A Unicorn Birthday Party

I am obsessed with all things Unicorn!

So magical!!

Jacquelyn turned 5 and wanted a birthday party

on her actual birthday.  Generally I have helped her

mom with a large combined party for Jacquelyn and

her cousin, but this year she wanted her own party.

Her birthday was Monday and we have our youngest

son getting married on Friday, with guests coming in last

night, so a party on Monday seemed pretty crazy, but

we decided to pull it together, and fulfill her dreams.

I started with the horn and ears, as they would need to harden.

I have always made my own fondant, but I had taken a

cooking class and was introduced to Satin Ice, which 

can be purchased on Amazon.  It is wonderful for small

projects as my one pound tub has stayed soft and pliable

for almost a year now.  

For the horn, I took one of my metal baking cones

and wrapped it with a thin snake of fondant.  I

let that dry overnight and then sprayed it with edible

gold spray.  That wasn't as gold as I wanted it,

so I used gold lustre and painted it on with lemon extract.

You won't get the bright gold effect without using

some sort of alcohol, and I had lemon extract

with has a high alcohol content.

The ears were just triangles of fondant, which

I again painted with the gold lustre and then brought

the two bottom points together to create a curve.

Sweet gift bags were made from plain paper sacks

with silk flowers glued to the top and golden

horns glued inside the sack, along with golden

ears.  Eyes were then drawn on.  I glued a little

tissue onto the inside of the front of the sacks

to make them prettier.

Of course one needs Unicorn bark for a Unicorn party,

and for someone like me who has shelves and shelves

of sprinkles, this was a lot of fun.

The bark was broken and bagged for each of the guests.

My daughter found a Unicorn pinata for the party.

Silverware and ice cream cones matched the color scheme 

of the cake.

The birthday girl was crowned with a Unicorn headband,

and even had a Unicorn shirt for the day.

It ended up being one of the cutest parties!

Now on to the rest of the celebrations

for the week!

If you follow me on Instagram, you know I have

been crazy busy since the last time I posted, but

I had been saving pictures of ideas and events

we have done.  Alas, my phone fell to the bottom of

Lake Powell, and the only photos that were saved on the 

cloud were those I had tried to delete last year!  Maybe

I can retrieve some from family members that I sent

photos to!  

My BAD!!!