My oldest daughter recently turned 20, and she knows I’m a little into themed parties, so she told me I could throw her the party of my choice. Her only request was that I pick something really random that she doesn’t actually care about.
I spent a couple hours brainstorming theme ideas, and decided the best way to pick a theme was to see what the top movie was the year she was born (2003). Finding Nemo was the winner!
Almost no one has done a Finding Nemo party, or at least put it on the internet, so I had very little inspiration beyond what I pulled out of my own head. Since she’s 20 and it was just going to be our family of 7 and my son’s girlfriend celebrating, we didn’t need to really do much. For activities, I had a movie trivia game and we watched the Finding Nemo movie. For food we ate salad (Sea Weed Salad) and mac n cheese with hot dogs on top (Sea Shell and Octopus Pasta). For a drink we had a tropical ocean punch. For a movie snack we made a snack mix of popcorn, goldfish crackers, pretzel goldfish crackers, and blue, yellow, and orange M&Ms. And finally for dessert, the kids helped me make some under the sea cupcakes. The food cost around $30-$40 if I remember right.
The decor was the only expense other than food. And I only spent $55.65 plus tax to get the following:
Fish nets – $6.99
Ocean tablecloth – $5.93
Jellyfish paper lanterns – $15.99
Clear bubble balloons – $12.99
6 beach balls – $10
Blue serving bowl, orange plates, blue cups – $3.75
A few things I already had on hand. The Nemo plush toys, LED lights, shells, streamers, and white and red balloons.
Overall, it was a whole lot of effect for such little money spent!
Florida Life with Laura 
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