My son wanted a spider man birthday party this year...well, somehow I convinced him that a Toy Story party would be fun and he went with it!! I had fun decorating and planning. Here are a few of the things I made and did for the party...
Here is the centerpiece I made, using the Toy Story cricut cartridge. I pieced together each character and glued them to a straw and arranged them in the mini bucket. I think it was super cute and I kept the faces so that I could put them in his scrapbook!
Then I got the crazy idea to make 20 of the Toy Story Logo to put on the goodie bags, which I'm pretty sure they probably got thrown in the trash when the kids got home, but that's ok...I had fun making them!
With the help of my kids, we searched thru our toy room and came up with a bunch of Toy Story related toys...Mr & Mrs Potato Head, little green army men, blocks (which I used to spell out my son's name) and other fun stuff. I really wanted to put out a pink piggy bank that looked like Hamm, without having the spend $20 to get the actual character at Target, so I found at the Dollar Tree a plastic bank, which happened to be red. I painted it pink and painted the expression on it to look just like Hamm from the movie. The little green aliens are from a game they have.
The biggest dilemma for me was what I would do for a cake. I didn't dare attempt anything that was to look like Woody or Buzz, and all the ideas I found online were using fondant, which I have no clue, time or talent to learn how. My sister gave me the idea to make a Mr. Potato head cake, but without being completely satisfied with the potential outcome, I decided on Mr. Potato head cupcakes! And the little green alien cupcakes too! I got to take a fun trip to the candy store in the mall to shop for the pieces and here's some of the variety of candy I used!
I wasn't sure what I would use for his hat, but the candy store had just what i needed, then I was SO excited when I saw the gummy lips and flowers, perfect for Mrs. Potato Head! Chocolate licorice for the mustache, jelly beans for the ears and nose, the blue and white candies are peppermint patty candies...I used the white for the eyes and the blue for the shoes. The candy cigarettes were perfect for the arms! And they are SO yummy!!! Brings me back to my younger days when we thought we were so cool buying them and "smoking" them!! I also had a thin piece of black licorice that I used for Mr's eyebrows.
And here are my little green alien cupcakes. Same peppermit patty eyes and a cheerio for the mouth. Jelly Bellys for the antennas. (I ran out of green towards the end, but improvised with green M&Ms).
