Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Party Goody Bags

Do you have a Disney or Mickey Mouse themed party coming up? If so, this goody bag and favors are perfect in every way. Not only that but they are super easy to make! Check out the tutorial and photos below to find out how you can make these goodies.

First, is the favors. I went to Sams Club and purchased a HUGE box of animal crackers. You can purchase anything, but you might want something in bulk size. I then purchased 20 clear bags from a craft store. I filled each bag with about a cup of crackers.

I then purchased black foam from a craft store, and used a template to trace out mickey heads. I then cut them all out. 20 in total.

I then folded the clear bag and stapled the black mickey head cut outs to the bags. Make sure the staples go through the folds.

Then place them where all the little hands can grab them.

Next are the goody bags. Buy some red bags, and some black construction paper. Use the bag as a template and cut out a rectangle/square with the black construction paper, to cover the top half of the bag. Then cut out circles for the ears. You can do the ears any size, I went smaller as I was running out of black paper. To make the circles you can use a cup, a bottle, a bowl, anything circular.

Then using an oval shaped object, cut out two yellow ovals and repeat for how many bags you have.

Add all the goody items you purchased for the kids to the bags. Note: you can add red bows with white dots to the top side of the bags for all the girls.

Get Cutting,
Sarah

DIY Mickey Mouse Birthday Banner

For my sons 2nd birthday, the theme was Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, which you can see HERE. I wanted to make a banner, for the party, heres my DIY tutorial on how you can make your own.

 I have seen several Mickey Mouse banners all over the internet and shops, only thing is they are extremely expensive. I just didn't want to spend the money. So instead I grabbed some cheap construction paper ($10, at joanns). I had a Mickey Mouse cookie cutter, and I grabbed a bowl that was big enough to put the Mickey Mouse on. Once I had all of those I grabbed a marker and started tracing away.

 This is the bowl and my cookie cutter. If you don't have a cookie cutter, just find some cups or something that you can make a mickey head with, and use that as a template.

I cut out red and black Mickey Mouse heads.

I cut out white, red and black circles. You can change the colors up as you please.

Grabbed my tacky glue, and glued the Mickey Mouse heads to the circles. Now I wrote out what I wanted to put on the banner (Happy 2nd Birthday Brian), then I made sure none of my mickey heads or circles ended up being the same colors. So, make sure you plan ahead before you do any cutting or gluing!

I found some Disney font online, printed it, made it the size I needed, and traced them onto the gold/yellow paper. I have a flash light app on my ipad, and used that to place the letters behind the yellow/gold paper, then traced it onto the yellow. You can do the same with a window and sunlight. It was night time, so I found a different way!

Glue down the letters where they need to go, on the Mickey heads. I then used a hole puncher to punch two holes, about an inch apart, onto the top of the circles.

I then purchased black ribbon (you can use gold, red, or any other color). I purchased a very LONG roll, as I needed to cover about 8 feet of space. I taped one end of the ribbon (to make it easier to slide through the holes). I pull the ribbon up through the LAST circle of the banner, through the right hole.

Then push the ribbon through the left hole, towards the back of the circle.

Continue from the LAST circle to the FIRST circle. Once done you should have something like this.

Once I started decorating for the party, I evenly spaced out the letters, and hung the banner in place.

The finished look is just as nice as the super expensive ones.

Now Its Banner Time,
Sarah

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Birthday Party

My son turned the big 2 this month. So of course we had to celebrate in style! I wanted to share all the ideas and decorations with everyone. Some of these ideas I found on pinterest, and others I just came up with on my own. I also made the cake and cupcakes. I did buy a lot more decorations then I normally do, because I threw my sister a baby shower the weekend before and all my decorating skills and cake making went into her party (as its her first child) and this was just my sons second birthday!

Enjoy!

Ill start with the decorations.

When you entered the door, I wanted to say "yes, the party is here"! I made this wreath by simply purchasing black and red ribbon (3inches in width), I hot glued at the starting point, wrapped around tightly, and hot glued at the end. I then cut out two yellow ovals, glued those on, and made a hanger for it with black ribbon. End result, a wreath that looks like Mickey Mouse!

I purchased this banner at Party City, as well as the streamers. I purchased these balloons at target, and blew them up myself. I did purchase balloons at Party City, which I will show you in a minute.

My son has a mickey in every size, and I borrowed this one for the day. We also purchased the hanging red plastic mickey streamer from Party City. They come in a package with several others, and I have to say I was shocked at how many actually came in the package! It was way more then I thought I would get.

Heres the rest of those steamer, plastic, Mickey themed items I purchased from Party City.

