The Almost Impossible Astronaut & Ballerina Party Photos

The party day was cold and windy, but that didn't deter us from having a great time! We added an outdoor  fire, s'mores and hot cocoa and we were good to go. The kids stayed outside for more than an hour playing with the rockets, gliders and zipline before we came inside for cake.

My tutu wreath made on an embroidery hoop

Our homemade rockets and goodie bags

I didn't get any pictures of the kids performing on the reclaimed pallet stage,
but both the girls & boys loved it.
They found instruments like our Paperjamz guitar and put on a show!

Dollar Tree foam gliders were a huge hit (while they lasted)

They girls liked the Rocket balloons as much as the boys

Rocket balloons from Dollar Tree - tons of fun!
Tip: buy several balloon pumps if you get these
otherwise they are really hard to inflate

Stomp rocket was played with all afternoon by both boys & girls

Everyone loved the zip line! The flight training sign blew down

 

Space helmet visors raised to eat s'mores

Fortunately you can eat s'mores with your tutu and tiara on

Cake with moon topper and tutu

rocket craft



Craft & cake aftermath...

 

Please see previous posts for more information about the cupcake toppers, rocket craft, helmets, tutus and my tutu cake plate.

Tips of you try this party at home: splurge and buy a zip line if your yard will accommodate it. If you can't manage a zip line definitely buy a stomp rocket (or two!)  The toys from the Dollar Tree (gliders and rocket balloons) were fabulous. You could probably skip the dress up costumes and just buy a glider & some rocket balloons for each guest and they would entertain themselves until they broke and/or were lost.

This was a fun party, but at the end I was (as always!) exhausted. Next year, I swear I'm going to talk her into having her party outside of the house. I'll pay the extra $100 - it took me almost a week to clean the house, decorate and cook. Surely my time is worth at least $100. Live & learn....



Rocket Spaceship Cupcake Toppers

There are lots of exquisite rocket cupcake toppers for sale on Etsy. They are lovely and undoubtedly required a great deal of time and talent to produce.

Mine are much simpler in design.  That makes them very simple to make. I was inspired by the rocket shaped shelves at our local library.  The shelves are such a simple design, but very effective - and easy to copy!

This cost me nothing. I had a piece of leftover scrapbook paper. I also had toothpicks & glue on hand at home.

It took about half an hour to trace, cut and glue 15 of these cute little rocket cupcake toppers.

This is actual size - just trace from the screen.

Instructions:

1. Start by tracing the Rocket onto a piece of cardboard. I used a left over cereal box for my template.
2. Cut out the cardboard template
3. Fold a piece of scrapbook paper in about 1-2 inches along the long side.
4. Trace the template on to the white side of the paper so your lines don't show up.
5. Cut the rocket out. You should be cutting through a double thickness of the paper.
6. When you are done glue the white sides together, sandwiching a toothpick or lollipop stick in the middle. Allow to dry.
7. Decorate with round windows, flames, etc. cut from other pieces of scrap paper. I used stars from the School Supply section of Dollar Tree.

Part of my rocket fleet drying