cupcake party!

As I recently mentioned... my daughter just turned four and this past weekend I planned a birthday party for her!  Birthday parties can be expensive and labor intensive... however I did find here that I kept the cost down and the party super simple.  Neither myself (nor my pocket book) were extremely wiped out when it was over... bonus!

The theme was cupcakes - it was simple and girly... just perfect!

We opted against helium balloons and instead filled the floor with regular old balloons... the girls had fun walking through them and playing with them and they were a fraction of the price (plus, a lot of hot air!).

Gorgeous poms from PomLove made for fun and whimsical decorations... plus, these got "recycled" as decor in my daughters room!

I got all the plates and goodie bag supplies at Target... they were SO cute and super inexpensive!

For activities we did a pinata (a pull-string version, which I highly recommend for little girls!), jewelry decorating (a kit I got from Target) and cupcake decorating... and cupcake eating!

Other fun things were the confetti from PomLove... I highly recommend!  These I decorated the table with, put in the goody bags and even (surprise!) in the pinata!  They are really pretty and the bag had a lot in it... so I had lots of left over for the future!

Jello cups I decorated to look like cupcakes...  not exactly as cute as I had hoped. But the girls LOVED the whipped cream and cherries!

A very tired but happy birthday girl with her awesome new doll house!