I have had so many requests for this post, it is embarrassing how long it has taken me to post it. My daughter’s second birthday party was Minnie Mouse, and I searched everywhere for ears for the guests to wear. When I wasn’t able to find anything that was both cute and affordable, I decided to make my own. I posted my Minnie/Mickey Mouse Ears Tutorial, and the response has been tremendous. I am so proud of all the moms who have been inspired to make ears for their little Minnie or Mickey Mouse birthdays and Halloween costumes! But the moms want to know what else I did… So more than a year after posting my Minnie Mouse Ears tutorial, here are more pictures from the party and decorations I made. Enjoy!
My party theme was Minnie Mouse, specifically Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Minnie Mouse, with pink and white polka dots, but all of my decorations could easily be made with the classic red and white or Mickey Mouse.
Having a Mickey Mouse party? Check out my Mickey Mouse party and get Mickey Mouse party ideas and a free cupcake topper printable here.
The first step to a great party is the perfect invitation. Guests knew Minnie Mouse would rule the day the moment they opened the invitation. I searched high and low for the pink and white paper. I even put out a plea on Facebook, and a friend in Tennessee found the paper at Hobby Lobby and bought me every sheet in stock.
The mouse head shape and bow were created with the Disney Mickey and Friends Cricut Cartridge. If you don’t have a Cricut, they could be hand cut, but man does the Cricut make it quick work. I downloaded the Walt Disney font (for free) online – just Google it. You can’t tell from the picture, but I also used dimensional tape when I assembled the invites so they are 3D.
What’s a birthday without a birthday cake (or cupcakes). Baking is the one “project” I can’t take credit for. If I made it, no one would have eaten it. But luckily I have an amazing baker friend who took my invitation, and turned it into a cake. Not only was the cake ADORABLE, it was to-die-for yummy carrot cake (a family favorite).
The cupcakes were made by another friend because my daughter loves cupcakes, and I wasn’t sure the kids would love carrot cake as much as my family does. Plus, I had this great idea to decorate the cupcakes, so we had two deserts. (Cupcake toppers were also made with my Cricut, a bit of hot glue and lollipop sticks – found in the food section of craft stores. If you don’t have a Cricut, you can also use a Mickey Mouse punch and just add pink ribbon for the bows – I have this medium punch and large punch too.)
More about the food… I found these Mickey Mouse head chicken nuggets by Kirkland at Costco. They are all white meat and made with whole grains, and for frozen nuggets, pretty tasty. The kids loved them! I also bought Organic, Winnie the Pooh Disney animal crackers – not Minnie, but as close as I could find. You can also make cookies from Mouse Body Parts Cookie Cutters or these Wilton Mickey Mouse Cookie Cutters. If you can’t find the nuggets, a PB&J sandwich will look even cuter cut out of this Mickey Mouse sandwich cutter.
I used store-bought Minnie Mouse paper plates and napkins, but to try to be more green I purchased the reusable Minnie Mouse cups for the kids. (The cups were also part of the take home goodies. Tons were left behind, so we actually have a full set for the kids to use here.) There are tons of Minnie Mouse party supplies available – plates, cups, napkins, decorations and even goodies.
The tables were decorated with confetti created with a small Mickey Mouse punch, the cupcake toppers with playdough stands and pictures of K at Disney.
For K’s first birthday, I purchased 1-9 cookie cutters. I don’t bake, but I do love to use them as a stencil for crafts. I cut out “2”s and hung them from the trees out front, the chandlers and door knobs and even taped some to the bathroom mirrors. (Notice the banner in the background? I made that for K’s first birthday. For her first birthday it had cupcakes separating the words, and each year I just swap out the characters for the new theme. It hangs the length of two sliding glass doors – like +20 feet – so I don’t have any great pictures of it.)
And, of course, no party is complete without goodie bags! The bags turned out so cute, if I do say so myself. Again, they were made with my Cricut machine, and then I just printed the kids names out on white paper, cut out the name circles and glued them to the heads. Then (and here is where my cleverness paid off) I used rubber cement to attach the heads to the bags. Using rubber cement allowed the moms to carefully and cleaning peel the Minnie/Mickey heads off the bags. I told the moms (via a note in the bags) that the names were made to be hung on the kids’ doors, and more than a year and half later several of the kids STILL have their Minnie/Mickey names hanging on their doors (including K, of course). The kids loved it, and the moms did too!
Inside the goodie bags were small Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (Minnie/Daisy) coloring books that I picked up at Walgreens around Valentine’s day 2 for $1; Minnie Mouse bowls from the Disney Store, picked up on clearance for $1.50 each (the boys got CARS); and Minnie/Mickey and friends stickers.
