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Picking a theme for Mai’s 3rd birthday was an easy decision. You have all heard me talk about our daughter’s love for Play-Doh. It only made sense to celebrate her special day with her favorite activity.
It was no easy feat getting ready for the party. As I tried to turn our home into a Play-Doh filled wonderland, our Play-doh crazed daughter chased me around the house trying to get her hands into some of the decorations & activities.
“Mama, can I have that Play-doh?”
“This is for your party.Why don’t you play with what you already have?”
“Mama, you need to learn to share.”
How can you argue with that logic? I did learn to share that day & allowed her a little bit for playtime while preparing for her bash. It was a busy week. We had a lot to do.
Decorations were hung.


Play-Doh was made.

Goodie bags were put out.

Cupcakes were baked. Multi-colored cupcakes fit perfectly inside of empty & clean Play-Doh containers.
Activities were planned. Our activity table had a rainbow collection of homemade Play-Doh for each party goer. Table included rolling pins, a bowl of cookie cutters & molds & Play-Doh presses.
After many weeks of planning & days of preparation the big day finally came. We had one excited girl on our hands. She was so eager for her party that she woke mommy & daddy up at 6am, which turned out to be a blessing since we still had much to do. We managed to hold her back from attacking all of the Play-Doh until her first guests arrived & then it was game on. All of the kids dove right in.
Our daughter received a Play-doh gumball machine.
Her & her friends began crafting gumballs immediately. They loved it & had a ball. I would like to tell you that they were able to contain all of their creations to the one designated table, but alas the whole house became their own personal Play-doh factory. They crafted hearts & cars & Play-doh cupcakes.
Despite the trail of little Play-Doh footprints tracked throughout the house, it was a beautiful day. Our house was filled with children’s laughter & a lot of joy today. My heart is happy.
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65 comments
Aww, looked like the absolute perfect day and even I could forgive the PlayDoh making its way around the home for this. And by the way, those cupcakes were awesome!!! 🙂
Thanks you. The kids had so much fun. My daughter is Play-doh drunk right now. Lol! She has enough of it to last her for a good long time. 🙂
Thats awesome! Such a great theme and the way it was presented was fab! Well done 🙂
Thank you very much!
This looks wonderful! What a great job you guys did, amazing 🙂
Thank you so much. It was a lot of fun.
Awesome! Home-made parties are my favorite. We had many of those, and they created excellent memories for the kids. Well done on the play-doh theme!
Thank you. It was a lot of fun. The kids had a blast. 🙂
Ok, this is one of the best birthday parties that I have ever seen! Great job!
Awwww. Thank you so much. That made my day. 🙂
So very innovative and yes, constructive fun too! Good job mommy!!
Thank you. The kids had a lot of fun.
Looks like she had a great party! Great job mom!!!!
Thank you. She has a great time. She was in Play-doh heaven.
Aw, what a great party idea, looks like they had a great time!
Thank you. The kids had such a blast. It was fun watching them.
That is adorable. What a unique idea for a birthday theme. Plus the activity is built right in. She looked so happy!
She was so happy. She was indeed in Play-doh heaven. 🙂
Such a cute party idea, my daughter would also love it!
Thank you. It was a fun party.
Play Dough is so much fun.. its always something different.. that was a great idea for a party.
Thank you. It was a great time.
That is such a great party theme for little kids. I love it.
Thank you. My daughter loved it.
Love these ideas. My youngest daughter loves Playdoh! Her birthday is later this month so we might do a mini party at home for her, she would love waking up to a Playdoh cupcake.
Thank you. Yeah, all the kids went nuts for the Play-doh. It was great.
I love this idea and it looks amazing 🙂 you did a fab job mumma!!
Thank you very much. It was a lot of fun. 🙂
Omghs this is absolutely such a cute idea. I don’t know any kids that don’t go absolutely crazy over play-doh. I know I love it as a kid too! You did such a great job with this, especially all the decorations. Thanks so much for linking this post up for the Best in the Blogosphere link up! Hope to see you again next week!
Thank you very much. I will be linking up again for sure.
LOOKS LIKE SO MUCH FUN! My son is just now interested in play-doh but he just wants to eat it right now LOL
Yeah, Play-doh does not taste so good. Lol! My daughter ate it when she was little too. She has outgrown it. Hopefully yours does too. 🙂
Fabulous idea! I love the healthy snacks you set out- thanks for sharing!
Thank you. All that fruit was gone too.
ehatcan adorable party theme! Looks like she had a blast
Thank you so much.
She is adorable! What a great party theme!
Thank you!
It looks like a wonderful party idea and a fun theme for kids to enjoy. I often wonder if any of the kids get tempted to taste the play doe cupcakes? They do look real. 🙂
The cupcakes were real. So they definitely were tempted. Lol! They had great fun.
I’ve never seen a PlayDoh theme for a party. I think it’s awesome and everything looks great!
Thank you very much.
Found you on the turn it up Tuesday link up. I think this is super cute! I also think your are super courageous to have all this play doh around … It can get messy. I’m certain your daughter loved her party!
I am a brave woman. Lol! She had a blast.
Yay! Thank you! 🙂
Just popping in to let you know that I featured you as my favorite post from last week’s Best of the Blogosphere link up! 🙂
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Thank you hon! I really appreciate that. I am honored to be your first choice. 🙂
I love this idea!
Thank you. It was a fun party. The kids loved it,
What a great party. That is so original and fun. SO CUTE
How fun! I love what you did with the cupcakes. Thank you for linking up to Party Time and we hope to see you again next week!
love love love the theme and decor! What did the invite look like if you don’t mind me asking?
Thank you. I made my own invites on our computer just using a Photo editor. I had my daughter sitting on top of a stack of Play-Doh containers & the fonts were colorful. The invites were simple. I had nicer Thank you cards than invites. Lol!
What a cute party and, love the cupcakes in the play-doh containers!
Thank you Kim. It was a fun party. My daughter was in a Play-doh covered heaven.
I was trying to figure out a theme for my 3 year old’s party and this is it! Love it! Where did you get the cupcake baking tins? Perfect! Also, do you ever make your own play dough? Thanks!
I am sorry. I am only now seeing this. You ended up in my spam for some reason. I got the tins at the Dollar store. I made most of the Play-Doh for the party myself. It would have cost me a fortune to have bought it all. Lol! Thanks for stopping by. I hope your daughter enjoys her party.
Hey I am doing a play doh theme party for my daughter but i cant find and items with theme. Where did you get your stuff for the party. Thank you
Hi Krystal, I made the decorations at home. I used old Play-doh lids and containers in some of my decorating. If there is anything that you see that you would like to use, I could tell you how I made them. It is a fun theme for a party. The kids had a blast. Good luck on your planning and let me know if I can help.