Minnie Mouse's Clubhouse Party Supplies

Minnie Mouse Party

Did you know? The comic strip series "The Gleam" (1942) by Merrill De Maris and Floyd Gottfredson was the first to announce Minnie's full name of Minerva Mouse!

Fun for any birthday party, here are some facts about Minnie to use in a trivia game:

• When Minnie was first created, and not yet named, her favorite color was purple, and she was dressed as a flapper to reflect the popular youth culture at the time!
• Minnie has an entire family! First introduced in the comic strip story of "Mr. Slicker and the Egg Robbers, her father Marcus Mouse and unnamed mother debuted on their farm. In the same story her grandparents Marshall and Mathilda Mouse also appeared. Minnie also has an uncle named Mortimer, twin neices named Millie and Melody, and a sister named Mandie Mouse!
• Mickey and Minnie first met in the film "Plane Crazy," where Minnie accepts an invitation for a plane ride with Mickey. Mickey forces a kiss on Minnie, so she parachutes out of the plane! What a daring mouse!
• There has been speculation that the movie King Kong may have been made based on the short film of The Gorilla Mystery in which a gorilla escapes from the zoo and attempts to kidnap Minnie. Mickey saves her and at the end of the film, they restrain the gorilla with rope. The theme of "kidnap by gorilla" is used only three years later in King Kong.
• Minnie's cat Figaro first debuted in the movie Pinocchio!
• In a short called "The Picnic" Minnie introduces her new pet dog, Rover, to Mickey. Famously known as "Pluto", Rover was his original name! This was Pluto's first appearance as an individual character.
• The idea of Mickey, and later Minnie, came from Walt Disney's pet mouse from the farm where he grew up.
• Ever wonder where Minnie and Mickey's gloves came from? Supposedly one reason for adding the white gloves was to allow audiences to distinguish the characters' hands when they appeared against their bodies, as both were black. The characters weren't in color until later. The three black lines on the backs of the gloves represent darts in the gloves' fabric extending from between the digits of the hand, typical of kid glove design of the era.

Some DIY ideas for more Minnie and other Disney characters into your First Birthday Girl Supplies:

• Print out coloring pages of Disney characters. You can use them as placemats on the table, and the kids can color them as an activity!
• Let the girls of the party make their own Minnie hair bows by using fabric paint or markers to decorate solid ribbon before they tie them in their hair.
• Minnie's best friend is Daisy duck, give the birthday girl's friends the option of being Daisy for the day with name tags!
• Give them all Minnie Mouse noses with black face paint!
• Using black balloons, make them Minnie ear headbands by attaching balloons to any normal headband!
• Any boys coming to the party? They can be Mickey for the day on their name tags.
• Want a cheap but reusable party favor? Give all the party guests white cotton gloves that they can use year round, to make them look more like Minnie/Mickey for the day!
• Play a game of Disney charades at the party, and have all the friends and relatives be assigned to a character that they'll act out in front of everyone!
• Use the play on words of "Minnie" and "mini" to give the guest "Minnie prizes" after games!
• Play pin-the-tail on Minnie as one of the party games!

Minnie Mouse's Clubhouse is a wonderful birthday party theme to reflect the lovely Minnie Mouse and her favorite color purple, with products ranging from her 1st birthday cake candle, to birthday wall decorations, to Disney birthday invitations, you're sure to make her special day a success!