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While 3-year old Pennsylvania pre-schooler Charlie Kern‘s Target-themed home birthday party went viral last week, it turns out she isn’t the first but it is a cute rare trendy theme.
Charlie’s mom, Emily, said she balked at first when her daughter asked for a Target-themed birthday party.
“After a while, I started to think, ‘It’s different — let’s do Target,’ and at that point, it was official,” Emily Kern told TODAY show.
Emily decorated the front of their home like a Target store front. She made the cake and decorated the table with Target themed cupcakes and decorations and served PizzaHut Pizza and popcorn, the food sold at Target’s cafe.
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For take away goody bags, there were actual Target bags Emily picked up from a local store and guests got to fill their bags with items from a makeshift Dollar Spot in the backyard.
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Kern filled each bin with things like toys, candy and bubbles, and was given authentic Target bags and stickers by her local store.
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A couple of years ago, a 12-year old special needs boy named Fletcher had a Target party.
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Also, in NYC, the mom of then 7-year old Parker Cook of Syracuse, New York was able to convince her local Target to host a party in the cafe.
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The kids played scavenger hunt thru the store, decorated their own makeshift Target employee bags and got a dedicated cashier to checkout their goodies.
“Parker has loved Target since before he could talk, so naturally a Target party was necessary,” Parker’s mom Kara told Syracuse.com.
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I even spotted a blogger use a Target-themed invitation.
Photos courtesy: Syracuse.com, TODAY