DIY Turtle Birthday Party

For my son’s 5th birthday, he wanted to go with his favorite animal and do a turtle theme. He has a special doll of Squirt from “Finding Nemo” but wanted it to be generic and not specific to that turtle. I opted for some simple items and went with a blue and green color scheme. This is ultimately what I did to make the theme come to life.

Photo Backdrop

Supplies You’ll Need:

• Happy Birthday sign
• Streamer string
• Tape

Step-by-Step Guide:

1. Attach the Happy Birthday sign to the wall. I used tape to hold it since it was lightweight and made of plastic, like a plastic table cover. I got it at Walmart super cheap and the colors I wanted (blue+green).
2. Attach the streamer string to the wall. I used tape to hold it since it was lightweight and made of plastic, like a plastic table cover. I got mine at Walmart super cheap, and it matched the colors of our Birthday sign.

Birthday Outfit

Supplies You’ll Need:

• Plain t-shirt
• Fabric paint
• Paintbrush

Step-by-Step Guide:

1. Paint a black outline of the Turtle on the shirt. I looked at a photo on Pinterest of Squirt from Finding Nemo to use for our design.
2. Paint a brown shell of the turtle.
3. Paint the teal/green body of the turtle.
4. Paint the brown spots on the turtle.
5. Paint the eyes of the turtle brown, black & white.
6. Paint the florally pattern on the shell red and yellow.
7. Paint the age of the Birthday kid on the shell in blue.
8. Do any touch-ups needed.

Cupcakes

Supplies You’ll Need:

• Cake mix
• Icing
• Cupcake sleeves
• Gummy worms
• Peach rings
• Candle

Step-by-Step Guide:

1. Make the cake mix. We made brownies and cooked them in a cupcake tray.
2. Put icing or something similar in texture on top of cupcakes. Ours came with a chocolate filling we used.
3. Stick a peach ring in the center of the cupcake for the turtle shell.
4. Break the green gummy worms into pieces and use them as legs and a head for the turtle body.
5. Break the pink gummy worms and put them in the center of the peach ring for the turtle shell.
6. Add a candle.

Balloons

Supplies You’ll Need:

• Green balloons
• Sharpie marker

Step-by-Step Guide:

1. Blow up the green balloons.
2. Using the Sharpie marker, draw the body, legs, and head of a turtle onto the balloon.

I hope these ideas help inspire you to create your own turtle-themed party and have a great time with it. Happy creating!