Last year we didn’t do a birthday party for Malea because we took her to Disneyland. So for the last year I’ve heard approximately 5,852 birthday party ideas, as she dreamed up all the things she wanted to do for her 5 year old party. After countless theme ideas the Disney movie, FROZEN, came out and Malea said, “Mommy this is my last birthday party idea, I promise. I want a Frozen party!” And so it began, dreaming up the perfect Frozen birthday party for my baby girl who was about to turn 5.
First and foremost you have to start with an awesome invitation, so of course I called on my friend from Wehrley Bird Graphics to create a Frozen invitation for the party.
I also did some searching around on Pinterest for Frozen birthday party ideas and found tons of great ideas! Here are some pictures of my party decorations at the food table.
Sparkly trees made with glittery scrapbook paper from Michaels.
“Icicles” placed in one of the glass vases I made at the Michaels Pinterest Party.
I absolutely loved the way the cake turned out. Malea said she had wanted an “ice castle” but I knew that was beyond my skill set so I settled for an ice cream cake with icicles on top.
The Elsa and Anna castle made the perfect backdrop for the rest of the items on the table.
If you want to make your own icicles you can find the recipe here. I also thought it would be fun to have dry ice in the punch so it would look really frozen. The kids loved the effect and got a kick out of it.
Here’s a look at the whole table. I found the snowflakes and sparkly ornaments at a Christmas clearance sale which worked out to be perfect timing for our Frozen party!
And yes those are my legs in the mirror, and yes I am wearing sweatpants. I was in my sweats until about an hour before the party, just trying to get everything finished and ready.
We had a ton of kids (about 24) but were able to get in a couple of games, pin the nose on Olaf and dress up your friend like a snowman.
My oldest daughter drew the big Olaf for the game and then Malea got excited and drew the little one as an “example” for where to put the nose.
After pinning the nose on Olaf I split them into 3 teams and gave them each a roll of toilet paper. They picked one person on the team and wrapped them up in the toilet paper to make them look like a snowman.
The game was a hit but the funnest part was when they all ripped the toilet paper off and got in a huge “snowball” fight. I hadn’t thought about it turning into that but I think the “snowball” fight was the best part of the party! My entire living room was covered in pieces of toilet paper!
The party was a big success and most importantly Malea had so much fun! I’m glad she ended up picking Frozen for her birthday party theme because it was a fun theme and all the kids loved it!
For more Frozen birthday party ideas visit my Pinterest Party Inspiration board.
To see other themed parties I’ve thrown click HERE.
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pamtx says
February 28, 2014 at 10:17 amNow you’re making me want to do a Frozen themed birthday party for one or both of my girls! They are going to be 18 and 15 this summer and loved the movie Frozen. I wonder if either of them would go for it? LOL
Anna says
February 28, 2014 at 10:37 amI’m sure they’d at least love the ice cream cake. 🙂
Jennifer @ Celebrating Everyday Life says
February 28, 2014 at 11:28 amWe are crazy for Frozen over here too!! Love this party! Just pinned it! 🙂
Anna says
February 28, 2014 at 12:13 pmThank you Jennifer!! 🙂
Dianne says
February 28, 2014 at 1:44 pmThanks for all these great ideas…we now have out theme for my daughter’s 14th birthday!! She couldn’t be more excited.
Renee says
February 28, 2014 at 1:53 pmAmazing job! I love the party games and the table is stunning!
Carmen says
March 11, 2014 at 11:12 amWonderful Frozen party…taking ideas for my daughter’s 5th. Where did you get the white castle thing on the table?????? Love that!
Anna says
March 11, 2014 at 2:13 pmThank you! I got it at Walmart. 🙂
abby says
March 18, 2014 at 12:06 pmHi there
My son wants a frozen party for his 4th birthday!! Lovely invitation – is your friend still doing them – link didn’t work for me. Just perfect x
Anna says
March 19, 2014 at 7:58 amI’m going to email you their email address for the invitation. 🙂 Let me know if you don’t get it.
Leonora says
March 21, 2014 at 10:11 amThank you so much for the awesome ideas! My daughter’s birthday is in May so I’m hoping for a nice day outside. I’m definately doing pin the tail on Olaf!!! And the toilet paper idea is awesome! I’m thinking of hanging snow flakes from the tree limbs to make it festive.
Great website!
Mary says
April 16, 2014 at 7:31 pmLove everything about your daughter’s Frozen birthday party! Precious! I want to use this invitation for my daughters birthday party but I can’t get the link to work? Can you help?
Anna says
April 16, 2014 at 8:34 pmI had to change it, here’s the new link: https://www.etsy.com/listing/185970201/frozen-birthday-invitation-digital-file?ref=shop_home_active_16
LMB says
April 16, 2014 at 8:56 pmYour cake is beautiful. Can you tell me if you followed any particular recipe, and which product you used to colour the icing? I imagine you only needed a drop or two…
Thank you!
Anna says
April 17, 2014 at 10:58 amThank you. 🙂 The cake is just from a box and then I used this butter cream recipe: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/179440366373018737/. For the icing I used the neon McCormick food coloring, and I used the recipe on the box to get the teal color. 🙂
Lindsay galvez says
June 23, 2014 at 9:34 pmHey I had a quick question! How did u take the frozen castle apart??? I really wanted to take my daughters apart for her party… But I’m worried I might break it…
Anna says
June 24, 2014 at 10:47 amIt came in pieces so I just took it apart like I’d put it together. I don’t think it will break. 🙂
Amy says
August 7, 2014 at 8:40 pmHow did you make the glitter scrapbook paper decorations?
Anna says
August 8, 2014 at 1:41 pmI just rolled them into a cone, stapled the edges and then cut the excess off. 🙂 Easy peasy!
Bekah says
March 30, 2015 at 2:46 pmsuper cute!! How did you make the ice icicles on top of the cake?! Such an amazing touch!!
Anna says
March 31, 2015 at 8:54 amThank you! 🙂 Here’s where I found the tutorial for making the “icicles” – https://www.pinterest.com/pin/179440366377340145/
Ritika says
August 23, 2015 at 3:16 amHi, Thank you for sharing these great ideas. Where did u get the little ceramic things that u wrote “snowballs”? Thanks.
Anna says
August 24, 2015 at 8:56 amI got them years ago at Michaels or Pier 1, I can’t remember. They came in a package of 4 with a dry erase marker. 🙂