Inspired to celebrate her inner child, Elisa of Events by Elisa, whipped up a Vibrant Rainbow Unicorn Birthday Party! Rainbow chevron designs, fabulous friends and colorful sweet & savory edibles made this a bright birthday that her 8-year-old self would have loved (and that her adult self should be super proud of)! ;)

PARTY HIGHLIGHTS to look out for:

• Rainbow layered birthday cake with unicorn topper
• ‘Unicorn Horn’ swirl lollipop sticks + rainbow pinwheels on a bed of colorful gum balls
• Rainbow fruit & roasted veggie platters
• ‘Leave Your Mark’ paint activity + ‘Pin the Horn on the Unicorn’ game
• DIY paper flowers & silver spray painted unicorns

PARTY DETAILS, as told by Elisa…

I decided I hadn’t had a proper party since I was a teenager and it might be the last birthday I’d have without a baby in tow (I found out the following weekend that I was, in fact, pregnant!).  I’d created an inspiration board early in 2011 with a Rainbow and Unicorn theme that was the number one reason people were finding my blog (funny, since I primarily plan weddings!), and had said that it was the ideal party for my 8-year-old self.  Well, I realized it was the ideal party for my 30-something-year-old self too, so I decided to have fun with it!! :-)

I wanted to carry the rainbow theme throughout, so I had a baker friend make rainbow macarons and sugar cookies, another make rainbow cake pops, and a third, a rainbow cake!  I also made rice krispies treats with fruity pebbles and had fun picking out a rainbow of candies.  On the not-so-sweet side, I had a fruit rainbow, a roasted veggie salad “rainbow,” pasta salad, cold chicken, and rolls, all made from scratch.  My friend Desiree, an extremely talented florist, is also an extremely talented artist; she painted the “Pin the Tail on the Unicorn” game and created the giant rainbow flowers for each table, along with arranging the rainbow-colored blooms.  I spray painted plastic unicorns silver to go with the “Imagine” and “Dream” bookends and the silver vases we’d gotten.  And of course I had such fun designing the stationery for the party, complete with a chevron rainbow!