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March 19, 2012

How to Make Easy Minnie Mouse Centerpieces

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Welcome to birthday party week at Coffee Cups and Crayons!  I’ll be featuring fun party ideas all week and am kicking off the Minnie and Mickey party series with an easy Minnie Mouse centerpiece idea I made for my youngest’s Minnie and Mickey birthday party.

Minnie Mouse Centerpiece How To

Minnie Centerpiece Supplies:

  • 2 small styrofoam balls
  • 1 medium styrofoam ball
  • black acrylic paint
  • wooden dowel
  • wooden skewer
  • floral block (check the dollar stores)
  • Red bow
  • white foam
  • small red bucket
  • red tissue paper

How to Make Cute Minnie Mouse Centerpieces for a Birthday Party!(Sorry for the poor quality photo!  I forgot to get a good one the day of the party.  Hopefully you can see how cute they would be!)

Here’s how to make them:

1.  Paint all the styrofoam balls black and allow to dry. 

2.  Cut floral foam to fit in the bottom of the bucket and place inside.  Use rocks to secure if necessary.

3.  Attach Minnie’s head and ears using pieces of a wooden skewer.  Place on the wooden dowel and insert into the floral block.

4.   Use a pin to attach the bow to the top of her head and place the white foam dots on the outside of the bucket.

5.  Add tissue paper to cover the floral foam and you’re done!

Mickey Mouse Birthday Party CenterpieceAnd here’s what the Mickey version would look like!

Stay tuned for more Minnie and Mickey party fun!  I’ll be posting ideas for Mickey and Minnie ears, games, food, the dessert table and more.

If you liked the centerpieces be sure to check out: 

Minnie and Mickey Favor Bags and Mouse Ears

Mickey and Minnie Party Games

Mickey and Minnie Food and Dessert Ideas

About Megan Sheakoski

Megan is the creator of Coffee Cups and Crayons, a blog full of simple fun and learning. She believes that kids’ activities don’t have to be complicated to be fun and that learning is better with play.

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Minnie and Mickey Favor Bags and Mouse Ears

Comments

  1. tricia says

    March 20, 2012 at 11:26 am

    These are PERFECT!!!!! They look like the 20 dollar pair Disney soaked us for last year in California!!!!! Probably made better, too!

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    • Megan says

      March 20, 2012 at 9:53 pm

      They definitely stay on better! We wore ours to Disney a couple days after the party and Minnie herself loved them! The kids definitely thought I was super cool. 🙂

      Reply
  2. ashley says

    April 2, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    what size styrofoam balls did you use? i think i purchased a bunch of 4″ balls for the ears…but dont’ know what size to use for the head?
    thanks
    ashley

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    • Megan says

      April 2, 2012 at 11:37 pm

      Hey Ashley! Thanks for stopping by! I used the 4ish inch ones for the head and the 2.5ish inch ones for the ears. I found all of my supplies at Michael’s if you have one. I think anything would work as long as the proportions were similiar. Let me know if you have any more questions. 🙂

      Reply
  3. Narine says

    April 10, 2012 at 10:53 pm

    What type of spray paint did you use? I sprayed it and the foam melted.

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    • Megan says

      April 11, 2012 at 8:24 pm

      Oh no! We used regular black latex spray paint, but I could see how that would happen with styrofoam. You have to do more than one coat and kind of lightly move it back and forth as you go. Don’t stop in one area too long or get too close. That’s probably what happened. I do a light coat and then let it sit for a little bit. You don’t have to wait for it to dry completely — just set. Good luck! Let me know if you have any other problems. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Stephanie says

    October 2, 2012 at 8:12 pm

    Those are so cute, those are awesome party decorations! If I added glitter to these how much do you think I should use?

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    • Megan says

      October 2, 2012 at 8:14 pm

      Great idea! Use spray glitter and you should be able to do as little or much as you want! I can’t wait to see how they look!

      Reply
  5. vivian says

    January 9, 2013 at 3:12 pm

    I love them!!! they r cute, i just dont kn where to find the red buckets?

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      January 11, 2013 at 12:56 am

      Thanks so much Vivian! Do you have a Dollar or $.99 store near you? Check there!

      Reply
  6. Melissa says

    February 24, 2013 at 4:07 pm

    I love the centerpiece idea but my daughter is turning 1 so is there anyway I can make a number 1 to stick on there some where?

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      February 24, 2013 at 9:09 pm

      What if you made a cardstock #1 and glued it to a lollipop stick? You could stick in the floral foam!

      Reply
  7. Vanessa says

    March 13, 2013 at 3:49 pm

    The foam sucks up all the spray paint 🙁

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      March 15, 2013 at 10:15 pm

      It is hard to do if you’ve never spray painted styrofoam before. Just use a paint brush and paint then and it will work!

      Reply
  8. Melina Jakupovic says

    May 7, 2013 at 11:11 pm

    Hi, My son’s birthday is coming up and he is obsessed with Mickey Mouse. I would love to make these. Do you think I can use Durafoam or Smooth Foam balls instead of Styrofoam?

    Thanks
    Melina

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      May 8, 2013 at 4:58 pm

      Absolutely! In fact that would probably work out to be much easier!

      Reply
  9. vivian says

    May 14, 2013 at 11:00 pm

    Megan how do you make the bows?

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      May 14, 2013 at 11:18 pm

      Hi Vivian! I just loop the ribbon into a circle and then tie a tinier ribbon across the middle to gather it and cut off the ends. If you click on the Minnie ears post you can see a little larger version of the bow. It might make the instructions make more sense!

      Reply
  10. jessica says

    March 22, 2014 at 10:05 pm

    What size of wooden dowel/skewer did you use?

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      March 23, 2014 at 9:13 pm

      Ours was a 1/4 inch dowel from JoAnn Fabrics. 🙂

      Reply
  11. Amy demetriou says

    April 25, 2014 at 1:04 am

    Hi there,
    I will be making the table centrepieces for my daughters baptism and I have a few questions if you would be so helpful please…
    What size of balls did you use?
    How long is the wooden dowel?

    Many thanks,
    Amy.

    Reply
  12. Kasturi says

    December 20, 2015 at 6:43 pm

    HI, these are great! I am planning to make them for my daughter’s minnie mouse themed birthday party. Just a few questions.. did you remove the handle of the buckets? And, what size foam did you buy for the buckets. Did you buy or make them. If bought then from where.. thanks!

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    • Megan Sheakoski says

      December 21, 2015 at 9:52 pm

      I bought it at the dollar store and cut it to fit in the bucket! I did remove the handle and got the red plastic buckets at our party store. Have a fun party!

      Reply
  13. Debra says

    February 7, 2020 at 1:26 pm

    These showed up in my Pinterest feed. They are so adorable. Makes me want to talk my daughter into having a Minnie party for my granddaughter’s 2nd birthday. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
    • Megan Sheakoski says

      February 7, 2020 at 6:36 pm

      Thank you! Minnie parties are always so cute to do. The polka dots make everything fun!

      Reply

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