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we just did a luau/Hawaiian theme for Diana's 5th birthday a few weeks ago. I ordered invitations on line, from winkflash.com. There is one with flipflop backround in the vacation area. I did a pic of her at the beach, and the invite was adorable. We ordered a lot of stuff from Oriental Trading. we gave everyone lei's, got some aloha signs etc (ours was 2/28, so we had to do inside, so could not do too much). We made Hawaiian chicken, sweet and sour meatballs, etc. I took a pic of her in a grass skirt and bathing suit top and had in put on a carvel cake, it came out adorable.

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HAWAIIAN HULA THEME!!!! That dress is SOOOO PERFECT!!!!!

Re: Themes for girls' b-day party (dress pictures added, as requested!)

Beautiful dresses! Here are just a couple ideas:

Dress 1 theme ideas:
It's a fancy, girly dress and deserves fancy, girly backyard party. I probably wouldn't do a theme exactly, rather I would buy decorations that mirror the color of the dress and have everything sparkley and shimmery.

I also like these:



It's technically a wedding theme, but you can get the invites, cups, tablecloths, thank you notes, party lanterns (just cut the hangy down things off), and napkins as they don't have any wedding related sayings on them and just add in pastel plates, balloons, etc.


link to invites

Dress 2:

I love the hula girl party idea. My only concern with that dress is that the hula girl details are on the bottom of the dress and may not be seen in pictures. I don't think it really matters and a hula theme is really easy to do and so cool:

Since the dress is a pale green, these paper products might be nice:



laua link

or these:



Another luau theme


I love dresses three and four. I think you could still do a luau them, just change the color scheme to make it more Caribbean:




blue luau link




another link

Here is a really cute hula girl set:
hula girl

Finally, since your DD loves puppies you could just throw out all your ideas and go with a puppy theme:



dogs

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Re: Themes for girls' b-day party (dress pictures added, as requested!)

I'm not craaazy about the hula dress as her birthday dress. I love the first one you posted, and as you know, the blue/turquoise ones from the GAP.

As for themes, the hula theme is CUTE! However, I'm sort of partial to choosing a theme that represents something the child likes (starting at 2, when they have a clue! ). I think a dog theme would be ADORABLE, since that is something C has been so into practically her entire 2nd year.

Wait, am I helping? I can't seem to remember the original question ...

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Posted by InShock

I'm not craaazy about the hula dress as her birthday dress. I love the first one you posted, and as you know, the blue/turquoise ones from the GAP.

As for themes, the hula theme is CUTE! However, I'm sort of partial to choosing a theme that represents something the child likes (starting at 2, when they have a clue! ). I think a dog theme would be ADORABLE, since that is something C has been so into practically her entire 2nd year.

Wait, am I helping? I can't seem to remember the original question ...

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Posted by nbc188

YES, you DID help (kind of) See, I'm of the mindset that she's still young enough that I CAN pick the theme still, and want to do it as long as I can

Maybe I could find a girly-puppy theme. But I don't have a puppy dress

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I say you should do the party for you since it probably will be the last year you get to (or one of the last years).

Just in case though, here is another puppy dog theme:

More dogs





I have to say. In looking for you I found the perfect decorations for my DDs 2nd birthday (I too bought the outfit first and will build the party around that )

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Posted by CrankyPants

I say you should do the party for you since it probably will be the last year you get to (or one of the last years).

Just in case though, here is another puppy dog theme:

More dogs

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I have to say. In looking for you I found the perfect decorations for my DDs 2nd birthday (I too bought the outfit first and will build the party around that )

Message edited 3/18/2009 8:11:58 AM.

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I think the 1st dress is absolutely gorgeous! I am not crazy about the others.

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I was just at party city yesterday and they were putting out tons of stuff for hula parties. HTH!

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Oh, let's see your decorations!!!

Those puppy ones are ADORABLE!! Maybe I should do puppies Thanks so much for finding them!!

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I love all the dresses, but for an outdoor party, I think last white dress is perfect!!

It would go great with a beach theme!!!

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Posted by CrankyPants

I say you should do the party for you since it probably will be the last year you get to (or one of the last years).

Just in case though, here is another puppy dog theme:

More dogs

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I have to say. In looking for you I found the perfect decorations for my DDs 2nd birthday (I too bought the outfit first and will build the party around that )

Oh, let's see your decorations!!!

Those puppy ones are ADORABLE!! Maybe I should do puppies Thanks so much for finding them!!

Re: Themes for girls' b-day party (dress pictures added, as requested!)

Posted by CrankyPants

Posted by nbc188

Posted by CrankyPants

I say you should do the party for you since it probably will be the last year you get to (or one of the last years).

Just in case though, here is another puppy dog theme:

More dogs

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I have to say. In looking for you I found the perfect decorations for my DDs 2nd birthday (I too bought the outfit first and will build the party around that )

Oh, let's see your decorations!!!

Those puppy ones are ADORABLE!! Maybe I should do puppies Thanks so much for finding them!!

If you go with this puppy theme, I think a light blue dress with white polka dots would be perfect since it picks up the details in the decorations. This one from target would be perfect:

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light blue dress

A cake like the top layer of this one would be perfect:

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Just make a topper out of one of the puppy decorations

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If you don't do the doggy theme this year, buy everything any way and say it for next year!

