Watch: Hemel Hempstead woman's viral Aardman party wins approval from Wallace and Gromit

Lizzie Nicholls’ Aardman-themed party has been viewed thousands of times on social platforms.

Her tribute to Shaun the Sheep and other iconic characters from the modelling company has even won the approval of the stop-motion masters.

Its official TikTok account asked where its invite to the Cheese-themed games was, while the official Wallace and Gromit Instagram account called the party “incredible”.

Lizzie, who turns 28 tomorrow, is known for her elaborate annual parties, which are often filled with interactive games and challenges, and was inspired to pick an Aardman theme for 2026 when she discovered the release date for the latest Shaun the Sheep film.

As a long-time fan of the wooly leader of the flock, Lizzie decided on the theme about a month before her birthday. Shaun’s third feature length movie was released a day prior to the party which culminated with guests attending a late night screening of Shaun the Sheep: The Beast of Mossy Bottom.

"I’ve always had quite big parties,” Lizzie told The Hemel Hempstead Gazette. “Not really fancy dress, but big pizza parties – stuff like that for each birthday and my friends call it LizFest.

"Everyone is super excited each year for a LizFest.” She added that everyone was immediately on-board with a Shaun the Sheep party idea when she first raised it around a month ago.

For the Aardman spectacular Lizzie and her friends completed some of the games they play every year but this year most of them had a cheesy twist.

This was to recognise one of Aardman’s most famous creations, Wallace and Gromit's love of Yorkshire’s Wensleydale.

There was a fiercely-contested best dressed award with iconic characters from Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit, and Shaun the Sheep, all represented at the get-together.

Although the marketing assistant is known for hosting a great bash, she said this was one ended up feeling different from the others. She added: “I’ve never really had a party like that before where everyone has gone so in for it.

"It was a mix of people: my friends from school, my boyfriend and his brother, and then people that I work with. I wasn’t sure everyone would go for it, but they did. And everyone loved the games. It was really fun.”

Following the event Lizzie put together a sharp edit of the night’s goings on, showcasing her and her friends’ outfits along with the games they played and their late night cinema trip.

Firstly Lizzie posted the video to TikTok where she says within half an hour it started to take off. At the time of writing over 33,000 people have liked her post on the video-sharing app.

She says just when the views started to dry up on TikTok her Instagram post took off, where as well as the Wallace and Gromit endorsement, it is believed that a senior graphic designer involved in the latest Shaun the Sheep film also liked and commented on the post.