Does anyone else's children pick very specific birthday party themes? I surely hope it's not just mine. This year Kinley was obsessed with Zombies and Zombies 2 from Disney. Being Disney, I thought for sure there would be lots of party products available. I thought wrong.
I should clarify that when I say party, it was simply a sleepover with Kinley and one friend. However, as my husband can attest to, I do not know how to do simple birthdays. It is the same whether it is one kid or 20. I have a problem.
Off to Pinterest and Etsy I went. I was very surprised to find these areas lacking for ideas as well. So this is what we came up with.
We made pom poms from tissue paper and craft sticks. I alternated pink and green sheets (the colors from the movie) and folded them in half. I used about 6 sheets for each. Once folded in half, I cut them in strips, leaving about an inch and a half uncut to wrap around the stick. I hot glued as I rolled the tissue paper around the craft stick. You could also use colorful duct tape. These held up surprisingly well to all the shaking the girls did with them.
Kinley had seen some garland on Pinterest that she really liked but it was about $10 for 3 feet. No, no, no. We bought pink and green cardstock and I cut 3 inch circles with my Cricut. We then got glued each one to string we bought from the dollar tree. We did this process all with the 10 foot string and then cut to our desired lengths when we decided where to hang it.
I also used my Cricut to cut letters to make the Happy Birthday banner as well as the Zoms Vs Poms. These were simple items that helped tie in her theme.
Of course we just used simple streamers and balloons because I am obsessed with streamers.
We had Zombie popcorn. It was plain unbuttered popcorn with green and pink candy melts poured over it. This is always a hit in our house and with so many colors of melts available, you can make it to match pretty much any theme.
Here is the finished party favor bag.
Was the party as themed as I had imagined? Absolutely not. The girls loved it and had a great time with the activities we had planned so I would say that it was a success. Now on to plan next years theme!
