Mickey Mouse was a favorite of one of my sons. For instance, when he was two, he enjoyed watching Mickey Mouse clubhouse, Mickey Mouse Funhouse and Mickey and the Roadster Racers. Anytime it was his turn to pick something for he and his brothers to watch, his choice was sure to be one of those. With that in mind, I gathered ideas for his third birthday party.

Planning

Pinterest was my go-to for finding party ideas. I started there and adapted suggestions to suit my own needs. That made it more personal to my son. Also, it allowed me to include what I thought worked for my capabilities. I wanted it to be fun for everyone, including myself. I have found that when I plan so much for birthday parties I get too stressed out. Less activities are best. Too many and not all of them will get done. Have some activities to keep them active and involved, but give plenty of time for the kids to just play, too.

Mickey Mouse invitation

I found a free printable template invitation at DolanPedia. All of the people that were coming to the party were family or close friends. That made it simple to take a picture of the invite and send texts to people on the guest list.

Mickey Mouse attire

To go along with the theme, I purchased new Mickey Mouse T-shirts for my family to wear. At first I wanted my boys to have matching shirts. However, I was unable to find all of their sizes in the same shirt. So, I decided that all different shirts was more fun, anyway. They went along with each boys’ character and personality.

My husband and I found some Mickey Mouse shirts, too. Another option for attire, of course, is to purchase Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse headband ears. Although I thought about that idea, I decided against them. The headbands would not stay on my kiddos’ heads very long. They would just be a photo prop for us.

Mickey Mouse-inspired Decorations

Mickey Mouse decorations add to the fun. I don’t like to go overboard with decorations, but to have enough to support the theme. Here are just some of the decorations I used. I went with the black, red and yellow color scheme to match Mickey Mouse’s colors. I bought red and black paper fans at Hobby lobby. The paper fans were attached to tables, the siding of our house and railings on our deck. I purchased the yellow and red pom pom garland from Hobby Lobby, too.

I bought black and red table covers from Hobby Lobby. The black I used for the gift, food and drink tables. The red covers were used for seating tables.

Mickey Mouse themed party food

For the birthday party we were having family and friends attend. Therefore we needed to have enough food for about 30 people. After brainstorming what foods to feed that many people paired with ideas to go with the Mickey Mouse theme, I came up with a variety of foods. I found this food label template on Pinterest.

I downloaded the template to my computer and downloaded the above font from youreverydayfamily.com. The menu I decided on is as follows:

Other ideas for food include vegetables along with the fruit for Daisy’s garden. Any other appropriate drinks are options. And anything else you can come up with.

Mickey Mouse activities

On the show Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, each episode is focused on a problem that Mickey and his friends to solve. Toodles (a Mickey-head-shaped tool box) is there to help them solve each problem. Toodles has three tools and the mystery mousekatool, a surprise tool that will help them solve the problem. I wanted to incorporate this into the party. So, I came up with a problem, how they could solve it and what tools they would need to solve it.

The Problem and how it was solved

Toodles’ tools for the party were:

• A parachute
• A stroller
• A pair of scissors
• The mystery mousekatool

I found the Toodles template on Pinterest and photos of the tools on clip art or something similar.

First problem and tool

“Mickey and his pals are missing from the party. Daisy and Minnie wanted to go to work in the garden. The rest of the pals wanted to help, too.” (we walked to the garden to see if we could find Mickey and his pals.)

(Prior to the party I had put the 6 Pals into a container with small holes in it. Then I strung yarn through the holes to ‘trap’ the Pals inside)

“Oh no! They are caught in a spider’s web. How can we help to get them out? Is there a tool that we can use?”

“Oh, Toodles” (We got Toodles out and looked at the tools that might help this problem).

“Is there a tool that we can use to get the friends out of the spider’s web?”

(We decided on the scissors to cut the web and release the friends.)

The birthday boy successfully cut Mickey Mouse and his friends free, with a little help from his big brothers, of course.

Second problem and tool

“Very good-now they are free. Minnie notices some dirt on her shoe and on Goofy’s hat. She tries to wipe it off, but sees it is on all of the pals. What can you use to bounce the dirt off them, so they can look their best for the party?”

“Oh, Toodles” (We got Toodles out and looked at the tools that might help this problem).

(We decided that the parachute would help get dirt off the pals.)

They had a lot of fun throwing the stuffies into the air with the parachute. However, instead of cleaning any dirt off of the pals, the might have added some dirt when the pals fell off the parachute.

third problem and tool

“Now, we have 2 tools left and have to find a way to get all of the friends to the party. “

“Oh, Toodles” (We got Toodles out and looked at the tools that might help this problem). “Do we have a tool that can help get all of the friends from the garden to the party? We have a stroller and they mystery mousekatool.”

(We decided to use the stroller. Therefore, we put the pals into the stroller and the birthday boy pushed it from the garden to the deck, where tables were set up.)

fourth problem and tool

“All of the friends are at the party, but there is still the mystery mousekatool. This is a special tool that Mickey is bringing to help at the party. Can the birthday boy see what the mystery mousekatool is?”

“Oh, Toodles!”

The birthday boy opened the mystery mousekatool box to find a number 3 candle. This was a nice segway from the activity to cake time. (Of course, when he found it there was not a bite taken out of the wax, that was after it was in his cupcake). We said “cheers” because we had used all of our mousekatools.

At the end of the party, someone played ‘the hot dog dance’ song on their phone. The kids danced the hot dog dance in their own way.