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No Toy Gets Left Behind: Toy Story Party!

April 24, 2012 By Lynlee

As my daugh­ter, Anabelle’s fifth birth­day was approach­ing, we were throw­ing around ideas of the theme of this year’s par­ty. We tra­di­tion­al­ly try to find a theme that is gen­der neu­tral, espe­cial­ly due to the num­ber of lit­tle broth­ers there are in our gang, as we did last year in her Find­ing Nev­er­land par­ty. Though Anabelle is a girly girl through and through, she can def­i­nite­ly hang with the boys! She adores the Dis­ney “Toy Sto­ry” series and when the idea came up, she was dead set on hav­ing a Toy Sto­ry-themed par­ty to ring in the big FIVE!

The chal­lenge on my end would be to exe­cute the theme, while avoid­ing mak­ing it over­ly com­mer­cial. With the three dif­fer­ent movies and sto­ry­lines, the pos­si­bil­i­ties were end­less, but also a bit over­whelm­ing! So, in talk­ing with Anabelle, we decid­ed to focus on the lat­est movie where the toys’ own­er, Andy, is pack­ing up and leav­ing for col­lege and they are mis­tak­en­ly donat­ed to Sun­ny­side Day­care. I want­ed to play up the use of card­board box­es to rep­re­sent the toys being boxed up, as well as through­out the decor. I also thought the use of col­or was real­ly impor­tant to cap­ture the vibe of a school, while also cor­re­spond­ing to the rain­bow logo of Sunnyside.

Leave no toy behind with this Toy Story party inspired by the third movie in the animated movie series with DIY projects and inspiration!

The invi­ta­tions set the mood for the par­ty and when I envi­sioned them com­ing out of card­board box­es, I knew I had to enlist the help of the incred­i­bly tal­ent­ed Do from Pig­gy Bank Par­ties, who designs the most fab­u­lous and cre­ative print­a­bles and espe­cial­ly favor box­es! She made my dreams come true when she cre­at­ed these amaz­ing box envelopes (with editable text!) for both the invites, as well as labels through­out the par­ty! Too cute, right?! I found the most adorable illus­tra­tion of a lit­tle girl (resem­bling Anabelle) dressed up as her favorite Toy Sto­ry char­ac­ter, Jessie, by the artist Car­olyne Tillery in her Etsy shop oh hel­lo dear! I uti­lized it in the design of the invi­ta­tion, along with addi­tion­al graph­ics from Kika Esteves.

The guests were greet­ed with giant “mag­net” let­ters read­ing “NEW TOYS”, as the char­ac­ters heard when they arrived at Sun­ny­side Day­care. I want­ed the kids to feel like they were toys them­selves and the over­sized let­ters and alpha­bet blocks were per­fect! I enlist­ed the help of my father, who did such an amaz­ing job with the blocks with the use of wood/paper mache let­ters, mask­ing tape and paint! Oh, and my moth­er helped, too! I just adore how the blocks turned out!
The back­drop for the dessert table was built out of card­board box­es and filled with the Toy Sto­ry toys pop­ping out of them, while the ban­ner was strung with alpha­bet block letters.
The main attrac­tion on the table was the cup­cake dis­play made out of small­er box­es. I made fon­dant top­pers of the main char­ac­ters and placed them on cup­cakes in indi­vid­ual box­es. I also print­ed out addi­tion­al block let­ters, rain­bows (from Kel­ly Med­i­na Stu­dios) and addi­tion­al char­ac­ters (found at the Dis­ney Fam­i­ly site) for the rest of the cup­cakes dis­played on the table and inside plas­tic Slinkies.

Also includ­ed on the table were dif­fer­ent types of can­dy, as we want­ed to steer clear of any choco­late in the unusu­al­ly hot weath­er of 95* that day! They were dis­played inside clear paint cans and, as you can see below, in per­fect arm’s reach for the kiddos!

