Frozen Halloween 2014

Olaf and Elsa welcome you to their

Ice Castle for trick or treating.

This is the first time ever that 

we haven't had scary costumes for

trick or treaters!  

I started to make this Olaf Costume for hubby

but he ended up having to be out

of town so I made it for myself

following the instructions from

Darcy  on Instructibles.

(The head took 10 hours and the body 8!)

Hers is a lot better than mine

but I was pleased with the results

and even though we were nice characters,

Olaf still made a couple of little ones cry!

I opened the double doors and said, 

"Hi, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs!",

then Elsa said, "Welcome to my ice castle."

Everyone wanted their pictures taken with us

and some kids didn't want to leave.

It was a beautiful warm night and we

had a lot of fun.

I hope you had lots of warm hugs

on Halloween too.

(The Elsa costume was a Disney

costume for adults sold at Wal Mart

this year.  My daughter bought it for me

and then I saw another one and I bought

one for her.  My friend Hannah, Miss Greater

Salt Lake starred as our resident Elsa this

year.  So glad she could help and she

made the perfect Elsa.  Girls asked if she

was the real Elsa!!)

Elsa's Frozen Party Tablescape

In the wondrous land of little

granddaughters, nothing is quite

as popular now as Disney's Frozen

and Elsa tops the list of popular

Disney characters

so when I volunteered to help with

the birthday parties of two

granddaughters, we of course

chose Elsa and Frozen.

I never planned on getting myself

into a huge party but I can blame

it all on this great ice cream cake

that I found at

Baskin Robbins.  

We weren't even in the market for a cake

but while getting an ice cream cone I

wandered over to the pre-made cakes

and saw this one and I just had

to have it, thinking I had some

granddaughters with birthdays 

coming in a month.

So I securely wrapped it in plastic wrap

and popped it in the freezer to await

the parties.  

Unfortunately, someone left that outside

freezer open and the poor thing melted

(only two things melted and it had to be

one of them!!)

So off to the store I had to go again.

The clerk and I had a good laugh over it.

She said she was at least glad I hadn't

put it in the fridge as some people had.

Grandma Jackie had been very lucky

in that she had purchased all the costumes

and a lot of toys before the movie

came out last year so I had lots

of Frozen items to decorate with.

If you have anyone interested in

Elsa costumes or toys you will know

how difficult it is to find them.

We count ourselves very lucky.

I purchased the Frozen castle

at Thanksgiving last year and 

decided to keep it at Grandma's house

so it is special when the kids come to play. One side is Elsa's 

frozen side

and the other is Anna's Erendelle side.

I told people that this was my first

(and probably last) full-on Pinterest

type party, where I went all out

on food, decor and theme.  

I hung a fabric tube between the two 

chandeliers and covered it with white

and then aqua fabric to make a

backdrop on the counter.  Then white

tablecloths went on the counter and they

were covered with aqua and purple

organza toppers to represent both

Elsa and Anna.

Posters that I purchased from Wal Mart

filled in the back side of the tablescape.

My niece Shaunna

created the food cards.

(Chocolate covered peanuts)

(Cotton candy - I had to buy a little

cotton candy machine, but the kids loved

it and I am sure we will get lots of use from it.)

I saw this at

Bubbly Nature Creations

I made blue Kool Aid and added

frozen lemonade concentrate and 

diet 7 Up and topped it with vanilla

ice cream.

She also told how to make these

darling cups on her blog.

I just used a Tulip puffy fabric

paint and while it was still

wet I sprinkled it with glitter.  

Andi made these white chocolate

dipped strawberries.

and these mini cupcakes.

We made sparkling fondant snowflakes

to top the cupcakes.

Jessica made these wonderful 

Ham and Swiss Sliders

and she made snowflake

cookies to decorate later.

(Sparkly bubble gum from Zurchers)

Grandma found these huge Elsa dolls

at Toys R Us a while back so 

after they decorated the tablescape,

each

birthday girl received one.

Here Jacquelyn is looking at the

tablescape.  She just turned 2!

I was lucky enough to find napkins

and plates and cups at Zurchers

and Partyland.

The first guests arrive dressed as Elsa

and they are surprised to find 

Grandma has made an Elsa dress for herself

too.

More Elsa granddaughters arrive.

