Mickey Mouse Character Banner

My best friend Emily did a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse themed birthday party for her daughter Lydia who just turned 2.  It was a very adorable party, and she did a really great job without going too overboard which could have easily been done.  It's not as easy of a theme as one might think. There are so many different things you can do and directions you can go.  One of the things she wanted was a banner with all of the characters "headgear" on it.  I was able to make it for her using my Silhouette Cameo.

• She had a file that contained the items she wanted cut.  So I transferred it to my software and sized it so that it would fit across her mantel and kitchen entrance. 
• Mickey was easy and was cut out of black cardstock.
• Daisy was also very easy.  It was a simple bow cut from purple cardstock.
• Minnie had a very similar bow, but we wanted to somehow incorporate the polka dots.  I cut the bow out of white cardstock first.  Then I used the pink cardstock and cut the bow out of it along with the circles to looks like polka dots.  Then I used double sided tape to attach the pink bow on top the white one.
• We used green cardstock to cut out a bone to represent Pluto's collar.  Then I attached a yellow tag to it.  I also cut out an outline in white cardstock to have the bone and tag attached to.
• The Goofy hat also wasn't too bad.  The hat itself was cut from green cardstock, then I cut a black line and attached it with double sided tape.
• Donald's hat was similar to Pluto.  I first cut out an outline using white cardstock.  Then we used a lighter blue for his hat.  Then a darker blue for the other pieces.

It turned out super cute for the party!