Hi Everyone!
We recently had a giveaway on this blog for 2 Pinkalicious cupcake cookbooks – congrats to the winners! The best part was that we threw a perfectly Pinkalicious party for my daughter and her friends.
Here’s the details from our party:I started with just a few simple decorations including this cute paper plate center piece. I took one of my large Pinkalicious themed plates and cut along the cute Pinkalicious in the middle. Then, I taped it to a skewer that I had on hand. I placed this along with some pink shredded paper and pink candy into an empty mason jar – voila! A quick and easy centerpiece that looked oh-so cute!
I dyed 1 scant cup of large, dried noodles with 2 tablespoons of vinegar and around 7 drops food coloring in a large zip lock bag. Then, shake, let them sit in the bag for about an hour, and lay them out on some foil to air dry over night! I chose both pink and purple because my daughter loves both Pink and Purple equally. 🙂 Then, I cut some string. I tied a noodle on one end and I wrapped the other end with clear tape to prevent fraying. This was just a little activity to help fill in the waiting gaps while I got frosting and food ready for the girls!
Then, each girl got to spread their own frosting. When I announced that it was time to decorate, my daughter literally started yelling, “IT’S CUPCAKE DECORATING TIME!!” I’ve NEVER heard her yell like that, but hey – it really was that exciting!
The girls added sprinkles and a cherry as well. My favorite moment was watching the girls put the cherries on upside down. They tried desperately to get the stem to stick to the frosting and all I could think was: they’re trying to put it on like a tree! It was sooo cute to witness! Eventually, with a little prompting, they figured out that the cherry easily sat on top of the frosting instead of the stem. 🙂
While my daughter finished eating (she’s the slowest eater on the planet – well, maybe not the planet, but you get the idea), one of the moms started to read the book, Pinkalicious, to the girls who had finished. It was so cute to watch them all gather after they had eaten their cupcakes – it was great timing!
Then, we finished up with some noodle necklaces. This was my favorite shot of one of the girls who had her necklace down between her feet as she worked hard to thread a patterned necklace!
And, the result! A perfectly Pinkalicious noodle necklace! The girls had a lovely time getting to celebrate pink together (and, a little bit of purple :-)). Oh, and the cupcakes that we ate were simply divine. If I can bake them, so can you (seriously, I’m the one who ruins the mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving…the kind from a box…;-)).
Your Turn!
What kind of party will you be throwing this year?
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In full disclosure, the Pinkalicious marketing team provided the party products shown about for us to throw this party in addition to the 2 Pinkalicious cupcake cookbooks for us to giveaway on this blog! A big thank you to the team!
Tristen says
This looks super cute!! I bet you and L will be having a blast in the kitchen! I know a few little girls out here who will absolutely love having fun in the kitchen with this book!
Georgina @ Craftulate says
Yummy cupcakes!
Jami says
Love to bake and if I can bake alongside my adorable current and soon to be born grandchildren, then I’m in hog heaven!! Love this!
Irene Capron says
I love to bake and this book looks like fun!
Shannon Baas says
I enjoy making cupcakes.
Natalie says
I want to win because I love to collect cookbooks
renee G says
I’d love to win because these look really yummy.
citymomsecrets says
you can NEVER have too many cupcake recipes!
Tamar says
Because we’re big fans of the pinkalicious stories so having a pinkalicious cookbook would be a great complement
Lisette Martin says
Fun! We love cupcakes! 🙂 Yummy Yummy! Even with a bite taken out of it yours it still looks yummy and fancy! 😉
Melissa Nagy says
I have a daughter who LOVES these books and this book could give me some great ideas for her birthday party in February.
Marian Boll says
For my son’s upcoming birthday, cupcakes are better than cake
Cristi says
I like to bake and my daughter loves all the books.
tina reynolds says
I would love this for my daughter for a christmas present
Anna@The Measured Mom says
My daughter loves to look at pictures of desserts– since I don’t make them very often! Not that I don’t love them… I love them too much! She loves pouring over my recipe book!
Laura @ Lalymom says
My daughter loves to cool with my husband actually. They would have a lot of fun recipes with these books!
Sabrina Banks says
Thanks for the opportunity!
Elizabeth from Creative Learning Fun says
My niece would love this book!
Erin says
Because we love Pinkalicious and we love cupcakes!
Secret Burkheiser says
my daughter loves pinkalicious and we enjoy baking cupcakes, so this book is perfect
Makeovers Motherhood (@MOandMH) says
Being the only female in the house, I could use some pink and well… my boys LOVE cupcakes! You did a great job!
amy f says
I love to bake
Krissy says
My husband loves baking esp with my oldest boy
Heather B says
we have loved ALL of the ilicious books and both my daughter and I love to bake so we would absolutely LOVE to have the cookbooks!
Maureen says
My daughter loves Pinkalicious so this would be a fun Mommy/Daughter activity!
Cari says
Entering for my blue-a-licious boys and soon to be pink or purple-a-licious baby girl 🙂
Natalie yeoman says
I love to bake and cupcakes are my all time favorite thing ever
Britty Brannon says
I want to win because we love to bake cupcakes of all sorts!
meme says
I would love to win this because I have a 7 year old who loves to cook with me and who would love this
laura588 says
I would love to win this as my daughter likes to help me back and we would have so much fun making these recipes together.
Laurie Emerson
Amanda says
This is the best of both worlds–Miss Pinkalicious and baking together!
betty wojnar says
I would love to give this to my niece. she is a great cook.
Christine Uniejewski says
I would love to learn some new ideas for my nieces birthday.
mamamayor says
We love all the books in this series
susansmoaks says
i would love to win because we would have a blast with this
Savannah miller says
I love baking with my kiddos we are always looking for fun new recipes 🙂
Melissa Giannopoulos says
It just sounds like it would so much fun! and tasty!!
lab1990 says
i’d love to win this for my niece. it’s so cute!