Paw Patrol DIY Birthday Party

Make Your Own Paw Patrol Badges {or Necklaces}

Perfect Paw Patrol Favors or Crafts
 

I know, I know... you can go to the party section of any big-box store and find plenty of Paw Patrol paraphernalia, but I always like to add a little personalized love to my kids' birthday parties. So when Chase asked for a Paw Patrol theme, I raided the foam section at the craft store and whipped up a whole lot of these!

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We used the badges as welcome gifts/favors, and the kids loved that they could choose which pup they wanted to represent (I made several of each color). We had a lot of girls at the party, too, so we made sure to stock plenty of Skye and Everest badges!
 

How to Make Paw Patrol Badges

The process was really easy and straightforward--here goes!

Materials (Clickable links will bring you to the affiliate product link on Amazon):

• Adhesive-backed Foam Sheets
• Black Grosgrain Ribbon
• Sharp Scissors
• Paper for Backing (I used scrapbook paper)
• Badge Template (I used the one I found here) 

Process: Just follow the Pictorial Tutorial below!

You'll have to go around and do some trimming once you're done putting the pieces together--hence, the SHARP scissors. Luckily, the foam is pretty forgiving. And clearly, none of the badges are perfect, but they were cute enough for the kids.

Aaaaaand, because no Paw Patrol birthday would be complete with out a Paw Patrol cake...

Yes, I know... any bakery could do a million times better with it, but I hate spending money on cakes when the kids mostly just lick off the frosting and leave the rest anyway! So I just made this simple cake and topped it off with a Chase figurine. Baking is NOT my specialty, clearly... but here's how I got the dog bone shape, if you want to try it yourself (that idea was not mine, (saw it here on Pinterest)!

 We finished off the evening by roasting marshmallows, which is always a crowd-pleaser.

 All I needed to see were those happy faces, and I could call the Paw Patrol party a success.

Looking for more kids birthday ideas? Check out the Fairy Birthday Party, Art and Jewelry Party, S'mores Party, or the Beach Scavenger Hunt Party!

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