The DOC Is In: Time for Your Check-Up Party

My daughter’s 5th birthday theme was DOC McStuffins. She had a Time for Your Check-Up Party.

INVITATIONS: I wanted her invitations to resemble patient files, so I found a seller on Etsy.com that made them exactly how I wanted. The invitations were made out of glittery purple card stock and when you open it, Doc Ka’Miyah is turning 5 was on the left side of the file with a picture of Doc McStuffins, Nurse Hallie, and Lambie. On the right side of the invitation read Patient’s File and provided the party informaiton. I included the following with invitations: an insurance card that I also purchased from Etsy.com and a business card that I made on Vistaprint.com. Each invite had a Doc McStuffins address label and stamp.

ATTIRE: My daughter took professional pictures at Portrait Innovations. She wore purple scrubs with Cuddle Expert and a picture of Lambie on the right side, and her name above the pocket on the left. She had a personalized white lab jacket with Lambie on the front and at the bottom were Stuffy and Nurse Hallie. Doc Ka’Miyah was on the back with a picture of Doc McStuffins. She had her hair braided in two pig tails with Doc’s hair accessories tied to the ends and the purple glitter headband. She had Doc McStuffins ruffle socks and her very own purple glitter croc shoes. It seemed like she was working at the Doctor’s Office.

At the party, she wore Doc McStuffins costume dress, and headband purchased from Party City, Doc McStuffins ruffle socks, and Doc McStuffins pink glitter tennis shoes. Her little sister dressed as Lambie with a matching headband, pink Lambie skirt from Party City, ruffle pink socks, and glitter white croc shoes. Mommy wore turquoise blue Doc McStuffins scrubs and turquoise glasses in representation of Nurse Hallie.

DECORATIONS: I made a Welcome sign on the computer that read Welcome to Doc McStuffins Medical Clinic Your JOURNIE here will guarantee you to “FEEL BETTER” through your routine Check-Ups. Journie was a reference to my little cousin that was born on my daughter’s birthday, but died 3 weeks later on Father’s Day. So this was a tribute to her and my cousin to let him know that she will never be forgotten. The sign was placed on a wall by Doc McStuffins canvases I purchased from Wal-Mart. I had her check up center placed below with her Doc chair and plush doll on the side of the check up center. The Happy Birthday banner was placed above the fireplace with plush Lambie sitting on top. I made a sign on a poster board and placed it on the screen door. I used die cut letters that read THE DOC IS IN and decorated the borders with Doc streamer. I added band-aid stickers and instruments and scattered them around the board. I also had a Doc sign staked in the ground for those who were not sure where to go.

Upon entering, each guest had to go to the Nurse Station, a picture of Nurse Hallie was on the sign, and check-in by signing their name on the sign in sheet, then use hand sanitizer and place their badges on. I made a Family Restroom sign with Doc, Lambie and Stuffy picture on it, laminated it and placed it on our downstairs restroom door. At the Optometry Station, Nurse Hallie was also on this sign, guests were able to grab a pair of glasses and take the Eye Exam. The Pharmacy had different candies with Doc McStuffins Pharmacy labels on them. The table was decorated with Doc placemats and dangling, swirl cut outs were hanging from the chandelier. The Hearing Test Station had Doc headphones on the table with the Ear wax candy and next to that was the Dentistry. Since no-one likes Dragon Breath, Stuffy had the wind up chomping teeth and tooth necklaces awaiting when the patient left the dentist. Toothbrush and Toothpaste were in treat boxes/bags. The Doc McStuffins backdrop for photos was placed on a wall by the Gift Shop.

FOOD: I had pizza for everyone to eat from STUFFY’s STUFFED CRUST PIZZA and salad. From the Pharmacy, there was medicine in each medicine bottle: white tic tacs (Tylenol), Mike and Ike’s (capsules), Skittles (medicine tablets) and Smarties were in the medicine cups as vitamins. I also had chocolate covered marshmallows in a shape of a sugar pill. They had ear wax candy from the Hearing Test Station.

In the Cafeteria, we had: Bandaids (vanilla wafers), McStuffins Muffins (chocolate chip muffins), Chilly Water (H2O), Tongue Depressors (blue rock candy), Thermometers (white chocolate covered pretzels), Brain Matter (cheesy popcorn), JELLO-SHOTS, Cotton Balls (marshmallows), Sugar Pills (chocolate covered marshmallow pops), Urine Samples (apple juice), HEART BEAT cookies, and Kisses for your BooBoos (Hershey’s kisses). The cake was designed to look like the Big Book of Boo Boos!

