Shrek Party

For Matthew’s 2nd Birthday we had a Shrek Party. When he was 2, the second Shrek movie was new to dvd and he loved it! He watched it over and over and over. So it made sense that we have a Shrek party. I loved that we were able to use all the “Shrek 2” party stuff and he was turning “2”. I even made a rubber stamp out of an eraser that had the 2 with the Shrek Ears! I used that stamp on the invites and some of the party favor items. Since Matthew’s birthday is just 2 weeks before Halloween I asked the kids to wear their costumes. Carlos, Matthew & I all dressed up as well. Carlos was Shrek, I was Fiona & we made Matthew Baby Shrek. {that was before we knew Shrek 3 was coming out with babies!!}

The cupcakes I made were dirt {chocolate} with grass {green frosting} and then had a worm {gummy worm} on top along with a Shrek ring or a donkey ring. I got the edible image from eBay and had Randall’s make the cake and put the image on top.

Carlos, Matthew & I

We used big sheets of butcher paper to cover this sliding glass window and I printed a huge poster of Shrek & Fiona and then put the happy birthday banner above it. I loved it, we should have taken a picture of all the kids in front of it.

I found that Shrek tent and put it out for the kids to play with. In this picture they are using the fan and bubbles I put out for them to make a bubble storm.

I printed and cutout pictures of all the characters from the movie and hung them all around the umbrella. {We bought the orange umbrella especially to match this party!} It's kinda hard to see but this is the only picture I have.

I made this flag for the flag pole in the front yard out of felt! It was so easy and so cute!

I made this giant Shrek head sign for the front door!

The party favor bags were the green bags you can see in this picture. They had a picture of Shrek on them and each childs name stamped on. They also each got a pair of Shrek ears and the plastic Shrek cup. In front of the bags are pop top cans that they each got filled with candy. The orange bags that are folded in front of the plastic cups are the pinata bags. They had a picture of "puss n boots" on them and I stamped fiesta at the top. {Better picture below}

I got a bunch of those big plastic bugs from pottery barn kids and put them on the table and also in the party favor bags, along with a cool wooden snake from pbk.

The cupcakes I made were dirt {chocolate} with grass {green frosting} and then had a worm {gummy worm} on top along with a Shrek ring or a donkey ring. I got the edible image from eBay and had Randall’s make the cake and put the image on top.