Looking for a really fun birthday party idea? I hope this ice cream birthday inspires your own creativity. With a variety of ice cream inspired food ideas, fun decors and activity ideas, your kids and their friends will have a blast.
The day finally arrived. Abby has been so excited to turn five. The day of her party, she came downstairs with her outfit and said, “Mom, it says 4T. Do you think it will still fit?” She was so excited to have an ice cream party, and I was excited to host. I was definitely inspired by this post I found on Pinterest that featured these cones. Above you see our tablescape. I want to bring you one more ice cream party post tomorrow that will give you some ideas how to bring it all together and also provide you some of the printables my husband made for the party. Today, I’ll just show you the party. We gave the kids a number of choices. We provided strawberry, chocolate and vanilla ice cream. There were the hand dipped chocolate cones, of course. They could also eat from a sundae dish or their little take home ice cream bowl. They had all the toppings (Chocolate Sprinkles, Rainbow Sprinkles, M & M’s, Chocolate Syrup, Caramel, Strawberries, Nuts and Cherries) available. We also offered root beer floats, which are a personal favorite. Finally, I provided the cupcakes that looked like a huge, stacked ice cream cone for anyone who didn’t want ice cream. The kids had so much fun making their own personal choices.
Here you have the tables where the kids ate. We were planning on doing the whole party outside, but it was drizzling here in the Pacific NW. Luckily, we have a nice little covered area where we could still do the ice cream eating. I’ll be providing the printable my husband made for the ice cream hats/bottom of the ice cream cone balloon. You’ll have to check in tomorrow for those. These are helium balloons attached to the cones. If you’ve been hanging out on this site, you saw me make the napkins with my newest skill – mitered edges. The ice cream shooters were a huge hit from Oriental Trading Company.
Here’s some pics of the party hats and the kids digging into the ice cream.
These ice cream cone shooters from Oriental Trading Company were a favorite.
We played two games. I’ll show you a bit more of how I made this one tomorrow, but it is basically corn hole turned into a more kid friendly bean bag toss version. It was perfect for the large age range we had at the party. All the kids liked it, and I had them stand at different spots depending on their age.
We also played a homemade pin the cherry on the ice cream cone.
I’ve been featured:
http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/best-kids-parties-ice-cream-my-party-175053#comments
Hi Jodi! What a great party and theme!!! I could really enjoy such a party for my own birthsday 😉 so Nice and beautiful blog you have, what a life and creativity! Have a happy Day!
Thank you so much. I’m so glad you stopped by today. Thanks for commenting.
What a great looking party! Great work! 🙂
Happy Day!
Michelle
http://www.daydreambelievers.net
Thank you. It was really fun. I was over at your site today too, and I just love seeing all of your creativity.
Now THAT is a party! I love the decorations and the ice cream theme.
Thank you for your sweet words. It was fun.
This is awesome! My girls would love a party like this. I especially love the game ideas. I’m sure all the kids had a total blast! 🙂
Thanks, Angela. I’m sure they would have fun. The kids loved having so many choices to create their favorite ice cream.
Oh wow! If I wasn’t going away for my birthday I would so be doing an icecream party for my thirtieth!
I think adults would have a blast with it too. Have a fabulous birthday. I hope you have fun on your trip.
Oh my gosh! I saw your cones first then your party1 How cute! You can share this with us at Cast Party Wednesday too! —Sheryl—
http://www.ladybehindthecurtain.com/?p=31185
I dropped by and linked up. Thank you so much for hosting.
Adorable! I love those ice cream cone hats!
Thank you so much. just had fun checking out your blog too. If you ever need it, I made printables for the hats too.
Such a perfect combo of cuteness and yummy-ness! I loved this idea, and I featured you today in my Friday I’m In Love favorites!
http://socialsalutations.blogspot.com/2012/07/friday-im-in-love-party-edition.html
XOXO
Jenn @ Social Salutations
Thank you so much for the feature. Just followed your blog and have put your feature button on that post. I appreciate the compliment!
How cute and fun! So glad you linked it to our Handmade Tuesdays party.
Thank you so much for hosting!
Now that I see it all put together, it is so amazing! I love the backdrop and the party favor shooters on the table. What a super mama!
Thank you so much. I don’t know if I’m a super mama, but I’m trying to be better. 🙂
Hi Jodi! This post was one of the most popular last week and is being featured at Mom’s Library!
Great party! Liz
Thanks so much, Liz!
What a super fun party! I saw you on a linky party and just had to stop by! I’m really glad that I did too. It looks like a really cute party to host!
Thank you. It was a lot of fun to host. The kids loved making their own ice cream with all the options.
This is darling, I love it. I am throwing my Little Miss an Ice Cream Party as well in a few weeks. I too am making those ice cream cone balloons. I love that paper, could you please tell me where you found it. Its perfect. I would appreciate it. Thanks jen, jenglamgirl@gmail.com
Oh cool – I hope this post was helpful. The paper we actually made. We microwaved an ice cream cone and flattened it out. Then, we took a picture and made it into a printable. https://meaningfulmama.com/2012/07/day-185-ice-cream-party-printables-and.html Head on over to this link, and you should have all you need. Thanks!
Jodi,
This party turned out so cute! I want one of my own now. I love ice cream and all the yummy’s you can put on top. Thanks for sharing at Creative Thursday 🙂 Have a great week.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! Your Ice Cream Birthday Party is on Today’s Feature Post from Cast Party Wednesday! http://www.ladybehindthecurtain.com/?p=31365
Thank you so much for sharing all your fun and creative ideas with us!
—Sheryl @ Lady Behind The Curtain—
So cute. I love this!!
What an amazing party! You have so many creative ideas with this party! Thanks for joining us for “Strut Your Stuff Saturday”. We loved having you and hope you’ll be back soon! -The Sisters
I love the party theme, and it looks like it turned out great! Thank you for sharing at Saturday Show and Tell! I hope you’ll be back this week.
-Mackenzie
http://www.cheeriosandlattes.com
I loved seeing all the party stuff you made in action! And do you live on the water, what a beautiful view!
I love this party!!! I am having an ice cream party for my daughter next weekend and I printed off the ice cream cone hats, I want to use them as ice cream cones with the helium balloons on the tables but I was wondering how you attached them to the table? Just with tape? Thank you so much for the free printable!
Man – it’s been a while. I think it was just tape. I would love to see pictures of your own party. I’m so glad you found the printable. It’s always nice to know something you put time and effort to was valuable to others.
This is so beautiful! I love the ice cream theme and those cone games are bringing back some childhood memories!
Thanks so much. Ice cream is just such a fun party idea. It’s hard to do it wrong, and we really did have such a fun time with this one. Thanks for writing.