Zebra~Bieber Birthday Bash

To celebrate Avery's 10th birthday, we held a good old fashioned slumber party. I like to make a HUGE deal out of my kids' birthdays, so I go all out. I started planning about two months in advance with the theme, decor, etc. Most of my decor this time came from good, ol' Hobby Lobby and on sale. I picked out the pink/zebra print stuff cause I just liked it and thought it was girly, yet a little grown up (as a 10 year old is!) I'm not sure how, but I got the cute idea to frame a baby pic of Avery and a recent pic of her and place them on the table and I'm so happy with the way that turned out. The little book on the table was a photo album/journal book that I had each guest write on a page what they liked about being friend with Avery. I took a pic of each friend with Avery to place in the book so she'll have a special keepsake of her 10th party.

Can't take credit for this idea, but I made these microphone cupcakes which I think turned out great. They were a big hit with the girls. The idea/recipe came from a great website that Lisa found for me called "thepartyanimal-blog.org." Lots of great ideas on there!

Okay - let's get into the "real" theme of the party - JUSTIN BIEBER!!!!! Avery is a fan, but not in a crazy way. This part of the party was up to her and that's what she chose. So I ran with it. It was pretty easy and I got a bunch of cool ideas from that website, too.

Thank goodness our long time babysitter, Tiffany was willing and able to come help me out for a few hours. She loves kids and was a lot of fun!

Of course, we had Justin Bieber CD's on repeat the whole night which lead to lots of dancing and singing.

Another HUGE highlight was when Avery opened her big gift from me and Gus. We had given her a few little presents on her actual birthday, but this one had to be saved for the party because it was................................ tickets to the Justin Bieber concert in December!

And I just thought I heard a lot of screaming that night.......

Think it's a good idea to wear ear plugs to the concert?

She was speechless!!!


We had lots of yummy and somewhat healthy food to snack on all evening. Gotta have energy for all that dancing, screaming, and singing, right?

A really fun game we played, was "Plant a kiss on Justin." You may have heard of this concept involving a donkey and a tail. I printed lips on cardstock, cut them out, put each of the girls names on the back and some tape. Then each one got blindfolded, spun around and had to get the "kiss" as close as they could to Justin's lips. Several of these girls were very good "kissers" and we had to hold a kiss off for the top 5. Too fun!

The end result of the Kissing game.....

Learning all about Justin in a teeny-bopper magazine Avery got as a gift....

The Happy Birthday to ME moment...

Me and my sweet, beautiful girl. Hard to believe she is 10. Can't wait to see what the next ten years bring!

Yes, it was a lot of work, not a good night's sleep, and I was responsible for eleven little girls for the night. And yes, I would do it all over again in a heartbeat!