Minnie Mouse Birthday Party Ideas

Minnie Mouse 2nd Birthday party in pink, purple, and teal. Including menu ideas and prep ahead schedule to help your party run smoothly.

Party planning is one of my favorite hobbies.  I love coordinating all aspects of a party from the food to outfits and decor.  It’s like Interior Design on a smaller scale and quicker timeline.  I’d like to preface this post by saying, I in no way think that this magnitude of a party is necessary for an infant/toddler or anyone in general.  I genuinely enjoy decorating, cooking, and baking.  If those are not your forte there is no shame in a toned down party. I promise your kiddo will have just as much fun.

If party planning is your thing too read on to see how I prepped ahead to pull off this party.

The Menu:

I try to get as much done before the party, especially in the food department so that I can enjoy the day as much as possible.

2 Days before the Party:

1. Pulled Pork:
   1. Put Pork Roast in Crockpot
   2. When done Shred in Kitchenaid Mixer
   3. Place back in Crockpot with BBQ Sauce and other ingredients
   4. Store Crockpot in fridge
2. Pasta salad:
   1. Boil Pasta for Salads
   2. Place Pasta in Bowls with all ingredients except Dressing, Store in the Fridge
3. Buffalo Chicken Dip:
   1. Boil or Cook Chicken Breasts in Crockpot
   2. Shred Chicken in Kitchenaid Mixer
   3. Place all ingredients for dip in crockpot in fridge
4. Spinach Dip:
   1. Place all ingredients in crockpot in fridge
5. Cupcakes:
   1. Bake cupcakes ahead and freeze until day before the party (This can be done more than 2 Days before the party, even a month ahead of time)

1 Day before Party:

1. Fruit Salad:
   1. Cut all fruit
   2. Place in ziploc bags
2. Cupcakes:
   1. Thaw Cupcakes
   2. Once Thawed, Decorate
   3. Store in Pastry Boxes.  If storing for several days you can wrap the boxes with plastic wrap to keep them fresh once decorated.
3. Make clubhouse wraps, store in ziplocs

Day of the Party:

1. Pulled Pork:
   1. Place insert into crockpot and turn on
2. Hot Diggity Dogs:
   1. Roll Lil’ Smokies in Croissant Dough and Bake
3. Pasta Salads:
   1. Pour Dressings on Salads
   2. Add Avocado to Cobb Pasta Salad
4. Fruit Salad:
   1. Pour into Bowls to create “Mickey” Shape
5. Clubhouse Pinwheels:
   1. Slice wraps to make pinwheels
   2. Place in platter
6. Dips:
   1. Place insert into crockpot and turn on

These food labels I made are available for free download on my Free Resources Page. Enter your email below to get the password and then you can download and print them for your Minnie Mouse Party.

Decor:

For the Decor, I started with some basics that I reuse for all of the girl’s parties.  This white sequin tablecloth and tulle backdrop are reused for every party.  The backdrop is mostly made with white tulle and then I add in other colors as needed depending upon my party theme.

Here it is from our previous Frozen Birthday Party:

To make it Minnie Mouse Party Ready all I did was buy 2 rolls of Hot Pink and Purple Tulle and added strips of those colors throughout.  (There’s a video on my Instagram Minnie Mouse Birthday highlight). It took me a total of 10 min.  Pretty good for party prep!

Here’s the After:

The Rest of the decorations were simple banners from Walmart. (All linked below) I didn’t snap a pic before the party got started but for simple table decor for the guest tables I put striped teal kitchen towels on the center of each table topped with a stack of colorful napkins (because as a mom don’t you feel like you always end up getting up at a party to get more napkins??) then those were held down with white and pink mason jars filled with flowers.

White sequin tablecloth

Plastic dinnerware

Rose gold flatware

Wood slab tray

Single crockpot

Triple crockpot (similar)

Small cake stand

Ribbed cake stand

Square platter

Minnie Mouse plates

Minnie Mouse banner

Minnie Mouse treat bags

Minnie Mouse paper lanterns

Happy Birthday Sweet Girl!!