Mad Science Party – Part 1 Decorations
Posted by Amy | Filed under Food, Party Fun
We just had my son’s 6th birthday party!
I have so much to show you that I will split it up into parts. I hope you enjoy Part 1… it’s all about the decor.
Come on and see what the Mad Scientist Mom has been up to!
Don’t even bother going to the party stores to find Mad Science decorations because there are none. I designed some cute invitations that fold over and are held together by “Open With Caution” stickers.
I also used the stickers for goodie bags which I’ll show details on my Part 2 post. Since I’m all about the free downloads… I created a version just for you!! Just score along the lines, fold and attach the caution sticker with double stick tape or print them out on sticker paper. Print and enjoy!
- Mad Science Party Invites (This says Dr. Birthday Boy)
- Mad Science Party Invites (This says Dr. Birthday)
- Open with Caution Stickers
You will get a pop-up window when you scroll over the links above. You may print from there or click the file name on the top left to open the pdf document. **If you are having problems getting these to fit on your page when you print, please try adjusting your page size in settings by 95-05%.
Now to my favorite part of the party… the cake!!
I am all about cupcakes lately and had the best time decorating these. I just LOVE the little mad scientist guy.
Let’s get a closer look and you’ll see how I did it…
Candy needed:
Tie- fruit roll-up
Nose and ears- jelly beans
Eyes- mini M&M’s
Mouth- fruit cereal
I mixed up some flesh colored icing for the face. The hair was done by putting the icing in a sandwich baggie and cutting a v shape in a corner. You can then squeeze out the crazy hair! The glasses can be done the same but with a tiny cut in the corner of the bag. I used chocolate icing from a can for those.
Make sure after you place the head cupcake on top of the other cupcake you secure with toothpicks. I didn’t do this and my guy fell smack on the floor as I was carefully moving him to the fridge!! This was my second little mad scientist of the night.
Roll the sides of your cupcakes in sprinkles for a festive look. I found some eyeball gummy candy on sale from Halloween. Worked perfect for decoration.
I didn’t have a large cupcake stand, so I rigged one by stacking a glass on top of my cake stand and adding a glass plate with another glass on top of that. It worked great!
I decorated the table with creepy things! Vases with water and neon food coloring in them. I added plastic snakes and lizards. For a great effect, add dry ice. I happened to have this gadget that produces bubbles, one of my favorite Halloween buys this year! Who knew it would come in handy now?
See the finger in the test tube? Add oil and water with a drop of food coloring and you have a fun bubbly experiment for the kids to play with.
If you look closely you’ll see my son’s face on the M&M’s. These custom candies are the coolest! The kids thought it was great to eat my son’s head. ha!
Click the photo for Mad Science Party – Part 2
Tags: birthday, birthday party, boy, cupcakes, decor, free, Free downloads, invitation, invites, mad science, mad scientist, printable, stickers
January 21st, 2009 at 7:11 am
Amy, I wish you had been around when my kids were little. This party would have gone over big with my little guy. When do you find the time to do all this and also work! Amazing. Glad it was a success!!
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January 21st, 2009 at 9:18 am
Oh, my gosh, another unbelievably creative party! I can’t believe this isn’t in a magazine or something, it’s so professional looking. You never cease to amaze me. Even the cupcakes are perfect!
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January 21st, 2009 at 10:02 am
Goodness, how totally fun- and fabulous decorations etc.
Girl you should put together a book of party ideas for children. The ones I’ve seen here are better than any I’ve seen anywhere else! seriously!
I’m saving this idea- I think it could be a fun party for empty nesters too- just to add a little fun to life.
Happy Day
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January 21st, 2009 at 10:17 am
Fabulous! You are brilliant and thank you for sharing the printables too. So sweet of you to create such fun and magic for your child’s birthday. I need to plan ahead for my kids, and your tips will be super helpful. Thank you!
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January 21st, 2009 at 10:41 am
You are so creative! I just love these ideas!!! Thanks for sharing!
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January 21st, 2009 at 10:55 am
OH, I ADORE fun birthday parties! I just did a Snow White party for my daughter. I LOVE this Mad Scientist party, too—when my 4mo old gets older, maybe…
http://ohamanda.com/?p=987
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January 21st, 2009 at 11:20 am
What a great time! Theme parties never get old well except the pirate ones maybe? I noted that you certainly dressed the part too which I’m sure was appreciated. Glasses from Lenscrafters? Thanks for sharing.
cheers,
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January 21st, 2009 at 11:31 am
Amy, you’re so creative! What a fantastic party idea–thanks for sharing the photos and the downloads.
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January 21st, 2009 at 11:33 am
Thanks everyone for the awesome comments! I have to tell you I wasn’t going to even decorate a cake, but I got all caught up in being creative and couldn’t stop myself:-) Not much sleep the night before doing this!
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January 21st, 2009 at 12:02 pm
That is the coolest party idea!
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January 21st, 2009 at 12:03 pm
Amy, you are incredible! You never cease to amaze me. What a great party. I can’t imagine the time you did for this! And look how cute you are, dressed as a mad-mom-scientist.
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January 21st, 2009 at 12:14 pm
Wow! That is so creative! All the little details are amazing. I love that you’re posting these! I’m working on a roundup of birthday party ideas and I’ll be linking to this.
