For our daughter’s 3rd birthday party, I asked her for input on what theme she would want. She very quickly said she wanted Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Daisy, Goofy and Pluto at her party! I decided to run with this theme but keep it simple with black, white and some touches of red. This is a great way to keep a theme gender neutral and easy to shop/prep for.
I found these Mickey and Minnie shirts at Target online and they turned out great. Dad’s shirt, mom’s shirt and toddler sweatshirt.
Invitation
We invited 3 of our daughters friends to keep the party small since we hosted at our house and to keep costs down. I found the cutest personalized invitation on Etsy here that I was able to save and text to the parents. The invitation can be personalized with your Childs name, age and the party details. It is a cute video with the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme music and is super easy to send out to your guests.
Decor
I kept the color scheme black and white with some pops of red. Most of the party supplies were purchased from our local Party City and Dollar Tree. I love that Party City has color coordinated items and it made it super easy to find the items I wanted.
At the front door, guests were greeted with my custom A-frame sign that said, “Come Inside, Its Fun Inside”. I cut the white vinyl lettering using my Cricut Maker and found the Disney font here. With this font, you have to save each letter individually but since I didn’t need too many letters, it wasn’t too much extra work for me. I also added a cute little Mickey Mouse shaped image that I created using Design Space on the Cricut. It was pretty easy to do with the shapes tool; I made two sizes of circles (for the face and ear) then duplicated the additional ear so it matched perfectly. I also used the oval shape and again duplicated it for the buttons on the semi circle pants I also attached. It’s a lot of fun to play around with the design space tools if you have a Cricut and I can usually save money by making my own designs.
I attached one of the Mickey head balloon’s I found on Amazon and small red balloon to draw extra attention to the sign.
I love making balloon arches and try to add them to every party. I purchased this balloon kit on Amazon for the black and white balloons and found a small bag of red balloons at Dollar Tree. I use a balloon pump like this one to quickly blow up the balloons for the arch in different sizes. I purchased the large, red 3 balloon from Party City.
For the HAPPY BIRTHDAY and Mickey Mouse heads, I used my Cricut to cut black card stock using my Disney font. I splurged on the Disney figurines at Party City but, my daughter now has her favorite characters to play with.
Games and Activities
I kept the activities/games simple since 3 year olds don’t have very long attention spans.
- Pin the Bow on Minnie- This was a quick and fun game that I made using a large poster board, black vinyl cut with my Cricut and a bunch of “bows” cut from different shades of pink card stock. You can easily find a bow shape on Cricut Design Space.
- Personalized coloring pages- I found these coloring pages on Etsy that were a huge hit for the kids. (I didn’t get a picture of them but they are on the below “kids table” I set up.)
Food and Drinks
The theme for the food was “Hot Diggity Dogs” so we served regular and mini corn dogs. These are super easy if you buy the frozen versions and stick them in the oven and/or air fryer just before the guests arrive. I oven baked the regular corn dogs and air-fried the mini’s so they would be done at the same time. Most of the kids enjoyed the regular size corn dogs and the adults devoured the mini dogs throughout the party.
We also served pasta salad (that I made the night before), Lays regular and BBQ chips, carrots with ranch and grapes with cool whip. A big hit was the Mickey Mouse goldfish I set out on the tables around the party as well. We had a pitcher of orange juice and bottle water for everybody and our “drink fridge” is always stocked with adult beverages as well.
Dessert Table
This was my favorite part of the party! I made Rice Krispie treats and cut them into Mickey Head shapes using this Cookie Cutter. I used the large version and sprayed it with baking spray between cuts. It was a little tricky to do but I loved the final product.
I stacked a bunch of Oreos in a white platter for a little extra fun too.
I decided to make boxed chocolate cupcakes and my own homemade white frosting. I made the cupcakes the day before and frosted them the morning of so they would be fresh. I added 2 mini Oreos to each one for “Mickey ears”.
The desserts were a hit but I definitely had a lot of leftover Oreos and Rice Krispies due to the size of our party.
Favors
The party favors started as soon as the kids walked in the front door with Mickey and Minnie ears they could wear during the party. I found these cute ones on Amazon.
I found white gift bags at Dollar Tree and added these Mickey Mouse stickers to the front to personalize them. I included a few of the personalized coloring pages from Etsy, small pack of crayons, these Mickey Mouse favor packs, and temporary tattoos I found at Party City. I purchased one set of the tattoo sets and divided them between the bags (they were only $1!).
Our daughter and her friends had a blast celebrating her 3rd birthday. It was really fun to catch up with the parents while the kids got to run around and play. I hope this post helps you plan and prep for your next Mickey Mouse themed party. Let me know your thoughts on the party in the comments below and be sure to subscribe to get my latest posts delivered to your inbox.
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