Instead of a table­cloth, the kids’ table was lined with draw­ing paper from a table­top paper hold­er from Ikea and all the toys… I mean, kids, had their own Sun­ny­side lunch box, to which I attached a graph­ic and a coor­di­nat­ing tag!

I want­ed the kids’ food to be exact­ly what a tod­dler would find in a packed lunch with a sand­wich, apple slices, rain­bow gold­fish crack­ers, fruit snacks and juice. I found the Toy Sto­ry sand­wich box­es, as well as the themed snack bags and tis­sues at the 99c Only Store, which were just perfect!

One of the char­ac­ters in “Toy Sto­ry 3” is Lot­so Hug­gin’ Bear, who {spoil­er alert} turns out to be bad, but once we saw this humon­gous, hug­gable stuffed bear at a Cost­co store, we just could­n’t resist! Anabelle’s great-grand­moth­er bought it for her and it is indeed a hugger!

We set up an art area with easels, col­or­ing pages and Sun­ny­side art box­es for the kids. Draw­ings from Andy’s room (print­ed from Pixar Plan­et Forums)were pinned across a string, while a blow-up book­worm from Ori­en­tal Trad­ing wel­comed the toys/kids.

I found the fun and col­or­ful art box­es at the 99c Only Store and attached the Sun­ny­side label to them with Mod Podge. Inside, the kids found a box of Toy Sto­ry crayons, char­ac­ter erasers and cray­on bubbles.
Some of the activ­i­ties we had in store were kept in these numer­ic mesh con­tain­ers from Ikea and labeled with the box cards. The col­or­ful para­troop­ers from Ori­en­tal Trad­ing were a huge suc­cess! The kids also had fun with the trash bag races and sav­ing char­ac­ters that I cut out out of card­stock with a grab­ber = the claw!
We laid out emp­ty box­es with an over­sized post-it note for guests to “donate” their gifts to Anabelle!
The adult food was dis­played sep­a­rate­ly in the “Par­ent Cafe­te­ria” sec­tion. The col­or­ful plates, cups and plas­ticware also came from Ikea, while the oth­er con­tain­ers were pur­chased as the 99c Only Store.

We were so incred­i­bly pleased when we hired Ms. Louisa last year to lead the chil­dren in activ­i­ties that we con­tact­ed Soul­fire Stu­dios to have her back again this year! I can­not praise Ms. Louisa enough with her abil­i­ty to cap­ture the kids’ atten­tion and bring so much joy in their imag­i­na­tive play! We received such great feed­back from not only the kids, but the par­ents who enjoyed watch­ing their kids play, rather than run after them the entire time! She read them the Toy Sto­ry 3 book, warmed them up and dressed them in cos­tumes that she brought.

West­ern dance to “You’ve Got a Friend In Me”! Yee haw!

Ken’s fash­ion show… walk­ing down the run­way to “Freak Out”!

Rockin’ the mara­cas and som­breros to “Ay Un Ami­go En Mi”!

For Anabelle’s sec­ond birth­day, we hired Bal­loons With a Twist to cre­ate bal­loon ani­mals and when they were hold­ing a pho­to con­test last year, we sub­mit­ted a pho­to of her wear­ing an elab­o­rate bal­loon crown the artist had cre­at­ed at the par­ty. We were so super excit­ed when we won the con­test and redeemed our prize with face paint­ing, per Anabelle’s request! We were so hap­py and thank­ful and the kids just loved it!
The kids had a fun time with the Toy Sto­ry col­or­ing pages and seri­ous­ly… do bub­bles ever get old?! Ummm, no! 😉
This Toy Sto­ry par­ty had such a dif­fer­ent vibe from last year’s theme, but the con­stant was the amount of fun had by the birth­day girl and her friends and that was tru­ly THE most impor­tant thing to me. The kid­dos had a fab­u­lous time at Sun­ny­side with the rest of the toys cel­e­brat­ing Anabelle’s fifth birth­day! And a spe­cial shout out to my fam­i­ly and my friends (Har­ri­et and Do) with­out whom I could not have done it all!
The favors were hid­ing in these “TOYS TO DONATE” boxes…