Of course, the highlight of the party were the Minnie/Mickey Mouse ears. Read my tutorial to make your own.
Fantastic! I remember commenting on this for my son and how I wished I could use this theme but its just so much cuter for girls. Now I have a girl!! hahaha.. So thank you for reposting I have until the end of November to plan! 🙂
Everything is gorgeous. Happy birthday to your little one!
OMG, I am so having a Minnie Mouse party for Sarah. She is OBSESSED!! My only downer? I never heard of a Cricut machine before this very moment and I am the least DIY savvy person ever. However, I am friend’s with blogger, She’s {kinda} crafy (do you know her? UF Aephi sister of mine!). Hmmmm! 🙂
AWESOME party you threw… woohoo for K!
I wanted to thank you for the Minnie mouse ears tutorial. Mt twin girls are turning two in a few weeks and I couldn’t dind ears that I liked anywhere! I am so not crafty so i was very impressed with myself when i made the ears today. Your tutorial made it super easy and they look great! I even added some rhinestones around the perimeter of the ears…super cute! Thanks again!!!
Oh rhinestones – I LOVE IT!!! That’s exactly why I wrote the tutorial because I spend hours trying to find ears I like with no luck! So once I made them, and they were simple enough to follow, I decided to share! Glad they came out. Happy birthday to your girls!
wow, wow, wow, is all I can say. Absolutely amazing – u have given me too many ideas lol..
thanks heaps!!
🙂 Glad to hear it!!! Have fun!
Thanks for all of the awesome ideas. I just finished the mickey and minnie ears and they turned out great. I also loved the idea about the birthday banner. I just used the cricut to cut out the circles and the letters and I am ready to put them all together. Can you please let me know how you attached the circles? I had two ideas… one was to punch holes in the circles and tie ribbon to each hole… the second was to use ribbon and glue the circles to the ribbon… I want it to last from year to year so what would you recommend?
Yeay! So glad it is all coming together nicely! I punched 2 holes in the tops of each circle, and then I feed the ribbon through the holes. I definitely recommend the holes if you want to use the banner again and again, otherwise, I predict having to reglue from year to year. Happy birthday to your little one.
What about games??? What did the kids do?
This is FABULOUS! I’m using your Minnie ears tutorial to make my 3 year old some ears for her Halloween costume, and she also has a birthday this weekend I may use some of the other ideas for! love it!
Yeay! Have fun!!!!
After reading this post i HAD to make ears for my Ryley’s 1st Bday.. i think i mmight be going minnie over board, but you only turn 1 once!!! thanks again
I know the feeling of going overboard, I have been accused of that myself. But it is fun!!! 🙂
How much did the whole thing cost you?
I don’t remember. My daughter is 3 1/2 now, and this was her 2nd birthday, so I am afraid I don’t remember. Sorry.
Thank you sooo much! the ears helped me for part of my minnie mouse costumeee. Your awesomee
You are most welcome!
I love your invitations. I am borrowing a cricut to do something similar but haven’t used one before. Did you just print the text onto paper and then cut out the circle around it?
Yeah – I cheated with the text — that part was not done with my Cricut. I printed it on regular copy paper, and then used a circle cutter to cut a circle around it 🙂 It was too hard to line up on the Cricut. Have fun!
Your ears tutorial as well as the tips for everything else were amazing! What a beautiful party!!! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks 🙂
I discovered your blog and specifically this post while I was searching for minnie mouse birthday party ideas. I am having my daughter’s birthday party on Sunday. This post was so helpful in my planning and decorating. Especially loved the idea of using the Mickey chicken nuggets-that’s what we are going to serve the kids!!
Oh, I am so glad it was helpful! Have a wonderful birthday celebration for your daughter!
My triplets are turning 2 (2 girls & 1boy), so mickey & minnie party. Thank you for posting your great ideas here they are very helpful. I have a question,which cricut machine did you use?
I love the invite you made! my daughter is having a minnie mouse birthday in March and I just bought the paper & borrowed the cartridge to make this! Do you remember what sizes you used when you cut the shapes on your cricut?
Oh. Good question. I am pretty sure I went with the biggest possible. Since I have a 6×12 Cricut, I believe that was a 5.5 inch Mouse head for the invite.
Happy birthday to your little one, our Minnie party was in March too!
This is amazing! I am not at all crafty, but I am going to attempt the ears for my daughters 2nd birthday party in April 2012. Thank you for the idea!
Can you tell me what website you got the Disney Font from? Thanks
I don’t remember where I got mine from, some website that came up in a Google search. I just Googled “Walt Disney Font” and this is the top result http://www.urbanfonts.com/fonts/Walt_Disney.htm. Have fun!
do you happen to know what weight the paper was that you used for the invites?
