My daughter’s favourite MUST HAVE stuffed animal is a cat named Isaac (after our real life orange cat Isaac).
I figured a good theme for her 2nd birthday, would be a CAT THEME!
Here is my attempt at pulling this off…successfully.
P.S. I work 46 hrs a week. One day off. We’re vegetarians, so most of my time spent at our house is preparing meals, occupying my child and cleaning up and chores.
not much time to do much!
Here’s where I got the majority of my CAT THEMED birthday party ideas:
http://www.livinglocurto.com/2010/04/cat-themed-birthday-party/
Thanks to that site!
here she is with her stuffed Isaac.
Excuse my typo….
googled vintage prints and added my own info. Printed on some stiff paper. cut, stuffed into old christmas card envelopes and mailed.
I wasn’t able to locate PIXIE STICKS in time, so these were a bust.
refer to the website I referenced in the beginning to see what these are supposed to look like.
Cat Pinata Legs and Feet.
Legs are bath tissue rolls and the feet were sculpted out of tin foil. Covered with a thin layer of papier mache. BLAM!
Big UPS to my assistant.
Foil eyes, ears and muzzle. Taped with masking tape. Covered with papier mache.
here is my CAT pinata covered and ready to dry.
Big ups to my other assistant. Without moms and my niece, I would’ve been hella behind and this probably wouldn’t have been completed in time. Moms is blow drying the pinata to get the process rolling. NOT TOO MUCH HEAT though. Baby will crack.
Spray painted YELLOW to cover the paper print. Waiting for his first layer of orange paint to be applied. Simple 97 cent acrylic paint from the craft section will do.
Final Product
all set up! We didn’t bust him up, because I was too darn proud of him and secondly, my child is ooberly sensitive and I witnessed a party boy’s meltdown upon witnessing HIS pinata getting busted. SKIP THAT. KEEP A HAPPY DAY!
I know he resembles a PIG, but my PIN THE TAIL ON ISAAC (our cat). Mounted this on Poster Board.
Cat Cake. Used Runts for the eyes and nose. Fondant for the ears, tail and legs/feet. Baked a regular cake in two small pyrex dishes. Dyed regular frosting with yellow & red. Applied using a small round tip/icing bag and texturized with a paint brush handle.
Official Cake. Made by my mom’s friend. LOVE HER CAKES!
PIN THE TAIL on ISAAC in full effect! I used Scotch Sticky Gels to attach the tails.
Olive’s BFF. He’s 6 months younger.
SIMPLE EASY DECORATIONS: Tissue Paper Pom Poms.
Seen here on my grandmother’s flower pot. Alice would be proud.
http://www.livinglocurto.com/2010/04/cat-themed-birthday-party/
Find the cut out templates there.
Mom helped cut pieces and attach with a hot glue gun. I attached to the balloon carefully using a hot glue gun.
I cut out CAT MASKS from paper plates. Attached elastic and let the kids decorate their own cats… seen here on the girl in purple. Bubbles add TO any party!
Again, the children decorated their own cat masks.
Thanks to weelicious.com for posting this.
I used whatever fruit was available at the market. Grapes and oranges. I cut the fruit into smaller pieces for the younger tikes. Stored in the fridge in a cake pan, until the party started. Popped the sticks into my tissue paper wrapped floral oasis and served =) WHAT A HIT!
I ran out of time and used pom poms on the cups for noses. Didn’t really like the outcome. c’est la vie!!
BFFs
Can you handle all that sweetness?!!!
