After deciding to put all my sewing and crafting projects on hold -can't wait for my storage/craft room to be ready- I seem to find myself going crazy because of nothing to do...so when Diana came to me for help on her daughter
Jaylen's birthday party I immediately said YES. Jaylen has had a party every birthday so she has gone tru a lot of themes already, so when she decided on the
zebra theme -so popular right now, even for older girls-I was thrilled, it's one of my favorites too...
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she insisted on a picture invitation
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the birthday banner was a combination of patterns in pink & black, polka dot and zebra print
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Pin the tail on the zebra -hand painted-
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these flower pots were used as centerpieces -2 per table-
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these were added to the flower pots...marshmallows covered with melted chocolate and sprinkles
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mini cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and toppers for the kids
An alternative to cupcake stands which will cost you at least $15 and look too simple, I created this stand with 2 cereal boxes, wrapping paper, and a ribbon spool. Look for the tutorial next week!
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for the goodie bag I used the small paper bags and added a scalloped label
Unfortunatelly I did not get pics at the party, but the tables looked so pretty in pink tablecloths with a zebra print runner. The cake did not have the zebra print but was a beautiful black and white polka dotted with a hot pink bow, amazing.