Lia's Frozen Party

Today was Lia's Frozen themed birthday party for all of her little friends.  As much work as it is to prepare for this annual event, I really do enjoy the actual hosting of the party.  It is always so much fun to watch Lia soak up every moment of her party and all of her little friends are so cute.  Since this party was just a few days after our arrival home from California, I tried to get as much done as possible before we left.  In addition, Lia helped me cut out the snowflakes for the windows and she even drew her own life-sized Olaf for the pin-the-carrot-nose-on-Olaf game.  It was fun to have her help and to work on this project together.  Luckily, we got it all done by Saturday morning and were ready to go when the first guest arrived.  Here is a run down of the party...

Here is the cake I made this year using one of Lia's Elsa Barbie dolls.  I chose to make this cake since it only required one color of frosting and one type of frosting tip.  So, as elaborate as it looks, this is one of the easiest cakes I have made.

A picture of the table all set and ready to go complete with blue Christmas lights, white tulle, and plenty of Frozen confetti.

Another shot of the table complete with the balloons, streamers, and snowflakes hanging from the ceilings and taped onto the windows.  I also strung little, cotton balls on thread and hung them from the windows.  It turned out pretty cute if I may say so myself.

Here is a picture of the Frozen wreath I made to hang on the front door.  After learning how to make a burlap wreath this year for Valentine's Day, I realized that I could put together a wreath for Lia's party using the similar fabric, deco mesh.

As the girls arrived, we had them head into the family room to color some Frozen pictures.

Mila, Mollie, and Lia working on their pictures.

After coloring, we headed out to the garage where the girls each painted a ceramic, snowflake ornament.

Lia, Lilah, and Kaylee painting away!  The finished products turned out quite cute

We then went back inside to play pin-the-carrot-nose-on-Olaf.

Mollie hard at work pinning the nose out in the "air" next to Olaf.

We then played a similar version of a game we played at Lia's party last year.  Instead of keeping the wisps in the air (it was a Merida themed party), we asked the girls to keep the snowflakes in the air while we played the song, "Let it Go!" I had ordered balloons from the Internet with snowflakes on them--so it was really was cute looking to see them bouncing around in the air.

The girls hard at work!

Next, we played our own version of "Hot Potato."  We called it "Hot Barbie" (only the adults in the room thought that name was funny).  We passed an Elsa and Anna Barbie doll around the circle of girls while playing various songs from Frozen.  When we stopped the music, the girls holding the dolls got to reach into a little, white bucket and choose a candy.

Kaylee passing Elsa to McKenzie.

Lia opened her gifts next.  As always, her friends were so kind and generous.  Here she is with her dear friend, Kaylee, who she has known since she was a baby.  Kaylee gave her a Frozen matching game and keepsake box.

Lia and Addy with the awesome, Serena (the pirate fairy) plush doll that she gave her.

Lia opening up Isabel's gift.

We finished up with cake and ice cream.  Here we are getting ready to sing to Lia.  I can't get over how large the Elsa cake looks next to Lia!

And blowing out the candles!

The group of girls enjoying the cake and ice cream.

After half the cake had been cut, Elsa fell out all on her own. We thought it was so funny as it looks like she just can't wait to get out of that sticky, cakey mess!  Don't worry--I quickly gave her a bath after the party and she is now back to her normal self!