Monday, November 22, 2010

KID PARTY: Red & Aqua Oliva Carnival birthday



My daughter Catelin just turned 4 and we celebrated with an Olivia /carnival themed party. The place we were having the party had several themes to choose from and my daughter chose their carnival package. We decided to add Olivia the Pig into the mix since she likes the show and book series.

You know those times when you have something in mind then you see someone else with a similar idea and the light bulb already shining in your head shines even brighter? Well, this was one of those times. I was already planning the party then I saw this post from Kara's Party Ideas on a wonderful Olivia carnival party by Emma's World. I liked everything they did for that party. Then I saw a post on Hostess with the Mostess of a red and aqua Ni Hao Kai Lan party and fell in love with the color scheme. I was totally inspired by both parties and combined the ideas to make a red and aqua Olivia the Pig carnival party. Whew! Try saying that with a mouthful of cake.


We kicked things off with a red and aqua invitation



The adorable circus tent cake was made of two layers of white Oreo crumb cake, two layers of chocolate Oreo crumb cake, Oreo cream cheese filling and covered with marshmallow fondant by the amazing Cupkits Edible Creations.


The treat table included cotton candy flavored lollipops, white chocolate crunch lollipops, Oreo pops, licorice, yogurt covered pretzels, sour cherry slices and dipped apples.





I have been waiting for an occasion to make these "popcorn" cupcakes and I think they turned out well considering this was my first try.


At another table, we had a fruit tart that we decorated with a red mini bunting banner. It's a free download over at TomKat Studio and matched our theme perfectly.



For something with a little less sugar, we gave out animal crackers in small snack bags with a bag topper thanking the guests for coming.


























Happy birthday to my baby Catelin!



More pictures of the party can be viewed on the Facebook page

Photos by Lollipops and Paper & Cupkits Edible Creations

20 comments:

  1. beautiful table!~ love the cupcakes!!

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  2. Awesome party! The popcorn cupcakes are my favorite thing. I'm so coming to you when I have kids and need party advice. :)

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  3. I so love this theme!!! my daughter LOVES Olivia! http://ooohlalaparties.blogspot.com/

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  4. I love this party idea! You did a wonderful job putting together all the details! I would love to feature you over at my site! I'm also so inspired for my 4 year old's upcoming party- she's in LOVE with Olivia!

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  5. I'd be honored to be featured on your site! Thanks.

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  6. Hi Ces- Im so thrilled that I found your blog! Im planning my daughters 3rd Birthday Carnival themed party and would like to incorporate "Olivia" into the party theme as well! Can you tell me where you got the Olivia paper goods? I would also love the recipe for your popcorn cupcakes!! Thank you so much!

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  7. Hi Renee, Thanks so much!
    I designed the invitations and banner myself.. The popcorn cupcakes are basically any cake flavor you want topped with marshmallows!

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  8. Where did you find the font for thank you animals crackers?

    Thank you.

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  9. Hi,
    The font was either already included with the program I use or downloaded from Dafont. I can't remember exactly. thanks

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  10. what program did u use to make all the paper goods? i HAVE GOT TO do this for my daughter! were there templants?

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  11. Hi Erin! I do take orders for personalized printables. email me at lollipopsandpaper@gmail.com if you're interested. Thanks so much!

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  12. Your use of color is just beautiful! Do you still do printables from this adorable party theme? I am interested for my daughters birthday.

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  13. Thank you! yes I do. please email me at lollipopsandpaper@gmail.com for more info.

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  14. This is lovely I'm actually doing my daughters party some what similar to this theme I have somethings I would like to use from the pic above are you able to desgin them for me ?

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    1. Thanks! Please email me at lollipopsandpaper@gmail.com with what you need. :-)

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  15. Compliments to the decorations, the colour scheme is, indeed, brilliant! How did you get all of it to match - were you just lucky finding all you need in stores or you got them custom made for you?

    Thanks,
    Kathy@Cartridge Shop

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    1. Thank you so much Kathy. Red & light blue candy is easily available which helped me a lot. I designed a lot of the things we used and mixed it in with store bought things also

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  16. love you ideas! I am doing my daugher olivia's 1st bday theme Olivia as well. Where did you get the labels for the animal crackers done at?

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    1. Hi Samantha,
      I designed the labels. Thanks so much

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