I believe everyone should have a birthday party at some point in their lives. It has been my mission to make this possible for my loved ones. If you are an avid reader of my blog, you know about Ivanna. If not, Ivanna is Adrian's cousin on his dad's side of the family. I have known her since she was 2 and I consider her my niece. She turned the big 1-0 on Saturday and I hosted a party for her at my house. She is too old for the whole princess/cowgirl/pirate thing so we decided on an Instagram-themed party!
Ivanna is constantly on Instagram so this was the perfect theme. I created her invites:
This was the setup. (Excuse me standing right in the middle. I live in a rented home and the house has these tacky mirrors I can't do anything about!). We kept it really simple since she is a simple girl.
This was her favorite part: a big 10 made out of her Instagram pics. This was a surprise, she had no idea I was doing this. I used the Walgreens Photo app, uploaded the pics and they were ready for pickup in about an hour. Fabulous!
She loves marshmallows so I made these super easy marshmallow pops with giant marshmallows I found at Wal-mart.
I ordered a white cake from the Publix bakery. The bakery called me about four times to make sure my order was right. They just couldn't understand a plan white cake. I love white cakes because you can decorate it your own way. Once again, I kept it simple, a ribbon and some bunting!
I also created these Instagram-themed cupcake toppers. We ordered the cupcakes from the same bakery with the frosting in her favorite light-blue color. I also created the #selfie printable and placed it right next to a photo backdrop I set up for #selfies.
All Instagram parties need lots of pics!! Here's a pic of Ivanna and all her party attendees. They loved taking pics with the props.
For the party and social media postings, we used #Ivannais10. If you took a pic at the party, you had to use the party hashtag! The girls loved this idea.
Of course, I had to get a pic of Adrian being silly!!
Stay tuned for Part 2 of Ivanna's #Instaparty!!!
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Wow! That is so creative! Way to go...so pinning this! Question though - so kids have IG accounts as early as 10? That means they have a phone huh? lol!
ReplyDeleteThanks. I had fun with it. Yes, sadly they all have phones and are on Instagram. It keeps me very busy constantly checking her feed making sure there isn't anything crazy on there.
DeleteLove it!!! Such a cute theme! Can you imagine when our kids get to that age? Checking instagram accounts... making sure no little girls are stalking our little dudes! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm getting ready for that stage!! Dreading it but getting ready nonetheless!
DeleteI'm excited for part 2! This is so inspiring, from the theme to what you did with the white cake to the giant marshmallows, and the hashtag!
ReplyDeleteYou're a pro!
Thanks. I'm far from a pro but I try. I loved the white cake, that is going to be a new birthday staple for us!
DeleteOMG!!! I absolutely love this. I may need to copycat for Emma's 11th birthday!
ReplyDeleteShe will love it. Oh and I have a surprise for you next week just to make that happen!!!
DeleteSo fun!! Love the instagram picture 10 too!! Turned out so super cute!! Social media is so popular with kids these days that its so great to incorporate it into her party!! So cool!!
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