When I asked Kadie one thing she wanted at her friend birthday party, she said pink lemonade, which is her FAVORITE drink. So we did a Pink Lemonade party! I wanted to make it simple and sweet.
I made two flag garlands and hung one above the food table and one below.
I had to make some tissue paper pom-poms. Love them!! And I added a couple paper lanterns I found at Hobby Lobby.
I filled a couple apothecary jars with pink gumballs and lemon drops.
Kadie went out into a field by our house and picked a bunch of sunflowers. So we put them in mason jars and used them as centerpieces on the tables. Along side mason jars filled with colored pencils. For an activity, the girls colored some paper dolls and outfits I had made earlier. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of those.
For the food table, of coarse we had to have pink and yellow lemonade. It was definitely refreshing in the heat. Next year I think I'll do the party in the evening...or maybe in the air conditioned house!
I ordered some pink polka dot and yellow striped straws. They are so cute!
The straws also came in handy for the cupcakes.
I used this pink lemonade cupcake recipe. They were delicious! To me and any other adults that tried them at least. The kids, they weren't huge fans. I think if I ever make them for kids again, I'll leave out the lemon zest in the frosting. Apparently they weren't fans of lemon. Except for Kadie! She LOVED them!! And it was her party, so as long as she loved them, that's all that matters!!
I used this pink lemonade cupcake recipe. They were delicious! To me and any other adults that tried them at least. The kids, they weren't huge fans. I think if I ever make them for kids again, I'll leave out the lemon zest in the frosting. Apparently they weren't fans of lemon. Except for Kadie! She LOVED them!! And it was her party, so as long as she loved them, that's all that matters!!
Despite the fact that the kids didn't eat them (I just pigged out on them later myself. I love all things lemon) they turned out adoreable!
For the favors, I bought some chinese take-out boxes at Michaels and filled them with goodies.
I made some tags for the front and used some strips of paper to decorate them. Wanna see what's inside?
Fabric scrappy headbands, gumball necklaces, a bag of candy and mini pink nailpolish from Walmart.
I made the headbands from the scraps of the flag garland.
They are so fun to make! This was probably my favorite thing to prepare for the party.
I go the idea for the gumball necklaces from Anna of Noodlehead. And I totally copied her picture! Oops! I didn't even think about it until after. You can see her necklaces for her little girl's lemonade party HERE.
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Of coarse I had to make a hair accessory to go along with it.
Which I used to clip a tag to the gift bag. Just to make it more fun.
Fold your cotton fabric in half width wise. Line the marked "fold" on the pattern with the fold of your fabric. (Please excuse the lack of "nice pattern" in the pictures. I used my original hand-drawn one)
Cut it out.
Repeat with the flannel.
Line them up right-sides together.
Pin.
Sew 1/4" from the edge, all the way around, leaving a 3-4" gap at the top of one end of the burp cloth for turning.
Turn right sides out and press.
Top stitch 1/8" all the way around.
Do a second top stitch 1/4" all the way around (if desired. I like the look of it)
And that's it!!
I also did this one with ric rac around the edges! To do that, use the method from my 
Let me know if you have any questions!! And if you make some, add them to my 
