Finding Nemo Birthday Party Cupcakes & Favors


My boys turned 3 last week!

Wow, I have two three-year-old boys. When did that happen?! Everyone kept annoyingly telling us that it goes by so quickly, but during that first crazy year with twins, I kept thinking, When? When will it go quick? But sure enough, once we were out of the woods, it has gone quickly! At least now when I look back or see how big they are in their three year birthday t-shirts.

To celebrate their third birthday, we went with a Disney's Finding Nemo theme for their pre-k birthday party from favors to cupcakes.




Finding Nemo Birthday Party Favors 


Finding Nemo Pre-School Birthday Favors

I couldn't find official licensed gift bags, so I purchased these general fish themed bags on Amazon. For the gifts inside, I ordered bubbles, fish shaped prisms and Finding Nemo character stickers from Oriental Trading Co., plus individual bags of Goldfish Crackers as a snack too.

I then used my HP Envy printer to print out round stickers with my kids names on them and a Dory and Nemo image to seal the bags. Easy peasy and a bit more personal that way.

Finding Nemo Pre-School Birthday Gift Bags

For a fun party activity, you can print out these free Finding Nemo Coloring Book Pages from Mom Junction and put out orange and blue crayons for the kids to color with. Simple and cheap. Or fold and add the print outs directly to the goodie bags.

The-Coral-coloring-page

Easy Finding Nemo Birthday Cupcakes


Now here is where I really had fun. I'm not a fancy or patient baker, but I was really pleased with how these turned out. I purchased aqua blue Pillsbury Funfetti cake mixes and orange easy frost icing to re-create the blue waters and color of Nemo and Marlin. I then topped off with a Goldfish Graham Cracker cookie fish. Voila! Finding Nemo-inspired cupcakes. My boys were really excited about these and kept talking about their Nemo cupcakes for school.

Presents


What to get a pre-schooler who has everything? That was the question. My boys have so many toys, cars and balls, that I didn't want to just add more to their playroom. Instead, we gave them each one really nice present that will also help with their continued learning and development - a LeapFrog Epic - a kid-friendly tablet for ages 3-9.


They would occasionally play with some coloring apps on our iPads, but we didn't really want them using those yet, which is why we opted for these safer digital experiences that focus on learning. We also can't wait to take these traveling with us!

The touchscreen LeapFrog Epic is Android based, so game cartridges are not compatible with this device. Instead, you download new content wirelessly just like you would for grown-up Android tablets. Out of the box, the Epic includes 20-plus apps (Wi-Fi, a parent account and device set-up are required to access all included content).  The idea of apps for little children might sound scary, but every app is Leapfrog-certified to ensure there are no in-app purchases, no harmful third-party ads and only age-appropriate experiences. The parental controls also let you manage what, when and how long each child plays too.

We also added Finding Nemo content to the device by downloading a Nemo Reef Builder game on to the LeapFrog Epic.

Disney·Pixar Finding Nemo: Reef Builder

Disclaimer: As a LeapFrog Mom Ambassador, I receive products, promotional items and educational material to use and share as I see fit.

22 comments

  1. How exciting! When my oldest turned 2 we had a Finding Nemo birthday party for her. It was such a fun time! I made a Nemo cake - that was an insane decision on my part, especially in my 3rd trimester with # 2. Happy birthday to your boys!

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  2. Oh, my! They are precious! Happy Birthday to your little guys! I love Finding Nemo! What a fun party theme!

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  3. This is so much fun! My 19-month-old is obsessed with Nemo!

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  4. ahhhh super cute kiddos & what a bunch of great ideas! Love Nemo!

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  5. These cupcakes are so adorable I love them!

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  6. Oh my gosh how adorable! I would still love all that now haha!!

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  7. Love the blue cupcakes. What a great touch. How did the seagulls put it in the movie? Mine, mine, mine...

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  8. what a precious party! you made it so special. Happy birthday to them!

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  9. How fun! Love that you made these yourself. Can't wait for finding Dory! Dory was my favorite.

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  10. Such cute cupcakes! My daughter had a Nemo theme for her 2nd birthday!

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  11. Hi there fellow twin mom! My girls just turned 5 this week! I thought 3 snuck up pretty quick, but once 5 hits... well, I didn't expect to get so emotional. They are my only babies and there is nothing baby about them or my house any more. I agree that first year is insanity when there are two or more babies involved!! Love this post!

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  12. How adorable!! Turning three and you did a wonderful job on the cupcakes!! I want one now!!!!

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  13. Finding Nemo is one of my favorite movies. Those cupcakes are too cute!

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  14. Finding Nemo was the first theme we did for my first born. It was so adorable with all the nursery stuff, looks like a great birthday party!

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  15. Loving these and not just because I'm a massive finding Nemo fan. I also have kids, or as I'd like to put them, excuses for making these.

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  16. How fun! My cousins loved Finding Nemo--I wish we had known about this idea back when they were younger so we could have made them for them. Thanks for the inspiration!

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  17. So fun. Love all your little touches!

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  18. I love the attention the detail. Finding Nemo is one of my favorite movies so this makes me especially love this! Thanks for sharing these creative ideas.

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  19. Oh, this very informative topics. Thanks for share. Try to keep your work better

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  20. The birthday party pictures are just amazing. It seems like a blasting event. My son’s 7th birthday party was also organized last month at one of his favorite Los Angeles venues. We use minion theme for his birthday bash.

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  21. Thank for sweet images. This is very cute and nice. Thanks

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