A Party FULL of characters….

On Saturday we had a birthday party for the girls… it is really nice having their birthdays close so we can have a combined party.   These days Grace is really into cooking and reading while Hannah is into pretend play and Cinderella.  I wasn’t sure how to combine the two to make a fun party…a reading Cinderella party? or a pretend cooking party?  After tossing around a few ideas and hearing what each girl was thinking of asking to eat as their birthday meal (pizza), I knew I had just found my answer….a Make Your Own Pizza Party – complete with COSTUMES! 

So, I got to work brainstorming ideas and looking at Pinterest for some help with the details.  I make a list of things I wanted to make and got working on them.  I made pizza invitations with the girls, aprons for them and our guests, sketched a cake, made chef hats, and worked on what toppings to serve.  It all came together nicely and was A TON of fun!  (Thanks to Tracy for many of these adorable pictures at the party!)

Here are the girls trying on the costumes right after I made them:

With all of the details finished, we were ready for the party!  Here come all of those crazy characters we call friends!

Many of the guest also participated in the fun with hats or these crazy moustaches!

Danny and I had the chef hats and an apron/chefs jacket!  Adorable, right?

Caleb got in on the fun, too! 

Grace and Hannah’s friends…

A riveting game of Pin the Pepperoni on the Pizza!

Getting instructions on how to make a pizza…look at all of those characters!

Decorations upstairs….

I love how this poster has pictures of the girls when they were little and now when they are big!