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My daughter decided she wanted a Where the Wild Things Are party for her 5th birthday party. I was VERY excited about this theme, to say the least. I will admit I probably went a little overboard, but I had so much fun planning this party and making the decorations. I did a mix of both the classic Wild Things style, and the new movie version.
Invitations
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I now have this ‘Wild Things’ invitation for sale on the website. You can order it here.
Magnets/Table Decorations
These were very easy to make. I bought glass beads sold for flower arrangements. They are flat on one side, rounded on the other. Then I printed out many tiny pictures of both my daughter in her crown, and Wild Things characters from the book. I traced around each glass bead, cut out the shape, and glued the paper to the bead. Some also had magnets attached to the back. Those went home with the kids in their favor bags.
Download the .pdf of the marble pictures here. The picture size is approximately .77 inches square.
Max and Monster centerpieces/Crafts
I saw these great painted cardboard Max and Monster figures on this blog. These served as both decorations and crafts for the kids. I painted most of each figure, and the kids used markers and colored pencils to draw Max’s face and the Monster’s shirt.
Cupcakes
I made 3 different kinds of cupcakes, all decorated with fondant. This was my first time using fondant, and I used a Marshmallow fondant recipe found online. The grass and fur were done with a grass frosting tip. My husband was ready to make an emergency run to the grocery store to buy cupcakes if things went awry, but to my surprise everything worked out! I am glad we did a trial run of the cupcakes a couple weeks before the party, because if we had not, he would have made that run to the store.
Cupcake display
I planned on making a cupcake stand as well, but ran out of time. I ended up using a hat box and a gift-wrapped formula can. Worked just fine.
The Birthday Girl with her cupcakes.
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FANTASTIC!! You are a child’s dream mommy!!!
Good Job Christine! I bet Amelia was on cloud nine!
Wow! Very impressive….watch out Martha Stewart!
Nicely done. How did you make the cake topper with the banner?
I made the crown out of fondant. I cut out a crown shape (freehand) and rolled it up into a cylinder to dry. Then I piped on the ‘5′ with chocolate icing. The banner is just the characters printed out on cardstock paper with chopsticks taped to the back of them. I made the banner with ‘Happy Birthday Amelia’ in illustrator.
This is so cute! awesome job! im in the process of planning a wild rumpus myself!
I linked to your blog from mine, http://thebeazhive.blogspot.com/2010/02/its-wild-rumpus.html Thank you for posting all your great Where the Wild Things Are ideas!