Confetti Fair #STYLESTORY | Party Animals x Urban Jungle Theme

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THE PARTY ANIMALS OF THE JUNGLE DON THEIR NEONS AND HEAD TO THE BIG BRIGHT CITY IN THIS FUN THEME.

Go wild! Our party muse was turning three and we wanted something reflective of her personality, as well as a little retro and cool.

Enter the Urban Jungle! The inspiration for the party was the popular party animals theme, with Central Park Zoo and a touch of 80's and 90's style neon design elements thrown in for good measure!

of popular 80's and 90's fashion).

White brick wall backdrops were added for abit of fun and to match the invite, which also featured a NYC inspired street sign that said 'Zoo St.', and grafitti style text that said 'Party Animals'.

For an extra bit of fun, we also used some animal shaped dessert walls, which added to the effect Four bright colours (embellished with a hint of at the dessert bar of animals walking through the silver) were decided upon and were used to give urban zoo landscape. some of the animals a bright makeover. The main In addition to face painting and games, there animals featured were elephants, zebras, tigers, was also a colour-in table top, which matched the leopards and cheetahs. theme perfectly. Matching props were also set up The bright animal patterns were used throughout for the selfie booth. the dessert table and other elements of the Finally, for the main attraction, the animals were signage. In the final set up there was a mix placed around a faux jungle setting, with the city of standard animals with bright hats and skyline in the background, just as you would see accessories, as well as animals with the neon in any city zoo. Wrought iron gates finished off prints. the look.

Another defining design element was the name The birthday girl stood in awe admiring it on the logo, designed using the same bright colours day, captured brilliantly by ZOOM Images. with a little bit of Memphis inspiration (reflective 3

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Balloon garland: Balloon Amore; Cake: The Sweetest Crumbs; Cake Topper: Glistening Occasions; Cupcakes: Frosting Cakery; G Pops: delleicious.by.elle; Cookie Cake and 4" Cake: Sweet Petites; White cake stands, acrylic risers, giraffe and elephant: Prop My Party; Yellow cake stands and tiger: Petite Events Hire; Bright yellow cake stand, gate and hedges: Tiny Tots Toy Hire; Dessert cups: Little Dessert Co.; Leopard Ears, Schooza; Photos by ZOOM Images

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Cookie Cake: Sweet Petites; Dessert Cups: Little Dessert Co; Selfie Booth (animals and props): Mr&Mrs WTF; Cupcakes: Frosting Cakery Face Painting by AE Crafts; Grazing table, Kids craft table and colour in sheet ,party hats, animal centrepieces and favour stickers; Confetti Fair, cups, plates and cutlery, The Base Warehouse

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diy time IDEAS AND HACKS TO CREATE YOUR URBAN JUNGLE THEME

DIY LEVEL: mid

CENTREPIECES You can easily make sturdy and significanty sized centrepieces if you've got good control with an X-acto knife and a little patience. These ones were simply a thick backing, and a paper printout cut to shape and glued together. Officeworks have several options for the backing, incuding signboard or thick cardboard.

1. Print out desired shape and cut by hand 2. Adhere to thick backing material and cut using X-acto knife 3. Print a pattern on a large piece of paper (enough to cover shape) 4. Using the backing as a guide, cut out the patterned paper and stick to backing.

PARTY HATS The easiest way to add fun! Find a pattern, cut a template, add a pom pom and you're done! There are a couple of ways these can be made, but using A3 paper lined up with three hats is cost effective and less wasteful.

DIY LEVEL: easy

Download the free printable here to print and cut a template that can be used as a guide to trace out your hats on pre-bought paper or a digital paper that you can print at home (Etsy has lots of digital papers).

DIY LEVEL: pro

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ANIMAL DESSERT WALLS There is no limit to what you can create when you draw, trace and cut. Our elephant and giraffe dessert walls were created by drawing large shapes directly on to thick MDF board, which were then cut with a jigsaw and painted white. You'll definately need someone confident with power tools for this one though.

BALLOON GARLAND

DIY LEVEL: mid

It's not always easy to beat a professional finish when it comes to balloons, but with patience you can create some amazing decor to complement other areas of your party. We used these instructions and created an additional garland for our photobooth area. You can also buy DIY balloon kits here.

