DIY Dumbo Birthday Party

By: Stephanie
On: June 29, 2022

For my daughter’s fifth birthday she knew exactly what theme she wanted to do: “Dumbo”. She loves the movie, music, and all things elephants! It was so much fun to create this theme and she had so much fun helping me. This is ultimately what I did to make the theme come to life.

Photo Backdrop

Supplies You’ll Need:

Pink & red construction paper
Dark marker
Scissors/hole punch
Twine
Yellow ribbon/fabric
Tape
Glue

Step by Step Guide:

Cut the red construction paper into big-ticket shapes by curving the corners. Use one paper/ticket per letter to spell out “Happy Birthday”.
Cut the pink construction paper into small ticket shapes by curving the corners. Use one pink ticket for each of the red tickets. Make the pink ones smaller to fit inside of the red ones.
Glue the pink ticket into the middle of the red tickets.
Use the dark marker to write out “Happy Birthday” using one letter in the center of each ticket.
Use a hole puncher to punch a hole at the top of each ticket (you can also use scissors or a pen to poke the hole too if you don’t have a hole punch).
Weave the tickets through the twine in order.
Cut the yellow fabric/ribbon into strips. The fabric I cut was about 2 inches thick.
Tie the ribbon/fabric in between the letters on the twine.
Tape the twine strings on the wall.

Birthday Outfit

Supplies You’ll Need:

White t-shirt
Gray, pink, black, yellow, red, blue & purple fabric paint
Paintbrush

Step by Step Guide:

Paint a gray outline of Dumbo’s ears and body on the t-shirt. I painted mine by looking at a photo on Pinterest that I thought was cute. Let it dry.
Paint inside Dumbo’s ears using pink. Let it dry.
Paint a yellow hat on top of Dumbo’s head. Let it dry.
Paint a yellow stripe on Dumbo’s color. Let it dry.
Paint the rest of Dumbo’s collar red. Let it dry.
Paint a black outline around Dumbo’s body, hat, and collar. Let it dry.
Paint the accent marks on Dumbo’s legs and paint his face. Let it dry.
Paint blue in Dumbo’s eyes and a blue ticket shapes under Dumbo’s body. Let it dry.
Paint a yellow ticket outline around the blue ticket. Let it dry.
Paint a purple letter 5 inside the ticket. Let it dry.
Do any paint touch-ups as needed. Let it dry.

Cupcakes

Supplies You’ll Need:

Cake mix
White icing
Sprinkles
Cake topper
Candle

Step by Step Guide:

Make cupcakes or use cake mix in cupcake shapes. I used whatever I had on hand at home.
Cover the cupcakes with white icing.
Put sprinkles on top of the icing. We used a mix of rainbow and green sprinkles.
Put a birthday candle on top of the cupcake.

Balloons

Supplies You’ll Need:

Silver balloons
Blake sharpie marker

Step by Step Guide:

Blow up silver balloons.
Draw designs on the balloons with a sharpie marker. I did one Dumbo head, Dumbo ears, a trunk holding a feather, and a ringmaster stand design with stars and triangles.