Carnival Party Prep Time

We're getting ready for the next big event. Our oldest is turning SIX! In her honour we are celebrating with a Carnival Party...games, prizes, balloon animals, face painting, cotton candy, popcorn.......
I was really struggling with a color pallette {I'm not a big fan of primary colors being used all at the same time, which is very common with a Carnival theme}. And, then I suddenly got inspired by a simple accessory for the party.

 The Target $ bin popcorn buckets. Nice and simple. Red & White {and the timing couldn't be better with Valentines Day around the corner}. Then I had trouble with the invitation and went through 3 different designs before I was inspired yet again by the popcorn bucket.



1. The invitation
2. I fell in love with these popcorn cake pops from Bakerella, but am going to do cupcakes with these red & white striped cupcake liners from The Cupcake Social. The "popcorn" on top of the cupcakes will simply be mini marshmallows. You can make them look like popcorn by taking a knife and cutting an X without going all the way through. The "POP" circles will be made into cupcake toppers.
3. Red & white bunting from Oriental Trading Company.
4. Red & White swirly pops also from Oriental Trading Company.