Frozen Birthday Party

Frozen Birthday Party

My daughter requested a Frozen Party for her 6th birthday.  Given that Frozen was THE thing at the time, we'd been to quite a few Frozen-themed party.  By the time my daughter's bday rolled around, practically everyone had had such a party so it was starting to get "old" and we needed to add some creativity to the party.  On the plus side, nearly all the little girls had Elsa costumes that they wore to the party.  The birthday girl dressed up like Anna.  It worked pretty well.

We tried to do some things that were a little bit different from her friends' parties, so we did:

• Coloring
• Bracelet making
• Snow globes
• Cake
• Snow!

Coloring is pretty straight-forward.  I just found free coloring pages on the Internet and printed them.   I bought some snowflakes on clearance.   Then I put out some crayons and glitter glue.  Ta-dah!  Kind of ridiculously easy, but perfect for the preschool-kinder crowd.  Some of the parents got engaged with the coloring, too.

The bracelet making is pretty straight-forward, too.  I got beads, elastic, ribbon, and plastic bowls from Dollar Tree and Walmart.  The metal snowflakes were an ebay find (for like $2!)  Both adults and kids enjoyed making bracelets.  I was impressed that we ended up with very few beads on the floor.  Protip: tie one bead to the end before the kids start stringing them so there's less risk of losing them all and having frustrated kids.

Another activity, the snow globes, were a unique part of our party.  We got some baby food jars for free from someone who no longer needed them.  I painted the lids blue and sprinkled with glitter so they wouldn't say "gerber" or anything.  I bought a bunch of Frozen-themed stickers (Party City), some clear packing tape, and some glitter (Dollar Tree and Walmart).  There were instructions to put stickers on the tape and then tape on the top so the stickers were sealed inside.  Then the kids (or parents) would roll the tape into a cylinder and put it inside the baby food jar.  Add some water/glycerin and then sprinkle in some glitter.  Put the lid on tightly.  Snow globe!

Most of the decorations were snow flakes (easy to get for our early-January party) or left over decorations from alllllllllll those other Frozen parties.  (Thanks for donating to us, folks!)  We got Frozen-themed and solid-color balloons for $1 each at the Dollar Tree and one large balloon from Party City (for like $12!  Yikes!)  The kids were thrilled to have their own balloons to take home.

For the cake, we just got one from the local grocery store.  I also wanted to serve ice cream so I filled a muffin tin with Frozen liners (of course!) and then scooped the ice cream in before the party.  That made it really easy to pass out during the party.  As the ice cream got warmer, the cupcake papers got mushy and things got messy, but most kids didn't let it go that long so it was fine, especially if it was on their plate with their cake.

The biggest hit in this party was the "snow."  We played "Let it go" and the kids immediately ran around singing and acting out the song enthusiastically.  At a mid-song crescendo, the birthday girl's uncle hit a button on the snow machine he'd set up in secret and it snowed on the mob of Anna and Elsas.  Quite the hit on a 70 degree day!  In fact, it was such a hit, I didn't get any good pictures of the kids as they all ran around screaming with glee.

Finally, we sent the kids off with some hopefully useful party favors.  Along with their bracelets, snow globes, and balloons, they got fuzzy gloves and a fleece scarf.  I got a large piece of remnant fleece and cut the scarves myself.  Pretty simple, especially if you have a rotary cutter.

Happy Birthday!