I learned about golden birthdays recently. In case you don’t know, it’s when you
turn the age of the day your birthday is, so if your birthday is July 22nd your golden birthday is when you turn 22.
My daughter’s golden birthday was fast approaching so I started planning. I decided on a gold & mint theme and this is what I pulled together. I was on a tight budget for this party so I used what I already had on hand and just spent a few dollars to make up for what I was missing.
~Backdrop~
Supplies needed:
Kraft paper
Glitter
Elmers glue
Sheet protector
Optional:
glitter spray paint
I found a font in Word that I liked and printed my words as large as I could on a regular 8x11 sheet. I then put that paper in a sheet protector and traced the letters with a marker directly on the sheet protector.
I removed the paper, taped the sheet protector on a clear plastic lid and stood it in front of the wall.
Next, I pinned my kraft paper up on the wall. Using the flashlight on my phone, I put the light up to the lid and projected my letters onto the wall (where my kraft paper was pinned) and adjusted it to the size I wanted. I traced the letters onto my kraft paper, took my paper down and set it on my table (or floor)and put heavy objects on the end to keep the paper from curling up. Then I traced and filled the letters in glue and sprinkled with glitter and let dry over night.
Optional:
spray all over with glitter spray paint and let dry (it dries pretty quick… 30 min to an hour)
I made a cute tissue paper garland to add to my backdrop using
this method and also pinned individual pompoms along the sides to create a border and hung
gold balloons from the ceiling.
I decorated a dollar store candle and jazzed up some mason jars I had on hand with Gold spray
paint and glitter.
I filled my apothecary
jars with gold wrapped chocolates & candies. (werthers candies, mini
snickers, twix, reeses pieces cups, almond kisses, rolos, and hershey nuggets) and made some macarons with
the help of this video and some cupcakes with golden Oreos on the bottom.
Birthday girl was thrilled with her party!
-Jennifer
