The pink cookies and cocoa design
The painting at the top shows a cheerful gingerbread cookie with rosy cheeks and iced swirls on its arms, wearing a pink knitted beanie topped with a pom-pom. It sits in a dusty pink mug decorated with white snowflakes, the cocoa topped with a heap of speckled marshmallows and two little curls of steam. Pastel snowflakes in pink, lavender and pale blue drift all around it.
The words underneath are set in tall, narrow, hand-drawn letters in three pastel colors. The birthday girl's shirt reads I'M THE in lavender, BIRTHDAY GIRL in large pink letters and TURNING 5 in mint green. Everyone else's leads with their title in big pink letters, followed by the lavender and mint lines, so Mom wears MAMA OF THE BIRTHDAY GIRL TURNING 5 and her best friend wears FRIEND OF THE BIRTHDAY GIRL TURNING 5.
At five, kids notice everything, and seeing her name on the whole family's shirts makes a birthday girl feel like the star. The shirts come back out for hot cocoa nights and snow days all winter, and the little ones love wearing theirs again.
Pink cookies and cocoa shirts for every age
Here is where each person in the family finds a shirt:
- Pink cookies and cocoa adult shirts, XS through 4X in a unisex fit, for Mom, Dad, the grandparents, the aunts and uncles, and for a birthday girl who has outgrown 5T.
- Pink cookies and cocoa kids shirts, youth S to XL, for older siblings, cousins and her friends from school.
- Pink cookies and cocoa toddler shirts, 2T to 5T, for the birthday girl in 5T and for her younger brothers and sisters.
- The pink cookies and cocoa baby bodysuit, plus a baby tee, so a baby sibling or cousin can match.
The Name menu includes 24 family titles, Mommy, Dada, Mimi, Nanny, Tio and Godmother among them, plus the birthday girl's own option. Abuela, Great Grandpa or a nickname can be printed with Custom family name.
Planning a pink hot cocoa party for her fifth birthday
A hot cocoa party is perfect for a winter fifth birthday because the kids get to make things. Fill a slow cooker with hot chocolate and surround it with bowls of pink and white marshmallows, whipped cream, sprinkles, mini chocolate chips and peppermint pieces, so every child builds a mug. A second table with plain gingerbread cookies, pink icing and candies turns into the most popular craft of the day.
Decorate in the shirts' pastels: pink, lavender, mint and cream. Cut paper snowflakes for the windows, hang a pink and white balloon garland and set pink mugs on the tables as centerpieces. A pink cake dusted with white snowflakes and topped with one gingerbread friend finishes the table.
Since many five-year-olds love a pajama party, invite guests to come in pajamas, put on a winter movie and hand out small bags of cocoa mix and marshmallows as favors. A cotton ball snowball fight in the living room is an easy game that never fails. For the birthday girl, a pink crown or a sash that says Birthday Girl makes her easy to spot, and a small hot cocoa mug with her name painted on it is a keepsake she can use every winter. Older guests can play a quick round of pin the marshmallow on the mug.
What everyone wears
Parents and grandparents can wear their titled tees with jeans and a cozy cardigan, or with flannel pajama pants for a pajama party. Siblings and friends can wear theirs with leggings or joggers. The birthday girl looks adorable with a pink tutu or pink leggings and a little knit hat that matches the gingerbread cookie's.
Asking guests to wear pink, white or cream keeps the group photo soft and wintry, and the matching shirts stand out in the middle. For a quick keepsake, take a photo of everyone holding their decorated mug in front of the cocoa bar, with the birthday girl in the center.
Sizes for the family
Each shirt's photo set ends with a size chart in inches. Adult tees fit relaxed and unisex: your usual size gives an easy fit, a size down fits closer and a size up leaves room for layers. For the birthday girl, hold a shirt that fits her now against the toddler or adult chart; many five-year-olds are in 5T, and some have moved up.
Ordering for a big family
Everyone's shirt goes in one cart: add one, change the name and size, add again, and keep going until everyone is set. All apparel in your cart is part of the family savings, which come off at checkout.
We print after you order, in 2 to 5 business days, so nothing sits in a warehouse. Standard ground shipping then takes another 3 to 5 or so. For a December party, order two weeks or more ahead. Need them by a certain date? Send a request and we'll try to help.
See more designs for the season in our winter birthday shirts, or every party theme in birthday family shirts.