The kids went home with a set of Toy Sto­ry char­ac­ters and the note quot­ing Andy in the movie, who just donat­ed his toys to a deserv­ing lit­tle girl as he departs for college:

“Now you got­ta promise to take good care of these guys. They mean a lot to me.” So long, part­ner. ♥ Anabelle

Toy Story 3 party ideas ~ Lynlee's

Merci Beaucoup!



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Comments

  1. Michelle says

    April 24, 2012 at 7:50 am

    OH MY WORD! This looks like the funnest par­ty EVER! You thought of every­thing! AMAZING. Love the Ken’s fash­ion show walk — so clever! Your fon­dant mas­ter­pieces are so stink­ing per­fect! Anabelle looks like she had a blast! FAB job, mama!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:34 am

      Mer­ci beau­coup, Michelle! You are so incred­i­bly sweet! And did an amaz­ing job with Cami’s par­ty as well! Thank you, thank you! ♥

  2. Jenny from Crossing the Bugger-Dixon Line says

    April 24, 2012 at 8:03 am

    Ahh­h­h­h­h­h­h­h­h­h­h­h­h­h­h­h­h­h­hh, this is unf­reakin’ believ­able! What a great way spin off of the Toy Sto­ry char­ac­ters and theme. You KNOW I love the box­es and you prob­a­bly have as many at your house as I do right now. I love the whim­si­cal vibe and it looks like a super FUN day!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:35 am

      My box twin! Thank you so very much, Jen­ny! I tru­ly appre­ci­ate it and you know I just adored your son’s mail par­ty! Mer­ci beau­coup, sweet friend! ♥

  3. Mayra Rivera says

    April 24, 2012 at 8:06 am

    You are amaz­ing lady!! What a fan­ta­sy of a back­drop and dessert table! My favorite pic­ture is Anabelle blow­ing her can­dle, she’s so beau­ti­ful; hap­py birthday!!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:36 am

      Mer­ci beau­coup, Mayra! Thank you so much for your sup­port! I love the can­dle pics, too! ♥

  4. Southern Belle's Charm says

    April 24, 2012 at 8:06 am

    We had a blast hang­ing out at Sun­ny­side! Thanks for invit­ing us! It was magical!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:36 am

      Mer­ci beau­coup, Natal­ie!!! Thank you so much for com­ing, friend! ♥

  5. The Flair Exchange- Formerly Pom Flair says

    April 24, 2012 at 8:07 am

    You did a great job of stay­ing true to the theme with­out being com­mer­cial­ized! I adore the expres­sions on their faces dur­ing sto­ry time. Looks like a super fun party.

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:44 am

      Mer­ci beau­coup, Car­men!!! Thank you for the sweet comment! ♥

  6. Piggy Bank Parties says

    April 24, 2012 at 8:09 am

    Bril­liant, Sweet Cakes! It just proves that a card­board box is the best thing in the world! Every detail is amaz­ing and the cup­cakes in the boxes…adore. Thanks for let­ting us be a small lil’ part of Anabelle’s spe­cial day! ♥ Hon­ey Ham

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:45 am

      Thank you so, so very much, HH!!! Could­n’t have done it with­out you and your amaz­ing print­a­bles! Hope you know how much we appre­ci­ate it! ♥

  7. Party Box Design says

    April 24, 2012 at 8:12 am

    total rock­star!!!! love it!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:45 am

      Mer­ci beau­coup, Jess!!! ♥

  8. Unknown says

    April 24, 2012 at 8:12 am

    Wow!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:46 am

      Mer­ci beaucoup!!! ♥

  9. mindy starr cone says

    April 24, 2012 at 8:14 am

    oh. my. good­ness. you are amaz­ing! this par­ty was sooo cre­ative, cute, and FUN! i bet the kids had a blast!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:46 am

