Age of Birthday Girl: 3 years old
Age Range of Guests: 0-5 years old
Gender of Guests: boys and girls
Potential Age Range of Theme: 0-8 years, depending on specific focus & activities
Invitations: Ladybug invitations were made using black circles for the body with red circles cut in half for the wings. We used smaller half circles for the head and a hole punch to make the dots. A white circle had the party info which was attached to the back.
The cake: For the cake we used one 9x13 cake and some cupcakes. We cut the cake into a leaf shape using a stencil made on wax paper, covered it with green frosting, and then drew lines on it with darker green icing gel. The cupcakes turned into ladybugs with red, white, and black frosting. We could have used black licorice for antennae but didn't find any in the store the day we went. After much searching we have not found the original inspiration for our cake.
Games: We did a variety of games for party guests that ranged in age from infants through 5 years. We found some ladybug bean bags at Oriental Trading and used those for many of the activities. Kids got to toss them, build for them, stack them, match them by color, and play musical chairs with them.
Goodies: We had wanted to send guests home with real ladybugs but weren't organized enough to order them ahead of time - it can be done though! Goodie bags included stickers, candy treats, and bug-themed toys.
