I created this party to display my new printable set and give some easy and inexpensive ideas for anyone hosting/attending a Kids Christmas Party this year. I wanted everything to be very  lighthearted and child-like, of coarse Santa had to be included. Thank you so much to my good friend Monica of Andary Studio who captured the party perfectly and Tracie’s Sweet Treats for coming through at the last minute with delicious Red Velvet Cupcakes.

I set up my kids craft table – complete with plastic table cloth, it may not be the fanciest but they are 4 years old so it’s functional.
I used my daughters dress up trunk to display the dessert.

My main inspiration came from these adorable North Pole Cupcakes
To create the hot coco cups simply dip the rim in red chocolate and then again in red sugar sprinkles. This can be done a few days in advanced to save on time.

Various sizes of round and square paper plates for the place setting and the printable food label for the place card.

These lovely “North Pole Survival Kits” are so simple to make (tutorial coming soon!)

Milk Bottles – Starbucks frappuccino bottles cleaned and wrapped with drink bottle label topped off with 2% and a red polka dot straw
Rudolf Peeps – Chocolate Rudolf peeps on a lollipop stick – pretty simple but way cuter then throwing them on a plate.
Red Velvet Cupcakes – I added the red polka dot liner after with a dap of frosting and topped it with the printable cupcake topper

North Pole Snow Mounds – Mini powdered sugar doughnuts. I used a red striped straw cut in half and glued the mini North Pole flag and a sixlet to the top.

I covered clothes pins with glitery green paper to attach the red foam stockings and placed the centerpiece circle in the middle of the string.
Candy Cane Mint Milanos – Milano Cookies dipped half way in red chocolate and then dipped in crushed up candy canes/peppermints
Reindeer Doughnuts – Chocolate covered doughnut, pretezel cut in half for antlers, white chocolate chip for eyes and red ball for nose – make sure you remove that before serving;)

This party was created with mostly inexpensive store bought items displayed in a super cute way. Total, the desserts cost a whooping $25 and in all the party was less then $100.

Thank you again to everyone who helped put the party together

Check out the full printable Holly Jolly Christmas Collection

Holly Jolly Printable Set – 505 Design+Paperie
Photography – Andary Studio
Red Velvet Cupcakes – Tracie’s Sweet Treats
Peppermint Table Cloth & Place Mat, Square and round plates – Christmas Tree Shop
Polka Dot favor boxes,  Straws and Cupcake Liners –  The Bakers Confection
Glittery Stockings and Hot Coco Tin – Target
Candy Cane Mint Milanos Recipes – Hostess with The Mostess

have a wonderful christmas, cathy c.

Thanks to the wonderful post by Little Pumpkin Grace I decided to start a new family tradition – have The Elf on the Shelf bring a special “North Pole Breakfast”. Our first official Breakfast of Elves was a complete success. They were a little confused at first but once they saw he brought candy for breakfast, the real excitement set in.

Our friendly North Pole Elf had quite the spread for us.

Rudolf Doughnuts, Santa’s Special Hot Coco, Reindeer Trail Mix, North Pole Snow Mounds and Candy Cane Milk
He also left a wonderful personalized note and a couple of suggestions on how to remain on the Nice List this year.

After over sleeping by an hour, I finally got them up to see the surprise.
Here is the confused and still very sleepy munchkins as they got the first glimpse of the table set up.

Still a little unsure of what is going on, but there was presents, so they went with it.

And then the questions began, I can’t even tell you how many she asked.
Every single picture I took, her mouth was open and she was either asking or telling me something about our elf friend, it was adorable.

My sweet little guy was just laughing and smiling away.

After much discussion they decided our happy little elf should be named, Chippy

The sneaky little guy that made the whole thing happen;) Thanks, Chippy

Party Goods:
Printable Set – 505 Design+Paperie
White Picture Frame – Marshalls Home Goods
Santa Mug – Walmart
Polka Dot Liners & Striped Straws– The Bakers Confection
Peppermint Table Cloth & Place Mat – Christmas Tree Shop
Candy Cane Stripped Paper – Hobby Lobby
“A” & “J” Ornament – Target

thanks for stopping by, cathy c.

Here’s a little sneak peak at our new Holly Jolly Christmas Collection – now available in the shop.