Sunday 29 June 2014

An Orange, Black and White Affair

This was her day.  What all the sleep counting for months (literally), led to.   A celebration all about her, all for her.  A morning filled with so many smiles, so much laughter and so much fun.




The end result: Mummy that was the best party ever! I had so much fun. Thank you Mummy, I love you!

Details:
Zebra crossing stairs. Paper chains, streamers and balloons everywhere!   Each guest received a zebra stamp on their hand upon entry, and a zebra tail pinned to their outfit.
Couches were covered in leftover fabric. As weather is unpredictable in winter we decided on cushions for floor seating, which were used for "musical cushions" and each guest got to take their zebra tail and also a cushion home.
My sister-in-law did the awesome face-painting, and there was an "activity table" with colouring sheets, mazes, and play-dough for kids who were in between games.
We played: pin the tail on the zebra, musical cushions to a zebra song, what's the time Mr. Lion (instead of Mr. Wolf), and had a lollipop scavenger hunt.  There was a lot of scootering, bouncing, running and playing in the tunnels too.
The lollipops were on special from here, and we had oranges, mandarins, orange coconut ice, orange mosaic jelly, orange juice, and wee orange cheesy cocktail sausages, along with some other standard party fare.  And naturally - there was birthday cake too!
The most adorable felt zebra faux taxidermy head was a birthday gift from here. Various zebra fabric (all half price!) and zebra balloons from Spotlight, cushion inners at a discount from Harvey Furnishings, lion ears from the zoo, zebra paper and napkins from a $2 shop, straws and plates from here.   Everything else was handmade or we already had.  Costs were low, fun factor was high!

16 comments:

  1. Leonie - just catching up on your last few posts, all your beautiful photos of your gorgeous girls and their adventures. What an awesome birthday party!! Also great to see that it was a largely handmade, low cost affair - well done!

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  2. Awesome, love it all! Did the zebras know that there was an imposter in their midst? Must have been a very tame tiger.

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  3. You are spectacularly amazing! If you lived nearer then I'd hire you as a party planner (payment in ummm.... paper piecing patterns?!?)

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  4. fab party! Well done you and her joy was the whole point! Nailed it xxx

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  5. Gorgeous party! I absolutely love that last photo.

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  6. Crikey, I wish I had an invite to the worlds best party! Looks amazing!

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  7. Brilliant and gorgeous dear friend! Every single detail is spot on perfect! My goodness did you do a fantastic job! WOW! And that photo of the entire room is stunning! All those little ones look like they are having the time of their lives! Sending you a high five pal! Nicole xoxoxo she will remember this day for many years to come!

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  8. Amazing! Well done Mama, everything looks wonderful, I LOVE the cake!

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  9. Your parties are always amazing! You excel at everything you set out to do. So much admiration for the perfect pinterest worthy party for a darling darling girl xxx LOTS of love from us to her xxx

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  10. fabulous cake! My boys have no interest in parties from about age 8. Easy for me I guess but they were fun when younger!

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  11. you say costs were low - but wow what a lot of time to prepare. How awesome it all looks and the build up for the day was amazing.

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  12. The outcome is so worth all the hours.... Mummy that was the best party ever! I had so much fun. Thank you Mummy, I love you! She will remember this day forever. Everything looked so incredible and the good times are oozing out of the pics. Xx

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  13. Love love love! What a clever Mommy you are. You really are lovely xxxxxxxxxx

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  14. Well there goes my, 'you only have to decorate one part of the room', you have managed to decorate your entire house, beautifully!! Hat's off to you!! What an awesome party, and cute theme x

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  15. What an amazing party- so seriously cute and so many gorgeous details. I have to go and look again! : )

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