Monday, August 8

Under the Seven Seas birthday party

So she wanted a water party.
I talked her into an Under the Sea party.
And because Mia was turning 7,
I threw that in, too.

brown paper bags w/ paint
The seven seas were
seven different birthday stations:
activities & food 'n stuff!


Invitation:
For those close enough to hand deliver,
we wrote out the invitations
on crumpled brown bags
and stuck it in a bottle.


Red x's marked all the details
of the party.

Decorations:
blue, light blue, & white streamers
hung for the waves.
And ocean bubbles on the floor.

#1
Family Fun's Sandcastle Cake
The cake was a stunner!
Especially with the chocolate pebbles
and sugar seashells.

Pineapple Icerberg
aka
granita.
I wrote their names on the little umbrellas.





Hotdogs cut like octopi served over
green-colored ramen noodles!
Awesome!!


#2

Pin-the-fin-on-the-fish, basically.
They all "closed their eyes" at once
and did a mass pinning.

#3
Down in the basement,
the bottom of the ocean floor
lit by twinkly lights......

the girls played an Under the Sea Bingo.
(made by my neighbor, woah, so cute!)


#4
There was a bunch of Dollar Tree
seashells hidden in the sand.


#5
a Treasure Hunt
to find the buried treasure

There's that brown paper bag again!
Tore the edges and burned some holes.
So authentic, right?


There were 7 red x's which led to
more brown paper scrolls.
Each scroll had a symbol or letter.
After collecting all 7,
they had to unscramble the word
which was a clue to where the treasure was buried.
Sorry, no pic.
Have you tried running after treasure-crazed little girls?
Yikes! Look out.


The word was sunflowers
which happened to open just in time.


chocolate gold coins, tattoos,
ocean bubbles, shells, & silly bands


#6
Mia's Mermaid Lagoon


By the way,
Bugg was a champ during the chaos.
Happy to watch from the porch.


#7
We decorated flip flops.



And naturally,
the water balloons.
A must.

As we crawled into bed that night,
Mia said,
"I don't want my birthday to end."
I love her.

12 comments:

  1. What a fun and amazing party! The ideas just kept coming and coming!!

    Brandy

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  2. Very cool! You are a fantastic mom! And those three angels are just adorable!

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  3. No kidding, who would want a birthday like that to end?!

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  4. What a delightful day! Happy birthday sweet girl!

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  5. wow, that looks like one fun party! great ideas!!!!

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  6. Wow... soooooo fun!!! You should be a party planner or something! You may be getting a call from me the next time I need to plan a party :)

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  7. That is the most FUN party I have seen in a long time!!! You are so incredibly creative!

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  8. Will you plan MY next birthday party?!?! Everything was so cool! I am still in awe of the sandcastle cake & hot dogs! Super cool!!

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  9. That is one outrageous-fantastic birthday party! Wow!

    My favorite part:

    As we crawled into bed that night,
    Mia said,
    "I don't want my birthday to end."

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  10. o my goodness, that is incrediable. so creative in so many ways. how do you do it girl. That is a birthday mia will always remember.

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  11. Happy Birthday Mia.
    Love all the wonderful and creative things you did for her birthday.

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