Toy Story III was the theme for my daughter Camdens birthday this year, and oddly it was her III'd Birthday. So it all worked in her favor! I purchased the Invitations from Party City, I
planned on doing elaborate invites but the guest list was not that long so I didnt see the point. Woody, Buzz and Jesse (the cow girl) were on the front of the invite that read Hurry on
Over" with all the details of the party printed on the inside.
I rented rented the party space at Loews Club Lounge located on the 2nd level of AMC Loews Theater on the Waterfront in Homestead. Due to "business guidelines" i was not able to tape or tack anything to the walls. In order to bring the theme and color schedme into the room (blue and kiwi) I purchased 3 dozen Balloons. I spread them through out the room on balloon weights It really made a big difference. I also purchased a toy story table cloth which also helped alot. Leading into the private space I purchased a Blue Carpet (get it like red carpet...lol) which read Happy 3rd Birthday Camden on the very beginning and on each side I placed 3 foot tall buzz lightyear mylar balloon. Before guests entered the room their pictures were taken on the Blue Carpet. It definately gave a personal fun touch to the party from the very beginning. The purpose of the private area was to have a small pre-party before guest enjoyed the actual Toy Story III Movie. The party began at 12noon and the movie began at 2:15pm which did not give much time for games. There were also no characters in costumes there being as though my daughter is terrified of things like that. I thought it would have been a nice touch to have life sized buzz and woody characters walking throughout the party If your child is not affraid of things like that I would definately recommend that. Food was served at 1pm - a buffet of all my daughters favorites(and any kids for that matter). Pizza French Fries and Chicken Fingers! Time pretty much took off after that in the midst of making sure everyone was comfortable and chasing my daughter around room it was 2pm before i knew it. And time for the grand finale the cake. Oh that beautiful cake Creative Cakes and More. That is who made the cake a wonderful woman name Gwen I emailed her a picture of a cake i thought looked ok but knew she could turn it into something better and that is exactlly what she did. It was a replica of Andy's Bed equipt with little toystory figurines. It was soooo cute everyone from the manager of the theater to passer by's were getting the information to who did my daughters cake. It hurt my heart to cut into it. The gift bags i feel set the tone for a party since this is what the kids have to remember it by. This year i found cute little toy story character flash lights- you pull their tales and their mouths open, which is where the light is and they say lines from the movie. Those were placed into toy story gift bags with a bag of candy a small bag filled with toystory favors (slinky puzzle keytags, etc...) and also a toystory cup (so cute im gonna buy one for myself) and stuffed with lime green tissue paper to keep with the color scheme of course. Each child was given a bag and balloon then they were sent on their way to enjoy the movie. Everyone had a great time!!!!"