Lalaloopsy Button Decor - How To

As part of our Lalaloopsy birthday party decor, I decided to make up a few paper plate 'buttons'.  

This was super fast and easy, check it out:

Supplies:

-Paper plates in dinner and dessert sizes (I used white, light pink and hot pink)

-Black construction paper

-Pencil & scissors

-Pill bottle, or any object that will allow you to trace a circle of the appropriate size

(You can click here to see the rest of the materials gathered for this party or here to see the invitations)

Tracing

After deciding how many plates that I wanted to make (16), I multiplied that by 4 to calculate how many 'button holes' needed to be cut out.  Then I started tracing circles onto the black construction paper.

Tip:  Layer two pieced of construction paper on top of each other to reduce your cutting time!

Button Holes

I used a hot glue gun to add four paper circles to each of the plates.

Single Layer

The large hot and light pink plates I made into single layer buttons......

Double Layer

.....while combining the large white dinner plate with the small hot pink dessert plate for a more colorful look.

  This was really easy, just glue four black circles to a small plate and then glue that small plate to the center of a larger one.

Side Note:  You can see that not all of the button hole circles are perfectly round, don't worry about it.  Once everything is done and on display, it will barely be noticeable :)

Pretty Buttons

And there you have it, super easy button decor!

I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, I'll be back soon with more Lalaloopsy party details.  Thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Jennifer Adams Flowers 2016

Lalaloopsy Birthday - Making Invitations

I'm back today with the invitations for our Lalaloopsy birthday party, check them out:

Materials:

Pretty Paper

Remember that polka-dot wrapping paper I found treasure hunting?  It looks great paired with some hot-pink scrapbook sheets!

I used the plain pink as the base of the invitations with a bit of the polka-dots on top.

Buttons

I also pulled out the buttons that I purchased to use as table 'confetti' because they make great embellishments too.

(You can click here to read more about the buttons, paper and other supplies I purchased for this party)

Blossom & Petal Flowerpot

These little cuties decided to watch me work.  I bought them for decorating the top of the party cake and stashed them in the same container as the buttons.  Since they were there, I decided that they could join the fun :D :D :D

Step 1

The first thing I did was print up the invitation text.
I like to print about four sets per page and then cut them out.

In case you can't see it, here is the wording:

***Baby Girl is turning 7***
And you are SEW invited to a Lalaloopsy birthday party!
Date & Time
Location
***Dinner & dessert to be served***

Step 2

I cut the sheets of hot pink paper into three strips.  

By cutting one sheet of standard sized paper in to thirds horizontally, you end up with strips that are the perfect size for standard letter envelopes.  

Step 3

I also cut strips of the wrapping paper into sections the same size as the hot pink base paper.

Step 4

Once all of my strips were cut, I layered a piece of the polka-dot paper diagonally on top of the hot pink.  I used a glue gun to hold everything  in place.

Step 5

Then I trimmed off the excess polka-dot paper.....

Step 6

.....and layered the text on top of that.

Step 7

Once all of the paper layering was complete, I went back and glued on buttons to finish the look.  And there you have it; easy to make Lalaloopsy party invitations.

I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Jennifer Adams Flowers 2016

Lalaloopsy Birthday - Gathering Materials

It's that time of year again when Baby Girl is turning a year older and I'm busily pulling together everything necessary for her celebration.  This year she decided upon a Lalaloopsy theme.

Not familiar with Lalaloopsy?  Lalaloopsy girls are rag dolls from a Nickelodeon cartoon that "came to life when their last stitch was sewn".  They have cute names like Crumbs Sugar Cookie or Spot Splatter Splash and are named/ dressed for the material that they were 'made' from.  For example, Crumbs was sewn from a bakers apron and Spot from a pair of painters overalls.

Though they are supposedly rag dolls, the toy dolls for sale all come in plastic and three different sizes;  the large 18", the minis and the tinies, each complete with a pet.  If you want the large dollhouse then you need the 18", but if you want to play with the ferris wheel or circus train, you need the minis.  Interested in jewelry or miniature houses that can fit in your back pack?  Then you need the tinies.  And if that's not hard enough to keep track of, they change every year with the current dolls being 'retired' and a whole new set being introduced....and don't even get me started on the baby dolls, books, movies, etc...:D :D :D

Needless to say we have a ton of Lalaloopsy dolls in this house.  This is great for me because I'm going to use the dolls as party decor!  I'm so excited and I have a ton of ideas of different ways to display them, but first I had to decide on a backdrop.

After searching Pinterest I found that most Lalaloopsy parties contain several different colors and are very bright and busy.  You know how I feel about visual clutter (I hate it), so I decided to narrow our color palette down to just three colors: white, light pink and dark pink.  This way the dolls can stand out against a simple backdrop without things looking to crazy.

We certainly have plenty of dolls on hand, but I did need to purchase a few basic items.  Read on to see how the decor for an entire party as been assembled for less than $18:

Wrapping Paper & Plates

The Wrapping paper I found for .50 at a garage sale last month.  With the pink and white pattern it will come in really handy for creating invitations and decorating the party.

The plates were purchased at Dollar Tree for $1 a pack.  I chose various colors (and two sizes) because I will use some for creating button decor and the rest for serving food.

(Button decor post coming soon)

Napkins - Cups - Straws

Again I shopped Dollar Tree to find these pink and white supplies.  

I'm most excited about the paper straws!

Table Coverings & Balloons

The pink table coverings are from Dollar Tree ($1 each) and the white table cover/ balloons are all from Wal-Mart.  Most Wal-Mart party supplies also retail for around $1.

 

Button Confetti

I wanted some sort of 'confetti' to use on the tables and figured buttons would do the trick.  Not only are they fitting for a Lalaloopsy theme (each doll has button eyes) but the color assortment in this package is perfect.

I found these at Wal-Mart for less than $2.

Lalaloopsy Dolls

Here is a small portion of Baby Girl's Lalaloopsy collection.  She's been requesting these for a couple of years now and has gathered quite a few - I ended up having to buy bins just to keep each kind organized and separate for her!

I'm going to be making sure everybody is in their correct outfits and ready to go in the next few days.  I'm excited to start playing and I hope you enjoyed the post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

© Jennifer Adams Flowers 2016