Colorful Encanto Party Decoration Ideas for a Magical Day

Coming up with Encanto party decoration ideas was so easy for my daughter’s birthday. Encanto is just so full of beautiful visuals, I had a lot of material to pull from! Encanto decorations aren’t always easy to find in the store. Party City had some, but now they can’t be counted on. I did use some of their items, but I also made a lot of DIY Encanto decorations.

So if you need Encanto decoration ideas for an Encanto birthday party, I can help! I put together a lot of Encanto table decorations and even made some free Encanto party printables. Lily loves both Mirabel and Isabela. She asked for the party to feature them both, but mostly Isabela. She’s not picky at all, is she? Haha. Well, let’s get into these Encanto birthday party ideas!

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This welcome sign was one of the first things our guests saw when walking up to the house. It features a quote Bruno says in the movie, hence the hourglass. I felt the message set an excellent tone for the party. I used a double-sided chalkboard easel that I got from Kirkland’s a long time ago. This exact one isn’t available anymore. But you can find some really similar chalkboard easels on Amazon!

In my experience, chalk pens are much too difficult to remove. I like to use good old-fashioned chalk. I use dustless chalks that come in lots of colors. They come off easily with wet wipes.

This is a great idea for a very simple Encanto birthday decoration. It’s very reminiscent of Isabela! I used these very cheap faux vines for wrapping the columns. Then I scored big on some clearance silk flowers at my local Walmart. I just popped the heads off the stems they came on. My husband threaded them onto some fishing line so he could wrap them around the columns. If you’re unable to find affordable fake flowers locally, Amazon has some bulk flowers that look nice.

When I was searching for Encanto party ideas, I came across some cacti made out of green balloons. They reminded me instantly of Isabela and her growing talents! It’s difficult to find Isabela decorations specifically. Of the premade items with characters on them, most of them feature Mirabel. But decorations don’t have to show a character’s face to encompass their vibe!

I got plastic flower pots at Dollar Tree and a bunch of lime-colored balloons. Then I used my Cricut Maker 3 to cut some cactus flowers out of pink cardstock. I blew up the balloons to various sizes and tied them off. After they were inflated, I drew “spines” all over them with a black Sharpie. Then I taped a large balloon to the inner rim of each flower pot and built up the cacti from there. I used two, three, or four balloons per cactus, just to make them all unique!

Regular tape in loops is best to hold the balloons in the pots. But I used double-sided tape to attach the cardstock flowers to the balloons. And be SURE to put something a bit heavy in the pots before attaching the balloons so they don’t blow around! We had lots of colorful balloons floating all over the house. But these DIY cacti were my favorite Encanto balloon decorations.

Of all my DIY projects for this party the most talked about was this glowing door. A special door decoration is really a must since doors are such an important part Encanto. But I wanted the door I printed to feature the birthday girl instead of one of the characters!

I slightly edited this door template and stretched it to be 2’ by 6’ at 195 dots per inch. This was all done in the Procreate app (only available for iPad). Then, using an Apple Pencil, I traced a photo of Lily wearing an Isabela dress using the Light Pen. For this, I used a bright yellow color to mimic the glowing outlines of the Encanto doors. I added the rest of the details freehanded.

I ordered a 2’ x 6’ banner print of the finished image from Walmart that I was able to pick up at my local store. Then I twisted and taped a string of battery-operated fairy lights to line up with the swirly glowing outline! On the day of the party, I used velcro command strips to attach the poster and battery box to our front door. I had intended to hide the battery box with something cute, but I ran out of time. Now this banner lives on my daughter’s bedroom door. The lights are still on it, and she loves it!

Encanto takes place in a time before electricity. So candles are seen everywhere in the movie. I wanted some pillar candles around the house for the party. But I knew it was a bad idea to have tons of real candles lit with children running around. I was very pleasantly surprised to find a pack of nine remote-controlled LED candles for a super low price. They come in varying heights so that I could group a few together for visual interest. We now have them around the house, operating on a daily timer!

I knew from the start that I wanted Abuela’s magical candle to be part of my Encanto table decorations. I found the perfect SVG file here for cutting the design with my Cricut. But I wanted to use a naked pillar candle like in the film rather than a prayer candle encased in glass. I also did not want it to be a real flame, both for safety reasons and so I could ensure it wouldn’t go out during the party!

So I spent more than I normally would on a flickering LED candle. It’s the perfect size for mimicking Abuela’s candle, and the light flicker is fairly realistic. I used my sewing tape to measure the exact circumference of the candle before cutting the design to that length from gold shimmer permanent vinyl. The hardest part was transferring the design to the candle. Since it has a realistic waxy coating, the vinyl isn’t eager to stick to it. I just moved very slowly and used a weeding tool to help pull it from the transfer tape to the candle as I went.

I borrowed a candle holder like this one from my mom to display the candle on the kitchen table during the birthday party. And just like the door banner, this candle now lives in my daughter’s room as a nightlight!

While it seems like most Encanto birthday party ideas are for girls, there are plenty that will work for boys too. Bruno’s character has so much to offer for inspiration. There’s the sands of time in his room, the green glass prophecies, his affinity for rats…

I didn’t want sand all over my house, but I did want to represent the sands of time at the party. What better and easier way to do that than with an hourglass? Just DON’T do what I did and order a really pretty freestanding one without a frame – then let it roll off the kitchen table and crash onto the floor right after unpacking it. There were tears.