      Thank you so very much, sweet friend!!! ♥

  10. Donna says

    April 24, 2012 at 8:16 am

    What a fan­tas­tic idea! Total­ly amazing!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:46 am

      Thank you so very much, Donna!!! ♥

  11. ronisugarcreations says

    April 24, 2012 at 8:17 am

    so sweet„,everything is adorable„,feliz cumpleanos Anabelle…

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:46 am

      Muchas gra­cias, Roni!!! ♥

  12. Dina - Deliciously Darling Events says

    April 24, 2012 at 8:17 am

    SO adorable Lyn­lee!!! So cute, so cre­ative. Total­ly made me feel like I was there. Amaz­ing job <3

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:47 am

      Oh, Dina! Thank you so very much for your sweet words!!! ♥

  13. Linda Schwartz says

    April 24, 2012 at 8:26 am

    Lyn­lee!!!
    I am dizzy after look­ing at all of the cute­ness. I seri­ous­ly stopped breath­ing when I saw the box envelopes, got in a quick breath, then stopped breath­ing again when I saw the huge blocks & cup­cakes! Lol!!! You are SO stinkin’ tal­ent­ed & your daugh­ter is one lucky petite fille!!! xo

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:48 am

      You’re the sweet­est, Lin­da! I absolute­ly agree with the box envelopes! Pig­gy Bank Par­ties did such a fab job! Mer­ci beau­coup, mon amie! ♥

  14. Laura { Eye Candy Event Details} says

    April 24, 2012 at 9:10 am

    LOVE it — this par­ty was so well thought out & it showed! You did an amaz­ing job my friend! =)

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:48 am

      Thank you so very much, Laura!!! ♥

  15. Alejandra Morin (The Marshmallow Studio) says

    April 24, 2012 at 9:12 am

    What’s the word.….. hmm­m­m­m­mm.…. okay still speech­less!
    Seri­ous­ly girl, OMG. You are amaz­ing­ly tal­ent­ed and extreme­ly detailed. You real­ly thought of EVERYTHING pos­si­ble and made it work soo well togeth­er. I am tru­ly impressed with your par­ty skills. Lucky lit­tle girl you have 🙂 Keep it up my friend, you are a true rockstar!!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:49 am

      YOU leave me speech­less, sweet friend! Thank you so incred­i­bly much for your amaz­ing­ly kind com­pli­ments and con­stant support! ♥

  16. Brittany Schwaigert says

    April 24, 2012 at 9:13 am

    OOOO MMMM GGGG! LYNLEE! This par­ty rocks my world. I can­not even han­dle how cre­ative this is. The BOXES! Holy Cow. The “box” labels from Do! Not using a table­cloth and mak­ing it look like a rum­mage sale. I can­not even han­dle this. This par­ty made my whole week. Seriously.

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:49 am

      Oh, Brit­tany! You know your com­pli­ments mean the absolute world to me! Thank you so incred­i­bly much, sweet friend! ♥

  17. Artes d'Imaginação says

    April 24, 2012 at 10:08 am

    Just gor­geous!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:50 am

      Muito obri­ga­da!!! ♥

  18. Soulfire Studios says

    April 24, 2012 at 10:48 am

    SOOOOOOO Cute!!! Every detail was so beau­ti­ful­ly done! Thank you so much for hav­ing us be a part of Anabelle’s spe­cial day!!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:51 am

      Thank you so very much again! We adored hav­ing Ms. Louisa help us out! ♥

  19. Tini Posh says

    April 24, 2012 at 11:20 am

    Love, Love , LOVE!!!! OMG Lyn­lee!! Seri­ous­ly what a FUN and AMAZING par­ty. Every detail is beyond per­fect. Annabelle is the CUTEST! She is super duper lucky to have you!! Great job AGAIN!!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:51 am

