What a rip off! So I opted for cupcakes and put the plastic Merida doll on top. $10 and two days later, all that came was a plastic Merida figurine, a brother bears ring, and a see-through plastic horse.

I originally was going to make a cake because I found a decorating set on Amazon that I thought would be fun. When I said I kept the decoration simple, that was true, but really the food was also a big part of the decor. The night before the party I cut Merida out of one of the party plates and added a leftover teal flower from the banner to the back. It wasn’t planned, but I ended up with a ton more plates than kids. My favorite part of the banner were the little black accents I added to each letter – the three baby bear cubs, bear paws, and a bow & arrow. I added a few extra touches here and then, but I really did keep it simple. I really tried not to go too overboard this time, just focusing on lots of purple and teal streamers and a banner I made using my Silhouette Cameo.

Ethan whipped up an invitation using Photoshop and I sent it out to our friends. I made invitations for Lucy and forgot to mail them out, so this time, I went for an e-card. We kept the guest list to a small group of friends and had it on a weekday morning in attempts to keep it a little more low-key, although Izzie would have loved to invite everyone she has ever met. After all, she does look just like Merida. Izzie was insistent she wanted a “Merida” party ever since we bought the movie in November. One day maybe we will have combined birthday parties…of maybe I will just need to tone down the parties! lol. We just threw Lucy’s Bug party two weeks ago and then threw Izzie’s Brave party on Tuesday. Our girls, Izzie and Lucy are almost exactly 2 years apart in age – Izzie was born on February 11th and Lucy on January 24th.

Brave merida party