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This is the Most Adorable Baking Birthday Party for Kids

June 11, 2018 by Leslie

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Come in and take a look at the cutest baking birthday party for kids of all ages! It’s filled with ideas that you can recreate, including games and decorations!

This is just the sweetest birthday party theme for kids! It’s a bake shop party full of fun ideas, including party games and activities, a decorate your own cookie and cupcake station, aprons, and easy decorations from your own kitchen. If your child loves sweets or cooking, then you definitely want to try these tips and ideas for their next birthday. #bakingparty #partyideas #kidsparties #partystyling #PartyPlanning #birthdayparty #girlsparty #cupcakes

I’ve taken everything from six weeks to six months to plan a party, but the most labor-intensive party I ever hosted was my oldest’s 7th birthday party. Which I put together in only 10 days.

We had the idea sometime in mid-summer to make it a baking birthday party for kids between the ages of 4 and 8. Of course, I loved the idea and totally ran with it.

Best of all, since we had (and still have) yards upon yards of extra fabric from past projects, I knew that we could pull the party off without spending too much money.

But I had no idea how much time it would actually take to pull together.

Of course, it didn’t help that I broke my own rules, and didn’t get started crafting until 10 days before the party. And even after getting a late start…it’s one of my favorite parties ever.

Decorating a Baking Birthday Party for Kids:

It all started by transforming our dining area into a bake shop. The dining room itself was the “back of the bake shop”, where our little pastry chefs would create their masterpieces.

This cake decorating party is FILLED with adorable DIY baking birthday party ideas, including custom chef hats, and how to find decorations right in your own kitchen! #bakeshoppepartyideas #cupcakedecorating #pdpcelebrates

The two dining cabinets that sit next to our dining table were completely emptied out. Then, I raided our cupboards, and a few stores, to fill them up with all the baking supplies I could find, like:

  • metal mixing bowls
  • wooden spoons,
  • whisks,
  • cookie cutters,
  • sprinkles
  • measuring spoons,
  • baking magazines and cookbooks, and
  • countless cupcake liners

The kitchen table was turned into the decorating zone. Several baking stations were set up on the table, each with one hand-made apron and a little cupcake stand.

Baking birthday party activities and decorations, including simple cupcake stands, custom chef hats, and colorful clips to decorate aprons and hats.

The kitchen island was turned into the “bakeshop window”, where all the undecorated baked good were displayed, as well as a tray full of piping bags filled with frosting, sprinkles, and other decorations.

Probably the one thing that the kids ooh-ed and awe-ed over most was the bake shop awning. I took my favorite DIY backdrop frame and adapted it to create an awning that hung over the island. It was just the right touch to give the island that authentic bake-shop feeling.

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Turn your island into a bake shop window with a DIY backdrop frame and plenty of ready-to-decorate cupcakes and cookies.

Obviously, this party was before we renovated our kitchen to be worthy of entertaining.

Baking Party Games and Activities

Upon Arriving to the Party

As guests entered, they got to take their choice of apron and baking cap. Then, they decorated the hats and aprons with several of the nearly 50 fabric scrap flowers that I made in the days leading up to the party. This gave the kids a fun activity to do as they waited for everyone else to arrive.

Closeup of clips for decorating aprons and chef hats.

The Main Event

Once all the kids were there, I let the girls each decorate two cupcakes, and as many cookies as they could manage. They loved the little cupcake stands, and got more creative than I could ever imagine with the decorating.

Even though their designs weren’t all masterpieces, the girls had a pretty darn good time making them, and loved sharing their creations with each other.

Putting sprinkles and frosting in individual containers on a tray for a bake shop party keeps the decorations contained until it's time to get started!

Changing Things Up

After about an hour, the kids had their fill with decorating their baked goods. So we headed outside to our freshly renovated deck to play a round of pie face…with whipped cream, of course!

A Four-Year-Old’s Genius Tip for Playing Pie Face: 

Open your mouth as wide as you can right in front of the window. Then, whenever the hand goes up, the whipped cream goes right in your mouth! And if you miss, just lick it up as much as possible.

Pie face is a fun activity for kids to play at a baking party, too!

Back to The Sweets

Then, as if they hadn’t had enough sugar, we let them decorate one more cake.

As the official birthday cake for the party, a little rice cereal bundt cake was a fun way to get the girls working together instead of individually. It was a bit like chaos seeing them squeeze as much frosting as possible onto that little cake, but it was still a fun time.

Let the kids all decorate a mini Rice Krispie cake at a baking birthday party!

How Long did it take to Prepare for the Baking Party?

I won’t lie, putting together the baking birthday party wore me out. I didn’t start sewing until 10 days before the party, and was only getting about 4 hours of sleep each night to get everything made.
 
Let’s be clear: I don’t recommend waiting this long to start preparing for a party.
 
If I’d followed my own advice, starting the projects about 6 weeks in advance and finishing with 10 days to spare, then I wouldn’t have been nearly as exhausted when the party was over.

But, I would definitely say it was worth the effort.

This cake decorating party is FILLED with adorable DIY baking birthday party ideas, including custom chef hats, and how to find decorations right in your own kitchen! #bakeshoppepartyideas #cupcakedecorating #pdpcelebrates

How much did the Baking Birthday Party it cost?

Luckily, we already had the fabric on hand, and since I borrowed my mother-in-law’s sewing machine, those costs were minimal.

I wish I had kept track of the individual expenses, but I believe that the non-food items (cupcake liners, disposable decorations, chefs hats, party printables, etc.) cost about $150.

We did end up spending quite a bit by purchasing cookies, cupcakes, frosting and sprinkles from a bakery. However, that was due to other circumstances and were for allergy reasons. You could easily spend far less making the cupcakes and cookies on your own. Total spent for food: $200.

