Birthday boy pics – such an easy and inexpensive decoration.

My son, Liam, turned 4 years old last month and a Mickey Mouse Birthday Party was decided upon (before he gets old enough to realize he can choose his own party themes!). I didn’t have all the help planning this party that I did last time, plus I was hoping to keep this party a little less expensive and intensive. Pinterest played a huge part in helping me plan this party in a very short amount of time. Here is a round-up of some cute and fun Mickey (or easily Minnie) themed party ideas!

Table Setting: I kept the table simple by using things I already owned in traditional Mickey Mouse colors: a red tablecloth, white dishes, yellow bowl, and red/black/ white napkins. I also already owned a Mickey silhouette bowl and Mickey glove plates. (You can find the bowl on Amazon.) I just wasn’t crazy about the paper Mickey Mouse birthday products I found, and instead went with some cute paper and plastic in the right colors.

The table setting wasn’t over the top, but definitely stuck with the theme.

Dessert setting – just the right amount of “Mickey”

Decorations: To make the mood a little more festive in the dining area, I made some easy and inexpensive tissue paper pom-poms in red, white, yellow, and a black one (well, three) in the shape of a Mickey silhouette. One of my favorite things to do is decorate the mantle, since it’s the focal point of the living room. For this I used more things we already had like Mickey toys, a Mickey ears hat, pictures of the birthday boy (which I also hung on the fridge), and a bunting made just for the occasion. And of course, we decorated ourselves – both the kids (and mom) wore our best Mickey clothing! 

I can’t get enough of those Mickey glove plates.

Dessert: Liam only requested chocolate – so I took that to mean Oreo-Chocolate Mickey Mouse cupcakes. They were quite simple for something that looked so fancy! Place an Oreo in the bottom of the cupcake paper, pour chocolate cake batter over the top, bake according to directions, then frost and “dunk” top of cupcake in Oreo crumbs (which were simply made with a food processor). The ears are mini Oreos with toothpicks stuck into the cookie and cupcake to keep them on.

Favors: I had a tough time deciding out of all the cute ideas on which favor to make, and ultimately picked two. One set of favors were for Liam to take to daycare, these were the Mickey pops – unwrapped snack cakes stuck on a lollipop stick with the same mini Oreo ears, then tied up in a wrapper with ribbon – so easy and so cute. The favors for party-goers were the Disneyland shortbread cookies I tested out a few weeks ago.