Avery's Unicorn Party

 Avery is all about some unicorns, so it wasn't a far stretch to choose that for her 3rd birthday party!  To be fair, pre-Coronavirus, we had tossed around the idea of having her first "friend" party since she's made a little toddler friend at church.  This party was going to be a painting theme with little pallets filled with sprinkles and white frosted cupcakes for the kiddos to decorate themselves. However, we decided to forgo that idea the closer we got to her birthday when we realized life as we've come to know it for the past 5 months isn't changing anytime soon.  Avery has only had "family" parties, so she wouldn't know any differently this year.   So we put the painting party in the back of our minds (and in our "Save for Later- Amazon cart") and we'll use that idea in a future year.  We decided on the unicorn theme since we knew she'd FLIP OUT and it was easy to find things to work for a low-key party.  Everything came from Amazon and Wal-Mart.  

I grabbed this decoration set on Amazon and originally thought of hanging them on the mantle, but decided last minute to string them from the dining room light and we LOVE how it turned out!  There's ten different pictures, each attached by a metallic streamer.  The pictures include a unicorn cupcake, a unicorn face, two unicorns, some shooting stars, some unicorn heads, and a cloud with hearts raining down. 

The cake is a Funfetti mix with homemade buttercream frosting.  The decorations were from an Amazon pack.  Aaron skewered some toothpicks to the felt base to get the crown to stand up correctly. 

The unicorn plates were a Wal-Mart find!

When we called Avery into the kitchen to see the cake, she was so excited!  We put on her unicorn headband (also a Wal-Mart find) and she held up a unicorn plate for the ultimate unicorn compilation photo. 

Her party was great!  We had three sets of grandparents and most of each couple set could come!  We also had an uncle in attendance too!  She loved singing "Hap Birt-day" and eating cake and opening presents.  She got lots of cute girly things, but wasn't overwhelmed.  She did decide though, to try out her mermaid swimsuit and skirt, Little Mermaid sandals, and hold her unicorn toy while I turned on "Home Alone."  Yes.  "Home Alone."  But you know what?  That is what makes up Avery-- lots of color, an eclectic vibe, and a misplaced seasonal movie. :) 

Until Next Time, 

Much Love, Reba