If, like me, you have a Disney's 'Frozen' Fan in your home, why not throw them a 'Frozen' themed birthday party? My Daughter wanted one for her 4th birthday party last year. Unfortunately her birthday is in July so we melted a little! Here are a few tips to make your Frozen Party sparkle!
Decorations
- If you have left it too late and your party is after winter time, never fear! There are plenty of online sites with downloadable decorations for a small price or sometimes even free! www.homeketeers.com have some great frozen party items to download I downloaded a free set and then I paid for some extras. Here is some bunting and a garland I downloaded and printed out (I laminated them too so they'd last longer) :
In the free kit I got: Cupcake toppers, cupcake wrappers, invitations and straw flags. In the add-on kit that I purchased were: Bag toppers, banners (above), cake toppers (large) garlands (above) mini candy bar wrappers, treat boxes and water bottle wrappers (above). this kit cost $1.99 which is about £1.30 so well worth the outlay! They are definitely worth a look!
Party food
I also downloaded these little labels to give the food fun 'Frozen' names but I can't remember where now! They were probably in one of the kits mentioned above but I can't be sure.
We used pom bears as 'snow bears', Monster Munch as 'Yeti Feet', carrots as 'Olaf Noses', Sponge fingers as 'Anna's Frozen Fingers' and made 'Snowman Sandwiches. You can find many more fun 'Frozen' food ideas on pinterest!
The cupcake toppers above were not the ones in the kit as I had already purchased some from eBay. These ones are printed onto rice paper so they are edible!
Speaking of Pinterest, that's where I found this great idea! Get some Cheesestrings and then, using a black and orange Sharpie, draw Olaf faces at the top and buttons down the middle. The children LOVED these!
Party Games
As well as the usual Musical Statues, Pass the Parcel etc. I decided to do a few 'Frozen' themed party games too!
Pin the nose on the Olaf!
I had a large sheet of white sugar paper on which I drew an Olaf without a nose (if art is not your thing you could always print one out and have it blown up on a photocopier). I then drew one nose for each child onto orange card and wrote their names on so we could see whose nose was closest to the spot!
Frozen Fractals
As it was a warm summer's day I thought this idea I had seen at Happy hooligans would be a lot of fun! Visit their page if you want lots of details (and amazing photos) but the general gist is that you fill lots of different shaped ice cube trays and large containers with coloured water and pop them in the freezer. Once frozen turn them out and give them to the children, along with water and brushes. Each child should have one large block of ice (I used food storage containers to freeze these). They then 'paint' water onto the smaller ice shapes and press them onto their large block. As the water freezes between them it sets them in place and the children can create beautiful ice structures!
Party Favours
Personalised chocolate bars
Although I did get candy bar wrappers in the Homeketeers kit I had already ordered pre-wrapped kit-kats from a local seller on ebay. I thought this would take some of the hassle out for me as I would not need to sit and wrap them myself and also they personalised them for me. I no longer have the details of who supplied them but if you search on eBay you are bound to find loads of suppliers near you. Here they are with a little card I popped into the party bags which was another download from Homeketeers that I laminated as a keepsake for the guests:
Loot Bags
These are always a firm favourite I got these ones on eBay - again! (Apparently I no longer go to actual shops!) I filled them with a few sweets, yo-yos, Frozen pencils and erasers, plastic bangles etc. and of course...
A slice of cake
This is my masterpiece! (clearly I'm no pro but I think I did ok for a complete novice!) I made a Victoria Sponge (I like to follow the recipe from Nigella Lawson's 'How to be a Domestic Goddess' as it's really easy and everything just goes in the food processor!) I just put jam between the two sponges. I then rolled out some ready to roll light blue icing and covered the cake in that. Then I rolled out some white ready to roll icing and cut around it in a wavy line so that when I placed it over the blue it looked like snow fall. The figures I bought on eBay (definitely a theme here!) and used a little icing to stick them down. The snowflakes around the edges came on the same sheets of rice paper as the cupcake toppers above. I bought the ready to roll icing and the light blue cake base from Hobbycraft
All in all it was a huge success and the Birthday girl and her guests had so much fun!
Birthday Girl
Just had to include this photo of my niece as she looks soooooo cute in her frozen onesie and tutu! x
If you are planning to do your own Frozen themed party I hope this has inspired you and helped you know where to go for ideas and resources! You can check out my 'Frozen Party' board on Pinterest here. Most of all...Have fun! x
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