DIY Descendants Birthday Party

For my daughter’s 3rd birthday I let her pick the party theme all by herself. She actually surprised me with her choice of wanting to do a Disney’s Descendants party. One day when she was sick and slept with me at night we watched “Descendants 3” because it was the only kid-friendly movie I had saved on the DVR in my room at the time. She loved the music and quickly became obsessed with it. So when she told me she wanted to do a Descendants birthday I said let’s do it! Here are the fun things I came up with to make this theme come to life for her.

Photo Backdrop

Supplies You’ll Need:

• Purple, green & black table cloths
• String
• Happy birthday sign
• Descendants logo, colored
• Tape

Step by Step Guide:

1. Drape the purple, green, and black table cloths over a string. I used a clothesline rope.
2. Hang the rope (with table cloths) on the wall. I tied it in place around each wall.
3. Hang the happy birthday sign across the table cloth backdrop. I taped it in place on the plastic tablecloths.
4. Hang the Descendants logo on the backdrop. I taped it in place with scotch tape.

Photo Booth Props

Supplies You’ll Need:

• Prop sticks
• Purple, blue, black, and white construction paper
• Any Descendants themed coloring pages you want to use
• Scissors
• Tape

Step by Step Guide:

1. Cut out hair shapes for each Descendants character you want to use. I just eyeballed it. I used construction paper for ours. (Purple paper for Mal, Blue for Evie, etc). If you have a printer you could also print some and just color them in. I personally liked the construction paper because it is a bit thicker and sturdier.
2. Color in any Descendants color pages you want to use as props. We used a “Long Live Evil” logo that we have colored ahead of time.
3. Tape all pieces onto prop sticks and now you have a nice handle to hold the hair in place for the photos.

Birthday Shirt

Supplies You’ll Need:

• White t-shirt
• Yellow, red, and purple fabric paint
• Paintbrush

Step by Step Guide:

1. Paint a red apple (the Descendants logo) onto the white t-shirt and let it dry.
2. Paint the yellow edges around the logo and let it dry.
3. Paint a purple number (the age of your child) on the apple logo.

Cupcakes

Supplies You’ll Need:

• Cake mix
• Purple icing
• Sprinkles/cake decorations
• Candle

Step by Step Guide:

1. Make cupcakes or use cake mix in cupcake shapes.
2. Cover the cupcakes with purple icing.
3. Cover the cupcakes with sprinkles. I used Descendants-like colors green, purple and blue.
4. Put a birthday candle on top of a cupcake.

Balloons

I blew up some purple and green balloons to tie into the Descendants theme colors. We also had a giant 3 balloon too.

Descendants Coloring Pages

I printed out some Descendants color pages and colored them in ahead of time. I hung them around the house and used them for other themed decorations.

I hope these ideas help to inspire you to throw your own Descendants party and have fun with it. Happy celebrating and creating!