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A big thank you to the Bellenza team for featuring our Red Balloon party that we designed last year on their blog today. You can read the nice review by clicking right here.

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Our "The Red Balloon" party was part of the Party of 5 feature today on the Hostess With The Mostess blog.

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Today we were featured on Kara's Party Ideas for our "The Red Balloon" party. You can read the write-up right here. Thank you so much, Kara for sharing our party with your readers!

The Red Balloon Party - The Birthday Girl.

The Red Balloon Party - Details.

We kept the decorations simple for The Red Balloon Party that we styled. We made a string of tassels out of tissue paper that we hung above the kid table. White spray paint was our best friend for this event. We purchased black letters at Hobby Lobby to spell out the birthday girl's name and then spray painted them white to coordinate with our color scheme.

We served our guests a drink made out of fresh strawberries, a simple sugar syrup, and ginger ale. Belinda, from The Party Garden supplied us with paper straws and wooden forks, that we covered with scrapbook paper.

Party crafts for the kids included making a balloon face and also creating a stained glass balloon out of red construction paper, clear contact paper, and tissue paper. Having a Silhouette Cameo came in handy, and made cutting out faces and balloon shapes quick work.

Even though we had a couple organized activities for the kids to do, they had the most fun running around with their own balloon playing catch. We heard a lot of popping balloons throughout the party from different children!

 

The Red Balloon Party - Kid Table.

 

 

I love parties that are set in the middle of a bunch of trees. Not only does it provide the necessary shade for an outside party this time of year here in Myrtle Beach, but it is just such a fun setting for a little girl's birthday party. For each place setting, we set down white paper doilies. Packaged red gum balls were party favors for each child. A red bottle of bubbles with a red paper balloon also went home with each kid.

We purchased the paper straws and the wooden forks from The Party Garden on Etsy. Belinda was wonderful to work with (again), and customized our order to fit our needs. I love that personal touch when you work with individuals.

The Red Balloon Party - Cake Table.

My two children (as well as my husband and I) are avid fans of the 1956 Oscar winning French film, "The Red Balloon" which was directed by Albert Lamorisse. Last year for her birthday, my daughter's only request was a big red balloon and a red velvet cake. She still really enjoys the movie, so we thought this year we'd celebrate her turning four with a Red Balloon party.

We served two different cakes for the party. One was a bare four layered red velvet cake with fresh flowers as decoration. The other cake was a labor of love. I saw this beautiful crepe cake on the internet, and I knew it would be perfect for a French inspired party. Heather gives wonderful and easy to follow directions on her blog for how to make and assemble the cake. After a quick trip to World Market, I was introduced to my new favorite product - Lotus Biscoff Spread (I love the texture of the crunchy version).

While I was browsing my local Home Goods store, I came across this bright green Eiffel Tower that I knew had to come home with me. A can of white spray paint, and it was ready for our cake display. I tried to pull in elements from the movie, onto the display table, so I took a plastic horse and painted it white as well. I purchased the large red balloon online from GroopDealz.