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When it comes to bridal showers, Mickey Mouse might not be the first thing that comes to mind. But for any Disney lover, this Mickey Themed Bridal Shower is loads of fun and makes for some very nice decorations!
Mickey Mouse Themed Bridal Shower
So Iโm guessing โmickeyโ and โbridal showerโ are two things you donโt usually expect to see together? ๐ Well, my cousin is a big Disney fan so a Mickey Bridal Shower was perfect for her. And with some fun touches, what is normally reserved for kidโs parties turned into a fun and sophisticated bridal shower.
Letโs face it, itโs hard to find mickey party supplies that arenโt geared towards kids. I donโt know why. I know many adults who love Disney, but alas itโs true. So when my mom and I settled upon a theme for my cousinโs bridal shower that involved burlap, lace, the color blue and Disney, we had our work cut out for us. After googling like crazy to find things that werenโt made for kidโs parties, I finally decided to take matters into my own hands and make my own Disney decorations.
But before I show you how to go about it, letโs take a look at the shower overall.
DIY Disney Party Decorations
It was hosted at someone elseโs home. My mom and I were the decorators. We spent some time at our favorite store โ Home Goods โ and got some pretty table cloths. We gathered various burlap and lace runners from Walmart and Michaelโs. Cute napkins were found at Hobby Lobby. And thanks to my extensive collection of mason jars, we had quite a few of those on hand. We added some ribbon to the mason jars and the paper flowers hanging from the ceiling were from hobby lobby.
The flowers were put together by myself using flowers from Fresh Market and Publix.
To sprinkle mickey into the burlap, lace and flowers, I made mickey cupcake toppers, plate settings and mickeys for the flowers. They werenโt hard to make, but they do take a bit of time to cut everything out and put it all together. I started by making my templates.
How to Make Mickey Mouse Decor Templates
To make the mickey templates youโll need a few paper plates, a pen, scissors, skewers, toothpicks and assorted round things of correct sizes that you can trace. The sizes of your objects will depend on the size you want your mickeys and what youโre going to use them for. For the cupcake toppers I used the bottom of a spice jar for the head and a chapstick for the ears. They were nice and small. From there, size up based on what your needs are.
I started with the head and traced my object onto the paper plate. Next was the ears. Do your best to space them correctly, but the great thing is you can redraw the ears as many times as you need until youโre happy with it. Then cut it out and you have your template! I ended up with 3 different sizes.
I donโt have pictures of the next part because I took these photos after the shower and everything was gone, but youโll trace the mickey heads onto the paper youโre using. Our teal and burlap paper was from Michaels. They have some great textured papers. I traced a bunch of mickey heads at a time onto the paper and then cut them all out at once.
One thing to note about cutting them out is that Iโd recommend cutting just inside the line you draw so that when you use them there arenโt any pen lines. Youโll need to make twice as many heads as you need because they are double sided.
To put them together, tape a skewer or toothpick (depending on which thing youโre making โ skewers were used for the flower mickeys and toothpicks for the cupcakes) to the back of a mickey head. Use a glue stick to glue a second mickey head to the back. If they arenโt lined up perfectly, you can trim around the edges.
Let them dry and youโre done! All the tracing and cutting and gluing can take a little time, but itโs pretty inexpensive to do and they are so cute!
The mickeys were perfect on the cupcakes! Iโd love to tell you I made the cupcakes, but I didnโt. The shower was out of town for me and I was pressed for time. So we got them locally and added some cute sprinkles and the mickeys. And I LOVED seeing mickey poke out from the flowers.
So there you have it โ a burlap, lace and mickey bridal shower! Cute, right?! And it would totally translate to lots of occasions where you want mickey to make an appearance, but not on a party favor for a 5 year old. ๐
Wowwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!! TT^TT this is what you call, folks, perfection.
I love LOVE the flowers. What are they called?
And I love how this is different from the usual cake recipe! Thanks for bringing variety to our table, Lindsay. ๐
Thank you! Iโm glad you enjoyed the post! I donโt know what all of the flowers are called, they were just what was available at our local store. I know some of them โ roses, babyโs breath, hydrangea โ but Iโm not sure of the others.
What a great idea! Itโs spring, itโs beautiful, itโs elegant and very southern!
Thanks Vicki! ๐
I am so in love with Home Goods. Itโs the best store.
And this is gorgeous. Way to make Mickey allโฆelegant! And grown-up!
Best. Ever. Thanks Mir! I think Mickey looks pretty good all dressed up. ๐