A very Barbie Birthday!

I am always asking our girls what they want their next birthday cake to be. Kids being kids, more often than not they will change their minds as the year goes by, but that's ok, that's part of the fun for me! Our daughter Emily recently turned 5! A whole hand! I still can't believe it!

Thankfully I had been given plenty of notice regarding her 'desired theme' and I had started planning a couple of months prior, purchasing bits 'n' pieces here and there. And much to my husbands annoyance I had spent many a night tinkering away, here in my little room, creating her very first BIG party!

This year Emily stuck to her guns and wanted a Barbie party and another (yes there has been another!) Princess / Barbie cake : aka 'spare dolls torso and head shoved into a dolly vardon tin cake' cake. E - A - S - Y !!! I was super chuffed that she had granted me a relatively easy cake to make ... until a week before her birthday. I had asked her if I could please borrow her Barbie so that I could use it in her cake. I received a puzzled look. So I explained again, 'I will use your Barbie ontop of your birthday cake!' ... 'But Mummy, I want to be able to eat her!'

So here is Emily's 5th Barbie Birthday WITH an edible Barbie!

 

~ The Decorations ~

~ Drinks Station ~

~ Barbie, please make your first appearance! ~

~ A few details ... ~

As per our daughters' request 'Busty Barbie' *wink* is completely edible! She is a pink vanilla butter cake, with a buttercream crumb coat, Kellogs LCM shaped torso, covered in fondant and fondant details ...

~ A Before & After ~

~ The Party Table ~

~ And some extra food details! ~

~ Last but not least, the Party Favors ~

The party favors were made up of 3 parts ~ I'm not sure who got the greatest pleasure out of all of these, the kids or ME! Firstly there was a goodie bag with stickers, bangles, a Barbie horn, wand, a princess crown clip from Aprilrose Hairclips and a princess castle treasure box that come with super cute mini crayons, stickers and drawing pad from 2 Cute Party Bags. Secondly there were the princess crown cookies in a little 'thank you' bag, both lovingly made by me and thirdly a Barbie silhouette bed cushion! I had bucket loads of fun making those cushions ~ 'Crazy Lady' also seems to reside in this same 'Little Room'! The cushion inserts were from Ikea and cheap as chips at only $1.95 each and the main outer slip cover fabric was from a Bargain Buy I had stashed away for just such a rainy day! From memory I think I paid 70cents a meter and I brought the rest of the bolt, about 5 meters worth! I KNEW it would come in handy one day! I used a neat product called 'Heat n Seal' to bond the felt Barbie silhouette to the slip cover and finished her off with a bow in her pony tail and a cute little 'necklace'! These cushions were originally made for a game of 'Musical Cushions' and when each of the children got 'out' then they got to take away a cushion to keep, but alas they had too much fun bouncing of the jumping castle outside {and yes the weather was just FAB for a mid July party ~ how lucky are we!} and we ran out of time for our last musical cushion game, so they all got to take home a cushion anyway!

Anyhoo! ~ all good things must come to an end so that another may begin! But before I do, a list of the fabulous vendors I used to help make our daughters birthday a very happy one at that!

The Decorations ~ Pompoms, Banner & Streamers ~ From My Little Room, Me!

Helium Balloon Bundles ~ Balloons Abuzz

Water & Drinks Labels ~ From My Little Room, Me!

Barbie cups, plates, hats & horn ~ Spotlight

Pink Striped Paper Straws and Pink Choc Buttons ~ Candy Soirees

Completely Edible Busty Barbie Cake ~ From My Little Room, Me!

Cupcake Toppers and Cookie Pops ~ From My Little Room, Me!

 Princess Crown Hairclip ~ Aprilrose Hairclips

Princess Castle Treasure Box ~ 2 Cute Party Bags

Wand & Bangles ~ Big W

Barbie Cushion & Thank You Tags ~ From My Little Room, Me!

Thanks so much for visiting, from my little room, x Chrys