      Thank you so, so much, sweet Claudia!!! ♥

  20. Cakewalk says

    April 24, 2012 at 11:24 am

    What a FUN party!!!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:51 am

      Mer­ci beaucoup! ♥

  21. Frog Prince Paperie says

    April 24, 2012 at 12:05 pm

    Sim­ply amaz­ing, Lyn­lee. I expect­ed noth­ing less, and this is so much more! Again, your details are incredible!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:52 am

      Oh, Paula!!! What an incred­i­ble hon­or com­ing from you, friend! Thank you so very much!!! ♥

  22. Maddycakes says

    April 24, 2012 at 12:19 pm

    I seri­ous­ly think this is one of the most cre­ative and orig­i­nal par­ties I have seen in a while. I love every­thing about this par­ty! You are sim­ply amazing!

    Michelle

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:52 am

      Oh my good­ness, Michelle! Thank you so, so much for your incred­i­bly kind words!!! ♥

  23. A To Zebra Celebrations says

    April 24, 2012 at 12:29 pm

    Holy amaz­ing!!! So orig­i­nal!! loved it Lynlee!!!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:52 am

      Mer­ci beau­coup, Nan­cy! I tru­ly appre­ci­ate it, friend! ♥

  24. Mariah says

    April 24, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    I love this par­ty and it looks like every­one had an incred­i­ble time!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:53 am

      Thank you so very much, Mariah! ♥

  25. Rebekah {A Blissful Nest} says

    April 24, 2012 at 1:53 pm

    what a fab­u­lous and refresh­ing par­ty theme! I love it. Great job!!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:53 am

      Mer­ci beaucoup! ♥

  26. Ebony of Sparkling Events & Designs, LLC. says

    April 24, 2012 at 3:37 pm

    I CAN NOT get over how absolute­ly ADORABLE THIS IS! The love is tru­ly in the details. I love how much fun this looks like for the kids… I love those blocks..I love I love I love!!!

    Ebony

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:54 am

      Thank you, thank you, thank you, sweet Ebony!!! ♥

  27. Jennifer Tetreault says

    April 24, 2012 at 5:36 pm

    I have always been a “think out­side the box” kin­da girl, so this “out of the box” par­ty com­plete­ly stole my heart! Love, love, LOVE your atten­tion to detail and how it all came togeth­er! Anabelle is one lucky lit­tle girl! 🙂

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:55 am

      Oh, my sweet friend! Thank you so incred­i­bly much, Jen!!! ♥

  28. kikalicia says

    April 25, 2012 at 4:30 am

    Anabelle birth­day par­ty looks amaz­ing, I love every sin­gle detail. It was super great the job you and your father did with those big alpha­bet boxes…perfect! 🙂

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:55 am

      Mer­ci beau­coup for your sweet words! ♥

  29. Amanda's Parties TO GO says

    April 25, 2012 at 5:48 am

    It’s real­ly hard to be orig­i­nal these days with so many tal­ent­ed, won­der­ful ladies in the par­ty busi­ness but, girl, YOU HAVE DONE IT! So adorable! So unique! And best of all, it looks like the kids had a blast! Thank you so much for shar­ing your amaz­ing par­ty with us:)

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:55 am

      What an absolute hon­or, Aman­da! I can’t thank you enough for your sweet words!!! ♥

  30. Sculpted Sweets! says

    April 25, 2012 at 6:56 am

    WOW! You real­ly out did your­self! Looks like a lot of work but such a won­der­ful pay­off! The kids look like they had a won­derul time! Every­thing is per­fect! I bet the par­ents were just floored! Great job!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:56 am

      Thank you so incred­i­bly much!!! ♥

  31. Natalie {the knock-knock factory} says

    April 25, 2012 at 9:01 am

    Lyn­lee,
    You KNOW I just LOVE your par­ties but this may be one of my favorite to date:)

