Wendy from Wendy Updegraff Photography created the SWEETEST UP-themed birthday party for her daughter’s birthday! The party was an “outdoor movie night” and she created a backyard movie theater from a sheet and some velvet fabric – how fun is that?!
In addition to the homemade movie screen, check out all the other amazing stuff she made… which includes a dollhouse painted to look like the house in the movie, a balloon-themed food table with a lollipop display actually that looks like little balloons, the coolest “balloon wreath” for the front door (GENUS!), adorable Ellie badges and Adventure Books for the party favors, and more. If there ever was a party that perfectly reflected the movie it that inspired it, this is it!
Read on for lots more inspiring images and all the clever & creative party details, as told by Wendy… (And as I side note, I can’t help but mention that the fondant work on the cake is beyond amazing, and also how fun it is that Wendy & birthday girl Bella’s last name is “UPdegraff” – perfect!” =)
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“I threw my daughter an UP-inspired outdoor movie night party for her 7th b-day.
For the food/treats table, I wanted to stick with the balloon theme, but also serve foods that you would find at a movie and were easy for little kids to eat. I made the stand for the tootsie pops out of MDF (medium density fiberboard) and covered it with pink paper. They reminded me of little balloons! The striped paper straws are from etsy shop Hey Yo Yo.
Chocolate-dipped marshmallow pops were decorated with colorful sprinkles and striped paper food flags.
I used Two Sugar Babies from etsy for the fondant work on the cake, and the actual cake was made by a local baker: Kakes by Katie.
On the favor table: I used Earmark from etsy for the “Adventure Awaits” banner.
I printed out the UP characters and the adventure books from familydisnsey.com . (I assembled the books using covers and binding from Hobby Lobby).
I also found a doll house at Hobby Lobby and assembled and painted it to look like the house from UP.
For the party favors, I used scrapbook supplies to make Ellie Badges.
Our backyard “movie screen” was made from a bed sheet and some velvet fabric. The invitations were by Anna Griffin and the “Now Showing” movie poster was purchased from allposters.com.
My daughter and I made the front door wreath out of balloons and added the big “7″ for some sparkle!”
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Hello! I’m Stacie, the Social Media Coordinator for Hobby Lobby! I just wanted to let you know we featured this amazing party on our Facebook page! Here’s the link to check it out! Thank you! http://ow.ly/aNBEa
jenn s. SAYS:
Hi Stacie – Thanks so much for the shout out on FB and for letting us know! Much appreciated! :)
This is one of the cutest party ideas ever!! I love it, I am obbsessed with throwing parties.!!
Have you seen this adorable Up costume? http://sureiscute.com/cute-up-costume
How did you make Ellie badges, and Adventure book?
beautiful!
Hi there! I love this concept! I am totally bookmarking this as a future reference for my 18th birthday soon :)
Did you really make those Ellie Badges? Can you send me instructions? I was about to order these for my sons birthday party….but if I can make them that would be great.
This is too cute!
Hi Jenn! So in love with this movie and the fact that you brought it to live in a sense of a party!!! you definitely have inspired me! My co worker & his wife are expecting & are huge fans of the movie they are doing their baby girl’s nursery themed with “UP”…so that led me to start my thoughts & ideas & research to do their baby shower themed as “UP” as well. My question to you is where can I find the little characters you used near Bella’s cake?
Thank youso much, you did a BEAUTIFUL job, that is my kind of party!!! Congrats! If there was a TV Party competition, you get my vote for 1st place!!!
jenn s. SAYS:
Hi Nancy –
So glad you love the party! I can’t take credit for this one though – it was created by Wendy Updegraff – and I agree that she did an AMAZING job! :)
To answer your question about the characters though – she downloaded them from the Disney Family website, where you can get them for free. Here’s the direct link:
http://family.go.com/disney/pkg-disney-character-fun/pkg-disney-up-crafts-recipes-printables/
Hope that helps & good luck with the baby shower!
Jenn
I bet she had an amazing party what a great idea x.
I bet she had an amazing party what a great idea x.
I am throwing an Up themed party for my son next month and was wondering where you got the banner on the case that has the adventure books in it. I saw that you got the Adventure Awaits banner on etsy but wasn’t sure where you got the other banner. Thanks!
cool beans
I love this. This going to be the theme for my sons party he loves this movie
THANK YOU THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH, AS THIS WAS MY IDEA FOR MY SON’S 5th HE LOVESS THAT MOVIE AND I NEEDED IDEAS TO MAKE THE PARTY THEME STAND OUT TO PEOPLE…YOU ARE TRULY GOD SENT…THANKS AGAINNNN <33333