The "Milkshake" Party

Our Milkshakes! Each of the girls got to pick Chocolate or Strawberry for their milkshake. I wish that I would have moved this table spread to a side table so I would have had a nicer back drop for pictures.... Next time, I'll remember!

I wanted to the craft to go along with our theme, so I thought pop bottle magnets would be cute.

The Hamburger cupcakes turned out far better than I expected! After 3 hours of making these... I stopped counting the hours... Let's just say it was a late night! These were made from a yellow cake mix I baked into cupcakes, let cool in the freezer, then sliced in half. I baked a pan of thin brownies and cut out into circles, then frosted the condiments on with frosting. Topped it with sesame seeds stuck on with corn syrup. The kids loved them!

This was by far the best part of the party! Milkshake and Hamburger Cupcakes! I made the milkshake cupcakes by ordering plain frosted cupcakes from Sam's Club then removing them from the wrappers, dropping them into clear punch cups, cutting paper straws in 1/2, then topping it off with a red gumball.

We served simple kid friendly food, mini cheeseburgers, french fries, and popcorn. The popcorn was a huge hit with the kids!

After deciding on our theme, I started building off it. I wanted to play off the 1950's soda shop look. We went with old fashion pop bottles, a jute box decal, (which doesn't show up so great in the pictures), music notes, and records for room decor. It was a smaller party, so I wanted to keep it simple.

This was Peyton's 6th birthday and she had decided on a "Milkshake" theme. It all started with these cups! The paper straws were a must! Which I ordered from a store in Maine called Rock, Paper, Scissors. 144 straws for $7.00. (Thanks for the information peach-pearl.blogspot.com!) You can pick from lots of colors!