For my daughter's 5th birthday party she wanted a rainbow theme. I loved decorating for this party. It was simple, colourful and so very cute for a little girl. I started by creating different size tissue paper pom poms (tutorial link below) in pastel rainbow colours that I hung from the kitchen lights and living room curtain rods. For the table we had a light pink table cloth, plastic crystal-like picnic plates & cups, light blue & green picnic forks & purple straws. The cake I made was a 4 layer vanilla cake with pink buttercream between the layers. The outside of the cake was a petal design with alternating pastel rainbow colours (tutorial link below). I also created a candy bar for the kids to scoop for the loot bag at the end of the party. All of the candy (chewy sour strips, gourmet jelly beans, sweet tart lollipops, coloured liquorice & mini m&m's)) were rainbow colours and were put into different size mason jars. For loot bags we found cheap birthday bags with rainbow coloured circles on them & the contents consisted of the girls party crafts (headbands, necklaces & bracelets) and a bag of candy they got to scoop on their own from the candy bar. I was able to pick up all of the decorations & candy for this party from the dollar store. The plate, cutlery & cake stand I already owned.
*Tissue paper pom-poms, chewy sour strips, gourmet jelly beans, sweet tart lollipops, coloured liquorice, mini m&m's, tablecloth & straws (Dollarama)
http://www.dollarama.com
TUTORIAL: http://www.marthastewart.com/265163/pom-poms-and-luminarias-how-to
* Rainbow petal cake (My Pink Cupcake)
http://www.mypinkcupcake.weebly.com
TUTORIAL: http://birdonacake.blogspot.ca/2012/12/rainbow-petal-cake-virtual-baby-shower.html
* Rainbow circle birthday bags (Walmart)
http://www.walmart.ca
* Ariel Napkins, Flower/Butterfly Balloon (Perfect Party Place)
http://www.perfectpartyplace.com
*Make your own headbands, necklace/bracelet beads (Michael's Arts & Crafts)
http://www.michaels.com
* My Very Own Colour Cottage (Mastermind Toys)
http://www.mastermindtoys.com
*Tissue paper pom-poms, chewy sour strips, gourmet jelly beans, sweet tart lollipops, coloured liquorice, mini m&m's, tablecloth & straws (Dollarama)
http://www.dollarama.com
TUTORIAL: http://www.marthastewart.com/265163/pom-poms-and-luminarias-how-to
* Rainbow petal cake (My Pink Cupcake)
http://www.mypinkcupcake.weebly.com
TUTORIAL: http://birdonacake.blogspot.ca/2012/12/rainbow-petal-cake-virtual-baby-shower.html
* Rainbow circle birthday bags (Walmart)
http://www.walmart.ca
* Ariel Napkins, Flower/Butterfly Balloon (Perfect Party Place)
http://www.perfectpartyplace.com
*Make your own headbands, necklace/bracelet beads (Michael's Arts & Crafts)
http://www.michaels.com
* My Very Own Colour Cottage (Mastermind Toys)
http://www.mastermindtoys.com