Monday, September 8, 2014

nolan’s donut shop party

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On Saturday, we threw Nolan a third birthday party to remember! A while back, I decided that the theme was going to be DONUTS—and we ran with that. It was SO much fun!

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Our little guy was ready to serve some donuts! He did a great job at saying “Welcome to my donut party!” to all who walked in the door. :) 

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I created the invite, and loved how it turned out! I used the same style donut images throughout the party to tie everything together.

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We built a donut hole cake using a styrofoam cone and toothpicks. We bought two boxes of donut holes thinking that would be plenty, but we actually returned to the store for two more boxes! (It took 110 donut holes!)

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M&Ms are always at our parties :)

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Our Wal-Mart did an AWESOME job at making the donuts!!! I specified that I would like blue, green, white, and chocolate-frosted, and mentioned that I loved their glittery fleck sprinkles. Not only were they beautiful, they were absolutely delicious. We bought five dozen, and had more than enough left over (for about 40 people). They were a steal at only $4/a dozen!

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I printed most of the signs on cardstock at Staples. The “Nolan’s Donut Shop” banner was printed there as well (on engineering paper).

DONUT PARTY My mom was in charge of the sugar cookies, and they looked and tasted amazing!

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As for activities. . . We had coloring sheets for the kids,

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a donut-on-a-string eating challenge on the front porch,
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and Steve and I made a ring toss game with felt donuts.
We started by cutting donut shapes out of cardboard (a diaper box) with an X-acto knife, then we cut light brown and other colored felt and glued it onto the cardboard in layers. To finish, we glued colorful Perler beads to the felt as sprinkles.
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Nolan loved the photo display of some favorites throughout his three years :)

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For take-home gifts for the kids, Nolan gave out Play-Doh, crayons, and fruits snacks.

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We didn’t just feast on donuts—we had some real food as well.

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I’m going to do a second post later this week with all of the photos of the fun people who joined us—but I’ll throw in a photo of the four of us at the end of the party :)

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Thank you so much to those of you who joined us and made the day so special! And as for out-of-town family and friends—we sure missed you!!   Xoxo.

If you plan on throwing a donut party in the future, let me know if you have any questions! :)

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17 comments:

  1. You did an awesome job! Love the pic of Nolan blowing out the candles!

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  2. So amazing! What an awesome job you did and so much work. What a lucky little guy!

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  3. What a fun party!! I love the donut hole cake!! It turned out so cool!! :)

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  4. You have major skills!!!!! I love love this!! Happy Birthday sweet Nolan!!! He was beyond precious carrying the doughnut tray. Wonderful picture of the four of y'all at the end!!!

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  5. Wow!!! You are amazing!!! I would have never thought of a donut theme, but it was fabulous! I may have to steal some of your ideas for future use.

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  6. This is one of the most adorable party ideas I've seen! You did such a fabulous job with all the adorable little details :)

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  7. Oh my goodness, this is such a cute idea!! It's so unique too, not like a traditional birthday party theme. All your pictures are making me hungry for donuts now :)

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  8. What a sweet party! I loved seeing the photos pop up on Instagram :) this was such a unique and adorable idea!

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  9. I love it all! Those invites are super cute and I love how everything was tied together :) What a great party idea Rachel! And I can't believe you got those donuts at Walmart!!! And for only $4 a dozen! That is awesome!

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  10. This party is insanely amazing. Like whoa. Great job, Rachel!

    I love the donut hole cake. SUCH a genius idea.

    Okay, so fill me in on this, you can special order donuts from Walmart?! I had no idea you could do this.

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  11. you are so creative! this is adorable! and now i want to do Henry's 2nd birthday, which is ten months away still!, as a donut party!

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  12. WOW!!! that is seriously the cutest kids party i have ever seen. the photos are amazing too. You need to turn this into a profession ;) adorable!

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  13. This post makes me REALLY want to eat donuts!

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  14. Great party post, Rachel! So creative-looks like so much fun. Was wondering how'd you put those hot ham and cheese sandwiches together?

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  15. Super Cute! I have a logistics question - Did you pre-hang the donuts, or did you hang them once the kids arrived, so you could make it height- based? I'm asking for my boy's 9th birthday.. thanks!

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Thank you so much for your comments! I enjoy reading each one!

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