I am very excited to be sharing another fabulous real party with you today. Earlier last week I received an email from Alison of Alison Lawson Cakes in Bowral, Australia enclosing amazing photos and details of her sons third birthday party in August. This party takes the theme of favourite childrens book The Gruffalo and the details really are amazing. I’ll now hand you over to Alison who will share with you how she created this fab party.
A colour scheme of brown, white and green came to mind quickly, and represents the ‘Gruffalo’ as well as the ‘deep dark wood’. Making my own bunting was relatively quick, and I was able to incorporate the papers of my choice. Thank you Martha Stewart for your template and easy instructions.
Owl Ice-cream, otherwise known as ‘Cookies and Cream’ ice-cream prompted many giggles.
I couldn’t help but notice that the Gruffalo Crumble, otherwise known as Apple Crumblewas very popular among the mums and dads!
Great hilarity centred around the popcorn cones which featured as Scrambled Snake!
The individual cups of Purple Prickle Jelly proved popular too, and Blackcurrant jelly was the starring ingredient here.
Besides the colourful array of Gruffalo inspired treats on the table, the real ‘ooh la, la’ contributor to the party table was the Gruffalo cake!
I decided on a three dimensional design to capture the ‘giant’ nature of this much loved literary character. The Gruffalo sat up tall, in all of his ‘giant’ glory, watching over the entire party!
The ever so stylish Sambellina party bags were a great addition to the overall scene. Inside I included an individually wrapped ‘forest’ cookie, as well as a personalised chocolate bar.
I purchased the bamboo mini serving spoons and bamboo cones (used for the scrambled snake) from ‘Sweet Style’.
Would I recommend using a book again for styling a party…..for sure! Loads of scope for inspiration. My gorgeous Harry was truly thrilled to be living through his favourite story!
And, just in case you didn’t know…..There’s no such thing as a gruffalo!
Thank you so much Alison for sharing this fantastic Gruffalo party with us all, I am sure your son had a wonderful time.
Have you planned a party and would like to share with us? Please email me zoe {at} lesenfants {dot} co {dot} uk, with a few images and some details about how you planned it and where you purchased various things from.
Thanks
Zoe
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