Buddy the Elf Movie North Pole Breakfast

Last year our North Pole Breakfast was such a hit with my kids that we decided to invite some friends and cousins to celebrate with us. Our favorite movie is “Elf” and for years I have wanted to put on an “Elf” inspired party. My very talented friend, Sunny Duran of Sunny by Design, created the most incredible and perfect illustrations for me to use. Several months ago we both watched the movie and took copious notes and came up with a list of “must haves” including the beloved Mr. Narwhal. Sunny captured the spirit of the movie perfectly with her hand drawn images!

 

 

I decorated our dining room with tons of snowflakes, some made by my son, “snow” on the windows, a candy cane forest, a sea of swirly twirly gumdrops, “icicles”, paper chains, and posters with two famous lines from the movie.

 

 

 

For breakfast the kids ate food from an elf’s four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corn, and syrup (with pancakes).

 

I decorated wooden forks with stickers and made straw flags with one of my sayings from the movie, “I’m a cotton-headed ninny muggins”.

 

 

Another one of my favorite sayings…

 

They drank The World’s Best “Coffee” (hot cocoa) out of ornament shaped cups which I made out of Aquaballs decorated with some bling and pom pom trim. I also decorated water bottles to look like Santa.

 

 

For the adults I made peppermint Oreo truffles and blinged them up a bit with some of my Candy Cane Sparkle Sticks™.

 

The kids ate the Narwhal Nibbles (Swedish Fish) in a flash, even before I could get a picture of them. Bethany Gist of Auntie Bea’s Bakery created the most adorable and tasty cookies to match Sunny’s graphics.

 

Elaine of Elaine’s Cake Pops made matching cake pops as well. The kids were beside themselves over all the treats and the adults were blown away by how perfect they coordinated with the printables.

 

Brittany Rumohr of Edible Details sent me the most beautiful snowflake cupcake toppers that sparkled and shimmered and were such a big hit. I actually faked it; I used Hostess cupcakes, some frosting, and snowflake sprinkles.

 

We had a Toy Testing station complete with a Mr. Potato Head, Etch-a-Sketch, Jack-in-the-Box, and teddy bears.  Each child also had a special Buddy or Jovie hat to wear that I made using my Silhouette and ribbon.

 

I found indoor snowballs online so the kids had fun throwing snowballs at each other. I am still finding snowballs hidden all over my house!

 

 

One of my favorite parts of the party was my 2.5 year old daughter’s outfit. I have admired Kristal Lee of Atutudes and her work for years and was so excited to work with her.  I contacted her a couple of months ago about making a Jovie the Elf tutu dress and was giddy/teary the day the box was delivered. You can see my daughter’s reaction in the video on Instagram. She was running around the backyard and refused to take it off. I had to bribe her to get it off for bath time! Even now she will not let anyone touch her Jovie dress and will tell anyone, “Kristal made it for ME. Don’t touch it. Please.”
The same is true of the Jovie hat my friend Keisha Sibert of Cupcake Wishes and Birthday Dreams made for her. Oh my goodness…the whole outfit put together looked like she just stepped out of the movie and was ready for her little elf closeup! I am so lucky to have such talented friends!

 

 

 

A huge thank you to my friend and photographer, Maria Healey, who came as a guest with her sweet little boy but ended up saving the day and took all of these wonderful photos for me. In all the prep the one thing I forgot to do was charge my camera battery! Disaster diverted thanks to a sweet friend.  I would like to point out that you can see a huge difference in the pictures I took before my camera died and the pictures Maria captured.  Having a professional shoot your party is way better than trying to do it yourself if you are a novice like me!

Until next year…Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Styling and Printables: Made by a Princess Parties in Style
Custom Elf images: Sunny by Design

Photography: Maria Healey Wedding Photography

Matching Cookies: Auntie Bea’s Bakery

Matching Cake Pops: Elaine’s Cake Pops

Snowflake Cupcake Toppers: Edible Details

Ribbon Banner: A to Zebra Celebrations

Labels for straw flags: OnlineLabels