Cute + Colorful Gumball Party!

Gumball birthday PartyWe love parties full of colorful details, and when this gumball birthday party from Ellen Bessette Events came our way we were overwhelmed with a dose of happy! :) Ellen filled us in on the inspiration for the gumball bash: “This party was for my daughter who has an addiction to gum!  I knew I had to do a gumball party for her next birthday. I wanted it to be colorful, fun and happy.”

Everything from the gumball garland to the colorful backdrop (so cute!), this party is a total fave of ours…

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“Not only was it a colorful party, it was chock-full of fun activities, too! The birthday girl requested to have the party at a nearby park, so all of the guests had a ball running around on the field, jumping in a bounce house, kicking big bouncy balls, swinging and climbing! Whew! There was also a face painter to add to the fun!” – Ellen

Teaming up with Amanda’s Parties To Go, Ellen incorporated the gumball theme without by using custom-designed printables. Real gumballs filled centerpieces, DIY gumball machines and, of course, were used to decorated the sweets table, along with an adorable gumball garland!  Sweet polka-dotted table runners and napkins with gumball machine printables and mini gumball machine favors doubling as placecards added to the table decor. The cookies from Bees Knees Creative are absolutely a perfect fit!

Ellen also added tutu wands from Titi’s Tutus to the centerpieces to look like big puffy gumballs and used a backdrop of multi-colored circle cut-outs behind the sweets table to complete the look!

As Ellen told us, “This was such a fun and easy party to create.”

CREDITS + RESOURCES: Party Planner/Stylist: Ellen Bessette Events | Party Printables: Amanda’s Parties To Go | Photography: Jenny Peppers Photography | Cookies: Bees Knees Creative | Chocolate covered Oreos: Sweet Temptations | Tutu Wands: Titi’s Tutu’s


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16 Comments

  1. I love everything Ellen does and was so happy she contacted me to work on the printables for her daughter’s party. In Ellen’s hands, you KNOW it’s going to be adorable!

  2. So simple. So beautiful. The colors are amazing. And I LOVE the gumball cookies!!! As a cookier, I know how much effort went into those beautiful creations. What a fantastic job!!!

  3. Awesome ideas! I was curious as to how the gumball garland was created?!?

  4. How much does it cost to out something like this together?

  5. Where did you get the blue polka dot table clothes and cupcake liners

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