Minnie Mouse Party Foods and Activities -- The Details

Since the my post the other day became so long with sharing our decorations, I thought today I would share the details of what we served and what the kids played. Let's start with the cake since every birthday party needs a cake. Our cake was the strawberry cake we have made for most of Hazel's parties. The original recipe is found at Confections of a Foodie Bride. I have made changes over the past couple of years. At some point I will have to actually write down my changes and post about them. We made an eight-inch round cake and three small round cakes. I bought these pans at Joann Fabrics with a coupon for the ears.  We bought a container of chocolate frosting since black frosting is hard to come by and has so many chemicals for colors. 

Virtual Book Club for Kids: Mister Seahorse by Eric Carle

 Disclosure: I was sent the seahorse craft kit to review free of charge from Oriental Trading. All opinions in this post are my own. I did not receive any other compensation for this review. I added links to the particular products for your convenience, but not for any compensation. 

Minnie Mouse Party & Decoration Product Review

 Disclosure: I was sent the decorations to review free of charge from Oriental Trading. All opinions in this post are my own. I did not receive any other compensation for this review. I added links to the particular products for your convenience, but not for any compensation.


So yesterday was the Minnie Mouse Half Birthday Party. Hazel had a blast. Now we spent a lot of time getting ready for this party and have posted many DIY ideas already. We also received five items from Oriental Trading that we used for the party. A few weeks ago we shared our Minnie Pinata and the black streamers we used to make it.

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My features this week are in two categories. The first is June/Summer and holidays (remember in the US Father's Day is next weekend!!), and the second is just a few of my favorites from last week.

Summer and June Features

1) From Mamas Blog Central: 50 Father's Day Ideas

2) From  Just a Touch of Crazy: His Little Girl, Father's Day Print

3) From Stella 123: Ten Card Making Ideas for Your Child's Teacher 

4) From Tot Schooling: Free Birthday Printable Pack 

5) From Living Montessori Now: Montessori-Inspired Age and Birthday Activities 

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1) From Sparkling Buds: Watermelon Printing

2) From Dabbling Mama: Princess Rocks 

3) From Excite and Explore: DIY Farm Play Mat 

4) From Planet Smarty Pants: The Magic of Chocolate 

5) From Teaching Every Day: Ten Ways to Learn with Water Beads 

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From Your Hostess: This week we shared many DIY ideas for our Minnie Mouse party which is tomorrow. Here is a preview of the cake we made today. I tried to burn one candle half way since we are celebrating her half birthday.

 Ok, for Minnie DIY ideas we shared Easy Minnie & Mickey Mouse Cake Plates, DIY Pin a Bow on Minnie Game, DIY Minnie Mouse Decorations, and our Minnie Mouse Party Menu! We also shared this week Angkat: A Cambodian Cinderella and our review of The Air Plant Shop and we are hosting a giveaway for $30 gift certificate from this wonderful shop!!

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Minnie Mouse Birthday Party--DIY Decorations

For Hazel's half birthday party, I have some store bought Minnie Mouse decorations and some from Oriental Trading to review that Hazel picked out. However, I wanted to keep costs down and make some of our own. I have seen so many fun ideas online and have been pinning them to my Minnie Mouse Party Pinterest Board. I loved the idea of making Minnie head decorations from styrafoam balls. The first time I saw this was on The NY Melrose Family's Minnie Mouse Centerpieces. We did this. I glued them and Hazel painted them black. After the paint dried, I stuck a lollipop stick into each one.