Homemade Candy Party Decorations

We decided to have a candy-themed party for Beatrix's birthday, and the older girls helped me make a lot of the decorations. The giant lollipop balloons were inspired by an article from Parents magazine I saw on pinterest. They're balloons attached to paper towel tubes and covered in cellophane.

We also decorated the backs of paper plates and covered them with cellophane to make candies. Above her name banner is the one Beatrix colored, and here's one Mabel did.
 
Ella also made some big conversation hearts and wrote some of Beatrix's nicknames like "Trixie" and "Tootsie" on them.

The girls also helped decorate her cupcakes. I did the frosting and they applied the valentine-colored m&ms. Yes, I wasn't looking too closely when they generously doled out the candy. We also have small jars of other valentine candies in pink and red out on the table. 

And the girls made a present for Beatrix. We bought a big bag of random wood pieces and the older sisters picked out all the choking hazard ones. (They got to keep those, so they were excited.) Then we put all the pieces in a box with a lid. She loves lids. Then they showed her what great musical instruments the wood sticks make.