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My daughter and I are having fun planning and preparing for her Tropical themed birthday party. We just finished her invitations, and we think they turned out super cute. We went with a message in a bottle and added some fun tropical embellishments like sand, umbrella, shells and sunglasses. We plan on hand delivering her invitations so we aren’t worried about sending them in the mail. Here is how we made her invitations:
We bought bottles of pop, drank them, peeled off the stickers, got the sticker residue off with Goo Gone (love that stuff!), washed and dried them and then added the following to each bottle:
- Sand
- Drink Umbrella
- Sunglasses (These are decorative buttons)
- Sea Shells
- Invitation (Printed with computer and rolled up)
- Cork
Most of the supplies were bought at Michaels craft store (using a coupon of course!). The corks were bought at JoAnn Fabrics and the drink umbrellas were bought at Party City.
We will be sure to update you about the rest of the party planning. I am keeping track of how much I am spending, and I wlll give you a final total once the party is over. I’d love to hear how much you normally spend on your kid’s birthday parties.
Kathi says
Those are cute bottles! I’ve seen people do that for wedding invitations. Can you imagine how expensive that would be to mail them out?
With both of my kids having birthdays one day apart, we have switched to having their friend parties every other year. My daughter’s is this year, and, since she’s turning 15, she doesn’t want anything over the top. Just some food, games, music and maybe a walk down to the park. Easy, and inexpensive, for me!
We’ve only done destination place parties twice – one for each kid. I happened to score great deals at Malibu Raceway. Between the two parties (on different years), we spent about $50 for both. But, deals like that are sometimes hard to come by.
Emily says
Those are cute! We always try to make our kids parties really fun. My daughter turned 6 last summer and had a chuck e cheese birthday party which was around $170 and this year she’s doing safari sams which is about $180. My 2 year old gets rainbow themed party this year (even though it’s not till october) and I’ve gotten a million awesome ideas for it off of pinterest. We usually do pizza so after all the decorations and food are bought it’s at least about $150. But hey, they only happen once a year and they only get one childhood, right?! 🙂
Heather says
Love it! We just had our daughters 3rd birthday, Under the Sea theme, and I did the same thing. We actually used plastic FUZE bottles with the lid that screwed on (plus they were the blue lids to match). I have seen them before with sand and they ship well, but we opted for blue sanding sugar (like the kid you use for cookie decorating) and also added some little orange goldfish looking cupcake type candy decorations to match the color theme. They were all hand-delivered except a handful and I just added tape around the top (clear) and they stuck the mailing label right on it at $1.99/each to ship in state! Yikes, I know, but they got there without any issues, so it was worth the few to send! 🙂 Have fun planning the tropical event…will be fun to watch!
Tanya says
LOVE!
Karen says
Wow, those are really cute!
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Beth Harper says
We’re hosting a beach-themed bridal shower. I plan to prepare bottles like this for each guest. Then have each guest write some “advice” to the couple for a happy marriage. Then roll, tie, and place the “advice” in the bottle and present to the bride and groom to open later to get the words of wisdom!
dgrant says
Is it hard to get the invite out without spilling out all of the sand?