hello kitty party

My daughter asked us for a Hello Kitty/Ice Cream party and I was happy to oblige.  We had the party on "Sundae" afternoon and along with some fun crafts and activities the girls made their own ice cream sundaes.  If you have followed my blog for a long time you know that I usually try to avoid character parties, but if that is what my children desire, I try to make my own spin on it.  I used the colors red and pink along with polka dots and hello kitty's signature bow.  The kind people at Namemaker reached out to me and asked if I would be willing to try some of their products.  I was so flattered, since this is one company that I love and have ordered from previously many times before.  I especially love their personalized ribbon, but was happy to try a new product this time, personalized paper candy bags.  They also sent me some beautiful ribbon which I used to decorate all over the party.

For the activities we had a "get your kitty on" station with tattoos, bracelets, hair clips, and pink body glitter!
We had a make your own hello kitty candy bracelet and over sized ice cream coloring sheets with hello kitty crayons. The girls played pin the bow on hello kitty.

 

I think I had the most fun with the decorations and setting the table!  I made some carnation sundaes with real cherries on top and  some bow straw toppers.  The napkins were large bows wrapped around white square plates.

The ice cream sundae bar was a big hit!  And, my daughter had fun drawing the ice cream on the chalkboard.

We also served watermelon bows, popcorn, Hello Kitty sugar cookies and pink lemonade.

 And for the favors, among other treats, we also gave each girl a Hello Kitty toothbrush!  I figured it was the least I could do after sending them home with so much sugar!

This was a very fun party to plan and I think my daughter has been dreaming about it for at least a year.  Who knows what she will dream up next, but I can't wait to find out!

hello kitty christmas

This week my daughter had a friend over for a play date.  When I was at the store recently I saw this pink Hello Kitty gingerbread house and knew my daughter would LOVE it so I grabbed it.  I thought it would be a perfect activity for the play date.  To make it even a little more special I made some cute straws with Hello Kitty's signature bow and put out some more candy and frosting for the girls to use.  Unfortunately the cookies were a little soft and broke before we were able to get the house together.  So we improvised and decorated flat house shaped cookies instead.  The girls didn't care one bit and had a blast together and that is all that matters. 

cake pops

For school, my daughter requested hello kitty cake pops for her birthday snack.  Since this was my first time making cake pops I went to the guru herself, Bakerella, for directions.  I still had trouble.  At first I made the cake pops too big and every time I tried to dip them in the chocolate they fell off the stick.  Then I ran out of sticks!  So, I bought new sticks and made them smaller. It worked much better.  My daughter decided she wanted milk chocolate kitty's (instead of white) but the black food writer pen did not show up on the dark chocolate so I wasn't able to add the details for the eyes and whiskers.  I think you can still tell that they resemble hello kitty.  My daughter was thrilled with the end result and really appreciated all the effort that I put into making them.  I put a pink bow and some ribbon on her pop stick to make it extra special.  I made this cake pop stand using some Styrofoam, some scrapbook paper, and a box frame.