The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Originally Kadie asked for a Wizard party, as in Wizard's of Waverly Place because she wants to be Selena Gomez when she grows up. I had no CLUE how to throw a wizard party. After Kadie saw WICKED sI thought that a Wizard of Oz themed party would be fun, and Kadie agreed.
One stipulation, Kadie wanted to be Dorothy.
So we threw an Oz themed costume party in July!
This was part of the set up process that left my arms extra toned! (I wish).
We put ruby red shoes under our garage door like our house had landed on the wicked witch of the east. And we had a yellow brick road that led up to our front door into Munchkin land!
The kids also had to walk under a rainbow
and enter Munchkin land.
The party started with a few different activities for the kids when they arrived!My sister Alex was painting faces, Glinda the Good witch was here to take pictures with the kids, and there were supplies for rainbow witch bead necklaces for the kids to create!
We ended up with a witch, 2 Dorothy's (Kadie was one), a Lion, a Munchkin, a member of the Lollipop Guild and even a Glinda (Laney)!
She had sparkly red shoes, and even a tiny Dorothy figurine necklace.
I think that she felt just as cute as she looked!
I got the amazing tree from a garage sale! The tree is an actual Wizard of Oz decoration, one of the creepy trees from the movie. It was actually the best garage sale I have ever been to, and I miss it. I should have snatched every Wizard of Oz item that they were selling, but I had no idea months before that I would be throwing a themed birthday party.
Outdoor Fun!
We made our own potions using sand art potion bottle necklaces.
Layering the different sand in the bottles made unique designs for all of the kids.
They even creatively named their potions things like...stinky feet potion, witch cackle potion, and turn-you-into-whatever-you-want potion.
Broomstick Races!
This was originally a "filler" game, which we ended up using while waiting for our wicked witch to arrive. It actually ended up being one of the best games. The kids loved running around cones while acting like they were flying on a broom.
Melt the Witch!
My brother Nick agreed to dress like a wicked witch and allow the kids to throw countless green water balloons at him. I don't think he knew he would be also be asked to wear a dress, wig, green paint on his face, and have children pulling and tugging at him for 15 minutes.
I would dare say it was the scariest 15 minutes of his life.
Munchkin Food
When it was time to eat cake and pizza the kids were surprised with Munchkin pizza and treats as well as rainbow cupcakes that a friend of mine told me about on Family Fun. The food was so cute and yummy looking even you wouldn't have been able to pass it up.
Present time!
Pending a pre-party speech from my mouth to Kadie's ears about opening presents slow and making sure her friends knew she liked and appreciated all of the gifts, I was a little nervous.
It helped this year to have her own little place set up for the very occasion of opening gifts.
Needless to say, Kadie absolutely adored each and every present that she received.
She was all smiles...ear to ear!
This was definitely the highlight of the day.
The moment the kids arrived they could see the Sweets Shop set up and immediately were all asking when they could "shop" for their treats. After all games and activities and presents were done, it was the turn of the party-goers. There was SO MUCH candy set up before anyone got there. I don't think there were more than maybe 30 pieces of candy left over by the time everyone went home.
Laney as "Glinda" the good witch, waiting for her candy. :)
All of the preparation paid off, and I think I almost had as much fun as Kadie at the party.
I hope she remembers it when she gets older. It was so much fun to make it her special day!
Where was Crew Boy during all of the chaos? ASLEEP!
He slept the ENTIRE time like the dream child he is,
only to awake to tiny pizza, cupcakes and balloons.
The End.
Next up for Kadie...BAPTISM!
