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Circus Themed Birthday Party – Madagascar 3 Style

Those that have been following me for some time know that I go all out every year for my son’s birthday party. His 1st birthday was a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme, his 2nd birthday was a Jake & the Neverland Pirates theme, and for his 3rd birthday last year I went all out with a Madagascar 3 Circus themed birthday party! This year’s party was over-the-top, full of DIY projects, fun, wild, colorful, and full of sugary, sweet delectable goodies = guaranteed success. Check out this awesome DIY birthday party, wild circus Madagascar style!

Pink, Mint and Gray Baby Girl Nursery

We are preparing this pink, mint and grey nursery for our baby girl, due in October. I wanted to create a special room that felt peaceful and beautiful. I love soft, pastel colors and wanted to give her a space she could grow into. I decided early on that I would not have a “theme”, but rather a color scheme and overarching ideas of what I wanted the room to feel like. Within the light gray walls you’ll find different shades of pink and mint with gold accents running throughout.

Aqua, Gold and Black Nursery

A aqua, black and gold baby girl’s nursery. This non-traditional nursery uses big patterns and bold colors throughout, including a gold/white chevron ikat stenciled wall (paint), and a crib and dresser painted in bright aqua using nontoxic paint. Elsewhere the nursery is splashed with black and white stripes, including the storage bins, rug, curtains and accessories.
We painted the wall gold using Modern Masters Metallic Paint as the base coat, and white as the overlay. While we used several different metallic colors, in retrospect, one 32 oz bottle of this would have achieved the same look.

Monkey-Themed Nursery

For this sophisticated nursery, Liza chose a refined color palette of yellow, white and blue, and anchored the room with a diamond patterned, natural-colored wool carpet. She incorporated two eye-catching showpieces – for a touch of whimsy, hand-painted monkey-themed wallpaper accents one of the walls, and for a touch of elegance, a canopy made from yellow checkerboard fabric frames the crib. A traditional-style convertible crib and coordinating 5-drawer armoire complete the look.

Grey and Yellow Nursery

Grey and yellow, owl theme nursery. We weren’t ready to pick out furniture that our daughter might want have in her room down the road, so we opted to create her nursery by updating existing furniture that we can covert to storage in time.The crib and changing station belonged to friends who were moving. We painted crib and bookcases white with no VOC paint. (This requires many coats! ;) )