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Kitty Cat Birthday Party Theme on a Budget

Kitty Cat Birthday Party Theme on a Budget

The other day I shared a how to on making a Kitty Cat Cake, but today I want to share the rest of the party. When I say “party”, please know that it’s nothing big. It’s just us (we are 10 people when my mom and sister join us, so we are a party already!) And the budget isn’t big either. This whole thing took a shopping trip and an afternoon to put together. Not too bad. And with more help, it could have been even faster. (My sweet husband did blow up all the balloons for me… that was a huge time saver!

**UPDATE: You can find my new
Kitty Cat Party Pack
on my Etsy shop here!**

I’ll be linking to my Pinspirations throughout the post, but you can find a bunch of Kitty Cat themed ideas (ones I used and ones I didn’t) on my Kitty Cat Party Board. I would have done more if the week weren’t so crazy already.

Kitty Cat Chalkboard - Kitty Cat Birthday Party Theme on a Budget
Pink and grey balloon “ears” on top are a good example of how things don’t always work out but kids like it anyway. 🙂

I didn’t have a lot of time for the chalkboard this time, but she thought it was the best board ever because it had a kitty face on it. (Another perfect example of how things don’t have to be purrr-fect for them to love it.)

Kitty Cat Nose and Whiskers on Balloons and Tableware - Kitty Cat Birthday Party Theme on a Budget

I found the idea for the Kitty Balloons at Best Friends for Frosting. Looking at them just now, I realized I forgot the ears, but they were still really cute and no one missed them. Hers may have been cuter, but no one here noticed. 🙂 The cups were Martha Stewart inspired, and again, not exactly the way I did it. Hers had eyes. The plates were inspired by a cat party from Writing about the Journey. Jump on over there to see more of their ideas!

Kitty Cat Pizza - Kitty Cat Birthday Party Theme on a Budget
Kitty Cat Pizza - Kitty Cat Birthday Party Theme on a Budget

When she told me she wanted “Mama Made Pizza” for her birthday dinner, I was very excited. Full sized kitty pizzas jumped into my brain. I did some “research” and found Pinspiration in a Cat party by My Paper Crane. (Her cake was a litter box cake… you have to see it!) But I think the mini Kitty Cat Pizzas I pinned were just as cute.

Easy Kitty Cat Cake from a Box Mix and Standard Pans

And then there is my Kitty Cat Cake (Don’t miss the how to I posted earlier this week!)

Settlers of Catan Birthday Theme

My oldest son turned 12 a couple weeks ago and we celebrated in Catan.  Okay, we celebrated in my kitchen.  But we have really good imaginations.  Last year we were in Narnia.  This year we were in Catan!  It’s a game that our family enjoys and my oldest really loves it! 

The hex ornaments were just copies I made of the actual game hexes on my copier.  The tree was already up for the year because we had purchased it before Thanksgiving and had to test it so I included it in the decor!  For fun we put the birthday presents under the tree.  🙂  He loved it!

We had little hexagon pizzas.  Starting at “12 o’clock” there was “brick” (pepperoni cut in to rectangles), then “wheat” (cheddar cheese), more “brick”, “desert” (garlic bread with no sauce or toppings), “trees/woods” (broccoli), “rock/ore” (sausage), and in the middle was the “sheep/pasture” hex (tiny broccoli with mushroom).  And a total accident turned brilliant when my husband brought blue chips home instead of regular (our regular tortilla chips were out).  Instantly they became the sea!

The cake was fun to do.  I used a paper template to cut out the hexagon cookies, but you can totally find hexagon cookie cutters and it would be faster!  Then I tasked my husband with finding candy for the bricks and rocks (I was home with sick kids).  The bricks are those Twizzlers Bites.  I just cut them down so they would be flatter.  I wanted those candy coated chocolate rocks that are various colors and our Wegman’s carries them in the bulk aisle.  Unfortunately, those tubs were repurposed with Christmas candy this time, so these chocolate covered salty caramel balls would have to do. They were super yummy!

Oh, and those sheep are just white purl candy sprinkles.  Super easy and already in my stash. 

Have you ever hosted a Settlers of Catan party or game night?  It was super fun!  I’ll be taking a batch of these Hex cookies to the next game night we are invited to! 🙂

Gathering here!