Evie's Pink Cowgirl Birthday Party
On May 6th our little girl turned 5! So to celebrate we threw her a pink cowgirl party. She had so much fun and was so happy. She is still talking about it.
I had to work with a pretty tight budget but I managed to give her pretty awesome party. We held it at our house and asked guest to bring food. I made the cake and cupcakes and made a lot of the décor myself. Things like table clothes and tableware I got at the dollar tree. The colors were pink and white so I bought a lot of white tableware we could use again after the party.
Evie's favorite thing about it was her new outfit. I ordered the hat from Birthday Express. com for $8.(link at the bottom of page.) The cute pink dress was from Walmart for $10. I was going to get her a big tutu but she saw this dress and fell in love with it. The boots we already had.
( Oh and if your wondering about the pink dress up closet in the back, I made that and will post how to do it soon.)
The cake was a box cake, which I usually don't do but I was pressed on time and money. It actually came out pretty good, everybody loved it. I did a vanilla cake with strawberry icing (Which was SO yummy.) To display it I borrowed my amazing sister-in-laws cake stand and put a paper dollies under it. Then to decorate it I bought a toy horse from the dollar tree and a cute glitter 5 candle from Walmart. The name flag I made with white glitter felt, pink paint pen, hot pink silk ribbon and wooden craft rods. I just cut the felt in diamond shapes and folded them in half. Then with the paint pen I wrote her name on both sides. When dry I folded them over the ribbon and glued them together. Then glued the ribbon to the rods. That easy!
The cupcakes were chocolate cake mix and strawberry icing with brown sprinkles. I got the cute horseshoe plates at Birthday express.com also for cheap. To give it a rustic look I put the snacks in foil trays. The snacks were popcorn with colorful marshmallows and pretzels. I used a simple white tablecloth to balance out all the pink and then use pink tulle and wooden hearts with Es on them on the front of table. ( I wish I had better photos but I was crazy busy.)
We served hamburgers also that my amazing father grilled for us. Then I had vintage sodas and Huggs fruit drinks for the kids ( these are great for cowgirl/cowboy parties because they look like barrels.)
In the end my little one had a blast and that's all that matters.
ENJOY!
Links:
Hat :
http://www.birthdayexpress.com/Blinking-Pink-Tiara-Cowboy-Hat-Child/87057/PartyItemDetail.aspx
Horseshoe plates:
http://www.birthdayexpress.com/Blinking-Pink-Tiara-Cowboy-Hat-Child/87057/PartyItemDetail.aspx
Inspiration board:
http://www.pinterest.com/hbcalhoun/evie-5th-bday/
