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Sunday, May 31, 2020

Events: My Disney·Pixar Onward Themed 30th Birthday Party!

disney pixar onward birthday party

This past Wednesday (May 27th), I celebrated my 30th birthday! It's still hard to believe. The theme I ended up going for this year was Pixar's latest film Onward—we called it "30 & Onward", which I thought was pretty perfect. It was kind of a semi-surprise, since my wife and I had discussed using this idea for my party, but I wasn't sure if she was going to be able to find any party supplies due to all the shutdowns and slow shipping speeds. Well, with a little magic (and help from my mom as well), they pulled it off together in an even bigger way than I ever expected!

For obvious reasons, we decided to have the full party outside. It was a gorgeous day though and I'm so glad we did! I went rollerblading around the town where I grew up (which was my first time in a while; very nostalgic for me) while my wife Brita and mom set everything up. It was so exciting coming home to see all the party magic they created! I wasn't expecting them to go this all out.

disney pixar onward birthday party

I loved the color scheme of this party, different than anything I've done for any of my birthdays! There were essentially only Onward plates, napkins, balloons and a banner out there to purchase, so they color coordinated with those to tie in the generic tablecloths, napkins, cups, hats, party blowers and utensils which brought it all together. It looked grand and glorious! Really eye-popping.

Let the quest begin!

disney pixar onward birthday party

The Onward plates and napkins can be purchased at Party City HERE. I'll include an Amazon link below as well.

disney pixar onward birthday party

The party hats that my mom was able to find were striking. They were absolute perfection! The colors matched everything to a T (almost like they were made for this) and they had a really unique shine to them. They reminded me of some kind of magical gems or something when paired with this theme.

disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party

The minimal art on the balloons was so awesome!

disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party

My family starting to gather, waiting for dinner.

disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party

Brita had the idea of hanging up my Onward fleece blanket on my parents playground. It was a great touch!

disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party

My Willowdale College hoodie even made an appearance. Another solid detail bringing the world of Onward to my childhood backyard!

disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party

Kudos to my mom who spent who knows how long printing and working on this custom "Happy 30th Birthday Dan" banner! I felt very loved <3

disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party

Here are the classic party snacks (potato chips, onion dip and M&Ms are the tradition in my family) and festive purple punch to match the theme! That was another fun idea from Brita—delicious too!

disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party

This super sweet "Quest Seeker" banner can be purchased at Party City as well!

disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party

So happy to have my little Aidan with me on my 30th birthday! Last year on this very day was the day we announced our pregnancy to the family, so it was surreal having him here now and already such a big boy!

disney pixar onward birthday party

Brita found some perfect wrapping paper at Target that totally matched the Onward colors and magical esthetic. My ShopDisney reusable tote was used for some presents as well! 💜💙


We had shish kebobs for dinner which were deliciously outstanding and the perfect summer meal!


Present stash! A huge thanks to all my family for all the thoughtful gifts!

disney pixar onward birthday party

Some of my nieces and nephews made some seriously cool and creative cards...like the wizard staff with phoenix gem below!

disney pixar onward birthday party

I love the references to the giant cheese puff and gelatinous cube in this one made by my nephew Nathan. Wilden Lightfoot's legs as the "H" at the top in "Happy Birthday" was genius!

disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party

Oh my mom and her brilliant themed packages 😍 You'll be seeing more of these (and many more) items soon!

disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party

Even the box to my new speakers got a little Onward touch.

disney pixar onward birthday party

The sunset toward the end of the party was absolutely stunning! And notice how it's almost the same colors as the sunset seen on the Onward teaser poster? Meant to be!

disney pixar onward birthday party

I mixed things up a bit with my cake this year and had individual homemade strawberry shortcakes! I can't even tell you how tasty this all was. It's definitely going to be my new tradition year after year from now on!

disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party
disney pixar onward birthday party

Lastly I had to share this rootin' tootin' Toy Story card my mother in-law sent me! Totally nailed it.

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Well everyone, I think that's it for this year! Another amazing Pixar inspired party for the books (if you want to see any of my previous years, you can explore the "Birthday Party" label to the right of this page). I have to give one last HUGE THANK YOU to my wife, parents and all my family who made this day so extra special! I couldn't have asked for a better start to this new decade.

Onward and Upward!