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  • Fabric Scrap Flower Clips – 7 Adorable Ways

Now, It’s Your Turn

If you get started early enough (but not too early) you can definitely host your own baking birthday party for kids of any age. Here are the key elements to recreate:

  • Make easy fabric scrap aprons.
  • Customize store-bought chefs hats with scraps from the aprons
  • Raid your own kitchen first for decorations such as pie pans, mixing bowls, mixing spoons, and other items you probably already have.
  • If you haven’t already, make a reusable backdrop frame, and modify it for the party.
  • Find glass spice jars with metal tops to hold sprinkles. These look prettier than your regular sprinkle jars, and can be used by the kids while they decorate.
  • Find an activity to bring them outside.  After they all finished playing Pie Face and decorating the little cake, they enjoyed playing around in the backyard for a while to burn off some energy.
  • Time-saving tip: outsource baking your cookies and cupcakes. We ended up doing this due to an allergy of one of our guests, but it ended up being a huge sanity saver.

Items to Purchase

  • Baking Birthday Party Printables
  • Pie Face Game
  • White Cake Stands
  • Disposable Tablecloths
  • Baking Themed Wrapping Paper or Tissue Paper for Table Runners (similar to what is shown above)
  • Plastic cups to hold sprinkles & decorations
  • A variety of cupcake liners
  • Pretty sprinkles jars

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Filed Under: Decorations, Kid Crafts and Activities, Kids Parties, Parties, Party Games Tagged With: baking, our parties, party games, pie face

About Leslie

Leslie is the passionate party planner in her family. Living with metastatic breast cancer since 2022, she is determined to find a way to continue making amazing parties for her kids that don't leave you exhausted. To do that Leslie combines the experience she learned working for a professional event planner with the reality of a busy family life to create party inspiration that the average mom can reproduce and be proud of.

Comments

  1. Lynda H says

    June 12, 2018 at 9:36 am

    oh WOW!! Absolutely love it. My girls, particularly my 5 year old, will love, love, love this. Guess I have her 6th birthday party covered now – thank you

  2. cait says

    June 12, 2018 at 10:26 am

    oh my goodness what a fabulous idea. my littel girl would love something like this for her birthday party next year!

  3. Foodie finds home says

    June 13, 2018 at 7:09 am

    I’m so happy I found your blog! This is the cutest themed party and I hope I can pull it off as awesome as you have. I know my daughter will love it!

  4. sabrina says

    June 13, 2018 at 7:30 am

    This is such a great theme for a birthday party! You did such an awesome job! I can’t wait for my daughter to be a little older, I’m going to have fun putting together her birthday parties!

  5. Victoria @DazzleWhileFrazzled says

    June 17, 2018 at 4:17 pm

    So stinkin’ cute! I love to throw over the top parties for my kids too. And since I do it all, I’m always pooped and it takes me a good week to recover! But well worth it, especially since the window on such things is too short.

  6. Liberty Henwick says

    June 19, 2018 at 3:56 pm

    This looks like a spactacular party, all your time and effort in the preparation is evident! I am amazed that you made all those gorgeous hats, I know my girls would love this too. Your lovely post was chosen by another blogger and shared with us on the #blogcrush blog hop this week, congrats! Feel free to pop on over and collect your ‘I’ve been featured’ badge.

  7. Robbie Cheadle says

    June 20, 2018 at 11:52 pm

    I love this post. I host baking workshops at schools from time time time with biscuit and cupcake decorating. They love it but it is a bit of work to prepare for it. I found you site through the Inspire Me Monday Linky party

  8. Jennifer Wise says

    June 21, 2018 at 10:22 am

    I LOVE this!! I did a baking birthday party for my daughter’s 8th birthday (10 years ago!) and it was a favorite. I agree with you on starting way ahead of time–and I didn’t even sew! 😉 This is awesome. I love the colors, too. Pinning. 🙂
    #embracingchangelinky

  9. creationsbycindyphotography.blogspot.com says

    June 21, 2018 at 11:40 am

    This is the cutest party! Love it all and what fun. Will need to pin this for grands. Visiting from Jann’s today. Hugs and blessings, Cindy

  10. candy says

    June 21, 2018 at 9:19 pm

    Wish my granddaughter was older this party is adorable. Found you on Bloggers Pit Stop.

  11. Jann Olson says

    June 22, 2018 at 8:25 am

    What a darling idea! What kid doesn’t love to bake? Thanks for sharing with SYC.
    hugs,
    Jann

  12. Snap says

    June 22, 2018 at 4:21 pm

    Love the chef hats. the kids will have a great time. great idea!

  13. Shea | The Fogue Abode says

    June 25, 2018 at 2:17 pm

    What a great party idea! I’m totally going to pin this for my soon to be 4 year old who loves to help cook.

  14. Roseann Hampton says

    June 25, 2018 at 8:12 pm

    How adorable! My daughter would have loved this when she was little! Thanks for sharing at the Summer Time Fun Link Party!

  15. Mother of 3 says

    June 30, 2018 at 6:23 pm

    What a cute and fun idea for a kid’s party! I love all these ideas and that photo of the frosting lips is just priceless. Thanks so much for sharing with us at the Summer Time Fun linky. Pinned.

  16. Kristin's Peppermints and Cherries says

    July 19, 2018 at 1:04 am

    This is the most creative birthday party I have seen lately! Love it and am featuring it tomorrow morning in a blog post for the Summer Time Fun Link Party Features. Thank you for joining in the fun of the link party!

  17. Ivory says

    September 1, 2018 at 11:43 pm

    Absolutely adorable. To bad I have a teen son.

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