My Max and Ruby Party Notes

Throw A Great Party For Your Toddler

Max and Ruby is my 3-year-old's absolute favorite book and television series. She's obsessed with them. Of course, that's the kind of birthday party she wanted. The problem is, there are no licensed Max and Ruby party supplies available so we had to get a bit creative. Here are some of the tricks we found to pull it off in style...Bunny Style!!

Your Birthday Party Guide

Gifts for the Birthday Girl
Angel Surprise Cake With Raspberry Fluff Icing
Bunny Ears!!
Presents!
Worm Cake
Pinata Fillers and Favors
Online Resources and Ideas
Decorations
Favor Buckets!
More Ideas and Fun

Gifts for the Birthday Girl

Items ordered from KimmyShop Online - she loved the backpack and the Ruby dress-up doll.

Max & Ruby Discovery Game - a cute version of "Trouble" for pre-readers that teaches colors and counting skills.

Max and Ruby: Ruby Plush Doll- 'Practice Makes Perfect'

Max and Ruby - Max and Ruby's Busy Week - Sticker Stories Book - Paperback

Max and Ruby - Max's ABC - Hardcover Book

Max and Ruby Junior Backpack

The backpack is the perfect size for little kids. It's smaller than a "back-to-school" backpack, but much larger than a "mini" one. The larger books I got wouldn't fit in it, but the board books, clothes, and Ruby doll (minus packaging) fit in nicely.

Angel Surprise Cake With Raspberry Fluff Icing

Yum!!

Shopping List:
1 Pre-made, plain Angel Food Cake
3 Pints fresh raspberries
2 Pints fresh blueberries
2 Pints heavy whipping cream
Candy Sprinkles
1/4 cup powdered sugar

This was the easiest and least expensive way to make it (the pre-made angel food cakes were less than the mixes to make them). Frozen berries can be substituted, I did fresh since they were on sale (yay!).

Step 1: Slice the top 1/3 of the angel food cake off with a serrated knife and gently hollow out the inside of the bottom part.

Step 2: Fill the hollowed-out part with 2 pints of the raspberries and almost all of the blueberries. Put the top back on the cake and fill the hole in the center with the remainder of the blueberries and half a pint of the raspberries.

Step 3: In a blender, add the remainder of the raspberries and 4 tablespoons of heavy cream and blend until smooth. Set aside.

Step 4: Whip the rest of the cream until thick. Add powdered sugar and the raspberry puree mixture and mix well.

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Step 5: Frost the cake using the raspberry "fluff" whipped cream mixture and then add sprinkles.

Viola'! Angel Surprise Cake With Raspberry Fluff Icing!

The Hit of The Party

Bunny Ears!!

All of our little guests got bunny ears to wear - too cute!

Easter Bunny Ears Headband!

Amazon Price: $1.99 (as of 07/10/2009)

He'll Wear the Ears...As Long As He Gets A Piece Of Cake Too.

Max and Ruby Headquarters

Max and Ruby - Clothes and Toys

Max & Ruby is a television series based on the children's books by Rosemary Wells. Come meet Max, an amazingly smart and headstrong little bunny who is 3, and his big sister, Ruby, a warm, patient, and creative seven-year-old. The show is a huge favo...

Presents!

Gifts I Ordered From Amazon

Ruby's Tea for Two (Max and Ruby)

by: Rosemary Wells

Amazon Price: $6.99 (as of 07/10/2009)

Bunny Mail: A Max & Ruby Lift-the-Flap Book

by: Rosemary Wells

Amazon Price: $10.87 (as of 07/10/2009)

A Colorful Cleanup (Max and Ruby)

by: Unknown 02

Amazon Price: $4.65 (as of 07/10/2009)

Max and Ruby - Pajamas - Girls Blue Ruby 2 Piece PJ Set

Amazon Price: (as of 07/10/2009)

Max and Ruby - Clothing - Toddler Girls Pink T-Shirt Featuring Ruby

Amazon Price: (as of 07/10/2009)

A Colorful Cleanup

Learning colors with Max and Ruby

Our favorite! "A Colorful Cleanup" is a board book with a compartment in back holding a set of large, heavy-duty, touch and feel cards. We've discovered about a dozen different ways to play with these. Each card corresponds to a different colored toy featured in the book.

Worm Cake

Looks Gross, Tastes Like Heaven!!

Shopping List:
2 Boxes Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix (I used Gluten Free mix from Pamela's)
2 Eggs or equivalent in Egg Replacer
Canola Oil
2 Large Boxes of Instant Chocolate Pudding Mix
4 Cups Milk
1 Box of Pamela's Chocolate Shortbread Cookies (Gluten Free)
1 Box of Dots Candy (I didn't get GF, so we'll pick them out before eating).
1 Big Bag of Gummy Worms

Obviously, I adapted the recipe to suit my gluten-free and allergic family members, but the original recipe complete with instructions and photos is available at MommyBlog, where I got the idea from.

Pinata Time!

I used the "standard" type pinata fillers - little packs of gummy worms and ladybugs, lollipops, little plastic bugs, plastic rings and bracelets, wrapped candies, and lots of "bunny money".

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Pinata Fillers and Favors

Black Forest Gummy Worms...

RED LADYBUG Wind Up Toy -...

Play Doh Party Favors

24 Smile Flower Rings

Online Resources and Ideas

Bunny Money: Print out your own Bunny Money on Rosemary Wells' site to put in treat bags or use as name tags, place cards, or other fun things.

Decorations

We went with the ladybug supplies.

Favor Buckets!

I used plastic pail and shovel sets from the dollar store and filled them with little packs of the mini-marshmallows, Max and Ruby bracelets from Ty's Toy Box, wind-up ladybugs, mini packs of play-dough, bunny money, and mini packs of crayons with little coloring books.

Marshmallow Treat Bags

Slap Bracelets Favors

Ty's Toy Box carries Max and Ruby slap bracelets for $1.99

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More Ideas and Fun

A Few Other Pages of Toddler and Preschool Favorites!

Let's All Go To Dragon Land

Dragon Tales is a magical show where Max and Emmy transport themselves to Dragon Land through a magical dragon scale chanting "I wish, I wish with all my heart to fly with dragons in a land apart". Come meet their dragon friends Ord, Zak and Weezy, a...

Wow Wow Wubbzy

Meet Wubbzy, a loveable little ball of fun with a kooky tail and his best pals Widget and Walden as they play in their beloved town of Wuzzleburg! Children will giggle their way through Wubbzy's adventures and end up wanting to play kickety-kickball...

Franklin

Franklin is a turtle who likes to play just like other little boys. He gets in to trouble sometimes but he always makes the right decisions in the end.

Super Why

Welcome to the world of Super Why!! Teaching valuable reading skills in a fun and colorful way to children ages 3-5.

It's A Big, Big World!

It's A Big, Big World in the World Tree. Come along and explore this fantastic show for young children featuring brilliant characters from the Jim Henson Workshop.