GAMES: THE EMERGENCY OPERATING ROOM was an area for the kiddos to play Doc McStuffins’ OPERATION game. There was a Doc pillow set on top of the Doc folding bed with a patient awaiting treatment, which was Boppy from the show. Those who wanted to participate played Pin the Bandage on Stuffy. The winner of the game received a Doc McStuffins totebag, placemat, Inflate-a-baloon, puzzle, hairbrush, ruler, and a small book of boo boos. The runner-up received a totebag, doctor vest, placemat, and Inflate-a-balloon.

ACTIVITIES: We rented a purple, pink, and blue bounce house to imitate the Clinic. There was an X-Ray activity planned with die cut bears and Q-Tips just in case it rained. Later on, Doc McStuffins joined the party! She danced with the guests and took individual and group pictures. She even gave the birthday girl a present! How sweet. Now it’s time for Cake-Tosis!

PARTY FAVORS: The first guest received Doc McStuffins Giant Coloring Pages purchased from Wal-Mart. At the GIFT SHOP, guests were able to take home there Doc McStuffins treat boxes (girls) and brown treat bags (boys). The favors consisted of the fowllowing Doc Mcstuffins items: notebooks, key chains, bubbles, headbands, stickers, blow outs, cups, hair bows, candy in medicine bottles, and bandaids. I also included, facial tissues, ear wax candy, hand sanitizer, Hallie glasses, bandaid crayons, face masks, wind up chomping teeth, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and a tooth necklace. Lastly, everyone received a certificate for completing their party clinical. (The boys did not get headbands and hair bows).

THANK YOU CARDS: I didn’t want the typical thank you cards to pass out to those who attended the party. Therefore, I made Thank You receipts on my computer. I had Doc McStuffins Pharmacy at the top with the bar code on the right side of the paper. Customer’s Name read Party Patient. The Rx# was my daughter’s birthday, date, and year. Date filled was the day of the party. The Drug Name was Amoxisilly with a dosage of 500MG since she was turning 5. No refills and 1 day of Supply.

• What People Ate

  I had pizza for everyone to eat from STUFFY’s STUFFED CRUST PIZZA and salad. From the Pharmacy, there was medicine in each medicine bottle: white tic tacs (Tylenol), Mike and Ike’s (capsules), Skittles (medicine tablets) and Smarties were in the medicine cups as vitamins. I also had chocolate covered marshmallows in a shape of a sugar pill. They had ear wax candy from the Hearing Test Station. In the Cafeteria, we had: Bandaids (vanilla wafers), McStuffins Muffins (chocolate chip muffins), Tongue Depressors (blue rock candy), Thermometers (white chocolate covered pretzels), Brain Matter (cheesy popcorn), JELLO-SHOTS, Cotton Balls (marshmallows), Sugar Pills (chocolate covered marshmallow pops), HEART BEAT cookies, and Kisses for your BooBoos (Hershey’s kisses). The cake was designed to look like the Big Book of Boo Boos!

• What People Drank

  CHILLY Water and Urine Samples (Apple Juice)

• Party Favors

  The first guest received Doc McStuffins Giant Coloring Pages purchased from Wal-Mart. At the GIFT SHOP, guests were able to take home there Doc McStuffins treat boxes (girls) and brown treat bags (boys). The favors consisted of the fowllowing Doc Mcstuffins items: notebooks, key chains, bubbles, headbands, stickers, blow outs, cups, hair bows, candy in medicine bottles, and bandaids. I also included, facial tissues, ear wax candy, hand sanitizer, Hallie glasses, bandaid crayons, face masks, wind up chomping teeth, toothbrushes, toothpaste, and a tooth necklace. Lastly, everyone received a certificate for completing their party clinical. (The boys did not get headbands and hair bows).

• Activities / Games

  THE EMERGENCY OPERATING ROOM was an area for the kiddos to play Doc McStuffins’ OPERATION game. There was a Doc pillow set on top of the Doc folding bed with a patient awaiting treatment, which was Boppy from the show. Those who wanted to participate played Pin the Bandage on Stuffy. The winner of the game received a Doc McStuffins totebag, placemat, Inflate-a-baloon, puzzle, hairbrush, ruler, and a small book of boo boos. The runner-up received a totebag, doctor vest, placemat, and Inflate-a-balloon. We rented a purple, pink, and blue bounce house to imitate the Clinic. There was an X-Ray activity planned with die cut bears and Q-Tips just in case it rained. Later on, Doc McStuffins joined the party! She danced with the guests and took individual and group pictures.