PInkaliciousness!

We had Kate's Pinkalicious 4th Birthday party on Sunday. We read the book, Pinkalicious, colored pictures, decorated tiaras, made bead necklaces and bracelets, and, of course, ate PINK cupcakes! It was definitely a fun time and I know the girls were glad to see each other after being out of school for so long!

1. A mason jar filled with M&M's and paper flowers.  2.  Jar filled with pink bubble gum (purchased at Party City) and a big "4" sign.  3.  I learned how to make the big tissue pom-poms to hang instead of balloons.  They were really easy - we also hung some outside on the mailbox and on the front porch.  4.  Treat bags - "The True Cure for Pinkititis: GREEN FOOD!"  On the back it says "Thanks for making my party PINKALICIOUS!"  (Idea courtesy of SevenThirtyThree) 5.  The banner - super easy with my Cricut.  I love that thing!  6.  The spread - cupcakes, pink fruit (grapes, watermelon, starwberries, raspberries, homemade cookies and pink lemonade.  7.  The pinkalicious cupcakes (funfetti cupcakes with pink whipped icing  8.  Cookies - recipe and decorating tips courtesy of Annie's Eats!

The girls (and Brett) had a great time doing the crafts and listening to the story of Pinkalicious!  We colored a picture of Pinkalicious to wait for everyone to get there (below).  Then we listened to the story and then made foam princess tiaras (puchased at AC Moore, along with lots of glittery foam stickers to decorate the tiaras - no glue needed!  Yay!)  Then we made bead necklaces and bracelets - again, purchased a large tub of miscellaneous beads and some hemp from Michael's - ta da!  Then we ate food and played hard until it was time to go!

Here is the picture of Pinkalicious that we colored.  I'm posting it because they were really easy to find a few months ago online, but now that the Pinkalicious coloring book has come out in stores, they are impossible to find online, so there ya go :)  It looked fine printed on a regular size piece of white paper.  I got it here in case you're interested.  There is also a website called ThinkPinkalicious.com that has lots of cute ideas too, but no pages to print out and color.

After the party "ended" most of the kids stayed to play for awhile so the parents could watch some more of the US vs. Japan World Cup game.  We won't talk about the outcome of the game, but the girls all had a great time!  I love these three girls - I so hope they're together again next year, but I have a feeling at least one will follow in her big brother's footsteps and be an Explorer instead of an Ocean Friend!

After everyone left we let Kate open her presents - she got a huge animal house from my parents and lots and lots and lots and LOTS of furniture from my sisters.  She also got some Barbies and a Transformer (that she asked for) and some other goodies too!  Thanks, everyone, for spoiling her rotten :)