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:56 am

      Oh, Natal­ie! Thank you so, so much, friend! ♥

  32. lennisenid says

    April 25, 2012 at 9:23 am

    Salu­dos des­de puer­to Rico. Sim­ple­mente, ESPECTACULAR, te felic­i­to!!!!, No habia vis­to que alguien se dedicara a com­plac­er ver­dadera­mente a los ninos!!!! Muchas bendiciones!!!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:56 am

      Muchas gra­cias!!! ♥

  33. Birds Party says

    April 25, 2012 at 11:26 pm

    One of the most clever, stun­ning and absolute­ly love­ly par­ty I’ve seen in w while!! LOVE every detail, and your ADORABLE lit­tle girl is to die for!!

    Way to go on anoth­er fab­u­lous par­ty my dear!! Your cre­ative skills and incred­i­ble fon­dant art just put a HUGE smile on this big kid’s face!! 🙂

    XOXO
    Bird

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:57 am

      Muito obri­ga­da, ami­ga! I tru­ly appre­ci­ate all your incred­i­ble kind­ness and amaz­ing­ly sweet words! Beijos! ♥

  34. Shawna says

    April 26, 2012 at 7:53 am

    So amazing–the details are off the charts–wow, I am speechless!!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:57 am

      What an incred­i­ble com­pli­ment, Shaw­na! Thank you so very much! ♥

  35. Michelle says

    April 26, 2012 at 9:22 pm

    Real­ly awe­some party!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:58 am

      Mer­ci beau­coup, Michelle! ♥

  36. Kim @ Party Frosting! says

    April 27, 2012 at 6:03 pm

    Love all the details! The games and activ­i­ties and the lit­tle box­es on the table are just genius! super great job!

    hugs! Kim @ Par­ty Frosting!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 9:58 am

      Thank you so very much, Kim! I tru­ly appre­ci­ate it! ♥

  37. Kim @ The Celebration Shoppe says

    May 2, 2012 at 6:51 am

    Such an incred­i­ble par­ty and the details are just amaz­ing! I hope you don’t mind, but I linked you up to my new Wednes­day link par­ty and I’d love to fea­ture it one day if you’re up for it! 🙂

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      May 2, 2012 at 10:00 am

      What an incred­i­ble com­pli­ment, Kim! Thank you so very much for the link and I would be hon­ored if you fea­tured the party! ♥

  38. Not Just A Mommy! says

    June 25, 2012 at 8:54 pm

    How the dev­il did I miss this amaz­ing sto­ry? You did an absolute­ly amaz­ing job and being the Toy Sto­ry series is my all-time favorite, it’s even more spe­cial! Can I link in a future Fies­ta Fri­day feature?

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      July 14, 2012 at 8:08 pm

      Oh, Dawn! Thank you so incred­i­bly much!!! I tru­ly appre­ci­ate it and would be hon­ored if you linked it!!! ♥

  39. Jess from Coxs Corner says

    August 21, 2012 at 3:04 am

    I am fea­tur­ing your par­ty today at Cox’s Cor­ner! http://www.travisandjessicacox.com

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      October 6, 2012 at 11:37 am

      Oh, I’m just see­ing this! Thank you so very much, Jess! I tru­ly appre­ci­ate it! ♥

  40. Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

    October 6, 2012 at 11:36 am

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  41. Tamishia F. says

    January 7, 2013 at 8:34 pm

    WOW!!! I am start­ing to think you are not human because you cre­ativ­i­ty and genius is just OUT OF THIS WORLD!!! I clicked a link from anoth­er site and was brought to your world and I could­n’t be hap­pi­er. You are tru­ly amaz­ing and I love every par­ty idea and exe­cu­tion I have seen so far. WOW is all I can say!!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Lynlee's Petite Cakes says