Because of that occurrence, I highly recommend this hourglass with a wooden encasement that keeps it nice and steady. I love how the glittery gold sand matches the gold of the candle! This hourglass was repurposed as decor for our Harry Potter-themed master bedroom. Time-turner, anyone?

Throughout the process of planning this party, I realized I am in love with cactuses. The balloon ones were not enough for me! I came across a picture of a green foam number with toothpicks all over it. There was no description, but it definitely resembled a cactus. I knew it would be perfect for Lily’s Encanto party!

The foam number 8 is from a local craft store. It’s painted with green acrylic paint I already had on hand. I did two coats for fuller coverage. Once it was dry, I just stuck toothpicks all over it! I used these sandwich toothpicks because they are rounded on one end and I didn’t want the little kids to get hurt on them.

I also used a toothpick to dig a slightly larger hole in the top. Then I put some hot glue directly into the hole and stuck the stem-gripping plastic nub of one of my fake flowers into the hole!

No Isabela Encanto birthday decor would be complete without flowers! I ordered this pack of colorful fiesta flowers from Amazon, then used loops of regular tape to hold them to the wall. Fair warning, though: they come flat and take a lot of patience to shape into flowers without ripping the tissue paper. I just worked on them while watching TV one night.

As for the butterflies, they go together well with Lily’s love for Mirabel. Mixing the butterflies with the flowers represents the hug between Isabela and Mirabel. I used these silver butterflies that come in different sizes and with a pack of removable glue dots.

Encanto is a movie FULL of bright colors, so I used lots of streamers to capture that at the birthday party! The wall where the living room meets the kitchen was covered all the way across in streamers just short enough to not hit anybody as they walked through. I put a few more streamers throughout the kitchen ceiling, too.

This DIY Casita backdrop took the most time out of all of my party projects. I needed some Encanto wall decor as a focal point over the server, and I like the main piece to be pretty big. So I almost always end up making something for this wall myself, and this time was no different.

The Casita seemed like the logical choice for a large paper project, but I didn’t even know where to begin piecing it together. Fortunately, I found Miss Mandee’s 3D Encanto house design! It wasn’t exactly what I needed, since her design is for a multidimensional and small house. But it was a great jumping-off point.

I downloaded her SVG files and uploaded them to Design Space. Then I painstakingly sliced off all of the folding parts intended to create the boxy shapes. Finally, I had to blow up the size of all the pieces, then slice some of them into multiple pieces because they were too big for the Cricut to cut in one piece. It took forever. But it was still faster than trying to design it myself!

After I got all the pieces cut out of cardstock and vellum, I colored bricks onto the lower parts of the house. Then I assembled everything with a combination of regular tape and foam squares and circles to help give it a little depth. I taped a bunch of white cardstock pieces together to create a solid backing for all the small pieces to adhere to.

For the final touch, I hot glued on tons of silk flower heads from Walmart clearance. I placed them around the front door and Isabela’s bedroom area, just like it looks in the movie. I designed the “CASITA” text in Photoshop and then used the Print Then Cut feature on the Cricut to cut it out.

Unfortunately, Cricut’s Design Space does not allow me to export my project as an SVG or share it with anyone since I used an uploaded SVG. But if you want to try this yourself, I highly recommend downloading Miss Mandee’s design and seeing what you can come up with!

Printable Encanto Party Decor Ideas

For every party I throw, my favorite cheap decorations are printables! I made a few myself that I’m sharing below. I also found some other great printables that you could use at your Encanto-themed party.

This colorful Encanto welcome sign is totally free and will print beautifully on some 8.5×11 cardstock!

Print two flags to a page with this gorgeous (and extremely cheap) Encanto birthday banner from Etsy.

I made these three art prints of Mirabel, Isabela, and Luisa myself, each featuring a quote from that sister in the movie. You can download them for free below! For the frames, I used double-sided 4×6 stands from Ikea. I reuse them with different prints for almost every birthday party! You can get some just like mine on Amazon.

These stunning Encanto water bottle labels are absolutely gorgeous and very affordable from Etsy. For a seamless label, I like to attach mine with Scotch double-sided tape underneath where the edges meet.

Just for fun, and in honor of Bruno, I used my Cricut to Print Then Cut some random rat PNGs I found on Google. I taped them around the house on the baseboards and mantles. They freaked out my grandma, haha. You can download the PNGs here!

Want an easy way to Encanto-ify your frosted cupcakes? These printable cupcake toppers are free and feature the whole Madrigal family.

Cake Topper

If you prefer buying blank cakes at the market and customizing them to your party theme at home, this printable Encanto cake topper makes that super easy. Just print on some cardstock, attach a couple of food-safe skewers to the back, and insert them into the top of your cake!

Sometimes, even the food you serve can contribute to the decor of a party. We served the “Mirabel’s Miracle Dip” above at Lily’s Encanto party, and it fit the theme and bright color scheme beautifully. Get the details on this dip, free printable food cards, and lots more Encanto birthday party food ideas!

More Encanto Party Ideas

• Free Encanto invitation templates
• Encanto party favor ideas with free printable sticker