Sew Scrappy Day: Look Who Turned 2 -- Landon's Mickey Mouse Birthday Party

I haven't had much time for crafting lately since I'm in the middle of a major painting project (pictures to come later) so I decided to share the Mickey Mouse themed birthday party that I put on for Landon back in February.

At the time of the party, Landon's favorite TV show was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, (actually that was pretty much the only thing Landon would watch) and since there were endless craft possibilities, I decided Mickey Mouse would be the theme -- and I challenged myself to do it without buying Mickey Mouse party supplies. I spent a lot of time on Pinterest and google searches getting ideas, and even more time with my Cricut, to put on this party -- but I really just had a ball putting the party together. Here is what I ended up coming up with:

Invitations: I made the invitations using the Disney Mickey & Friends and the Disney Mickey Font Cricut cartridges and printed out out the inside of the card on my computer.

Front of invitation

Inside of invitation

The Cake: I had just gotten my Cricut Cake and was so excited to use it. I used cookie cutters ofr the stars and Mickey heads, the cricut to cut out the words. This was my first time using fondant, but I was happy with my first attempt. Erica (my sister-in-law) was a very dedicated assistant for this project. I think our hands were stained blue for weeks from the food coloring used to die the fondant :) One tip I learned for next time -- freezing the cakes before adding the frosting helps keep the edges more square instead of rounded mounds like this ended up.

Happy Birthday Banner: Again, I used the cricut to make the Happy Birthday banner. I used a 12"x24" cutting mat for the Pluto and Mickey characters. I also had the other disney characters scattered about the area.

Party Drinks: I wanted to make festive, cheap, and spill proof glasses for the kids to drink from. I came across the idea in a craft magazine to decorate mason jars. So I pulled out my left over jam jars, poked a hole in the lid, and added some Mickey themed paper. To make sure the kids wouldn't get mixed up, I wrote there names in white marker on a Mickey cut outs, and then added some fun plastic straws. To finish it off I painted a wooden tray that some of Landon's toys came in, and then slapped a "Clarabell Cow's Moo Milk" label on the tray. These went over real well with all the kids.

Party Shirt: I saw all these cute shirts on Etsy shops and Pinterest that were just basic white T-Shirts with a Mickey head appliquéd on. I've never done this before, but I decided to give it a try and went easier then I thought it would. And as a bonus -- Landon was super excited to get dressed the morning of his party. He just couldn't wait to wear his Mickey shirt. The shirt got dirty pretty fast, but I guess getting dirty is just party of a 2 year old.

Goodie Bags & Mickey Head Decoration: I saw several versions of tissue paper Mickey heads on Pinterest, and thought this would make a great decoration for the goodie bag table. I started with 1 large styrofoam ball and 2 smaller balls, then used wire to attach tissue paper flowers, and attached a wooden dowel for the stem. For the base I lined a 1 quart mason jar with red tissue paper and then filled with marbles to keep the wooden dowel in place. I added 2 white buttons to the jar to simulate the red iconic shorts that Mickey always wears.

For the party favor bags, I purchase som red bags from Hobby Lobby and then added Mickey Mouse cut outs with each child's name. Inside I had Mickey stickers, a hand made Mickey necklace, Oreo Mickey pops, and hand made baby food jar snow globe. (I really wish I would have remembered to take pictures of the snow globes because they really turned out cool)

Mickey Orea Pops: For a festive extra treat, I made these Orio Pops using regular Oreos, mini Oreos, melted chocolate, and a sucker stick, I made this Mickey Mouse Oreo Pops.

Mickey Mouse Food Table: To keep with the Mickey theme, I used gave all the food Mickey Mouse names. The menu included Mouseker jello, Mickey Mouse-mellow fruit salad, Goofy's gold fish, Pluto's pretzels, Minnie's mushroms, Daisy's delicious dip, Donald's chips & salsa, Pete's potato salad, Oh Toodle's Oreo pops, Clarabelle Cows moo-milk, Hot-Dog-Hot-Dog-Hot-Diggity-Dogs (a.k.a. pigs in a blanket), and Chip & Dale's Veggie Tray.