DIY PARTY SERIES: Chloe's Doc McStuffins Party by Yan & Jenly

It's quite rare that i come across fathers who play an active role in the planning and DIY of his child's birthday.

Most would think it's the mom's domain but for a refreshing change, I'm happy to introduce you to Yan who went beyond merely being paymaster for the party but together with his wife, Jenly was hands-on from the planning, DIY-ing, to the setting up of the party.

We welcome Yan to our second installment of Babylicious DIY Party Series.

(1) We are spoiled for choices when it comes to party themes. How did you ended up with this adorable Doc Mcstuffins theme?

Chloe loves the characters from the series. Bonus was that my sis-in-law already had the template for the theme. We just needed to figure out how to complete the look and tie it all together.

(2)  Are you a DIY kind of person? What items did you personally make?

I see a lot of personalized designed labels & printing which were done by you. Could you tell us briefly about the process?

I am an avid DIY-er. We customized the wordings, printed and cut most of the stickers and labels. With the amazing template available from my sis-in-law and from the internet, we started to put all available materials together and had the labels customized.

goodie bag favors made to resemble doctor medical bags

goodies in the bag. visiting the dr has never been this awesome!

kitkat "bandages"

can anyone refuse m&ms "medicine"?

customized labels

(3) With DIY parties, help from others are crucial.
What are the things that you outsourced/purchased or got others to do for you?

Our sis-in-law did a wonderful job putting together the design and template for us. She even printed out the backdrop, and had most of the stickers that were used in the decor & food labels sent all the way to us from Jakarta.

We ordered the main cake homemade by our Indonesian friend residing in Malaysia that came with a special design that matched the theme. We added a Doc Mcstuffin figurine for the finishing touch.

Our  former neighbor was so kind and thoughtful to make a set of customized cupcakes with Chloe's name on it.

Nini's Homemade Cupcakes

Food spread were ordered from our friends except for salads and fruits which were done from home.

(4) What are some of the things which you did yourself which saved you a considerable amount of $$$?

With DIY, we saved a great amount of money which went to the renting of the party venue. We wanted parents to enjoy mingling with friends & food while the kids occupy themselves with rounds of golfing fun.

(5) Anything that you would have done differently?

Any advice or tips for parents who would like to host a party at a particular venue outside the home?

If possible, try not to do too much. We spent a considerable amount of time preparing the sandwiches and fruits on the day itself that we ran out of time decorating the venue. We ended up having our guests helping out in the last minute decor.

DIY-ing may include some level of stress and can be tiring. It took us 5 nights of printing and cutting of labels/stickers (after Chloe went to bed) but we were pleased with the end result. Guests acknowledged the hard work that went to it and we hoped everyone had a good time.

Happy 4th Birthday Chloe!

 

||Credits/Sources||

Photography: Yan YL

Printables: Sis-in-law July @ Suryavi

Cupcakes: Nini's Homemade Cupcakes @ 012 9781327

Food: Yan YL and Restoran Surabaya @ Sunway

"Doctor" bag: Daiso

Venue: Mini Putt

ps: If you hosted a diy party and would love to be interviewed & share it here on Babylicious, do drop me an email on babylicious.info@gmail.com. It'll be fun!
For previous DIY Party Series post, click here.

Babylicious Playground Picnic Party

It was such a delight to work with Catherine for her daughter Chloe's 3rd birthday party.
She shared from the start that Chloe enjoys the playground & right away i had visions of lush green grass surrounded by pops of bright happy colors.

 

the setup

kids table corner

straws with flags in mini glass bottles

kitkats with personalized labels & individually packed macarons

retro red & white polka dot mini gable box filled with goodies for each child

homemade donuts & watermelon sticks

Mom knew she wanted to include a bouncy castle & Covershots was the perfect party venue to accommodate all the elements above.

  

The caterer & service staff were wonderful. The food & dessert spread were so tempting!

The birthday cake was incredible!

Having the opportunity to work with reputable vendors was indeed a privilege & to see the whole theme coming together in unison was utterly rewarding.

Thank you, Catherine & family for entrusting the design concept to me, & giving me the liberty to express my style. I had a blast & i hope little Chloe & everyone who came had a great time.

special thanks to Alice Yap for the amazing photos!

Babylicious Barnyard Party

Daddy Ryan wrote in & shared that he wanted a Barnyard Party to celebrate his son, Shan Yi's 1st Birthday Party.

Love how everything came together as i worked several late nights putting together the Barnyard Party Printables.
My favorite hands down... the moo moo cow! What's yours? 

Credits:

Printables & Styling @ Babylicious

Venue @ Covershots

Photography @ Wee Pan

Cakes & Cookies Xiao by crustz

Red & Blue Birthday Party

i used to be a soft pastel, floral girly only kind of gal.
but lately, i'm gravitating towards bright pops of colors especially the color red!

so for my nephew's 1st birthday, since the little boy is not attach to any cartoon superheroes just yet, i got to work on a red + blue carnival theme for the day. yippee!

the party printables were designed & printed.
the monkey was a last minute addition... inspired by the little boy's skip*hop zoo lunchbag.

and they were off to sprinkle some little fairy dust to the food, candies, containers, display plates etc.

the adults were served the regular staple of fried noodles with homemade curry chicken while the kids enjoyed cucumber sticks, mini chicken burgers, cocktail sausages & spicy drummets.

we couldn't do without the traditional red eggs which was elegantly arranged on a ceramic egg display.

sweet treats included mini oreos, homemade spiral choc lolli, cotton candy floss, popcorn & strawberry pudding.

i particularly love how a simple mini bunting tied onto yellow striped straws (extras from leah's party) can spice up the look of a homebaked cake (made by the birthday boy's sister & their sweet neighbor)
i didn't get to take a shot of the inside of the cake... pretty layers of shades of green & finished with cream cheese frosting & fresh strawberries.
don't be fooled by the seemingly plain looking cake. it was really YUMS!

i didn't had a cake tray with me so i put it onto a round styrofoam, wrapped with polka dot tissue paper & circled with a bow, as a pedestal to display the cake.

ribena lemonade was the drink of the day, stored in a gorgeous glass drink dispenser from giant.

who would have guessed giant of all places stock this gem!

plain white paper cups were paired with pretty blue & red striped straws.

adorable wooden utensils were arranged separately into small glasses on top of red & white cupcake baking cups.

small little details that goes a long way!

i've been sourcing high & locally for these little treasures and finally stumbled upon one {jumping up & down in gleee}!

if you are a party freak like me, you must check out The Artsential. 

disclaimer: babylicious shall not be held responsible for excessive spending! :)

i'm always overly excited when a party pulls off nicely without spending a bomb :p

just goes to proof yet once again, that parties need not be expensive affairs.

just need a little DIY & perhaps a set of babylicious' PartyinABox {wink!}

have a wonderful 1st birthday, adriel!