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We are obsessed with Instagram (are you following us?)<\/strong>.  One of our most favorite parties was Brynne’s Instagram party that she had when she turned 12.  Adria’s daughter, Brynne, is a tween and in love with Instagram.  She had the idea to have an Instgram themed birthday full of fun and clever activities and desserts.  Using our Printables<\/a><\/strong>, Adria spruced up many easy to find items into the instagram theme.  So creative and how perfect for teens and tweens birthday parties!
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A few of my favorite elements from this Instgram Birthday Party are:<\/strong>
\n\u2013 Personalized “selfie” photo cupcakes made from store bought cupcakes and printed Instagram photos<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013 Budget friendly Instagram cake with printable cake toppers<\/a><\/strong>, ribbon and candy
\n\u2013 Insta-Graham Cracker S\u2019mores kits favors (with printable toppers!)
\n\u2013 The Oversized DIY Instagram Camera Centerpiece using a white shelf<\/a><\/strong> and printable camera face. (So easy!)<\/a>
\n\u2013 Pink Chevron Fabric<\/strong><\/a> covered backdrop and 11 likes heart poster<\/strong><\/a> framed in a wooden frame for her 11th birthday!<\/p>\n

\nSee More Fabulous Teen and Tween Party themes:
\n\u2013 Backyard Movie Teen Party<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013 Monogram Slumber Party<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2013 Spa Soiree Spa Party<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013 Egyptian Spa Party<\/a><\/strong>
\n \u2013 Movie Party<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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\nParty Details, as told by Adria….<\/strong><\/p>\n

My daughter Brynne wanted a themed 11th bday party this year, which was to include a few props, treats and overnight for her friends.  When I asked her what theme she wanted, she said wanted to be able to use mustaches, but the theme was \u201cso last year\u201d.  I said \u2013 what do you spend most of your time doing\u2026 and we both agreed it was using the infamous Instagram App.  So I said \u2013 let\u2019s do an Instagram Birthday Party – an Insta-party<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n

We sent out these insta-party invitations<\/strong><\/a> and the girls all raved about how cool they were. It is personalized with her name, age, and even hashtags!<\/p>\n

I had two days to design, prop shop and style the party.  I wanted to keep everything budget friendly, but still be impressive!  Brynne didn\u2019t like the Instagram color scheme, so we revamped it to be more girlish in feel.  We decided on pink, lime green and aqua blue.<\/p>\n

We used a lot of fun props at the party:  a huge Insta-camera design using a white shelf<\/strong><\/a> for the 3D oversized camera<\/a><\/strong>; costume photo props (over sized colored glasses<\/a><\/strong>, 3D eyeball & nose glasses, mustaches, fake teeth, feather boas & more);  candy treats for favor bags including \u201cInsta-gum\u201d; a cute budget friendly cake (which we enhanced with ribbon, gumballs & printable Instagram Icons) and store-bought cupcakes (which we enhanced with printable cupcake wraps and printable Instagram photos of each guest)<\/p>\n

Brynne came up with an interactive Insta-game for her friends to play.  She created two teams, and each team had to take a picture of each category:  best costume, best handstand and best blind makeover.  Once she gathered the pictures, she posted the pictures on Instagram and all the girls got Instagram friends to vote for their favorite team pics!  Whichever team had the most votes by the end of the night, won.  The winner created a new Instagram user name for Brynne, which she had to keep for one week (no matter how goofy and embarrassing the name was)!<\/p>\n

The girls also did a photo session with all the fun costume props we displayed!  They took pictures all night, and posted on Instagram!<\/p>\n

DESSERT TABLE<\/h3>\n

I tried to think of ideas that gave the biggest bang for your buck on the dessert table. Lots of online store-bought items made cuter and recipes that are simple and eye catching! This dessert table could be recreated for under $100!<\/p>\n

The table was lined with aqua wrapping paper<\/strong><\/a> to add more color. This is such a fun trick to coordinate your party with inexpensive wrapping paper.<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2013 Backdrop: <\/strong>I created a backdrop with chevron fabric, tissue paper fringe tassle garland and a framed \u201c11 likes\u201d heart poster.  You can see how to make the fringe tassle garland on a past Ruff Draft post<\/a><\/strong> on Anders Ruff.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Insta-Graham Cracker S\u2019mores Kits: <\/strong><\/strong>Brynne and I made Insta-graham Cracker S\u2019mores kits.  We created the camera face on each graham cracker out of fondant (I showed Brynne one example and she made the rest of them), we added marshmallows and a chocolate bar in the cellophane bag, and topped it off with a printable bag topper from the Anders Ruff Insta-Party Printable Collection<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Insta-Cake: <\/strong>The cake was a store bought white cake \u2013 we used 2\u201d wide chevron ribbon to tie around it.  Then we added pink gumballs along the bottom edge.  To top it off, we put printable Instagram Icons such as: 11 likes, a heart, an Instagram camera, and a tissue fringe tassle.<\/p>\n