      January 13, 2013 at 1:26 pm

      Oh my good­ness, Tamishia!!! I can­not even begin to express how grate­ful and hum­bled I am by your incred­i­bly sweet words! I am so very hap­py to have you here! Mer­ci beau­coup for your sup­port and gra­cious­ness and I tru­ly hope I can con­tin­ue to pro­vide inspi­ra­tion! I appre­ci­ate it so very much! ♥

  42. Cheryl says

    September 30, 2013 at 11:28 pm

    Oh my gosh — this is amaz­ing! My son LOVES Toy Sto­ry — we’ve seri­ous­ly watched all three movies more times than I can count. I’ve been think­ing about doing a Toy Sto­ry Theme for his next birth­day but since it’s still 7 months away I’m try­ing real­ly hard to not start plan­ning already. 🙂

    • Lynlee says

      October 1, 2013 at 5:23 pm

      Thank you so, so much, Cheryl! We are also huge fans of the entire series! Don’t feel bad… we’re already plan­ning my daugh­ter’s next birth­day and it’s 6 months away! Don’t tell any­one I’ve already pur­chased some items! lol! ♥

  43. Tera Bare says

    November 11, 2014 at 7:41 am

    Hi! Awe­some par­ty idea and dec­o­rat­ing! We’re mak­ing giant ABC blocks for our kid’s Christ­mas play and I was won­der­ing where did you find the box­es? Were they all the same size when you got them or did you build them indi­vid­u­al­ly? Thank you so much 🙂

    • Lynlee says

      November 12, 2014 at 8:02 pm

      Hi! Thanks so much for the sweet words! I actu­al­ly ordered the box­es online from Home Depot because I need­ed quite a bit of them for the entire par­ty. They were all the same size and I was specif­i­cal­ly look­ing for square box­es. Hope this helps! 🙂

      • Bethany says

        April 12, 2015 at 5:03 pm

        What size let­ters did you use? I want to use this idea for my friends twins baby show­er for the babies names.

        • Lynlee says

          May 5, 2015 at 7:18 pm

          Ooh, I want to say they were approx­i­mate­ly 12″! I would look at the box­es you are plan­ning to uti­lize and scale it down a bit from that size so that it sits nice­ly in the cen­ter. Hope this helps! 🙂

  44. laci says

    March 9, 2015 at 1:31 pm

    this par­ty is AMAZING!!! my lit­tle girl wants a toy sto­ry par­ty too and I am in love with your invites. I’m won­der­ing, did you buy a print of the jessie paint­ing and use it on the invites? or did you have a dig­i­tal version?

    • Lynlee says

      March 9, 2015 at 1:50 pm

      Thank you so, so much, Laci! I tru­ly appre­ci­ate it! As far as the Jessie illus­tra­tion goes, it is a dig­i­tal ver­sion! If you scroll up to the top of the post, you will find the link to the Etsy shop. Hope this helps! ♥

  45. Fortune says

    November 27, 2016 at 7:02 am

    Hi! Fab­u­lous par­ty! Where did you get those large ABC blocks from? I am look­ing for the same thing for my son’s Sesame Street birth­day par­ty. Thank you!

    • Lynlee says

      December 6, 2016 at 12:01 pm

      Thank you so much! I actu­al­ly made them with square box­es, paint­ed wood­en let­ters and col­ored duct tape! 🙂

  46. Laurie Anderson says

    February 3, 2017 at 5:04 pm

    Where on earth did you find those tiny box­es for the cupcakes ?

    • Lynlee says

      February 7, 2017 at 4:20 pm

      Ooh, it’s been a few years, but if you look up small square gift box­es, you’ll find options from stores, such as uline.com. 🙂

  47. Danielle says

    February 28, 2017 at 3:51 pm

    Where can I find the sun­ny­side art box labels? You par­ty looks great

    • Lynlee says

      March 20, 2017 at 1:22 pm

      Thanks so much, Danielle! I made the labels with clip art from the var­i­ous graph­ic ven­dors linked above! 🙂

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