Rock Star birthday

My oldest 4th birthday party was at a dance party venue.  It was his first kid's birthday party and he was super excited.  In order to convince him it was a good idea to NOT go to a bounce house like the last 20 kids parties I had to make the theme good.  Hence was born the rock star birthday party with guitars.  

The goodie bags were muslin bags that I stamped.

I cut guitar shapes from my cricut (using my gypsy to cut a circle in the top one). Then I inserted plastic cups from Stampin Up.  I filled the cups with mini m&m's.  This was the only candy in the goodie bag since the party was 5 days after halloween.

 I had found 24 packs of crayons on sale at Walmart around September.  I peeled all the crayons and broke them into a silicone mold of stars.  Cooked in the oven till they melted through.  Once they were mostly dry I put them in the freezer for a few minutes so that they easily released.  Custom crayons - hardest part is peeling the paper off.

 I had found little guitar favors on ebay and decided they would be adorable in soap.  Soap is super easy to make when you buy the 2lb block.  Just melt it and pour over some plastic bracelets and guitar or bouncy ball in a dedicated muffin pan.  Spray with alcohol to get out the bubbles and add scent.  Once dry again pop in the freezer for a few minutes to help pop them out of the muffin pan.

 For the treats I baked cupcakes in ice cream cones.  After they were frosted I rolled them in silver sprinkles so they resembled microphones.  Serving 3/4 year old cupcakes in ice cream cones is genius.  The cones get a little soft, but the mess is so much more controlled.

 For the trip in I crocheted a hat and then sewed on a felt guitar with a button for the hole.  Super quick and good to get him in the rock star mode.

 I also made a birthday crown out of felt.  This took about an hour and he thought it was awesome to make him stand out.  He wore it to school on his actual birthday too.  And luckily the Gap has a lot of guitar things lately, so his button down has little guitars all over it.  All about the theme.

Also on my cricut I made a birthday banner.  The key to this is to mod podge it together and then use an acrylic sealer when you are done.  Without the sealer it remains sticky which is bad for storage.

 He really got into it.  He loved his party (even though there were no bounce houses).  I had a great time planning so it was win win.