Strawberry Shortcake Cupcakes

I found these printable cake toppers.  The cupcakes are strawberry flavored and of course strawberry decorated.

Hobbit & LOTR Party & Mount Doom Cake

My son loves Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings.  Not just the movies, but he has read the Hobbit more than once and even wrote his own abridged version.  Our kids get a big party for ages 5 & 9 so when he turned 9 of course he chose this theme.  Unfortunately it has been a crazy winter and we had ice and snow this day.  Our good friends made attempts to drive out anyways, but some had to turn around.  Thankfully some did make it.

We begin with the corner tree, made of brown paper mailing paper.  And fake leaves.

I hand drew this map of Middle Earth.  White crayon helped shade in the water.

The cake could have fed an army if everyone had come.  It was a huge base made to look like the Ring.  I used a whole can of gold spray coloring.  The mountain was rice cereal treat.

Complete with a Lego Frodo of course climbing Mt. Doom with the ring.

The whole family dressed up.  Josie was Gollum.  She's standing in front of the Hobbit Hole I drew for the wall.

Gianna and I were wood elves.  I'm supposed to be Legolas.

Jamie was Arwen.

Nana was Galadriel (that's her wedding dress).

Dad was Bilbo.  (of course with Frodo JP)

Yes, we even have a "Ring".  (the shirt says "my precious")

Gandalf showed up (Cousin Matthew)

The rest of the Dragon Piñata.

 The Menu:

(not shown:  Took Tea, Legolas Lemonade, and Water from Running River)

Jamie did all of the signs and studied the LOTR fonts.

The Birthday Boy

We played a "Riddles in the Dark" Scavenger Hunt Game.  And in addition to the cake was golden rings (butter rum Lifesavers) and riddles in the dark chocolate (kisses).

Little Mermaid Mini Cake

Adjusting to having 5 kids mean I'm looking for simple, simple, simple.  Again, I was able to use small toys to decorate the cake.  Blue spray for the ocean effect.  Brown Sugar for the "beach".  

Toy Story Cupcakes

My cupcakes are more and more simple these days.  A simple pattern, themed papers, small action figures, and paper toppers is all you need.

Pixar Planes Birthday

My son loves the movie Planes.  That's what we did for his 8th birthday!  (do you see any shapes in the clouds?  Like a number maybe?)

Tangled Cake & Party

For my daughter's 5th birthday we had a tangled party!  The yellow border is the "hair"' and it's attached to the back of the doll.

The long braid on the wall is made of yellow plastic party table cloths, with fake flowers stuck inside the braids. (it's still hangs in her bedroom today)

 The plates are shaped like frying pans with black paper handles stapled to them (made from extra plates)  Yellow hair candy (lemon licorice).  I did NOT make the cupcakes.  They were left over from my sister-in-law's wedding and I just added yellow sprinkles.  The Sun rice treats were for the wheat intolerant.

My mom made this wig out of yellow yarn and a headband complete with more fake flowers.

The party guests got a little wig too (from the dollar store...it was easy to find since it's almost halloween)

My favorite game:  Pin the nose on Flynn Rider

 My oldest set up a beauty salon and painted all the girls' nails.

Birthday Cupcakes for My Monkey

My 2 year old IS a monkey!

The topper is just printed on paper and taped to a toothpick.  And of course the bananas are from a box of Runts (which are NOT easy to find anymore)