Fun with Emily: Emily's Frozen Party

Sunday, November 30, 2014

I cannot believe Emily is turning 7 this year. In just 10 days, actually. Where does the time go? Anyway, this year we decided to have Emily's birthday party on Thanksgiving weekend. All of her neighborhood friends were in town so it worked out perfectly.

Emily wanted a Frozen theme for her party this year. She has been asking for it for nearly a year. So we planned lots of Frozen fun including crafts, games, food, cake and favors.

We started the party with crafts - an Olaf made from a sock and a beaded bracelet with an Elsa charm.

Then we welcomed the ice queen herself to the party - ELSA came to play games with the princesses! She started them off with a group sing-along of "Let it Go" followed by a game of pin the nose on Olaf. From there the girls got to put on gloves and try to unwrap Anna and Elsa's favorite treat - chocolate!

After the chocolate game, the kids played Frozen bingo and then made snowmen out of giant marshmallows, pretzel sticks, candy corn and chocolate chips.

After so many games and crafts, the kids were ready to dig into the spread of Frozen food! We had We Finish Each Other's Sandwiches (turkey and cheese); Anna's Arctic Circles (blue raspberry gummy rings);Olaf Noses (cheese curls); Sven Antlers (pretzel sticks); Elsa's Ice Pops (rock candy pops); Sisters' Snowballs (powdered donut holes); Coronation Candy (Sixlets and Hershey's kisses); Kristoff Krispie Treats (blue white chocolate dipped Rice Krispie treats); Olaf cookies; Arendelle Apple Juice; Melted Ice water and blue Frozen punch! A great selection of fun foods!

After food it was time for presents! Emily's favorite part, of course! She got lots of great gifts - many of them Frozen themed so she was in seventh heaven. Then it was finally time for cake!

Before everyone headed out, each girl got her picture taken with Elsa and then we got a group picture of all the girls with their handmade Olafs and Elsa too.

To close out the party, we got out a big pinata and let the girls run for candy and treats. Then everyone got a snowflake wand, candy cup and special Elsa purse filled with goodies. The purses were a huge hit! And Emily reports that this year's party was "just perfect" and the best party yet. I think I might just agree with her about that. Happy Birthday, Emily. May your 7th year with our family be even better than the first 6. We love you so much!