st. patty's day...

Hope everyone had a Happy St. Patty's Day! It's always a fun time in our home. I had my niece and nephew over to help decorate cupcakes Friday night and they got to wake up to rainbow pancakes! We rented 3 movies and spent the day piggin' out. What better way to spend St. Patty's day!

I made sunflower cupcakes and topped them off with butterflies I found at The Dollar Tree. I just so happened to find orange, green and yellow ones! Perfect to go with my color palette. I can't help that everything has to have a theme or color palette? I know, so OCD! But it looks pretty right? With our cupcakes we ate rainbow sherbet which I scooped into the left over cupcake liners. This way everyone has the same amount and its the perfect portion for kids and those watching their portion intake.

I made lime jello! Poured into individual glasses and topped with whip cream. OK and a few yellow sprinkles on top. A decorate bow made of twine for an added touch.

I have made green pancakes in the past for St. Patty's day but can't take credit for the rainbow idea. I saw it on Pinterest and had to try it. It was super easy. Just a few drops of food coloring in each batter of pancake mix and you have a great rainbow! I unfortunately ran out of food coloring and wasn't able to make purple but hey, that would have been an even larger stack an this I must say was filling enough.

I decorated some cupcakes with rainbows made from Sixlets. Who doesn't love Sixlet's! For my pot-0-gold, it was a simple Rolo candy placed at the end of the "rainbow".

My mom always made this punch for my parties when I was growing up. 7 Up, fruit punch and topped with with sherbet. Of course I stuck with "rainbow" sherbet to stick with my theme. If you aren't able to find a lime punch, a few drops of food coloring work just fine. Finished it off in a mason jar wrapped in twine and complete with an orange mustache straw (which my kids thought was for the Lorax).  

I wrapped a few cupcakes in tissue paper and twine.

The rest I put in these great rainbow wrappers I found at The Dollar Tree in the Easter section. I love the dollar store!

Found these cute hair bows in the $1 bin at Target. Perfect for the occasion!

Her "nini" (grandma) found this cute shirt at Old Navy for less than $10. She paired it with green skinny jeans and gold ballet flats. She loves Mickey and Minnie and of course it's perfect for St. Patty's Day! I'm sure she will wear it every day for the next week! :)

This is just some of the great stuff I found at Target and The Dollar Tree that were perfect for the occasion. You don't always have to spend alot of money or look in the "featured holiday section". Think outside the box! My kids had no idea who the Leprechaun is by the way. They thught this was a Lorax party...haha! So there you go, a good idea for a Lorax themed party as well ;)