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What’s in a Gnome?

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My fam­i­ly and I had been watch­ing the ani­mat­ed movie “Gnomeo and Juli­et” recent­ly and I was inspired by all the fun and gaudy lawn dec­o­ra­tions fea­tured in the movie! We decid­ed to invite friends over for some some snacks, desserts and “fun in the sun” activities!

2B or not 2B?! The sto­ry of Gnomeo and Juli­et is based on the clas­sic Shake­speare play, but set in the lawns of two fam­i­lies… of gnomes… on Verona Dri­ve! The decor fol­lowed this premise from gnome hats to pin­wheels and all things lawn-related!

The dessert table was cen­tered by cup­cakes and a lawn flamin­go, sep­a­rat­ing the blues’ (Mon­tagues) and the reds’ (Capulets) houses/lawns. I uti­lized some turned over gal­va­nized pails, as well as grass coast­ers to dis­play the cup­cakes, which were set inside grass cup­cake liners.

Aside from cup­cakes, I also made daisy flower cook­ies and top­i­ary cake balls. Through­out the table, I uti­lized lit­tle water­ing cans and pots with lit­tle plant mark­ers to label the food, which was set in a vari­ety of con­tain­ers, such as vas­es, minia­ture shov­els and flower can­dle hold­ers. I designed the paper goods with adorable graph­ics from Dreamloft and the back­drop was a piece of arti­fi­cial grass with “G+J” inside a heart “mowed” into it. I added some extra dec­o­ra­tions with pin­wheels and lawn toad­stools, as well as coor­di­nat­ing can­dy in umbrel­la containers.

We also had an ice cream “gnome” bar (with cones dressed in gnome hats — tem­plate from Martha Stew­art), as well as a snow cone machine to make “snow gnomes”, to help us stay cool!
The bev­er­ages were set inside gal­va­nized tubs (water­ing cans) and the signs dif­fer­en­ti­at­ed the adult and child beverages.
I found a great idea from The Par­ty Ani­mal to have lawn mow­er races (like events in the movie) and was able to find lawn mow­ers that blew bub­bles! We also had “weed killer spray guns” for water play!
Like the orig­i­nal Shake­speare clas­sic, Gnomeo and Juli­et teach­es us about the sense­less­ness of feud­ing, over­com­ing obsta­cles for true love and begs the eter­nal ques­tion: Can’t we all just get along?! We cer­tain­ly did and have a fab­u­lous time doing so!!!

Merci Beaucoup!



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  3. Oh my good­ness. Thank you soooo much for post­ing this Im prepar­ing for my daugh­ters first birth­day in a few months and Ive been want­i­ng to do this theme cause its her all time favorite movie and I had no clue where to start because I felt that it would be boy­ish and you made it so adorable Im com­plete­ly excit­ed for it now. Thank you again(:
    –Kristin

    • Oh, Kristin! I am so hap­py to hear your were able to get inspired for your daugh­ter’s upcom­ing par­ty! We also adore the movie! Good luck with every­thing and thank you for your sweet words! ♥

  4. I am work­ing on a Gnomeo and Juli­et par­ty right now for my son…do you sell any of your print­a­bles? Every­thing is awe­some! So mag­i­cal, I love it all!!

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