Through the years!

My daughter as the Princess & the Frog, Supergirl and The Little Mermaid!

Both the Supergirl and mermaid costumes were hand made.

The number props were made using foam core board from the dollar store. I just drew the numbers free hand and cut with a box cutter.

 Numbers 1 & 2 were decorated with streamer paper cut into squares and glued on. Number 4 was wrapped in tulle and covered in seashells. I used 4 foam core boards for the Number 4 to make it sturdy.

The Little Mermaid Birthday Party!

The Activities Table


Ariel's Jewelry Boutique: every guest received a necklace.
The DIY necklace, where the children designed their own necklace out of candy.
Temporary tattooes!
Pirate swords, pirate mustache, and pirate patches!

For the cooler, I tried (miserably) to make it look like a treasure chest. We kept the children's juices and water bottles in there, easy reach!

On the bottom right of the table, each child received a set of sand toys for our Prince Eric's Sand Castle Contest!




DIY Snarfblat!

I found a tutorial for this fun bubble maker here, and I thought it looked like the snarfblat, so we had the kids make their own! It was really inexpensive to make and they really loved it!

To make this kid friend photo booth, we took a large folding table, put it on its side and added fun water inspired fabric!

The Little Mermaid Inspired Birthday Photoshoot!

My daughter will be four soon, and every year, we do a themed photoshoot instead of a birthday party.

Except this year. She decided she wanted a party, too! 

Saying she loves mermaids is an understatement. She wanted to be one, so we made my daughter mermaid for a day! It was a lot of fun shooting, the beach was warm, and she got a kick out of other kids calling her Ariel when they saw her!

Photography by Valentin Photography.Location: Leo Carillo Beach, Malibu, California
Costume by me. 
Cuteness by my daughter.

I made the number prop using foam core board and seashells.