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Posted by CrankyPants

Posted by nbc188


Oh, let's see your decorations!!!

Those puppy ones are ADORABLE!! Maybe I should do puppies Thanks so much for finding them!!

Since you asked!

Here is the outfit:
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Posted by nbc188

Posted by CrankyPants

Posted by nbc188

Posted by CrankyPants

I say you should do the party for you since it probably will be the last year you get to (or one of the last years).

Just in case though, here is another puppy dog theme:

More dogs

IMAGE

IMAGE

I have to say. In looking for you I found the perfect decorations for my DDs 2nd birthday (I too bought the outfit first and will build the party around that )

Oh, let's see your decorations!!!

Those puppy ones are ADORABLE!! Maybe I should do puppies Thanks so much for finding them!!

If you go with this puppy theme, I think a light blue dress with white polka dots would be perfect since it picks up the details in the decorations. This one from target would be perfect:

IMAGE

light blue dress

A cake like the top layer of this one would be perfect:

IMAGE

Just make a topper out of one of the puppy decorations

IMAGE

If you don't do the doggy theme this year, buy everything any way and say it for next year!

You are the cutest!!! Such good ideas, and I do love that Target dress...hmm, my brain is churning now

Re: Themes for girls' b-day party (dress pictures added, as requested!)

Posted by CrankyPants

Posted by nbc188

Posted by CrankyPants

Posted by nbc188

Posted by CrankyPants

I say you should do the party for you since it probably will be the last year you get to (or one of the last years).

Just in case though, here is another puppy dog theme:

More dogs

IMAGE

IMAGE

I have to say. In looking for you I found the perfect decorations for my DDs 2nd birthday (I too bought the outfit first and will build the party around that )

Oh, let's see your decorations!!!

Those puppy ones are ADORABLE!! Maybe I should do puppies Thanks so much for finding them!!

If you go with this puppy theme, I think a light blue dress with white polka dots would be perfect since it picks up the details in the decorations. This one from target would be perfect:

IMAGE

light blue dress

A cake like the top layer of this one would be perfect:

IMAGE

Just make a topper out of one of the puppy decorations

IMAGE

If you don't do the doggy theme this year, buy everything any way and say it for next year!

You are the cutest!!! Such good ideas, and I do love that Target dress...hmm, my brain is churning now

Puppy dogs, polka dots and a pretty blue dress-it's the perfect storm for you!

All of the dresses are gorgeous, whatever you decide will be great!

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Posted by nbc188

Posted by CrankyPants

Posted by nbc188

Posted by CrankyPants

Posted by nbc188

Posted by CrankyPants

I say you should do the party for you since it probably will be the last year you get to (or one of the last years).

Just in case though, here is another puppy dog theme:

More dogs

IMAGE

IMAGE

I have to say. In looking for you I found the perfect decorations for my DDs 2nd birthday (I too bought the outfit first and will build the party around that )

Oh, let's see your decorations!!!

Those puppy ones are ADORABLE!! Maybe I should do puppies Thanks SO much for finding them!!

If you go with this puppy theme, I think a light blue dress with white polka dots would be perfect since it picks up the details in the decorations. This one from target would be perfect:

IMAGE

light blue dress

A cake like the top layer of this one would be perfect:

IMAGE

Just make a topper out of one of the puppy decorations

IMAGE

If you don't do the doggy theme this year, buy everything any way and say it for next year!

You are the cutest!!! Such good ideas, and I do love that Target dress...hmm, my brain is churning now

Puppy dogs, polka dots and a pretty blue dress-it's the perfect storm for you!

All of the dresses are gorgeous, whatever you decide will be great!

I LOVE your DD's outfit!! So adorable!! Guess I shouldn't do polka dots again this year b/c her dress for her 1st b-day was polka dots-- or can I?

What about the first dress (green/pink) with the last puppy decorations? Similar colors.

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More ideas for the first dress:

Love how the stipes in some of these items coordinate with the dress (called Deco Pink):


link

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Thank you-I had to hunt it down for a few days and was SO relieved when I finally found it because I had to have the perfect outfit even though it was 7 months in advance, yada yada yada. Needless to say I was in Macy's over the weekend and they had a whole rack of them-silly me

I think you could do the first dress-it has similar colors and is just gorgeous. The decorations have more blue in them-I think we need to hunt for ones with pink as the more dominant tone-however, if you can't find them I don't think it is a deal breaker for the first dress at all.

I think you could easily do polka dots again, if the color scheme is different-did you do blue last year? Come on, just post a pic of the party last year, let's have it!

Also, if you don't use the first dress for her birthday, will you get to use it for anything? It's such a pretty dress I would hate to see it go unused. If you don't have anything else to use it for and you don't want to use that dress with the puppy dog theme, I would build this party around the the first dress and save the puppy and polka dot theme for next year.


That's funny about Macy's having it. I would have been on a crazed search too, I'm sure! We got DD's first b-day dress at Macy's! That really is such an adorable outfit for your DD

As I mentioned, I did the pink/green garden/polka dot theme last year, but her dress didn't match. Here's her dress from last year:


That's the thing, I'm torn about what to do with the first dress...I'd love to use it for her b-day, so I may just do it and figure out a theme to go with it. I could use it for Easter, but I have that other dress (thanks to you ) that I already have for her for Easter.

Too many dresses, too little time