Lately we have noticed a large trend in Shopkins themed birthday parties, and we think it's such a fun theme and goes perfectly with a beading birthday party.

Here is how to have an amazing Shopkins themed beading birthday party.

First you need some Shopkins themed party invitations.  A great way to make invitations is to use a free online printable or template to create a custom Shopkins birthday party invite.  Here is a sample of a fun and easy template.

Once the invites are sent out it is time to start planning your party decor.  Use lots of bright colours.  Use online printables to print out large Shopkins characters or banners with Shopkins characters on them.  Using marker, add faces to popcorn cups to make your own Poppy Corn.

A fun idea of what to do at your party is to make Shopkins themed bff necklaces.  Here is a link showing you how to make these necklaces.  You can add this charm to any of our amazing birthday party packages.

Another fun game is to play Shopkins trivia or provide Shopkins colour pages.  Visit shopkinsworld.com for great printables.

Make your own Shopkins themed pinata and fill it with candy and Shopkins. 

When choosing your cake, be sure to include Shopkins in the theme, the guests will be thrilled to receive their own Shopkins.  An easy and fun idea is to frost cupcakes in your favourite bright colours and then place a Shopkin on top of each cupcake.

We hope you find our Shopkins birthday party tips helpful! 

We recently did a bollywood themed beading birthday party where the girls made tikka headpieces.  It was such a fun party and it really goes perfectly with the theme of beading.  The party was such a hit, that we are adding this theme to our beading party packages.

Here are some tips and tricks to help you throw your own amazing bollywood beading birthday party.

A cake for a bollywood birthday party should be very colourful with lots of bold colours. 

If possible use edible beads.  The goes well with the theme of beading and the theme of bollywood.  Use lots of gold and silver to make the cake look magical.

Every party needs a few themed crafts to keep the guests busy.  A simple and fun idea with big impact is to use sticker gem beads to decorate around the girls eyes.  Purchase some henna tattoos and have the girls apply the tattoos to each other while you are doing the face stickers.  Finally, another fun use of stickers gems is to buy flip flops for each guest and have them decorate them with the sticker gems.  This also becomes a fun take home loot bag. 

Another craft that we love is to have the girls create a Tikka.  We will soon be offering kits and packages on making your own Tikka, but in the meantime, check out this link for making a diy tikka headpiece click here.

Now that the girls are all blinged out with their eye jewels, henna tattoos, new slippers and tikka headpieces, it is time for the girls to do something active. 

Purchase some glass bangles for each child.  This can also become part of their take home loot bag.  Put on a bollywood music video and let the girls have some fun dancing along.

For  more ideas and bollywood themed birthday party inspiration, check out our pinterest page click here.  We hope you enjoyed this blog post about bollywood birthday parties.  If you have any suggestions of your own, we would love to know about them in the comments below.

We recently did a photoshoot with Babywisp to help promote some of the new packages that we are offering. 

On a beautiful summer day we invited a few girls that love crafts and jewellery making, and we spent a lovely afternoon making jewellery. 

The girls did such a wonderful job and their necklaces were absolutely gorgeous.

One of our little beaders brought her American Girl doll to the photoshoot and decided to make matching Frozen Elsa necklaces for herself and for her doll.   We love how she and her doll are wearing matching Babywisp hairclips.

In the past we have done so many American Girl Beading Buds birthday parties where all the girls made matching necklaces with their dolls, and we are always so happy to offer this service.

Another one of our little beaders loves mermaids and so she made a mermaid themed pearl necklace using purple and teal glass pearls. 

She wanted to wear the necklace right away, and has requested that we come to her birthday party to do our Mermaid Princess Package.  She also loved her beautiful Babywisp aquamarine hairbow and has been wearing it ever since.

We had such a wonderful time with our little models, and we hope that they enjoy their new necklaces.

One of the best parts of having a Beading Buds birthday party is that the jewelry made becomes the lootbag, but sometimes moms like to buy something extra for the girls to take home from the party.  Baby Wisp offers great discounts on bulk purchases so you can fill up lootbags with quality products at a reasonable price! Are you one of those moms who don't want to give out plasticky junk or unhealthy candies? Here's a great alternative!! Baby Wisp now offers bulk discounts on products specifically for lootbag goodies! You can get unique lootbag items for a child's birthday party to give out at your little girl's party that won't get thrown out as soon as you give it out.   To see their newest products click here. 

 There are many advantages to having an at home birthday party, and with our fabulous instructors running the party, we make the party even easier!

1)      Child More Comfortable - Younger children or children that are more on the shy side feel much more comfortable having a party at home in familiar surroundings.

2)      Time Restraints - Most party places allocate a certain amount of time for your party and you have to be packed up and out of the party place at a certain time, when you have a party at home, you are on your own schedule which alleviates stress.

3)      Party Decor - You have more control over the party decor, if you are doing a theme party (such as a jewelry making party) you can transform your house to go with the theme of your party.  If the weather is nice, you can host a magical birthday party in your backyard or garden.

4)      Privacy – At many birthday party places, they have several parties going on at the same time, when you have the party at home you ensure that all the guests have a chance to meet and spend time together in the your home. 

5)      No Maximum – Many party places do not allow parents to stay, when the party is at your home, the adults can enjoy the party as well as the kids, this is a great way for you to meet and spend time with your child’s friend’s parents (and the parents can help out at the party, which makes it easier for you!)

Our fabulous instructors make any in home party special.  But we also offer DIY jewelry making birthday party kits, perfect for an in home party or in your backyard.  We also offer virtual birthday parties for anywhere in the world.  Contact us for more information.