Ding Dong the Witch is Dead...

This is a little old, but I had to share this.
So February my daughter wanted to have a "Wizard of Oz" themed birthday party.  I thought, "oh boy this should be interesting".  How was I going to keep the cost down for this.

Well, we ended up hiring a very talented face painter for an hour and we had themed games and cupcakes. 2 Hours and the kids had a blast.

I created this banner with a pendant banner I won at my yearly Scrapbook retreat (this is non business related trip that my husband treats me to for my birthday every year).

I glued gingham patterned paper on it with some themed stickers.  The rosettes were made with a rosette diecut from Stampin' Up! using the big shot.  The letters of my daughter's name was stamped and circle punched.  It is simple and sweet.

 

Here is a close up . . . 

I borrowed a handful of themed library books to display around the house . . .

 

I got a themed poster that I used as a back drop for photo taking of each child's painted face.

Then my daughter sent each child a thank you card with the photo.

I got spiral lollipops and put them in little blue pails with fake grass.  The lollipops didn't taste that great but they made a cute center piece.

 

I must have forgotten to take a photo of the cupcakes.  I displayed them on the white two-tiered stand.
I made half chocolate and half vanilla cake.  The icing was white vanilla whipped topping.  I do recommend using a cake decorating bag and pipe the icing on like you would soft serve ice cream (in a circular motion).  It is so much quicker that spreading the icing.

I used a green vinyl table cloth and had yellow and green streamers hanging in the dining room. I used a yellow streamer on the table as the "yellow brick road" and had the wicked witch, Toto and Dorothy figurines displayed as well.

Each kid got a goody basket filled with themed candy and lip gloss.  This was probably the most expensive part of the decorating.  Goody bags sure add up, but I was running out of time to think of my own ideas.

For games, we had a rainbow pinata and I drew a Tin Man on poster board for "Pin the Heart on the Tin Man".   I also found a "Wizard of Oz" themed Adventure Game Capsule.

The kids also played Bop-It.

It was a fun time for all!  Now I must start planning for next year . . .