All Tangled Out

Yesterday was Rory's birthday party! She has been waiting for this moment for months. I asked her about a month ago what kind of party she wanted and she was adamant that it must be a Tangled party. I did a bit of research online and came up with a ton of great Tangled themed ideas. I like to do as much of the party prep, decor, food etc by myself as opposed to just buying it at the store. It makes for a lot more work, but I just look at it as another way to show how much I love her and how happy I am that she is in my life. 

So here is how it all went down:

The Prep:

Rory really wanted a piñata at this party. I hate store bought ones. I think they are too hard for kids to break. So Matt took on the task of making a sun piñata for Rory. He did an amazing job! Rory helped a bit, but once I discovered how hard it was to wash paper-mache off her clothes, she got benched.

Rory helped me make the cupcakes for the party. I found a bunch of different styles of Tangled themed cakes and cupcakes but this idea was my favourite. You bake the cake mix in ice cream cones so they look like little princess towers. Love it!! The kids were a little confused about how to eat them. I like to think it blew their minds! 

The night before the party Grandma and Grandpa Beazer arrived with all these gifts in tow! I let Rory open them that night. She got a ton of absolutely adorable clothes from G&G and Aunt Kim, plus some cool books! She was so excited!

 Look at the size of that bag!!

The Invite:

It says:

Let's Tangle!

Come let your hair down at a party 

to celebrate Rory turning three!

The Decor:

 Tangled's colours are purple and yellow so we went with those colours. 

Rory really wanted pink but I will do that for her actual birthday next week. 

 Rapunzel braids. I braided three 18ft long braids (each containing 36 strands of yarn) and one shorter one for her hair. I spent MANY hours braiding. 

 More braids...

 and more braids...

and more braids!!!

 Banners like the ones in the movie.

 The piñata Matt made. So awesome!

 My cupcakes!

 Cupcakes, giftbags and the pascal craft.

 Rory demonstrating how the Pascal blower works. 

(got that idea off of Disney's website)

 Gift bags

 Boats!

Food for the party. All inspired by the movie. 

Blue Jello boats (They took boats out to watch the lanterns.)

Baguettes and Cheese (Rapunzel and Flynn eat at the festivities)

Apples (Maximus the horse's favourite food) 

They also talk about hazelnut soup in the movie but I didn't think Rory would eat that.

It's PARTY TIME!!

 Welcoming her guests.

 Playing. I am so glad she loved her Rapunzel hair!

 Making the pascal craft.

 Eating lunch.

 Singing happy birthday to Rory.

 The birthday girl. I love this kid!

 All the kids. It's present time!

 Showing off her new shades! She got some great gifts!

 The highlight of the party (in my mind) was when Rapunzel arrived! They didn't really see her. They stood at the bottom of the stairs and each got to take a turn yelling "Rapunzel! Let down your hair!" and then the basket would lower with their treat bag inside! They were in awe!! 

 Look at the excitement in those girls faces!!

 We finished the party off with the much anticipated piñata! Turns out homemade ones are hard to break too, but the kids had a blast! We used a frying pan instead of a stick as countless people get hit in the heads with frying pans in Tangled. "Frying pans! Who knew, right!"

 Scramble for candy!

Grandma and Grandpa Beazer surprised Rory at the end of the party with a new sandbox in the back yard! Complete with a princess and castle and everything! She is one lucky girl!

I just had to throw this picture in because it melts my heart every time I see it! 

I love these girls! 

It was an extremely successful party and I am so glad that all my hard work turn into such a wonderful morning and wonderful memories!!