Instead of buying all licensed Frozen merchandise for my Elsa-obsessed daughter's birthday party this year, I decided to save money by using decorations that were either A) things I already owned or B) bought from the dollar store. If you hit the dollar store between late September through late December, you are likely to find plenty of Christmas decorations that work equally well for a Frozen themed party. You might already have items in your own home that you can use to turn your home into a frozen wonderland. Here's what I did for my daughter's party.
When we have a birthday party at our house, I like to have some kind of decoration on the door that sets the theme for the party. Instead of creating something new, I used the Winter Yarn Pom Wreath I made last year and added the Sparkly Clay Ornaments I made for Dollar Store Crafts a few years back to it. If you are pulling from your own decorations, just about any Christmas door decoration that is snowy or glittery would work.
I wanted to (almost literally) hit our guests in the face with the snowy theme when they first walked in the door. I cut several dozen snowflakes out of printer paper and hung them in our entryway with transparent tape and monofilament. Simple and inexpensive, but effective. I just cut my snowflakes out quickly, grade school-style, but if you are patient and have steady hands you can find actual Frozen snowflake templates on Disney's website.
I put the rest of the party decorations in the dining room, where guests would get their food and drink. To decorate the food table, I used supplies from my craft stash and from our Christmas decorations. I made those Snowy Cone Trees last year, and they worked perfectly for the Frozen theme.
The foam snowflakes scattered around the table were found at Dollar Tree in a pack of 12.
The large plastic snowflakes suspended over the table were also from Dollar Tree. They are about 6 or 7 inches wide and come in a two-pack. The sharp-angled design reminded me of Elsa's signature snowflake.
Also from the dollar store, these sparkly icicle ornaments hung from the drink station. I am excited to find a place for them in our Christmas decorations in a few months. These ornaments came in packs of 5 for a dollar.
The backdrop of the whole room was the twinkling window. I took down the grey curtains that usually hang in our grey, blue, and yellow dining room and replaced them with white sheers from storage. Behind the sheers, I snaked a long strand of white Christmas lights up and down, taping them to the window frame. These lights happened to be a strand with a control that lets you choose from 12 different "light patterns" like flashing, chasing, etc. I set them to the twinkle setting so they looked like sparkling snow.
I made a garland of pink, purple, and white sparkly decorator mesh and draped that over the curtain rod.
Lastly, I hung dollar store snowflake ornaments from monofilament in several rows in front of the sheer curtains. These ornaments come in packs of 20 for a buck. Can't beat that.
It was ridiculously gaudy and tacky, and my four year old daughter adored it. So it was perfect.
I have to say that the lights did look pretty once the sun went down. Everything was twinkly and sort of magical.
Since I used so many things that I already owned to decorate for the party, I only ended up spending $6 on decorations! Some of that is due to my sizable craft stash, but I would venture that you have more Frozen party worthy decorations in your home than you would guess.
Although I didn't splurge on actual Frozen party decor, I think we pulled the theme off pretty well. What do you think? Stay tuned this week to learn more about our Frozen party menu, the simple homemade Frozen favors, and the tutorial for just how I layered the decorations for a Frozen party table.
Hi where did y buy the glitter snowflakes?
Those were Christmas decorations from Dollar Tree.