I have a horrible time actually sending out thank yous, so I made a small station (right next to the front door) and when everyone came in, I made them write their address on the card. This way all I have to do is write the thank you, add our address and send them off. (Now we wait and see how fast I get to them!) Oh and the party hats were purchased from target.

I purchased these balloons at Party City and placed them in the living room, behind the chairs and not in the way of the TV. My son is still playing with them even a week later!

Adding balloons to the presents table is a simple way to dress it up and it looks super cute when all the gifts are on it. Sorry I did not catch a photo of it with all the gifts. It looked cute though, will you just trust me?

This banner, over the kitchen was hand made. I personally cut out each letter, each mickey, and each circle. I then punched holes in the circles, glued on the mickey heads and glued on the letters. Once everything was dry I added the ribbon, and ta-da, its beautiful! Check out a quick and easy step by step tutorial HERE!

Note the letters are made to look like the writing from Disney/Disneyland.

This is a pinterest find. I used foam (from a craft store), cut out mickey heads, and purchased the clear bags. I headed over to Sams club, purchased an extremely large animal cracker container, tossed a few into the bags, folded them up and stapled the heads to the bags. The end result is awesome. You could add a note, saying thank you, or thanks for having toodles and oodles of fun! However, like I said before I just didn't have the time. I found these were a huge hit as even the adults liked them!

The dessert table is always the highlight at my kids parties! I purchased the balloons, the banners, and streamers all from Party City. I had the cupcake tiered stand on hand, and purchased the table cloth from Party City as well. The goody bags on the right I made from red bags (I believe I bought at target), cut out black construction paper, and yellow ovals, and then glued them all on. I only glued them on the front, and nothing on the back. You could spend the time and glue them on the back, but I just didn't have the time (or the construction paper). I purchased bubbles, candy, key chains, stickers, chalk, and pouched applesauce for the goodies. The kids loved them and I believe I only had one left for my son!

In the dining room, I put up streamers, balloons (some I blew up), and table cloths. It came out great, and this was by far my favorite room.

Once again the dessert table!

Lastly, my mother in law found the pinata at Party City and I have to say it was a huge HIT! (Get it, hit, haha). My son loved it! It took a ton of hits, and after I gave it three really strong hits it broke. These pinatas are made well, and I say totally worth the money!

Alright, now lets talk outfit.

I purchased the white long sleeve shirt from Walmart (practically the only place that sells blank shirts, anymore.) I then purchased some of the material for his shirt, as I had some of it at home. You can purchase fabric from Walmart, Joann's, or a fabric store in your local area. Once I had the material I cut everything out, and put it together. I will have a tutorial for it soon. So here he is in all his cuteness:

With Grandma.

Dirty and playing.

So excited to blow out his candles.

Lastly, I made his cake and cupcakes. I have been making cakes for awhile, and I seriously enjoy making them for my sons birthdays. I can not wait to make one for my youngest sons 1st birthday, this summer.

 Let me start with the cupcakes. I love to add cupcakes to all my parties. They are the perfect size for those small kid sizes mouths, or the mother/father/friend who wants something to eat, but doesn't want to over do it. I made both chocolate cupcakes with chocolate icing, and vanilla cupcakes with vanilla icing. I usually do some sort of collection of flavors, for those who prefer one over the other.

Note: Tiered stands help give the dessert (or food) table even more surface to add items to, as well as help give the table height and something visual to look at. I always recommend using a cupcake stand, or a tiered cake stand like this one.

I then made my brother in law a cake as well. His birthday was the day of my sons birthday party, so I made him a cute little personalized cake, just for him!

I kept his cake, still apart of the theme. This helps make it personal for him, but also keeps it from standing out too much! I even went over board and bought the 2 and 9 candles for kids, and used them side by side to say 29! It was a fun spin on it, and made it child like (to fit the theme)! I believe he liked it.

And of course, the main cake for the birthday boy. Its Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, like the actual clubhouse. We had purchased the figures as toys for my son about 2-5 months prior, as we just collected them as we saw them. Thankfully, by the party we had all 5 of the main characters. We still need Pluto, Claribel, and the Professor; so if anyone sees them, let me know!

 Side by side, you can see the clubhouse a little better.

The front of the cake, and hey look the goody bags too!

Right side.

Left side.

Well, thats it. That was the party, and we had a wonderful time. My son was extremely happy, and I think he enjoyed it a lot. I want to thank my Father in law, who cooked all morning long and made the best lunch (and dinner) ever! He also makes a great margarita! Yum! I want to say thank you to everyone who came out, it was a ton of fun, and I always love seeing the little ones!

Happy Birthday to my son,
Sarah