So I’m sharing some ideas with anyone out there who wants to plan a Paw Patrol party. Originally, I was planning a Woodlands theme party for her but she wanted the pups to come and save Adventure Bay. I must admit, I was initially a little broken hearted but of course I had to acquiesce to what she wanted albeit half heartedly. So in the end, Paw Patrol it was! And it was actually quite a lot of fun as she could identify with all of the characters which makes it a lot more meaningful for her.
This posting will be summarised and succinct. It will be an extremely long post if I were to share on the details of the execution of the party.
We took a couple of months to plan and prepare. We wanted Skye and Everest as the main pups for her party. And we also wanted to limit the budget so almost everything you see was made by us, the dessert table, the doghouses, the treat boxes, the doggie bags etc. We didn’t have many Paw Patrol toys and figurines as they are very expensive here in Singapore and I didn’t want to spend money buying them. Cookies, cupcakes and birthday cake were all home baked as well. So here’s a first look at the backdrop with the dessert table.
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My incredibly talented designer husband designed the backdrop and the standees and the emblem and executed the whole thing. The party was a Saturday lunch and we had a dinner engagement on Friday and only came back at 11pm+. So we had to go to the venue to set up the backdrop and dessert table and we only finished at 3am! Woke up the next morning at 7am and continued where we left off.
Another closer look.
Took a family photo before the paw-ty started.
I like the way we did the emblem behind us on the backdrop, the one with the number 3 and with Skye and Everest on it, it was detachable. We hung it on two hooks suspended from the ceiling so that when we took photos with our friends and family, we were able to bring the emblem down for an Instagram-worthy picture. Here’s what I mean...
We had an elevator going up to the venue of the party so we decided to do a “lookout” that goes up to the party place.
That was quite the talk of the town. 🤘🏻
Next up, will show you some closeups of the sweet treats we had on the dessert table. We were so busy getting everything ready that I didn’t have time to take more shots of the desserts. So here’s what I did take...
We personalised the doggie bags with the individual names of the children attending the party and placed them with Coco pops which looks like dog food!
If you’ve seen my previous blogs, you might be aware that I have very low confidence when it comes to baking so I can just about muster some basic cupcakes, cookies and a messy cake. 😊 Anything beyond that is beyond me. So I attempted this chocolate cake covered with white buttercream. The hubs so cleverly stuck two chopsticks under Skye's helicopter and I slather it with more buttercream before sticking it into the cake. In case you can't tell what its supposed to be, its snow.
Love how these cookies turned out! Bought these cookie cutters which made fashioning the emblems of the pups so much easier. Made with fondant.
The cookie cutters came with a paw print cutter as well so I just baked some cookies with that and used fondant for the pink paws. So easy and cute! The round ones are Oreos covered in milk and white chocolate which can be bought off the shelves and then just use fondant for the paws again.
I ended up buying more marshmallows than I needed and decided to have a little fun with them. Stuffed whatever I can into the apothecary jar and asked the guests to guess the number of marshmallows inside. FYI, there were 63.
Thats what I love about scrapbooking. The die cuts can be used beyond a layout or card, it be used to create paw-tastic treat boxes as well. This is the scalloped treat box die from Lawn Fawn. Hubs printed out pictures of Skye and Everest. I used my heart shaped die to cut it out and then layer it on a scalloped heart shaped die with glitter paper
Cupcakes that I baked with Skye and Everest on their transportation fussy cut out.
Ordered these gum ball containers online. Hubs printed the Paw Patrol emblem and I cut it out and stuck it on the containers. Put M&Ms in them.
These were just lollies that I bought and cut out a star shaped picture of Skye and Everest. Folded the box with cardstock and put a styrofoam block inside with shredded tissue paper on top.
Made a doghouse with my die cuts and printed the pups and paste on the side of the doghouse. This one took the most time to cut, fold and put together. Also printed out some paw prints and then fussy cut them out. Folded a box behind the paw print and put some marshmallows in it.
I bought these transparent piping lookalike bags and placed jelly beans, mentos sweets, Hershey's kisses and marshmallows and tied them up with a ribbon with another picture of Skye and Everest. I like how these turned out.
By the end of it all, we were dog-tired but really pleased with how everything had turned out! Happy Birthday Baby G. We woof you!!