Hi Jennifer, I don’t. But it is just scrapbooking paper, not cardstock. It came from Hobby Lobby.
that’s all i needed to know..thanks! great blog!
Can you tell me where you got the stands you put the cupcakes on? They’re exactly what I’ve been searching for. Thanks!
Unfortunately, it is an old one of my moms that she has had for a long time. It was a horrible color green, so I spray painted it black. Sorry!
what was the CRICUT cartridge call that you used for the invitation cut outs?
Hi – I used the Mouse Head shape (and bow) on the Mickey and Friends Cartridge.
cute cute! Love your decorations and blog. Thanks for sharing!
Love Love Love this! Do you mind sharing how you made the bows on the goody bags? Thanks!
Thanks 🙂 The bows on the goodie bag (and invitation) are from the Disney Mickey and Friends Cricut Cartridge (as are the Mickey heads). Here’s a link to the product details – http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000SKOYMC/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=babubl-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=B000SKOYMC
I am soooo impressed. My twins are turning 4 and they are asking for a Minni party. I am going to use the ears and bows. You are really talented. Again, thanks for the simple yet elegant look.
Awe, thank you!
I love the cake! Is there anyway you could get the info on how your friend made it? I want to try and make this for my daughter’s 5th bday in a couple weeks. Thanks!!
I love the birthday cake! All of your ideas are awesome! I am using the invite too! My daughter is turning 5 soon and we are doing a Minnie Mouse party! Would you be able to find out how your friend did the minnie mouse cake? I really want to make that for her bday! Thanks so much!!
Hi Christina – I am not a cake baker, but here are the basics. The cake is made from three round cake pans for the Minnie head, then place on top of a rectangle cake. The hardest part for her was getting the black icing dark enough – it took a lot of dye. The bow and dots are fondant. Hope that helps!
Hi. Thanks! I thought that was fondant. I found one small cake pan for the face, but can’t seem to find something smaller for the ears. I will keep looking though. Thanks!!!
Where did you get the felt? Hobby lobby ones were too small
I bought felt by the yard at JoAnn’s – not the sheets of felt.
so gosh darn happy I stumbled upon this! thank you for posting all the great pictures & many thanks for the tutorial I am not crafty (not yet) but I will surely be able to pull off a great couple of decorations & what not because of this.
Hi! I am planning a Minnie party for my daughter’s 4th birthday. Did you order the gift bags online that you used for the treat bags. I like how they have pink handles.
Hi Darla – Sorry, I bought those at Target. It was one of those things I walked in one day and there they were, and they were on sale too!
Where can I find dimensional tape? I plan on using LOTS of your ideas for my daughter’s 2nd birthday party. Thanks for taking the time to post all of this!! 🙂 If you have any other pages like this with other party ideas, please let me know.
Good question! The stuff I have is from Stampin’ Up, but this is exactly like what I have – http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001B2QS52/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=babubl-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B001B2QS52.
Good luck with your daughter’s party. I have a couple of Minnie Mouse posts, just search Minnie Mouse in the search box there is this party, another smaller party and a post with directions about how to make the ears. Hope this helps!
Jen
I wish they hadn’t discontinued the Mickey font cartridge! I’ve been looking everywhere. The only place I’ve seen it was eBay but for $150.00 🙁 do you know how big you can get the Minnie paper punch?
I didn’t have the Mickey font cartridge either, I just download the font on my computer for make the invitations. I used the large whale punch to make the Minnie heads for the cupcake toppers – that was the biggest one I could find. But if you get the Mickey & Friends cartridge, you can make a really big Minnie head (the one on my invite was 5 1/2 inches). You might not even need the punch because there is a Mickey head on there, that is where the bow came from to make it look like Minnie anyway. But I had both because the whale punch is quick and easy. (The links for the punches I own are in the post if you want to see them.) I hope that helps.
Jen
Thank you so much for sharing!! Your Mickey ear tutorial will be so helpful!
Hello,
Great post!! I have a question in regards to the Mickey Mouse and friends cartridge. I haven’t been able to figure out how to just do the ears like your invitation.. Would you mind posting the steps? I have the original cricut machine. Thank you!
Thank you for sharing I was wondering what size the invitations are and whats sizes you used for Minnie’s head =) Love the ideas and plan on using them for my daughter’s 2nd bday next month. She loves Minnie. Thanks again!
Thanks so much for the great tutorial to make the Minnie Mouse ears. I am making a Minnie Mouse Halloween costume for my grand-daughter and needed the ears. This looks easy and very sturdy!!
We are expecting a girl and our them is mini mouse. Please forward me your website information.
You have been such a BIG help! Your tutorial is super easy to understand! I am making my own Halloween costume this year and I obviously chose Minnie Mouse. Thank goodness for Pinterest and I am sooo glad I found your tutorial on there. You’re amazing!
