Beverly Hills Chihuahua Party for an 8-year-old. My daughter loves dogs and really enjoyed watching the movie Beverly Hills Chihuahua. She liked Chloe so much that she asked if she could have a Beverly Hills Chihuahua themed birthday party. I started by making my own invitations. I took a picture of Chloe from the Internet and a picture of my daughter and created an invitation on Photoshop. The invitation was white with accents of pink, light green, and black. The picture of Chloe showed her in a green outfit being served a drink on a silver platter. The party was held at the park. The tables were covered with pink and black table clothes. For the centerpieces I used a silver platter, a glass cup, pink napkins, and a salt shaker. I arranged all the items on the platter. I created a paper lining with Chloe's picture to insert into the glass cup. I used the cup to hold the pink plastic spoons and forks for the guests to use. I purchased all the items at the dollar tree.  I purchased self-stick plastic gems and placed them on the salt shakers.  I glued gems on around the bottom of the glass cups using mod podge.  This really added a hint of glamour� to the cups.  We hung pink, black, and white balloons and a pink birthday banner across two trees.  We purchased two big white dog pinatas and decorated them with outfits made out of tissue paper. My son and daughter made a necklace for each of the pinatas using paper, silver glitter, and silver colored plastic gems. I made little purses for the girls using paw print fabric and little bags for the boys using a dog print fabric.  Inside I placed plastic rings for the girls, dog pens (from oriental trading), and candies.  I made a bone� shaped cake using a heart shaped cake pan. I baked four heart shaped cakes. I baked two cakes in a rectangular pan. I cut the tips of the heart cakes to form a bone using the rectangular shaped cake for the center. I made frosting using cream cheese and powdered sugar. I tinted it pink. I used melted chocolate to write happy birthday on the cake. I wrote I on wax paper using a plastic bag with one of the corners cut off. I transferred the words from the wax paper onto the cake.  We served cold salads as well as hot dogs and carne asada. We used chaffing dishes to keep the food warm. We had a paper bag decorating activity. The kids picked the color of the bag they wanted and wrote their name and used self sticking foam shapes to decorate their bags. They used these bags to hold their prizes as well as the candy from the pinatas. I found a coloring page of a Chihuahua online. I make several copies and provided crayons for the kids to color them. I have a set of face paints (Snazaroo) that I used to paint their faces. For the girls I painted simple swirls on the side of their face and added self-stick jewels to add glamour. The boys got stars, basketballs, or whatever else they asked for. The kids played hot Chihuahua� instead of hot potato. I downloaded the Chihuahua� song from the movie and played it during the hot Chihuahua game and musical chairs. This was one of the best parties that we have done for my daughter. She really enjoyed it.