Courtney's Crafty Creations: Alyssa's 5th Strawberry Shortcake Birthday Party

Courtney's Crafty Creations: Alyssa's 5th Strawberry Shortcake Birthday Party: Welcome Sign for the front door Strawberries that I got the template from Orientaltrading.com Alyssa's Party Invitation A str...

Santa Christmas Ornament

I found this cute idea on Dailycraft.com. You take an ornament (Michael's $3.99) and take strips of construction paper (red) wrap it around a pencil to curl it and stuff it inside the ornament (Santa's belly) then take felt and cut it into the shape of a belt to wrap around the ornament. I used hot glue gun and then cut out a yellow belt buckle out of yellow felt then I used glitter glue and wrote Santa and sprinkled glitter on top of it. Then I dabbed a paintbrush in glue and then in sprinkles and swirled it around the ornament to create a snow effect. They turned out adorably

Courtney's Diaper and Towel Creations: Towel Cake

Courtney's Diaper and Towel Creations: Towel Cake: I made this for a friend having her first baby boy. I used a hooded baby towel, diaper pins, rubber duckys and shampoo and baby wash alon...

Courtney's Crafty Creations: Christmas Ornaments

Courtney's Crafty Creations: Christmas Ornaments: I decided I wanted to have something special to do with the girls each year besides our usual Christmas traditions. I decided to create...

Christmas Ornaments

I decided I wanted to have something special to do with the girls each year besides our usual Christmas traditions. I decided to create a "time capsule" of each year by taking some of my favorite pictures from the year and shrinking them on my printer. I put snow fluff (Michael's $3.99) in each ornament bulb them filled it with the pictures I chose. Then I cut ribbon into pieces and stuffed it in each ornament along with little embellishments. I used tiny lights, bells, stars, buttons, gems and ect. Then I decorated the outside of each ornament with ribbon and snowflakes and added the year in glitter glue. I liked them so much I went back and did one for each year since Ronnie and I got married. Now, the girls and I have  special tradition and I will be able to fill my Christmas tree with memories.

Alyssa's 5th birthday party decorating

The Beautiful Birthday Girl

This is one of my favorite settings. I collected the McDonalds strawberry shortcakes and used them to set the scene. I also gathered all of Alyssa's strawberry shortcake toys and tried to create a beautiful setting!

My homeade banner

these balloons were for the kids to play berry stomp. Inside each balloon was a slip of paper and treats. they had to match the fruit on the paper inside the balloon to a picture of the strawberry shortcake it belonged to, then they got a coloring book present.

I made flower shaped strawberry and jam sandwiches, then had strawberries and cream fruit salad, strawberry shortcake rolls and I also made strawberry flavored marshmallows that we dipped in vanilla frosting and sprinkled with green and pink sparkles. They were a real hit but they were so sugary.

The treat station. I wrapped the lid of a box with green and pink tissue paper. I walked around like a hostess and served cookies that were flower shaped and goody cups that had strawberry licorice and skittles

The craft station. I had strawberry and huckleberry coloring pages as well as flower and butterfly shaped foam for the kids to create magnets.

I made the paper strawberries from a free template on oriental trading.com. Then I used the picture printable from strawberryshortcake.com and added pictures of the beautiful birthday girl. The little pink book is a memory book to put about the party and what her presents were and who her guests were

My friend Sarah made the beautiful strawberry flavored cake and it was a real hit. i purchased the little figurine on top from a party website

So Alyssa's birthday was a success. I planned for a while but everything came together and as promised, i have attached photos. I went a bit overboard with the green and pink but it was a real hit. Enjoy!