Thursday, February 28, 2013

3 year old Bubble Guppy birthday

With creativity, patience, stock craft supplies and a photo printer I made my daughters 3rd birthday one that she and everyone else will remember. If this is the theme you choose for your child keep in mind there is no merchandising for this show.
 I first tried to print my invitations off of the nikjr website. That was annoying because the website would freeze before printing so instead i went to google images.
                                                                              Happy Birthday                                 





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Our little mermaid is turning 3
and she wants to be a bubble guppy.
Come and help her celebrate
                                                                   with a party on her special date.
                                                                   Join us for games, lunch and fishing
                                                                   along with cake, candles and wishing.
I printed the picture on cardstock
and the printed text on regular paper.
I made smaller rectangles with text and
glued to back of picture. Mailed out in
 colorful envelopes.
    For the childrens games I came up with some gender and age neutral ones:
Fishing-  The poles require a little effort and some interesting supplies-
  • Plastic pool
  • 6-8 dowels that are 18 -20 inches long
  • acrylic paints- dark blue, turquoise, pink, purple, orange, green, yellow
  • 6-8 zipties
  • electrical tape
  • trimmer line or heavy duty fishing line
  • Magnets bought at Radioshack.com -10- rectangle and 10- 1/4"circles- sold in 5-packs
  • hot glue gun and glue
  • super glue
  • 10-14  Fish and other aquatic bath toys that will hold the other magnets
  1. Paint dowels each a different color- 2 coats and let dry
  2. Cut pieces of trimmer line 34- 36 inches long- 6-8 of them
  3. Secure line to dowels with zipties and leave excess
  4. Wrap excess around dowel and line with electrical tape so it is flush with pole
5.   Thread rectangle magnet onto line.                   6.   Glue large drops on end of line to stop magnet from dropping off.                                                   7.    Glue top of magnet to secure from sliding up. 8.     Glue magnets to tops of fish with super glue.




















The next thing I made were 10 inch cutouts of all of the bubble guppies.Download all of their pictures on off google images and print then cut out.

  • 8 x 10 inch card stock
  •  a color printer
  • scissors
I made a birthday banner by hand.


  • leftover colored cardstock,
  • bubble letter stencils
  • hole punch
  •  glue.



  1.  Draw h-a-p-p-y b-i-r-t-h-d-a-y with bubble font 
  2. Cut out 13 circles of opposite colors. 
  3. Glue letters to circles and add some turquoise tiny circles for bubble accents. 
  4. Hole punch circles and connect with ribbon or fishing line.:


Bubble Guppy inspired food:



  • Goldfish crackers-rainbow, graham, chocolate
  • Fruit plate and vegetable plate with dip
  • Tilapia fish strips
  • Goldfish topped macaroni and cheese
  • Adults choose between Shrimp cakes, portobello burgers and turkey burgers served with small buns
  • Mr. grouper fish cake with bubble cake pop drops
  • Sundae bar



Bubble guppy magnets

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For 20 years I have been teaching and coaching people of all ages in the sports and recreation industry. I have done everything from choreographing dance assemblies to personal training college athletes. I have worked at schools, country clubs and in the home settings. I have also worked in the food and beverage industry bartending and serving. I have decorated and catered for high end clientele. I am a married mother of one and I love to throw budget friendly parties for kids and adults alike.