Charlotte's Peppa Pig Second Birthday by Elise Easdown, Managing Director of Whats on 4 Little Ones Australia.
We are all fans of a
family of lovable pigs in the British series, called Peppa Pig. Peppa
is the older, slightly bossy sister and George is her little brother that loves
dinosaurs.
So
it made sense to mark the occasion of my daughter, Charlotte turning 2 by
having a Peppa Pig themed party. We ended up having about 15 adults and
15 children coming to the party, which we had at home.
Ready to Party!
www.piyinvites.com made the invitations
for me which came with envelopes and a little magnet on the back, perfect for
the fridge. We still have ours on the fridge as my little ones love going
back and looking at it, it’s a lovely reminder of a special day. I’m sure
some of our guests without children were wondering what these little pigs were
all about though.
Invitation made by PIYInvites
But
their questions would have been answered at the party.
We
had tableware from http://www.characterparties.com.au/,
including cups, plates and lolly bags. I also grabbed from Target, some plain
matching pink smaller plates, bowls and serviettes as I didn’t want everything
to be to matchy-matchy. http://www.characterparties.com.au/ have a great range of Peppa Pig
merchanise including clothes and shoes, party ware and soft toys.
www.piyinvites.com also
made some custom food labels, drink wrappers that we could write the children’s
names on and gorgeous bunting with photos of our little girl.
Food labels by PIY Invites
Personalised Drink Labels by
PIYInvites
Birthday Bunting
For
other decorations I had tissue paper pom poms ($18 for 3) and circular
colourful fans ($5 for 4) from Spotlight and hung these from the veranda and
the Frangipani tree which over hangs our front fence.
I
asked my kiddies what food you should eat at a party and this is what they came
up with. Food was a mixture of ricotta and spinach pastries, spring rolls,
sausage rolls etc and then I made custard tarts, pink jelly cakes, vege sticks
and dips (perfect for avoiding re-dipping) , fruit salad in cupcake cups, hot
pop corn, fairy bread and milkshakes which we had with the cake.
My Helpers – Vege sticks in dip
Some of the party food
The
‘Ah-Mazing cake was made by MommyBakes
– Brisbane. It was a chocolate cake filled and frosted with chocolate
ganache…. We continued the theme with the Princess Peppa Pig and had her
featured on a green hill with a house and her name across the front. The
dark chocolate really made it appear like earth underneath all the fondant. It
was delicious and a huge cake which meant there were left overs for the next
day.
Princess Peppa Pig Cake by MommyBakes
Brisbane
Inside the yummy cake!
For
the games we played ‘Jumping in muddy puddles’, a take on Musical Chairs and
also Pass the Parcel. The prize was a small bottle of bubbles for
everyone, which they then played with, along side the bubble machine going.
Jumping in Muddy Puddles
Pass the Parcel
I
made up a big batch of Peppa Pig pink coloured playdough and George blue
coloured playdough, which they all seemed to love and spent quite a bit of time
doing, which was great as it gave the adults time to mingle and eat.
Peppa Pink & George Blue coloured
Playdough
The
two hours went really quickly but was just the right time.
Guests
went home with a party bag with some more goodies from PIYInvites, chocolate
covered bars and lolly tubes with smarties. I had planned to give them a ball
of playdough each to take home but ended up forgetting.
Lolly Tubes and Personalised Chocolate
We
had a wonderful day and was so happy with the weather and how it all came
together with the theme.
For
Charlotte’s actual ‘birth day’ cake, I made the Peppa Pig themed cake from Cake
2 the Rescue. I
was really impressed to receive email confirmation of the order being shipped
and the delivery process, it was delivered to my door and I couldn't ask for
anything better than that. It’s
pretty exciting opening the box, it’s jammed pack with flour, fondant, food
colour, cake board, cooking tray and even a serving knife!
The
instructions were really clear and illustrated which made it so simple to
follow. I just needed to add 5 eggs and milk and before I knew it the cake was
in the oven baking away.
Once
cooled the cake was easy to cut into shape with the templates provided. I
was a little nervous adding the colour into the icing mixture as there’s no
going back with colour and I was picturing a very sun burnt Peppa Pig if I was
too heavy handed!! But it was all okay.
The
icing is easy to spread and there is enough (I was a little worried at
one point) to cover the entire cake. The fondant is already pre-coloured for
you, which is fantastic and creating the eyes, arms, legs and shoes is just
like using playdough. My little ones helped make the eyes.
The
best part is the cake is so yummy and I’m sure loved by all children and the
adults. I actually forgot to take a photo of the end result, so this is Peppa
from her best side 
I’ve
been really impressed overall by Cake 2 the Rescue. The girls have
obviously thought about everything you’ll need to succeed in making your
child’s birthday cake, they’ve even included the candles!
Some
other Peppa Pig themed parties are below:
I
hope you’ve found some inspiration for a Peppa Pig party.
Elise x
