownJune 20, 2012 at 3:18 PM

      Thank you Stacey! It was a fun theme to experiment with, and great way to keep the kids busy with games!!

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  3. MichelleJune 20, 2012 at 9:09 PM

    so cute, i like the cake pedestal!

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    1. UnknownJune 21, 2012 at 9:46 PM

      Thank you! It was a bargain find at Homegoods for under $15 and you can add different ribbon to match your party theme!!

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  4. PrintabelleJune 21, 2012 at 1:58 AM

    So many fun ideas! I love the mustaches!

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    1. UnknownJune 21, 2012 at 9:47 PM

      Thank you! It was a lot of fun to see the kids pretend with them :)

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  5. Lady Behind The CurtainJune 22, 2012 at 11:50 AM

    CONGRATULATIONS!!! You party is on Today's Feature Post from Cast Party Wednesday! Thank you for sharing your ideas with us!
    http://www.ladybehindthecurtain.com/?p=30873
    ---Sheryl @ Lady Behind The Curtain---

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    1. UnknownJune 22, 2012 at 9:12 PM

      Thank you so much Sheryl!! I'm so excited :)

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  6. Carol, The Answer Is ChocolateJune 22, 2012 at 10:05 PM

    What a fabulously fun party! Everything looks great and looks like a good time was had by all. Thanks for sharing at this week's BFF Open House.

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    1. UnknownJune 23, 2012 at 7:37 PM

      Thanks for stopping by! See ya next week ;)

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  7. Naptime ReviewJune 23, 2012 at 3:40 PM

    Great idea. My friend just did the same theme. Love for you to stop by and follow back. I am following you on fb.

    www.thenaptimereview.com

    Have a great weekend!

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    1. UnknownJune 23, 2012 at 7:34 PM

      It was a really fun theme to re-create! Thanks for following me on facebook, following back! Take care!

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  8. Carol, The Answer Is ChocolateJune 25, 2012 at 10:55 AM

    Just wanted to let you know I featured this as part of my link party wrap up today. Please feel free to grab a featured button from my side bar if you like!

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