I can’t believe it. My daughter is turning four.
This year she chose to have a Finding Nemo birthday party. We ended up having a fun, low-key party at our house and she had a blast.
I wanted to do the normal kid birthday stuff; get Nemo table cloths, napkins, plates, party favors, etc. But I also wanted to do something a little more creative and fun.
I searched Pinterest for some fun party ideas and got really inspired by what I found. {See the inspiration on my Pinterest Party Ideas Board}
I had so much fun putting the party together & today I’ll show you how to do it!
Photo Booth
Since I’m a wanna-be photographer the thought of a photo booth at the party was one thing I was really excited about.
I bought a plain blue plastic tablecloth and a Nemo tablecloth. I cut out the characters and taped them on the blue table cloth to make it look like a scene from the movie. I mounted it in our kitchen in between my hutch and the fridge using an adjustable shower curtain rod.
The morning of the party I send my hubby to the party store to get a couple clear balloons filled with helium. Then I put them in front of the blue tablecloth which made them look like bubbles.
Photo Booth Props
I ended up making my own photo booth props. Thank goodness it was pretty easy. I bought some wooden dowels and craft glue and used some colored construction paper I already had. I looked at some templates on Pinterest and cut out funny shapes by hand and then glued them to the sticks.
The Food
My mother-in-law {who by the way is AMAZING} went to a local bakery and had them print off an edible Nemo picture to put on top of the cake. Cute, right?
She also brought some delicious little cupcakes with Nemo temporary tattoos {which the kids LOVED}
Goldfish are a MUST at a Nemo party!
Party Favors
I like to give out activity type toys in party favors. This year I packed the party favor bags with some play dough, a cute Nemo cup, Nemo bubbles and of course, some Goldfish!
On The Night Before, Order Your Dinner {Don’t Make It}
One of the best ideas I had for the party was this: get take-out for dinner the night before. The party was at my house so needless to say I had a lot of cleaning to do. Since I didn’t have to make dinner my kitchen was already clean and saved me a lot of rushing around the day of the party.
I’d Love To Hear From You!
- What was the theme at the most recent party you’ve been to?
- What do you think makes a party fun for guests?
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Hello where did you find the invitation for your Nemo party?
I made the Nemo invitations on a photo editing website called *PicMonkey . Since I made them myeself, it was an easy way to save money but still have cute invitations. I hope that helps!
(* aff link)
Beautiful party – I especially like the photo booth idea!
Thank you! It was so much fun to plan and see it all come together. The photo booth was my favorite part!
What a great idea for a Birthday party. I just love it and wish my daughter was young again so I could have a finding Nemo party!
I wanted to thank you for linking up to the In and Out of the Kitchen Link party and to let you know that it will be featured at the Top 10 post that goes live Monday morning!
Cynthia at http://FeedingBig.com
You just made my day, Cynthia! Thank you so much for featuring my post! Can’t wait to see it!
Awww what a great idea! My son just turned 4 too and I still can’t believe it. These ideas are fabulous! Thanks so much for linking up to Give Me The Goods Monday! Hope to see you again next week 😉
Jamie @Better With Age
Isn’t it fun having a four year old? I’m so glad you liked the ideas–it was really fun sharing them on Pinterest. Give Me The Goods Monday is a great linky party so I’ll be back on Monday!
I absolutely love this! I had a party for our little guy and we had a photo booth but had a hard time coming up with a background that wasn’t crazy expensive or hard to build. This is such an awesome way to use inexpensive material to make something look so professional! Your kiddos are so cute!
I’m so glad you liked it! Yea the backgrounds you can buy are crazy expensive. Thanks to Pinterest I figured out a way to do it cheap! Thanks so much for linking up and stopping by!
Such a cute party for your little girl. I bet she enjoyed every minute of it.
Thanks Brandi–she really did have a blast. Thanks for stopping by!
This is so cute Carrie! I’ve never done a photo booth before but it looks really fun and makes great pics. I’ pinning (so I can remember it when my little man turns 1)
Corey
Great, Corey! Doing a photo booth was really fun to do and it will fit in with any party theme. Thanks for the pin & stopping by!
Super ciute!!!
Thanks, Mandy!! It was a lot of fun putting it together.
I just pinned your post! I loved your photo booth, I will have to use that for my daughter’s birthday in August. I just posted about the Owl party I gave my oldest daughter- maybe you’ll want to check it out for future party ideas! Enjoyed your blog 🙂
Thanks for the pin! So much of the inspiration for that party came from Pinterest so it’s nice to see the ideas get shared. Thanks so much for stopping by!