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January 21st, 2009 at 12:47 pm
That is so creative and fun!!! Thanks.
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January 21st, 2009 at 1:15 pm
The party looks awesome! I’m in the midst of planning a Mad Scientist party for my 9 year olds birthday next month. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog to let me know about your great party!
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January 21st, 2009 at 1:20 pm
Amy, do you mind if I mention your party on my blog?
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January 21st, 2009 at 2:03 pm
WOW – You are my new hero! First of all that is a lot of 6 year old boys to keep entertained. And secondly – you are sooo creative! I am completely impressed!
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January 21st, 2009 at 2:05 pm
Simply darling! Kudos to you, Mommy!
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January 21st, 2009 at 2:32 pm
Is your house clean? Because if it is (and you do these awesome parties and have a design business and work on iHeartFaces) I’m just gonna have to hate you now.
You are just insanely creative! Now pass on some of that creativeness to me…
(I now know why you were up so late that night!)
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January 21st, 2009 at 7:26 pm
Super cute!! I love that you got into it too!! Thanks for sharing
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January 21st, 2009 at 9:23 pm
This looks awesome! I can’t wait to here what you did during the party! I have some scientist nephews who would be in heaven at this party! And you make a cute mad scientist!
I’m so glad you added this to the party!
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January 21st, 2009 at 9:30 pm
What a GREAT Mom you are Amy!!! Everything looks FANTASTICALLY MAD!!!
~Tidymom
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January 21st, 2009 at 10:59 pm
That looks like so much fun. Maybe I can do that one in a couple years with my 4 yo. I’m thinking it wouldn’t go over real well with my son who’s having 10 boys spend the night next weekend for his 11th birthday! ha
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January 22nd, 2009 at 6:48 am
These birthday party ideas belong in a magazine! You are so creative! I love everything!!! Wow!
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January 22nd, 2009 at 11:50 am
Amy – I love it! I did a party for my 7-year-old daughter last fall. I really love the cupcakes! Mine were not so inspired. I see you have a test tube set from Steve Spangler Science. I used them for a lot the activities we did as well as party favors, etc. They have a lot of great info in their party section – http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/category/yuck-party
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January 22nd, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I can’t get over how CREATIVE this is! The kids must’ve LOVED it!! Great idea!
Dawn
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January 23rd, 2009 at 4:30 am
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January 25th, 2009 at 3:05 pm
I love the cupcakes!! I hope those little boys appreciated them as much as your blog readers do!
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February 9th, 2009 at 5:10 pm
Love the invitations! Saved me lots of time – thanks so much
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April 24th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
Oh Amy, I am just now discovering your party section. It’s a good thing I didn’t see this in January because I would have had to scrap Andrew’s Lego theme for this one.
At least now I have next year’s plan ready!
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May 31st, 2009 at 7:54 pm
Love your party!
I know my 6 year old nephew would love it too!
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June 10th, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Where did you get the test tubes from? Thanks! Your ideas are absolutely FABULOUS!!!
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June 16th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Was just googling “mad scientist party decorations” to get ideas for my son’s party this weekend and found your site – you did an awesome job!
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June 21st, 2009 at 7:21 am
I am having the party on Monday and wondered about the name tag you had on Mad Scientist Mom – do you have a download for that?
I can’t wait, this is going to be so much fun!
Sheila, MN
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July 27th, 2009 at 12:35 pm
I love your ideas and since I am in the midst of planning my son’s will be “borrowing” some of your great ideas. I am trying to resize the invitation file you offered but can’t get it to print on 81/2 by 11 paper. Is there a trick or can you send me a file that i can resize. Thanks a bunch for all your hard work and motivation.
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August 8th, 2009 at 8:38 am
Love, love, love your website and science party ideas!! thank you for sharing them. Like the lady above me in the comments section, I too am having trouble printing the invitations and open with caution documents. Could you email me a file? I am so excited to be plannin this awesome party idea for my son
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October 20th, 2009 at 11:31 pm
Wow. Those cupcakes are the cutest. We’re hosting a Mad Scientist Halloween party and I just found your blog. You are amazing. Great ideas.
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October 27th, 2009 at 6:54 am
You are brilliant! I want a “do-over” for raising my kids!!! How inspired and what a fabulous memory you’ve made for him! lucky boy!!!
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October 27th, 2009 at 8:16 am
This is awesome! Great ideas, beautifully executed. Love it!
Cheers,
Madge
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October 27th, 2009 at 9:32 am
where did you get the glasses or did you make them?
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October 27th, 2009 at 11:33 am
Great party!
You are the ultimate mom!
I bet your little one fell hard asleep that night.
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October 27th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Oh my gosh! Such creativity! Thank you SO much for sharing
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November 11th, 2009 at 8:18 am
So, so cute! LOVE the cupcakes!
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January 18th, 2010 at 1:16 pm
LOVE THE IDEAS. HOW DO YOU ADD YOUR CHILD’S NAME TO THE INVITE? i HAVE TRIED. I HAVE SAVED COPIES AND OPENED THEM IN ACROBAT, ETC… I AM VERY FRUSTRATED AS IT IS SO CUTE….
PLEASE HELP!!!!
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