For Roman’s birthday party last week I added some little party hats to some off his toy animals. It was a little easy detail (it took 15 minutes.) But Roman looooved it. We put them on parade and then sang happy birthday to him. It turns out when you put miniature party hats on animals it makes them 1000x cuter.
ps: The animals are made by Schleich. They are my favorite, and have a nice little collection going. Also: Here is the mini cakes DIY and here is the polka dot art DIY and here is what we do with the animals at Christmas.
photos by Paul Ferney for Oh Happy Day
brittany
February 21, 2012
oh my cute. yes, at least 100x cuter! Nice idea!
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February 21, 2012
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Hannah @ Sparrow + Spark!
February 21, 2012
These are so cute! The hats are amazing.
Vanessa (Hey, Lady Grey)
February 21, 2012
This is adorable! I love the little tassels at the top of their hats! Such a fun idea : )
Kate
February 21, 2012
Jordan. Oh my gosh. This is just the sweetest thing ever, and I love how you were able to make Roman feel so special on his special day! I’m sure it was just magical for him 🙂
Christi
February 21, 2012
Such a great idea! I love the monkey sitting on the cake – looks like he jumped up there himself 🙂
Jess
February 21, 2012
This is too cute! I remember you guys did something similar at Christmas… you may have just raised the bar with the hats!!!
melanie @ now a queen
February 21, 2012
cuteness overload!
Anika Yael Natori, aka The Josie Girl
February 21, 2012
This is SOOO adorable! What a great idea! Thanks for sharing!
Carol
February 21, 2012
Fun and interested i love this Nice inspire .
Jennifer
February 21, 2012
Oh my gosh! Those are SO cute, I wish I had a kid to do that for!! One day…
Erin | Holtwood Hipster
February 21, 2012
Gushing over this! Too cute. I loved your similar post on the animal parade you used to lead your kids to the tree on Christmas morning. I am inspired to do something similar for an upcoming birthday morning at our house. These party hats will tie that together perfectly!
Sarah @http://agirlintransit.blogspot.com/
February 21, 2012
This is so cute. I bet kids would just love this. It’s like an upgrade on their toys.
– Sarah
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PINK SPARKLE FUN
February 21, 2012
Oh the love!!!!! Everything mini is SO fantastic! Your little guy must have thought this was THE COOLEST — which it is.
H*
February 21, 2012
this is lovely!
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Becca
February 21, 2012
I love love love party hats on the guys!!! (My husband thought I was nuts when I made party hats for all of my little ones dinosaurs & then for Lego men….) HA! Comfort in numbers? Thank you for sharing!
melissa
February 21, 2012
this is so cute! I made a paper hat for my daughter’s 1st b-day last year and I had been thinking of using making a tiny one for a red-headed (like her) playmobile girl and taking a photo for this year’s party invite!
Lindsey
February 21, 2012
See? Who says kids need expensive play things? 🙂 AWESOME.
Jan @ Family Bites
February 21, 2012
These are the best! What a fun idea that probably couldn’t be easier to execute.
Heidi
February 21, 2012
cutest thing ever!!
fathima
February 21, 2012
I love these! So fun, what a great idea 😀
Chloé Fleury
February 21, 2012
Jordan this is SOOO COOL!
Gabrielle - Design Mom
February 21, 2012
This is the happiest thing I’ve ever seen. Awesome.
Cecilia
February 21, 2012
what a nice touch! so simple and celebratory.
Alexa
February 21, 2012
Um that is pretty darn adorable. My mom would do that for me when I was a kid!
Marie
February 21, 2012
Super cute! Love the mini party hats! 🙂
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Mary Jane
February 21, 2012
the crocodile with the hat is absolutely adorable 😀
jeni
February 21, 2012
these are absolutely adorable! love this party idea!
marine
February 21, 2012
very cool ahaha!
Anna @AndThenSheSaved
February 21, 2012
So wonderful! What a clever idea!
pigeon pie
February 21, 2012
that is such a great idea! The cakes look fantastic too… yum 🙂
Ransacked Goods
February 21, 2012
I’ll say those ARE cute! I’ll be they would be cute with red/white Santa hat’s for Xmas too.
Emily
February 21, 2012
ha ha ! this cracks me up, i love it ! can’t wait for our next kids’ party to try them out. ha !
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Tulips & Tulle
February 21, 2012
Adorable!
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Martha @ MHW Interiors
February 21, 2012
that. is. adorable.
Tan
February 22, 2012
Ha! Oh my gosh I love it! My godson requested I make the cupcakes for his 7th birthday this weekend. I may just have to put a few party hat animal cupcake toppers on there as well 😉
Gina
February 22, 2012
OH, I want to be THREE!!! What fun!!
joke
February 22, 2012
Wow, how adorable. A great idea.
sara
February 22, 2012
papo is better than schleich. and it’s french!
Zoë {Conversation Pieces}
February 22, 2012
I absolutely love these! Is it wrong if I just make these for me? 😉
Sophie
February 22, 2012
This is fabulous! I’m a fan of the Schleich beasts as well. We decapitated a few to make some animal racks (http://roubidou.squarespace.com/roubidou/2011/9/22/animal-racks.html) for our daughter’s nursery and it turns out that the only plastic animals that weren’t hollow inside (so you can screw them in place) are Schleich ones. I’ll have to remember your party hat transformation for when she’s older, so we can dress up the Schleich animals on the racks as a birthday surprise for her to wake up to.
JoAnne
February 22, 2012
SOOOO cute. I totally just went to our local health food place to buy Eden Organics Beans so I could have some BPA-free cans to work with for mini cakes! I only wish some of the larger cans were available BPA-free, but for now I’m super excited to try my hand at your tutorial.
lamina @ do a bit
February 23, 2012
LOve this idea… hope you don’t mind I had to pin it 🙂
Kelsey
February 25, 2012
Were you inspired by the featured Etsy seller this week? I totally just did this EXACT thing with my son’s plastic horses (except with felt hats). It was fun–the only tough part was getting him to part with the horses for 20 minutes!
Hi Kelsey, I wasn’t inspired by anything. I actually did these on February 14th on his birthday. I didn’t know there was a similar Etsy seller.