This year, it was all about Lambie from Doc McStuffins and everything pink and purple!
The Invitation:
Jane invited all of the girls in her preschool class and a few other close friends. It ended up being 9 girls, and everyone had a great time!
It was fun to plan a party with a child old enough to give her input on what we would do. Jane loves, loves, loves party planning! With the help of a little searching on Pinterest, we decided to make some heart wands and Lambie ears as party favors instead of a bag of goodies.
The heart wands
I used:
- Wooden dowels (cut in half and sanded the edges to make them smooth)
- A whole bunch of pink and purple ribbon
- Pink and purple felt
- Hot glue & hot glue gun
To make them:
1. Cut your pink and purple ribbon so that it dangles 2/3 down the dowel when tied around the dowel
2. Secure your ribbon knot with hot glue
3. Create a stencil of 3 different sizes of hearts. Cut out hearts in pink and purple felt. Glue your dowel on top of the largest heart.
4. Hot glue the medium and small hearts to each other. Then, glue those hearts on top of your wand to cover the ribbon. Allow the ribbon to hang down and out the sides.
Finished wands:
Jane and Walt had fun “fishing” with extra dowels and spools of ribbon while I assembled the wands
The Lambie ears
I used:
- A dozen white satin headbands I ordered from Amazon
- White and pastel pink felt
- Pastel pink satin ribbon
- Hot glue & hot glue gun
This “Marie Felty Ears” tutorial from Disney was my inspiration. I rounded the ear edges and positioned them downward to make them more like Lambie. After attaching the white ears, we cut out small pink pieces of felt to glue in the middle for the inner ear. Can you see that amazing husband of mine helping with this project? It was a fun chance for us to chat and work on something together.
Then, I assembled the pink bows. For each bow, I cut 2 6cm strips of ribbon and glued them in the middle. Then, I bent them in the middle and stapled the two parts together.
I applied hot glue to the top middle of the headband to attach the bow. Once it was attached and dry, I secured the bow and covered the staples with a small piece of hot glue.
The Menu (Selected by the birthday girl)
- Pizza
- Fruit Salad
- Cheetohs
- Pink cupcakes with pink frosting
The Cupcakes
I had help decorating the cupcakes from my two assistants
I found this Doc McStuffins cupcake topper free printable and printed them off.
After cutting them out, I stuck the pictures together using double-sided tape on bamboo forks.
The Party
The day finally came for Jane’s big party! Jane had been planning the big day since August, so she was pretty pumped. The girls had a ball running around with their heart wands and wearing their Lambie headbands. A few of them kept asking me, “I get to keep them?!” Harry even wore a set for awhile!
The girls mostly kept themselves entertained, but we had a few fun games like limbo and put the Band Aid on Stuffy (another character from Doc McStuffins). The girls were especially excited to watch Jane open her presents. They all gathered around her and said things like, “Oh, that’s so cute!” It felt like a mini bridal shower with the girls passing the presents around, fawning over them, and telling Jane how excited they were for her. So sweet!
Jane especially loved this hand drawn picture from her friend’s big sister. Isn’t that adorable???
The cupcakes were a definite success
Walt got a tad tired toward the end of the party and wanted the girls to stop playing dress-up. This is what it looks like when your house is overtaken by giggling preschool girls around your nap time. 
We got all of the kids to sit on the stairs with their Lambie ears and heart wands before parents started arriving to pick them up.
The best part was Jane telling me after all of her friends went home, “Mommy, it was everything I dreamed it would be!” I’m so glad, sweetie. I love you!
