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August 28, 2020 by Kirstin

a paris themed birthday party

paris birthday party ideas
paris themed birthday party

It’s no secret that Pi has loved Paris since she was teeny (remember her Madeline themed birthday party when she turned three? And the accompanying macaron and lolly station?). So it’s only fitting that, as she enters the land of double digits, she’d have a Paris themed birthday party filled with berets, macarons, mini eiffel towers and so much other Paris-y goodness.

paris themed birthday party

The birthday girl herself was actually a huge part of the planning and party prep for this Paris fete! Her vision was a ‘tour of Paris,’ starting with a ‘plane ride’ (the invites were plane tickets) and then making stops at ‘Angelina’ for hot cocoa (one of her actual Paris faves), a ‘Parisian cafe’ for lunch, ‘the louvre’ for a little culture, a ‘french market’ for macarons and Paris souvenirs and then a ‘Parisian flower stand’ to round things out.

paris birthday party menu and scavenger hunt

I love her creativity! I also love that pretty much my party planning was arranged around the ‘Paris tour stops’ (and, I’ll be honest, I love how much she helped with every part of this party! Big kids are so fun!).

paris themed birthday party

Piper was entirely in charge of making the airplane (she even drew airplane windows with Paris landmarks and sorted plane snacks on a trolley. I love her!). She also recruited her brother and a couple of his friends to be the cocoa and cafe servers and also the Louvre scavenger hunt guides. (Note- parties get easier once you have kids that are able to take over entire sections themselves).

paris themed birthday party hot chocolate station
paris themed birthday party hot chocolate station

I forgot to take pictures of the plane ride, but the first stop at Angelina for cocoa was fantastic (and also not so true to the thick, creamy, no-cocoa-topping-ed REAL Angelina). So much whipped cream and so many marshmallows and and so many sprinkles were consumed y’all. SO MANY.

french bakery charcuterie board

The Parisian cafe lunch was heavy on the french treats like pain au chocolat, macarons, crepes, croissants, tarte au citron (as well as a few NZ staples like sausage rolls).

paris themed birthday party

For their stop of ‘the Louvre,’ Burke made a scavenger hunt for the girls by hiding pictures of Louvre masterpieces all over the yard. Their reward for hunting down the works of art was a little souvenir/favor shopping at the “Marche de Piper.”

paris themed birthday party (favor ideas)

The favors for this party were so fun to put together (even though all of the Paris favors I originally ordered are still stuck in a package somewhere in the US). We gathered macarons, berets (lucky find!), macaron erasers, and Paris stickers from local shops (and a bakery).

paris themed birthday party

Jord had the brilliant idea of cute french scarves, so I sewed one for each guest with some sweet floral Rifle Paper Co. fabric.

paris themed birthday party
paris birthday party ideas

And since the Eiffel Tower boxes I ordered didn’t arrive, I created my own and we filled them with lollies. I shared the free printable for those boxes here!

build your own bouquet bar for a paris themed birthday party

The girls also had a chance to make ‘les bouquets’ at the flower stand (Pi and I started working on the paper flowers during her term holiday and we made a couple a night until we had a nice pile for her guests).

build your own bouquet bar for a paris themed birthday party

The french flower market was for sure a fan favorite- I shared way more pictures, and tips for our paper flower assembly, here.

paris themed birthday party

The best part of the day was that my favorite girl had SUCH a great time sharing her favorite city and some of her favorite treats with her friends. What is better than that?

paris birthday party

PARIS PARTY SUPPLIES-

Berets, macaron erasers, Paris stickers, french scarves (for those who don’t want to sew them), Rifle Paper Co. fabric (for those who would rather sew), small Eiffel tower (for decor), black and white striped favor bags, macaron boxes, eiffel tower favor boxes, eiffel tower keychains, clear macaron boxes (those last few didn’t get here in time, but aren’t they cute?).

paris birthday party eiffel tower favor box

OTHER PARIS PARTY POSTS-

Printable Eiffel Tower favor boxes

Bouquet Bar for a Paris Party

January 20, 2020 by Kirstin

a unicorn birthday party!

unicorn birthday party

Even though I’ve shared bits and pieces of this Unicorn Birthday Party (the mini DIY unicorn pinatas, the most gorgeous DIY felt flower garland, unicorn horn headbands, and DIY unicorn dolls), I still haven’t put together a post sharing the party itself. And y’all, this is just the sweetest, prettiest, most magical, most unicorn-ish parties […]

October 20, 2017 by Kirstin

a mountain-y bear party

mountain-y bear party- dessert table

Since we call Bohden “bear,” and since his little nursery has a (loose) mountain theme, we didn’t look far for a First Birthday (slash Happy Adoption Day) party theme- mountains and woodland creatures and bears (oh my!). Bohden pretty much loves food (all food), but has a special place for ChickFilA chicken biscuits, so we […]

February 17, 2017 by Kirstin

a bright and colorful donut party

bright and cheerful donut party

When I told my nephew Easton that I’d throw him a birthday party and that he could choose any theme in the whole world, he said “DONUT PARTY” without skipping a beat. A man who knows his own mind- I love it. And I loved putting this party together for him (even though it has […]

October 22, 2015 by Kirstin

back in the party saddle (and a soda pop bar!)

Looking for an easy (and inexpensive!) way to add "wow" to your next party? This Soda Pop Bar is perfection! So cute, but easy on the budget and on the prep time.

Between the crazy summer of no internet and Typhoon Soudelor (and our extra transitional last few months), all of my creative pursuits have been solidly on the back burner lately. And then these last couple weekends I threw two parties back to back (I don’t do anything halfway- if I’m going to re-enter the Creative […]

June 30, 2014 by Kirstin

a rainbow of soda bottles

rainbow hued lineup of vintage sodas

This rainbow colored lineup of vintage sodas was, hands down, one of the biggest hits of Burke’s Lego Party! What is not to love? Vintage sodas. In ROY-G-BIV order. It’s like rainbow party perfection. Or Lego Party perfection as the case may be. 😉

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