\u2013 Insta-Cupcakes: <\/strong>The cupcakes were also store bought \u2013 we used a printable cupcake wrap and printable Instagram photos of each guest for the cupcake topper.  (Brynne took a screenshot of each of her friends from Instagram, sent to me via email, and I cropped into a cute printable topper).<\/p>\n

\u2013 Insta-Cookies: <\/strong>Maureen created Insta-cookies for us using melting chocolates, Chessmen Cookies and mini Oreos!  The simple DIY tutuorial can be found here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u2013 Insta-Gum:  <\/strong>I created Insta-gum in the stripe colors from the camera \u2013 hot pink, light pink, green and blue and displayed them just like the camera stripe.  I designed printable Insta-gum wraps for the final touch.  Find the gum packs<\/a><\/strong> in the cute colors and sizes here<\/strong><\/a>, here <\/a><\/strong>and here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\u2013 Candy:<\/strong> The kids LOVED the pink lollipops<\/a> <\/strong>with the “11 likes” printable flags<\/a>.  The pixie sticks were also easily dressed up with the 11 likes party flag (these can be customized for your kids’ age)<\/p>\n

I topped off the table with the 3D oversized Instagram Camera and printable banner from our Insta-Party Printable Collection in our shop<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

PHOTO PROP TABLE<\/h3>\n

I set out props in clear acrylic containers<\/strong><\/a> for each part of your face which included printable party prop labels:<\/p>\n

Eyes:  Photo Booth Sunglasses<\/a><\/strong> and Crazy Eyeball Glasses<\/a><\/strong>
\nNoses:  3D nose glasses, and pig nose<\/strong><\/a>
\nMustaches:  mustache stickers<\/strong><\/a>
\nMouths:  fake teeth<\/p>\n

FAVORS<\/h3>\n

For the guests to take home, I designed printable Iron-on personalized Cameras to place on each tote bag.  We used OnlineLabels.com<\/a><\/strong> opaque transfer paper to iron onto the Cotton Drawstring bags from Nashville Wraps<\/a><\/strong>.  The kids each received candies (lollipops, pop-rocks, & pixie-sticks), Insta-gum, an Ipod rubber speaker, an EOS lip gloss and Insta-graham Cracker S\u2019mores Kit.  We repackaged lots of Dollar Store goodies with the Insta-Party Printables to make them adorable!<\/p>\n

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VENDOR CREDITS:
\n<\/strong>\u2013 Complete Event Styling & Concept: Anders Ruff<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2013 Insta-Party Invitation & Printables: Anders Ruff<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2013 Cotton Drawstring Bags : Nashville Wraps<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2013 Cake: DIY for under $15 with Anders Ruff Printable Topper<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2013 Cotton Baker\u2019s Twine: The Twinery<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2013 Opaque Iron On Transfers & Label Material: OnlineLabels.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

PRODUCT SOURCES to help you create your own Insta-Party:
\n<\/strong>\u2013 Pink Round Lollipops<\/strong><\/a> (with printable flag<\/a>)
\n\u2013 White Shelf<\/a> <\/strong>(to make the 3-D Instagram camera prop<\/a>)
\n<\/strong>\u2013 Pink Chevron Fabric<\/strong><\/a> (as shown on backdrop)
\n<\/strong>\u2013 Photo Booth Sunglasses<\/strong>
\n<\/a>\u2013 Crazy Eyeball Glasses<\/a><\/strong>
\n\u2013 Furry eyebrow Glasses Set (12)<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2013 Cute Colored Gum Packs here<\/strong><\/a>, here <\/strong><\/a>that match (to wrap with the Printable Gum Wrapper<\/strong><\/a>) for favors
\n\u2013 Tissue Paper<\/strong><\/a> for Tissue Tassel Garland
\n\u2013 Mustaches<\/strong> <\/a>(for the favor bag)
\n\u2013 Pig Nose<\/strong><\/a> photo booth prop
\n\u2013 Pixie Sticks<\/strong><\/a>
\n\u2013 Clear Acrylic Containers<\/strong><\/a> (as shown with photobooth props inside)
\n\u2013 Aqua Wrapping Paper<\/strong><\/a> (to line the tops of tables as shown)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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