Disney Frozen birthday party

yes, I matched my dress to the event, especially the snowflake backdrop.  For real, I really did! 😉

What little girl doesn’t love Frozen?  But my daughter Ana loves it even more because she has the same name as the Princess!  I let my children pick out the theme every time and this year for her 5th birthday, Ana chose the theme Frozen.  

Everyone received a simple invitation{free printable here}, and when the party started and the guests were arriving, a table was set with a plethora of Frozen coloring pages for them to color.  I printed out a ton of variety of all the characters from the movie, probably 20 different kinds to accommodate the boys as well{click here, here, and here to get the free coloring pages}.  After the kids were done coloring, we made snowmen using regular sized and mini marshmallows, mini m&m’s, skewers and toothpicks, rolos and mini oreos, and chocolate frosting{adapted the hat idea from here}.  Then they got to eat it and afterwards we played pin the Olaf’s nose.  I purchased a white poster paper and drew Olaf with a black permanent marker and Ana helped me color it.  I cut out carrot shaped nose for each guest and put double sided tape on the back.  Each guest was blind folded and spun 10 times before being set free to pin Olaf’s nose.  One pinned the brick wall instead, one went inside the house and pinned the nose on the table, and one guest pinned the nose on my butt!  Everyone thought that was so hilarious and the kids couldn’t stop laughing!  We then had treats of snowmen treats{free printables here}, powdered donuts representing the body of the snowman, mini m&m’s for the buttons and the eyes, pretzel sticks representing the arms, and baby carrots representing the nose, and melted snowman water bottle(free printable here}, hot chocolate bar with homemade whipped cream, candy cane sticks, and variety of chocolate dipped spoons(you melt chocolate chips in the microwave in 30 sec. increments, and when it’s smooth and melted, dip the plastic spoon in the bowl and top it with toppings such as marshmallows, crushed candy cane, chocolate chips. do the same for caramel dipped spoons).  After the guests ate, we did one last activity of crystal painting{mix equal amounts of epsom salt and hot water, dip the painbrush in it and use it like paint!  when it dries it will crystallize.  It’s mess-free and the kids loved it!}.  We finished the party with the birthday cake{ordered from Macey’s grocery store} and opening the presents. 

The cost of the birthday party:

-Printables: $2.34 (free printable, then used Sam’s club to print out 18 prints of 4×6 photo at 13 cents each)

-Birthday cake: $23 (from Macey’s grocery store)

-Table setting: $4 (2 table covers, one from the dollar store, one from Party City)

-Snow flakes back drop: $3 (used the snowflakes I already had from the dollar store, white paper, and silver wrapping paper)

-Hot chocolate bar: $13

-Building snowman with candy activity: $15

-Epsom salt painting activity: $10

-Pin the Olaf activity: $3

-Treats: $16

-Photography: free(I took all the photos)

TOTAL: $89.34

I set a budget of $100 for all of my kids’ birthday parties, and while I went a little bit over last year for my daughter’s Power Ranger birthday party, I was under the budget this year by $10.  We had 18 of Ana’s friends over, so this was a party for 20 kids for under $90!