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{Party Themes} First Class Post Office Mail Party

May 23, 2012 by Party Patisserie Filed Under: Party Themes 15 Comments

What child doesn’t love delivering and receiving mail?

Jenny of Crossing the Bugger-Dixon Line  said it hit her one day that a mail party would make such a fun theme after seeing  an old rusty neighborhood Post Office mailbox. (inspiration can come from the most unlikely places).   She asked the wonderful duo at Piggy Bank Parties to create a party collection for her and she was on her way.

 The colors would be Red, White, and Blue and accents of mail carrier uniform blue of course.
I love the “shipping box” backdrop on the dessert table and all the ways she utilized packing and shipping supplies as the decorations.

Notice how she cleverly placed the cake plate right inside an official Post Office mail bin filled with mail as the main focal point of the dessert table.

The cake was topped with a glittery “Post Office 41608” (her son’s birthday makes a great zip code!) cake billboard and a fondant mail truck.

 

 The table runner was made from kraft paper and mini envelopes while the centerpieces were made
 out of boxes and packing peanuts. Large manila envelopes were used as place mats and mini envelope buntings were strung from Airmail Divine Twine and red and blue balloons were anchored in boxes of course!
  Fondant stamps and envelopes were placed on top of lemon and raspberry Chambord petit fours.

The most coveted dessert on the table was “Owney’s treats”, graham crackers shaped as dog biscuits.

Pick Your Own Favor: The children each got to pick a special Post Office Mascot dog named Owney to take home. Owney wore lots of metal tags on his collar to show all the special places he had visited so I made collars adorned with metal tags for each dog and piled the dogs on top of a mail bag (Owney’s favorite nap spot).

Activities included a mail sort game using a mail box that she crafted out of cardboard. The kids got to work stamping, sorting, and delivering mail. At the end of the game each child had a mailbox full of mail.
Each party guest received a mail carrier name badge.
This party was definately first class!


Thank you so much Jennie for sharing your son’s adorable party with us!

Credits:

– Photography: Allison Kaharick
– Mail Party Collection, envelopes, ribbon, printed banners, food labels, and signs- Piggy Bank Parties
– Wreath- The Knock Knock Factory
– Balloons and Paper Rosettes- Polka Dot Market
– Fondant Mail Truck and Petit Four Toppers: Edible Details
– Cookies: Frog Prince Cake and Cookie Design
– Cake billboard and Noah banner: The Purple Pug
– Kraft Tubes with colored pencils: Sweet Lulu
– Educational Resource and stamp printable: Smithsonian National Postal Museum

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Comments

  1. Christina DeJesus says

    May 23, 2012 at 8:53 am

    What a fabulous idea for a boys party ..love it !!!

    Reply
    • Party Patisserie says

      May 23, 2012 at 9:06 am

      Thank you Christina!

      Reply
  2. Sandra says

    May 23, 2012 at 9:02 am

    How cute is this! And yes inspiration can come from anywhere, we just have to be open to it.

    Reply
    • Party Patisserie says

      May 23, 2012 at 9:06 am

      Thank you so much Sandra!

      Reply
  3. Jenny D. says

    May 23, 2012 at 9:19 am

    Thank you for the feature!!!!

    Reply
    • Party Patisserie says

      May 23, 2012 at 9:47 am

      You’re welcome Jenny. It is definately our pleasure to share such a wonderfully creative party!

      Reply
  4. Charlotte says

    May 23, 2012 at 11:01 am

    So cute! A really creative party!

    Reply
  5. Christy (ItsyBelle) says

    May 23, 2012 at 11:19 am

    Okay, that is just too cute, and love the unique theme!

    Reply
    • Party Patisserie says

      May 23, 2012 at 11:46 am

      Hi Christy, thank you so much for stopping by!

      Reply
  6. Michelle {Cakewalk} says

    May 23, 2012 at 12:07 pm

    Such a fun theme!

    Reply
    • Party Patisserie says

      May 23, 2012 at 12:53 pm

      I agree Michelle. Thanks for stopping by!

      Reply
  7. Aneta says

    May 23, 2012 at 8:52 pm

    Great idea 🙂 Perfect Party for a little boy 🙂

    Reply
  8. Leonie @ Ashlee Rae says

    May 24, 2012 at 8:32 pm

    Such a CUTE party!!! The mail box sorting game is genius!

    Reply
  9. Lindsay {Easy Made Invitations} says

    May 24, 2012 at 9:30 pm

    Such a cute party! What a great idea!!

    Reply
  10. navywifeypeters says

    May 30, 2012 at 2:20 pm

    This is a cool party idea! Love it!

    Reply

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