Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Easy Ice Cream Theme Birthday Party


Before we get lost in the sea of all things autumnal heading our way, I wanted to share our end of summer birthday bonanza - an Ice Cream Themed Birthday Party!


I pulled this together for my 12yr old daughter's big day.  It's been a challenging summer for us, so we wanted a day of celebration and fun for everyone that wouldn't make me stress out trying to over-craft an entire party...which I have done a number of times.  
You can find all my other DIY Parties HERE.


I used some free clip art, fonts and iPiccy editing to make this digital party invitation:


I found the ideal ice cream themed "party paper products in a box" set on Amazon which gave me most of the mainstay items in one fell swoop and was a real bargain at $28.  Of course it's "currently unavailable" now, but the brand was Blue Panda.


Ice cream cone shaped plates, matching napkins, cups and flatware for 24 people:


Dessert plates and plastic tablecloth were included too, plus an ice cream shaped birthday bunting, which was a nice detail for the table.  I reused a hot pink felt cut-out table runner leftover from our previous Sewing Themed Birthday Party.


The paper set even came with balloons and some nice matching gift bags and I also bought this cute little cardboard ice cream truck centerpiece to add a little more decor fun:


I got a pack of foam ice cream poppers to do double duty as party favors & decorations.  These were a big hit with all ages:


 The cake was done by our favorite local bakery, Sorella's.  I saw a round cake online that had ice cream cones on the sides with frosting "scoops" and thought that kind of design would be ideal, just made bigger as a sheet cake.  There's usually squabbling over the cake section with the most frosting, so this way everyone got it!


Fortunately I also had this cute ice cream-themed gift bag in my stash from a previous family birthday (saving party bags = win), to tie into our theme:


 My big DIY party contribution was making this ice cream truck piñata:


 It took a bit of planning to design, but it came together just as I hoped and was really inexpensive to make. We love having birthday piñatas, but I just can't see spending $20+ on a store bought one, only to beat the heck out of it and throw it out.  This one literally cost me $5 plus the candy inside!


I even added some last minute personalization to make it extra special:


To complete our tablescape (and hide a broken window that was being replaced a few days later) I got this ice cream parlor backdrop - also from Amazon.  I figured we could use it for some fun photoshoots and, with a 1yr old daughter added to our now large family birthday list, more parties down the road.  I flanked it with some of the party set balloons, which were a perfect color match:


Overall, we were able to have a fun styled party, but without all the expense and headaches they usually entail to pull together.  That made both mom, and the birthday girl, happy:)

Check out some of my other DIY Parties:

photo SewCanDoPinkNinjaBirthdayParty1_zps72955ac3.jpgphoto SSCPartyMain_zpsc3ef0bf4.jpg Photobucket photo SewCanDoPinkCupcakeParty_zps62b8a9c3.jpgphoto CarnivalParty_zps05112047.png photo Fairy Garden Party
photo SewCanDoMLPParty2_zps836448cb.jpg photo SewCanDoMLPParty2_zps836448cb.jpg
photo Sewing Themed Birthday Party photo Wind In THe Willows Birthday Party

photo Flower Garden Themed Birthday Partyphoto DIY Beach Party Birthday Party



4 comments:

  1. This is so fun! I just love the way you've done the cake too with the ice cream cones. Happiest birthday wishes to your daughter!

    Alexandra
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    1. Thanks so much Alexandra! We all really enjoyed it and it wasn't exhausting to put together, which made it extra nice for me;)

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  2. wonderful, that ice cream truck pinata is fabulous! thanks so much for sharing on craft schooling Sunday!

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    1. Thank you & thanks for hosting a great place to share it!

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