Gingerbread Decorating Party

This week I hosted a small gingerbread decorating party for my sweet 4 year old, Annabelle, and 5 of her preschool buddies! I am sad to say that it was planned too last minute to ask Maggie Russo Photo to come take fabulous photos....and my photos are not even close to her gorgeous professional quality that we are used to! BUT....it was such a FUN FUN day I had to share! These 6 cute little girls had tons of fun creating colorful and whimsical gingerbread houses, eating goodies, listening to the story of the Gingerbread Man and having lunch together. It was really a great time!

I bought inexpensive aprons and had each girls name embroidered on and then just embellished with whimsical trims. They looked ADORABLE in them and it was a nice little keepsake for them to take home.

I purchased prebuilt gingerbread houses from Target so that each girl could get right to work decorating the houses and having fun....at this age (or any age) it is no fun trying to get the houses set up. I filled up baking cups with an assortment of candy and bought mini squeeze bottles from think garnish. The wrapper is included in my printable set and could be adapted to larger bottles.

 

 

 

And of course there were a few desserts.....I made cupcakes with gingerbread peeps on top and my awesome sister made fabulous gingerbread men and houses and also peppermint brownie pops.  YUM!

And of course there must be milk to wash it down!

During story time we set up a little boxed lunch for the girls.

Some of the cuteness......

 

 

How sweet are these girls?!

This whole printable set (or just the invitation) is now available in my shop! It is a great excuse to gather a few buddies for the holidays!

We ALL Scream for ICE CREAM!

The weather is getting warmer so what could be more fun than an ICE CREAM party!? I think the ideas for this theme are endless!

 

Make it easy and pre-scoop your ice cream into colorful waxed cups or white nut cups with colorful cupcake liners over them. Add cupcake toppers to make them festive!

Bright colored sodas wrapped to match the party theme and served with striped paper straws add a punch of color to the party!

 

Little paper cups with lids are great to personalize with matching party tags and papers and can be filled with homemade ice cream for a take home treat. You can also fill the containers with non food goodies for favors. These containers are now available in my ETSY shop.

{SHOPPING TIP}

Now is the time to check out Joann's Dollar section! The have adorable ice cream lip gloss, pencils, ice cream bar erasers and other fun ice cream themed dollar goodies! Also....in the Summer entertaining section they have great priced ice cream dishes, molds, fun straws and more! Check it out!

Find the entire Sherbert Collection in my ETSY shop now! Photos by Maggie Russo.

{SHOPPING FINDS}

And I am all about carrying the party theme throughout...check out these fun finds too!

Adorable ice cream top found here!

I love these bright pinwheels to add whimsy!

And of course the perfect birthday gift! We LOVE this Melissa and Doug Ice Cream set!

How about and Ice Cream Cone Pinata? How fun!

I'd love to hear what other fun ice cream goodies you come across! I know I see new ideas everywhere I go!