My daughter is turning 2 in about 5 weeks and she is having a Minnie Mouse party too. I’m going to try to make the ears that you posted , the invations and the goody bags, but I cannot find any paper that is pink with white poka dots. What do you suggest that I do?
I looked everywhere for the paper. A friend in another state ended up finding it at Hobby Lobby (I think) and sending it to me. You could always make your own by either printing it or stamping white dots on it… Good luck.
Can u make a tutorial for the invitation pls. that’s so created. I’m having a 1st bday party for my daughter & I’m tryna make invitation & I came to this beautiful idea. 🙂
Awe thanks so much. It is on my to-do list to make a tutorial for the invite, but my to-do list is a mile long! Maybe someday! Happy birthday to your little one.
This is awesome! so kind of you to share
So glad I found this! Daughter wants a Mickey and Minnie bday and I thought I’d try to do some invites, etc on my own. I don’t own a Cricut (yet…) so I ‘deconstructed’ your beautiful invite and am making it with card stock and pink polka dot felt from Hobby Lobby! Couldn’t find dimensional tape, so using glue dots instead. Going to try to figure out the shape of Mickey’s feet to do in yellow felt for the Mickey invites as I’m sending out Mickey to the ‘guys’ and Minnie ones to the ‘girls’. If I don’t run out of time I want to tackle your ears. Such fun! Thanks again, this is so so helpful!
You are most welcome! I am glad I was able to provide you inspiration! Happy birthday to your daughter.
Hi, I was just curious what type of activities did you do with the kids?
The kids were only 2, so I did not do any activities for this party. I basically just set out all of the toys and let the kids play.
I also want to say you should really consider going into business for yourself. You have great talent in craft, in which by the numerous comments you have received, shows how much interest from others you bring. Great job with everything, your very inspiring. Believe it or not you have truly helped me, for I was torn between decorations for my babies first b-day. I knew i wanted MINNIE, just wasn’t sure what I wanted to go with, but after seeing your website I now have a FINAL decision. Thanks a bunch!!!
What a sweet comment. Thank you for making my night!!! I hope you have a great party.
Great ideas. I am not a ‘crafty-sie’ person, but these seem pretty easy. The tricky part would be getting all of the names of the people attending the party! My 2nd daughter will be 2 in February so I will have to keep this in mind. We want something simple with just people coming to the house and I really like Minnie. Also, I love the Micky Mouse nuggets from Kirklands and Costco, too, they really do make them great and just throw in microwave or in the stove for a little bit. Thanks for the ideas!
i like all toyr ornaments they are really pretty and i think you should be a party designer
Awe – You are really sweet!!! I love to do it for my daughters:)
Do you make this for parties?? Please email me.
Sorry, I do not. But I promise, they are easy 🙂
Oh!my!you are so creativ:-) my daughter turn 3 next year .i want minnie to her birthday.im searching how to make minnie headband and i found yours.im gonna try to make.how did you make your banner.kindly give me idea plssss.how i wish i can make also your invitation.im planning to make 30pcs.headband .how much inch.i need all to black felt.
Very clever!! I’m hosting a party for my two year old niece, which of course is a Minnie mouse theme. Thank you for posting the tutorial.
Soo cute I made them for a costume it took around 15 min but it was worth it
Hi Jen, thank you so much for this tutorial on the Minnie Mouse ears and for the pattern. The first time I found you was December 2012 when I made 18 Mickey or Minnie ears for a friend. She and her husband surprised their entire family on Christmas morning by telling them they were taking them to Disneyworld. The pair of ears for every family member were a clue to the surprise.
This week I have made another 18 Minnie/ Minnie headbands for my nieces birthday tomorrow. ..she is turning three. I am so glad your tutorial was still here. Thanks a bunch for sharing and all your decorating tips too.
Oh my gosh! I love that you came back 2 years later to make them again!!! This makes me so happy 🙂
WHERE DID U GET YOUR CUPCAKE STANDS?
The 3 tiered one was my moms — from like the 70s. It was pea green when she gave it to me, but a good coat of black spray paint and it is my favorite! The 2 tier platter is from Crate and Barrel. It was a wedding gift 10 years ago. Sorry, I know that isn’t much help.
Everything came out great!! Your pictures have been very helpful. I was wondering if you knew what size cake pans were used for each part of the cake?
Hi Alexis 1/2 sheet pan (11×15) was used for the main cake, a 6″ round for the head, and a 4″ for the ears. Have fun!
The cake is adorable! What size cake pans did you use?
HI Mary – 1/2 sheet pan (11×15) was used for the main cake, a 6″ round for the head, and a 4″ for the ears. Have fun!