MAKE YOUR OWN CARDBOARD SIGN DIY LEVEL: pro

You can easily make your own colourful party signage by using layers of cardboard. Local newsagents will have large sheets of board in an abundance of colours (and maybe even thicknesses) to play with. You can draw or trace your design on to the card, and cut with either scissors or an X-acto knife. Using multiple layers (the same or different colours) adds interest and dimension to your sign.

This is such a fun idea, and depending on how well the final version turns out, can be saved and used as a keepsake.

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YUM TIME!

DESSERT TABLES REALLY COME TOGETHER WITH MATCHING ELEMENTS. KEEPING TO YOUR COLOUR SCHEMES AND USING PRINTED EDIBLE ELEMENTS REALLY HELP TOO!

Clockwise from top; Dessert Cups: Strawberry Mousse, Pavlova Smash and Passionfruit Cheesecake from Little Dessert Co., Cookie Cake and 4 inch mini-cake from Sweet Petites; Cupcakes from Frosting Cakery, and G Pops - Rocky Road, Gaytime and Malteaser from delleicious.by.elle. Opposite page; Cake by The Sweetest Crumbs. Topper by Glistening Ocassions.

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hire it!

THE MOST COST EFFECTIVE WAY TO ACHEIVE THE AUTHENTIC LOOK YOU NEED FOR YOUR PARTY IS TO HIRE WHAT YOU NEED!

WHITE CAKE STANDS, LARGE GIRAFFE AND ELEPHANT FROM PROP MY PARTY HIRE

YELLOW CAKE STANDS, TIGER AND ZEBRA, (PAGE 7) BY PETITE EVENTS HIRE 12

HEDGES, YELLOW TIMBER CAKE STAND AND GATE BY TINY TOTS TOY HIRE

SELFIE BOOTH ANIMALS AND SELFIE PROPS BY MR&MRS WTF

BRIGHT BUBBLE CHAIRS AND KIDS' TABLE BY TINY TOTS TOY HIRE

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#confettI loves HERE ARE SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE THINGS

Neon Pink Shutter Shades; THE BASE WAREHOUSE

Silver Honeycomb Garland; THE BASE WAREHOUSE

Licorice Allsorts; CANDY BAR SYDNEY

Silver Paper Party Cups; THE BASE WAREHOUSE

Jumbo Foil Zebra Balloon; FAVOR LANE PARTY BOUTIQUE

Custom acrylic cake topper, GLISTENING OCCASIONS 14

Invitation; MARIKART STUDIO Foiled Tags; J'ADORE CREATIONS

Leopard Ears Headband; SCHOOZA

CUSTOMISE IT! WHETHER DIY OR SPECIALLY ORDERED, IS THERE ANYTHING MORE FUN THAN SOMETHING WITH YOUR NAME ON IT?

Custom individual favour stickers by MARIKART STUDIO with plastic tubs from KMART

THANK YOU

JAMIE

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Denim Jacket from COTTON ON, customised with birthday party logo by SECRET GARDEN DESIGNS

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Credits

dgdfg Acrylic Risers | Prop My Party Acrylic Timber Frame Table | Confetti Fair Balloon Garland Large | Balloon Amore Backdrop Print | Clever Fox Print Cake | The Sweetest Crumbs Cake Stands Grazing Table | Petite Events Hire Cake Stand Pink | Prop My Party Cake Stands White | Prop My Party Cake Stands Yellow Glass | Prop My Party Cake Stand Yellow Timber | Tiny Tots Toy Hire Cake Mini 4" | Sweet Petites Cake Topper | Glistening Occasions Cookie Cake | Sweet Petites Cupcakes | Frosting Cakery Cup Desserts | Little Dessert Co. Custom Vest | Secret Garden Designs Elephant and Giraffe, large | Prop My Party G Pops | Delleicious.by.elle Grazing table boards | Petite Events Hire Hedges | Tiny Tots Toy Hire Invitation | Marikart Studio Invitation Tags | J'adore Creations Leopard Ears Head Piece | Schooza Name Logo Design and Sign | Marikart Studio Palms and Mosteras | Petal and Fern Photography | Zoom Images Wrought Iron Gate | Tiny Tots Toy Hire Zebra and Tiger, small | Petite Events Hire Zebra Balloon | Favor Lane Party Boutique

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