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How to throw an awesome Frozen-themed birthday party.

The cake, the cookies, the build-your-own ice palace part. Everything you need for a Frozen party.

If your kids are absolutely begging you for a Frozen party, but you wouldn’t even know where to begin, we’re here to help. We’ve put together all of the best ideas for decorations, food, drinks, Elsa cakes and everything else you need for a seriously cool Frozen do.

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Epic Frozen Cake

Ingredients

  • 1 boxed vanilla cake mix
  • blue food-colouring
  • 3-4 cups of vanilla ice-cream

Instructions

  1. Make a two layer cake using a boxed vanilla cake mix and a little blue food colouring. Set aside until cooled completely.
  2. Place the bottom layer on a cardboard cake disk and level the bottom layer out with a knife.
  3. Take the next layer and cut out the center leaving around 5cm around the perimeter.
  4. Fill the center with slightly softened ice cream and wrap the whole cake with plastic wrap.
  5. Place in freezer until ready to serve.
  6. When ready to serve ice with whipped cream frosting and top with blue ice candy and Frozen figurines. (Instructions for frosting and ice candy are below).

Whipped Cream Frosting

Ingredients

  • 1½ cups heavy whipping cream
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 cup powdered sugar
  • 1½ tsp. unflavoured gelatin
  • 4 tsp. water

Instructions

  1. Mix the water and gelatin in a large microwave safe bowl.
  2. Microwave on high for about 20 seconds or until all the gelatin is dissolved. Let the gelatin cool off to a lukewarm temp before adding it to the cream.
  3. With an electric mixer whip the heavy cream, sugar and vanilla on high or until thickened.
  4. Add the gelatin to the whipped cream slowly and beat on high until the whipped cream forms stiff peaks.

Blue Ice Candy Cake Decorations

Ingredients

  • 3¾ cups white sugar (must be white granulated sugar)
  • 1½ cups light corn syrup
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon lemon, or other flavoured extract -( make sure that you use a non colored extract or it will tint the finished product)
  • blue food-colouring

Instructions

  1. In a medium saucepan, stir together the white sugar, corn syrup, and water. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until sugar dissolves, then bring to a boil. Without stirring, heat to 149 to 154 degrees C, or until a small amount of syrup dropped into cold water forms hard, brittle threads.
  2. Remove from heat and stir in flavored extract and food coloring, if desired.
  3. Pour onto a greased cookie sheet.
  4. Let cool, and break into large pieces that resemble broken ice. Store in an airtight container.

For nibbles – String Cheese Snowmen

You will need

  • One pack of string cheese
  • Sharpies: orange and black
  • Blu-tack
  • A spool of ribbon to make the scarves
  • 12×12 piece of black card stock for the top hat

Instructions

  1. Cut out little square top hats using the black card and attach using blu-tack.
  2. Use the sharpies to draw on eyes, a nose, a mouth and buttons.
  3. Tie the ribbon on to make a scarf.

For drinks - Snow Punch

Ingredients

  • 1 cup mini marshmallows
  • 1/3 cup caster sugar
  • 1/2 lemon or orange
  • 1 2L bottle of sparking water
  • 1 2L bottle of flavoured sparkling water
  • 2 cups of frozen blueberries

Instructions

  1. Place mini marshmallows on a cookie sheet. Freeze for 2 hours or until you are ready to add to the punch.
  2. Pour the sugar onto a small plate. Dampen the rim of a large punch bowl and small decorative glasses by rubbing them with a lemon or orange half. Dip the dampened rims into the sugar and set aside until you are ready to serve the punch.
  3. Pour the sparkling water into the punch bowl. Add the blueberries and marshmallows.
  4. Stir. Serve in the garnished punch cups.

For sweets - Snowflake Marshmallow Pops

You will need

  • coloured sugar
  • marshmallows
  • white chocolate melts
  • skewers
  • wax paper

Instructions

  1. Press the skewers into the marshmallows.
  2. Melt the white chocolate.
  3. When the chocolate is melted and smooth dip the marshmallows halfway into chocolate.
  4. Tap the marshmallow on the side of the bowl to remove excess and then roll into coloured sugar.
  5. Let harden completely and then add a pretty ribbon.

Decorating - Frozen style

You will need

  • Netted white LED lights
  • Wall hooks
  • String tinsel
  • Shiny blue fabric

Instructions

  1. Apply wall hooks to your desired space.
  2. Hang the netted white LED lights on the hooks.
  3. Cover the lights with a row of string tinsel.
  4. Drape the shiny blue fabric from corner to corner.

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