It's official, my baby girl is 4! How four years have already gone by since the day she was born is seriously shocking to me. Parents aren't kidding when they say that time flies in regard to their children growing up. Izzy has grown up so much in the past year. Art and I were remembering just the other day that it was a year ago, when she turned 3, that we finally took away her trusty pacifier. Seems like she was so little then, and now, all of a sudden, she's a big girl. We keep track of how tall the girls are on our basement wall. We measured Izzy yesterday and she grew at least 3 inches in the past year. She's already half as tall as I am. Just doesn't seem possible. To celebrate? We did what most parents of a 4 year old do, we had a vampire party!
Several months ago, Izzy wanted a "Brave" birthday party. She had gotten the movie for Christmas and we watched it nearly every day. I was happy about that choice because that would be a really easy birthday to have, lots of fun games and decorations. Not too overly girly. That all changed when we rented "Hotel Transylvania." Art took Izzy to see it in the theater, but once we rented it and she saw it again...Izzy had her new obsession! She loves the main girl character in the movie, Mavis (Dracula's daughter). So then her new idea was that she wanted a vampire birthday. I tried convincing her several times that Brave was a better way to go. Nope. She wanted Hotel Transylvania.
Definitely an original theme for a 4 year old birthday party! Original in the fact that probably not many 4 year old girls choose that theme, and also original in that, it's extremely hard to find pre-made party supplies that are kid-friendly in a vampire theme. So, Mommy to the rescue. I made the invitations, those turned out to be quite easy.
Party favors = vampire decorated Tootsie Pops (in a graveyard, of course).
Bats made from toilet paper rolls for decoration. We stuck with a red and black color theme, so we had red and black crepe paper and balloons. Along with some vampire window clings I was able to find online (thankfully).
Daddy made the "Pin the Bat on Hotel Transylvania" game board. Turned out great! I also made a toilet paper bowling game that we didn't end up playing, but I taped ghost faces on each toilet paper roll and used an orange basketball (really supposed to be a pumpkin) for the bowling ball.
Art Photoshopped all of us (including the dog) into the Hotel Transylvania picture for the cake. For snacks I made mini mummy hotdogs (mini hotdogs wrapped in crescent rolls), apple mouths (two apple slices with marshmellows for teeth) and I was going to make skeleton bones (pretzels with marshmellows on the ends, dipped in white chocolate), but they didn't come out very good.
All the hard work paid off. Izzy had a fabulous party. Here she is in her Mavis outfit. Complete with her dracula cape, black and red tights, and red shoes. It was most definitely an unforgettable party!
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