One of our super creative readers, Brandy, has a real treat for us today! She is going to show you how to make a Monster High themed birthday party for your American Girl dolls and their 18″ friends. I have added some fun Monster High printables to the bottom of the post, too.
Over to Brandy!
My youngest daughter is going to have her 5th birthday soon. She wants a Monster High party. BUT, she also wants her much loved American Girls doll to be part of her special day. Hmmm….so with a little creativeness I came up with a super cute party idea that I know will make my daughter and her friends very happy. Here is how I did it:
American Girl Dolls Gone Ghoul Birthday Party Theme
Each girl will take home a ‘Monster High Party after the Party’ gift bag.
Inside each bag are a Freaky Fabulous Cake, Scary Cute Cookies, Ghouls Rule Punch, plates, napkins, cups, and spoons. (Most of the food crafts I make are in servings of 6 because my daughter’s doll dining table has six chairs.)
Freaky Fabulous Cake: This cute cake was made from thick black and thin hot pink foam paper. I used a circle hand punch to make details for icing. I used a rectangular hand punch for white accents…wanted it to look a bit like a zipper. The topping décor are Monster High stickers found in the dollar bins at Target. I glued the stickers to toothpicks and pushed into foam. I placed the cake on a black paper plate cut down to size with a paper doily on top. The cake pan is the lid to a 4 inch round paper mache box painted silver.
So cute!
Scary Cute Cookies: The cookie base is made from black, pink, blue, purple foam paper the size of a quarter. For the skull icing on top I printed a sheet of many small MH skulls onto to card stock paper, cut them out, I then hot glued them to white foam. Then the white foam was cut and then glued to the cookie base. Cookies are stored in a dollar store container. The lid of the container can be used as a serving platter.
Ghouls Rule Punch: I used various one inch sized pom-poms in pink, black, blue, and purple. I included an extra spoon to use as a ladle. You could also use the pom-poms as Ghoul Rule Ice Cream. The punch is stored in a dollar store container, to also be used as a punch bowl.
Plates: I used dollar store black paper plates and cut down to doll size…about 2.5 inches round.
Napkins: I used dollar store black napkins and cute down to size…about 3.5 by 1.5 inches.
Cups: Communion Cups
Spoons: These are the sample spoons we get from out local Sam’s Club. (The sample lady was more than happy to give me a few free spoons when I told her I was going to use them for a doll craft for my daughter.)
Pink Tote: This is a rubber tote bag from the dollar store. I think the little label added the perfect accent. The MH emblem was copy and pasted from a Google search.
The doll outfits are from Etsy shop, Mini Me Dolly Divas.
Overall these crafts were inexpensive but did take a little time to complete. But, the time will be well worth it ………..the girls with have freaky fabulous fun!!!
BONUS ACTIVITIES:
Thank you so much Brandy for taking time to share your awesome creative party idea with us. These could easily be made for doll play days, too!
Firstie!
Thanks Char! The post came out freaky fabulous!!
Did you see the bonus printables, too – thought your daughter and guests might like them too.
This is great! Thanks for sharing.
I am so doing this for one of my dolls! But, I’m not sure whether to use Monster High, Pokemon, or Hello Kitty as the theme… :/
Hello Kitty would be adorable!
Oh Yes…already got the scramble and color pages printed out! Thanks. The girls will love those.
This is adorable! Me and my doll are HUGE fans of Monster High! That doll in the pictures kind of looks like my doll! My dolls 1st birthday is coming up and we were still figuring out what to do.
adorbs
This is so cute!
WOW, this is fabulous!
REALLY cute party ideas!!!!:)
I HAVE THAT SAME MH DOLL!!!! an really cute! i am 11 is that too old to have a doll tbday party for myself?
I will so do this! I might change the theme to Halloween or Sock Monkey! Tell me which would be cuter!
Soooooooo cute!
How about a Disney theme? Or Sesame Street?
Allie, I think Halloween will be cuter
So cute! We all love MH in my house; they’re so freaky-fab! Pretty Irish AG, I would die to see a Disney doll party!
When, or if my college years slow to a crawl, which looks plausible, I would make a Disney party
Awsome! do you like or own any monster high dolls?
I don’t own any, nor do I particularly want to. I’m content with American Girl. I’ve got a random question for you: if you could start a doll collectors club at school, would you? My answer: yes!
Wow i love that!!
that’s really cute, think I may do it with Hello Kitty like Venus. I already have doll sized Hello Kitty fridge.
I’ve decided to make my AG doll party Hello Kitty themed. Now, I have to start making doll-sized party supplies.
And to Allie, you should totally do a Halloween themed party! It would be cool to see your dolls in costumes. ^_^
SO CUTE!!
I hurt my foot in Zumba today
Thinking of McKenna now. Thankfully I could walk home
I would, Pretty Irish AG! I’m doing a remake of Mickey’s Merry Christmas for my dolls this December!
I was also thinking about My Little Pony
I guess a few hours of rest, a little ice, some elevation and my foot is not in pain anymore. My Zumba teacher told me to “sit down, sit up, ice and elevate” or else she wouldn’t let me back into class. I didn’t have a good landing, causing my foot to become unstable and then twist.
OMG!! This is an AWESOME idea!! I’d love to throw a surprise Halloween party for my grandaughter and her doll. She would LOVE it!!
The only think I cannot figure out is how to make the cake itself. I’ve read the directions twice … but I think I’m missing something. Can anyone help me?
Thank you for the inpiration!! This project ROCKS!!
Judy
I am so making that cake. For the layers, did you do hot glue or tacky glue on the foam? I never know what glue to use on that stuff…
And Pretty Irish AG, do you have Zumba shoes? My shins were hurting off and on but I though it was from my workout circuit. Then I ordered the shoes from Zumba.com and no more shin pain! Well worth the money, plus they’re cute…. Not as cute as that cake though, lol.
I have that same Monster High doll!
I only use hot glue on foam crafts. Tacky glue works good but takes too long to set up.
Wow! This is so cool! Brandy, did you make the shirt your child’s doll is wearing or buy it? If you bought it, were did u?
@Candice Lacy yes I have Zumba shoes, but the accident happened because I jumped up, landed on my tiptoes, and my left foot rolled. Everyone was hovering over me like helicopters at the scene of a car accident