For my daughter's 6th birthday we did a Disney's Tangled Theme. We were surprised to see that there was virtually NOTHING for this party theme as the movie had been released for several months. So after searching Google Images and Blog stalking party sites we came up with a few adapted ideas and a few originals. So here are some Tangled Birthday Party Ideas...

THE INVITATION:

I searched high and low for invitations and stumbled across a few pics that I liked.I found a similar invitation on ETSY.COM by Posh Printables but I made this one for our party. Buy from them if you don't know how to do these projects yourself.

THE DECOR:

The most helpful website for Tangled ideas was a blog by Cafe Mom. I saw the door idea and immediately knew I was going to do it. However, I have a window on the top of my door so I put a picture of Rapunzel peeking out through the window.

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I also had these lanterns hanging everywhere. I just made a design to look similar to the lantern in the movie and printed them out. Once again, MINIMAL ink. I have pot lights in the main room where we were having the party so I hung them directly below the lights (it took 2 sheets) and when I turned on the lights, it added to the scene.

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I was originally looking for the purple flag banner from the Tangled movie and that's how I originally stumbled across Cafe Mom's ideas. I could not afford to do the printing so I opted to make them myself. It was a way cheaper option but very time consuming. However, I only did one strand. If you plan to do more, I recommend printing Cafe Mom's banner to save time. I bought a purple table cloth (Dollar Tree) and cut them into large triangles and used scotch tape to attach them to a string the length of the room we would be in. I printed these sun designs from my home computer which was 5 pages of MINIMUM ink vs the 9+ pages I would have had to print for the same length. I glued them onto my homemade banner. Well worth the work as they completed the look. Another option is to buy a purple pennant banner from The Oriental Trading Company and then cut out the suns for a more authentic look.

The hanging medallions  I made from a Tangled Sticker book ($1) I found at the local Dollar Tree. It had no stickers in it so the book was useless except to make these hanging medallions. I just cut the best pictures into circles and hole punched the top and hung them by a ribbon. The book did come with a large centerfold poster of the village scene with the flag banner in it.

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For the Party Hats, I bought a pack of mini tiaras from my local Party City. I used a golden colored yarn for the hair. I cut the yarn into 2 yard pieces and for each tiara I used 12 strands. I looped it through the comb and made sure the tiara met the middle of the yarn. I wrapped all the pieces around the back of the tiara and tied them back with tiny rubber bands. I then braided the yarn all the way to the bottom and tied it again with a rubber band. Another option is to hot glue small silk flowers through the braid to make it more like the movie. I added a sign so the girls knew they could take one and we were set! With the door braid and 12 tiara braids I used 1 skein of yarn!
 



The Goodie Bags or "Goodie Pans" had lots of little things in it. I found all the items in the pans at my local Dollar Tree... including the pans! There were rings, earrings, candy and I even found Tangled notebooks there! I found a cute little picture online with Rapunzel holding a pan and I adapted it to make a Favor Tags for on top of the pans. My favorite part is the picture of Pascal next to the sign. I printed out a picture of Pascal from online and cut it out... so cute.


I had an lily because this party was right after Easter so I thought I would just add a picture of Mother Gothel singing her song to the magic flower... just for effect. 

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The Party was over lunch so we did pizza because almost all kids like pizza but overall I tried to make it an elegant little girls party. We had fruit, some veggies and of course some sweets. I had Sparkling Cider which was a first for some of the girls. They felt very grown up. 

The few things that my sister I purchased out of the Tangled Party supply options were 2 Table Covers and 1 Happy Birthday Banner. Pretty much everything else was bought at my local Dollar Tree.

THE CAKE:

My sister was organizing the  cake but because Tangled Birthday decor is so limited we only found one cake topper and some cupcake toppers. So she ended up using a Tangled toy as the cake topper  and it doubled as her birthday gift. The Cake was store bought and she just requested the colors and the writing. It was very simple but by adding the Tangled toy it looked fantastic!

GAMES:

So, that was our Tangled Party... Happy Partying to you!

Tangled Birthday Party Ideas, Rapunzel

My youngest daughter went through a Mermaid phase for YEARS! It started just before her birthday so we did a Little Mermaid theme for her 3rd Birthday (2008). We utilized the whole backyard for her party as it was spring. We turned it into a "lagoon" with streamers outlining the yard so the kids knew when they were out of water (aerial pics below). Here are some ideas... 

INVITATION:

I found this image so long ago and I can't remember where it originated from. I just basically found the image and placed the poem over it just the way I wanted. Easy Peasy.

DECOR:

This was an outdoor party so my goal was to make it look as much like an ocean as I could with my minimal resources. We had steaks in the ground spaced about 3' or 4' across and we put up dark and light blue steamers in layers to look like waves. By the end it looked like a big fish bowl.

I also let the kids color some Little Mermaid coloring pages the week before. We cut them out and places them along the top of the steaks to complete the ocean look. If you are indoors you can hang them from the ceiling with ribbon for effect.

We also had 2 clam shell sand boxes out for some of the games. I always have one area in the party where I can take pictures with all the guests so that we can keep it as the kids' special birthday picture for that year.  I made a large Ariel out of cardboard holding a cupcake and a large Sebastian the crab and Flounder the fish. If you are not artistic, you can download a picture and blow it up at the print shop and hang it up. This is a more personal touch than a regular banner.  I drew these but I let my kids paint them the weekend before as a fun activity.

The main colors I used were OCEAN COLORS. Dark Blue, Light Blue and Teal. I also added small portions of pink to break up the color. You can also partner green and purple streamers together like Ariel's outfit... or if you are indoors you can hang green streamers from the ceiling to create a seaweed effect in the room.

I didn't really have a backdrop so I quickly grabbed an old sheet and took some spray paint cans out of the garage and whipped up the backdrop. This is something I wish i would have thought of earlier but did it about 10 min before the guests arrive. 

GAMES:

FOOD:

 

THE CAKE & PARTY FAVORS:

So, that was our Little Mermaid Party... Happy Partying to you!

THE INVITATION:

The main idea for my invitation I used from a free printable. I just adjusted it to personalize it.

THE DECOR:

According to the invitation, First you come from home... Then you go through Balloon Forest before you get to Joy's Fiesta. I bought a helium tank and made an archway and path up to our verandah. I focused on using bright colors to draw in the children. Our house, at the time, didn't have a walk way so I used foam floor mats to create a pathway through Balloon Forest.


It was SUPER hot so yes, we had fans!


I also printed out a few coloring sheets and let my daughter color them and displayed them. Simple but she felt special that her art was featured. I also printed a few legal/A3 sized posters (pic1,pic2,pic3) for decor as well.




For the Party Hats, I went to our local Burger King/Hungry Jacks and asked them if I could have a handful of crowns. I found a picture online that I like for the crowns and printed a page of them out and glued them on the inside of the crown so it would be a white crown with a picture on the front. I think the total cost was less than $1.






We had a bit of fruit and some juice boxes but it was mainly the cake that was the food item. But there are PLENTY of ideas for Recipes on NickJr.com!

THE CAKE:

GAMES:

So, that was our Dora the Explorer Party... Happy Partying to you!