We were so lucky to find a

singing Elsa who also face paints.

She was amazing and the girls

were enchanted.  

She also appears as other

princesses.  Find her at 

facepaintingkat.com.

And see her sing as she

sang to the girls on

youtube.  You have to

search Let It Go Kat Nelson.

I couldn't get my video to upload

and I couldn't get youtube's to link

but she is fabulous.

She wears these amazing

contacts to make her eyes

unbelievable.  What a great

singer and performer besides

facepainter!

The girls were just clustered around

her, pushing in to be close to Elsa

and asking her questions about

herself and Arendelle.

This is one of the birthday girls, Goldie.

Elsa first sang to all of the children and

asked them to sing on "Let It Go's"

chorus.  Then she had a coronation

ceremony for the birthday girls

where they both got crowns.

She was busy all night and

stayed in character the whole time.

She painted 28 faces!!

Whew, exhausting!

She was great with the boys 

at the party too.

Many happy customers!

Besides dinner and facepainting,

we had cookie decorating,

snowman building and

a game of pin the nose on Olaf,

but most of the kids had a hard

time leaving Elsa's side.

When all 28 faces were painted it was 

time for the birthday cake.  

We lit 2 candles for Jacquelyn and had her

blow them out and then 4 for Goldie and

she got to blow them out.

Yum!

The cake was a wonderful ice cream cake.

Finally both birthday girls got to

open presents with these huge

Elsa dolls from Grandma and Grandpa

which I found just two weeks before

at Toys R Us.

A fabulous

Frozen Party 

for a lot of special little children.

For more Frozen ideas

visit my Pinterest Page.

Thanks to everyone who helped!

I will be posting this with

Tablescapes Thursday

"Frozen" Wintry Blue Table for a Crowd

This wintry table for the family

is filled with snowy white and icy blue

and it perfectly was great

for Christmas Eve but

it also fits the cold January

weather.

My inspiration for the table was this

super wide organza "ribbon" with

sparkling snowflakes on it.  I found

this at Wal Mart this year and used

it to add to presents too.

The 15 feet of organza ran down the center 

of the snowy white pinch pleat tablecloths.

They were actually round tablecloths

that I overlapped.

My crown plates were stacked and 

topped with a chocolate hiding in

a small individual gift box.

Guess who decided to settle

herself right into the "Frozen"

landscape of the table?

Of course - Elsa!

I am sure you can tell that aqua

ranks right up there with purple as

one of my favorite colors and we had

lots of fun candles to use from

my daughter's wedding.

Icy sparkling silver candles

are in the crystal dripped candelabras

and I gathered anything icy blue from 

around the house to decorate the 

center of the table with.

A large vase was filled with

sparkling icy blue ornaments.

A table regal enough for 

Queen Elsa would use these

crown dishes and this fanciful

flatware.

Crowns adorn these bejeweled

bottles for the Queen's table.

What a fun table to sit down to.

We just move the couch to

the garage and move the tables

into the office.  We place 2 - 8 foot

tables end to end and we can seat 20.

Of course the kiddies loved

that Elsa was on the "Frozen" table.

She was definitely the rage this year.

Fortunately I bought my Elsa dresses

early before they all were gone!

(The $50 costumes are currently

on ebay for $200!)

I love this Elsa.  She is much 

smaller, but the kiddies 

quickly found her in the 

aqua organza snow drift.

I always love candles at the table

with the little ones, but I try to

make them promise not to play

with them!  Of course they didn't

keep their promises.

We still have Christmas up!

My parents always kept it up until after

my birthday which is two weeks after

Christmas so we continue the

tradition in our home.  I am always

a little sad to see it all go - it always

seems so naked around the house.

I will be posting with 

Metamorphosis Monday

Inspire Me Tuesday

Let's Dish

Tablescapes Thursday

Sources

Pinch pleat linens - Yourchaircovers.com

Aqua organza ribbon - Wal Mart

Elsa doll, large - Wal Mart

Elsa doll, small - Disney Store

Napkins - Home Goods

Plates - Home Goods

Silverplated flatware - Horchow

Silverplate goblets - Spiegel catalogue

Silverplate candelabras - Macy's

Silver candles - Home Goods

Aqua candle holders - Hobby Lobby

Aqua trees - Hobby Lobby