Preparing for Sophia’s 2nd Birthday Party! #ExpressYourself

I have been quite a busy Mama over the past week or two!  I’ve been planning, crafting, and shopping for Sophia’s 2nd Birthday party… which has become a job {but quite a fun one} all on it’s own!

Last year we had a fun, 50′s and Rock ‘n’ Roll 1st Birthday theme, so when I  started thinking about themes for her 2nd Birthday Party, I immediately decided on a Dora Party.  I started pinning away and was really getting into the theme until I was discussing the party ideas with my Mom and Sophia overheard.  She proclaimed, “I don’t want a Dora Party.  I want a Mickey party!”  I’ve told you all that this little lady knows what she wants… so, guess what kind of party she’s having!?  A Mickey-inspired party!

Once themes changed, I still took to Pinterest for some ideas and then picked and chose what I liked and came up with my own color scheme and craft ideas!  I’ll be sharing lots of my DIY projects with you as the next couple of weeks go by and today I’m going to share with you one of the first couple!

On our DIY photo invitations, the instructions for the party let everyone know that the celebration will be held at Sophia’s Clubhouse!  So, in order to set out Sophia’s Clubhouse from the other houses in our neighborhood… we decided to make a fun sign!

Let me show you just how easy it was to make this fun sign!

First, I decided to use Painters Paint Markers from Elmers, to make the sign fun and colorful, going with our Red and Black Mickey color scheme.  It would have been a pain to try to use any other type of paint to make this sign.  So, I headed to our local Walmart to get a pack of the pens in the colors I needed!

I know I can’t be the only one that just loves to walk up and down the craft aisles looking at all the fun stuff that I could create… only if I had more time!

I assumed the Painters Paint Markers would be with the other paints that Walmart carries and I was correct!

There were two different packs of the Painters Paint Markers and although the Orange, Yellow, and Pink look like so much fun – I needed the Primary Pack for the Black, Red, and Blue!

Although my Walmart didn’t carry them, Painters Paint Markers can now be purchased individually for only $1.97 each!  I will definitely be keeping an eye out on our local craft shelves because that’s a super cheap price, especially when I can choose whatever color I want!

I made my sweet hubby get involved with this project.  I planned on simply painting on a plain piece of wood, but he had a fun idea to cut the sign into an arrow itself and made quite a fun wooden creation!

After having him sketch out the word “Clubhouse”, I went to painting!

The Painters Paint Markers are really so easy to use.  When you first start, you simply pump the tip a bit to get the paint to come down and then it flows very easily – but not fast at all.  It’s really just like using any type of marker!  It makes projects like this one super fast and easy because you can stay right in your lines!

The sign turned out so cute and exactly what I had in mind – simple, eye catching, and Mickey inspired!  It will be easy for all of our Party Attendee’s to find Sophia’s Clubhouse!

I’ve been using the Paint Markers for a few other birthday crafts too – including these fun, little party favor bags for her fellow Mouseketeers!  I’ve added their names since we’ll be having a few different ages attend and their favors are a bit different!

I can’t wait to show you more fun projects that I’m working on for her fabulous Mickey Mouse inspired party!

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