The cutest little ballerina party

We were very excited to see the latest edition of the OH Baby magazine and check out the most adorable little ballerina party featuring lots of our products

Here's a few of the pics and links to the products so you can re-create the look at home:

 The Little Dancers cupcake cases & toppers are so pretty

How sweet are these Little Dancers party tiaras?!

Milk & cookies in style! 

A pretty healthy option

To see the full article check out issue 30 of OH Baby magazine or you can purchase just the article here: 

http://www.ohbaby.co.nz/parties/party-themes/ballerina-party/

We love the Little Dancers products from Meri Meri and stock most of the range including the products featured above and lots of others, you can check it all out here: Little Dancers

One of our favourites is this adorable garland which is equally at home in a little girls bedroom as it is at a party

Another favourite is the ballerina theatre centrepiece which is a stunning addition to your party table 

For serving your drinks either use doilies & ribbon with plain bottles or how about our doily print bottles with paper straws:

Serve fruit cups & snacks our Sundays pink polka dot baking cups - they're great for single serve desserts & snacks as they're grease proof inside. 

Team with some wooden forks or the cute printed wooden spoons

The wooden cones are a great option for serving popcorn and we also stock the stands for easy presentation

And everything looks prettier with the addition of some doilies, we've got lots of designs and sizes to choose from. These frills & frostings doily sets are one of our favourites:

We've got some other pretty ideas over on our Ballerina party board on Pinterest and we did a Ballerina party blog post a few years ago with some more inspiration including some great cake ideas so pop back to that one too: For your little ballerina

If you come across any other pretty ideas please share with us in the comments below!

Halloween savoury snacks

There are heaps of ideas for sweet treats but not so many for savoury so thought I would share some of my finds with you all ...

A fun serving idea for serving carrots & dip:

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Or how about this for a fun vege platter:

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Cute owl shaped sandwiches with candy eyeballs and carrot noses:

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You could also do similar sandwiches with other fun Halloween shaped cookie cutters - how about ghosts made with white bread?! We've got a great cookie set available which could work really well.

{available at www.pixiepartysupplies.co.nz}

Cheese & pretzel broomsticks:

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Spider deviled eggs:

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This jack-o-lantern cheese ball is cute:

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Mesclun meanies! - great idea for single serves of salad:

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And these cheesy bat bites look great! Here's the recipe.

{source: www.myrecipes.com}

Googly Eyes!

I got lost today on Pinterest looking at 'googly eyes' to get some ideas for using candy eyeballs which we've just got in stock for Halloween.

Here's some of my favourites which I hope will give you some inspiration:

Monster cupcakes from www.myrecipes.com

Monster cupcakes from hoosierhomemade.com

Eye ball cake pops from www.kidstylejunkie.com - follow the link for the tutorial, shows how to make the eyeballs from ready-to-roll icing if you don't have the candy eyeballs

Monster eyeball truffles from marcicoombs.blogspot.co.nz - click the link to view lots of other fab photos from this amazing Halloween party

Ooey gooey monster eye cookies from lilluna.com (found via www.mamasstyle.com)

Dipped Oreo Monster Cookies from www.cupcakediariesblog.com
  

I love these cute owl sandwiches with candy eyeballs and carrot noses from fourcornerfoodies.com - follow the link for more healthy Halloween party food ideas

If you feel inspired and need some candy eyeballs feel free to stop by our website

Click the links: white eyeballs; spooky eyeballs

Lots more Halloween products available on our website and plenty of ideas and inspiration on our Halloween pinterest board as well

And if anyone has any more ideas for the eyeballs would love to see them!

For your little ballerina!

I've come across lots of pretty ballerina party ideas lately, here's some of my favourites!

This lovely back drop looks easy to create and is so pretty!

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Lovely to hang on the door or the wall

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I love the addition of satin ribbons to the ballet shoe cookies, a lovely finishing touch

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These little sweet treats are made from marshmallows & cupcake cases

{source: alittleloveliness.blogspot.co.nz}

Here's the ballet shoe cakes I made for my little ballerina's 4th birthday (made using 2 x chocolate cakes baked in loaf tins):

And here's some more pretty cake ideas:

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These ballerina cake pops are stunning, check out the link for the tutorial

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I'm sure all the party guests would love to take home one of these tutu favour bags, check out the link for the Etsy store, they've got lots of different designs available

{source: www.etsy.com/shop/kidsbowtique}

And if you're looking for a cute tutu for the birthday girl or to give as favours to the guests then check out Mayhem Creations NZ, they have a wide range and will custom make in your preferred colours

And here are some of the Ballerina party supplies we have at Pixie Party Supplies

This pretty Meri Meri cake stand and cupcake kit are both available to Pixie Party Supplies

The 'tutu much fun ballerina' range from Pixie Party Supplies

Blast off!

I know that lots of our customers, fans & followers are organising rocket and space themed parties so thought I would share some ideas I've come across

These 'rocket dogs' made from dough wrapped hot dogs look fab!

{source: http://theyarecrafty.blogspot.co.nz}

Rocket shaped fruit kebabs - either make them up in advance or this could be a fun party activity, either have the fruit pre-cut for younger children then help them create their own fruit rocket or for older children let them cut out their own shapes using mini cookie cutters.

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And maybe for when the weather is a bit warmer! ... Popsicle Blasta's

{source: http://www.tiptop.co.nz}

And to drink ... Rocket Fuel of course! Great served in these red star mini milk bottles with star design paper straws (bottles & straws both available from Pixie Party Supplies)

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And here's some great cake ideas

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Start saving all your soft drink bottles to make these jet packs! You could use this as a party activity as well and get the kids to decorate them. You can find the tutorial and some other fun rocket party ideas here: http://www.andersruff.com

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And how about making some confetti popper rockets - looks like lots of fun! The tutorial can be found at http://alphamom.com

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An art table could be a fun idea for this theme - my daughter has been busy learning about space & planets at day care recently and has just brought home lots of fun creations which might give you some ideas of things you could pop on the art table - black paper (or card & black paint) for the sky, glitter/stickers/star shaped confetti for the stars, bottle tops & foil to make planets, tubes to make rockets and tape/paper/ribbon etc to decorate and I love the yellow & red feathers they've used, and the sun has been made from cupcake cases which gives a great effect.

 Make a rocket ship to take some cute party pics. You could also make it up before the party and take photos of the birthday boy/girl to use as the invitations or send the photos after the party as the thank yous.

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A few cute ideas for packaging party favours

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And here are some of the rocket and space themed party products available at Pixie Party Supplies

The Rocket Blast range

Angry Birds Space

The Space Cadets range

We hope you like these ideas and if anyone has any others we would love for you to share them with us!