Dr. Seuss Party

 I chose Dr. Seuss for the theme of my son's 1st birthday party. Here are the invitations: 

-For the banner, I cut pages from a book. You could find an old tattered book at a used book store to cut. I got mine from Kohls for $2 on clearance, so I didn't feel too bad.

 -We had a book signing table for people to write a note to the birthday boy on the pages in a Cat in the Hat book. (again $2 at Kohls) It will be a great keepsake.

- We had a book shelf and  "reading chair" with Dr. Seuss books on it.

- The big photo collage is made of pictures from baby Greyson's first year. 

 FOOD: 

Green Eggs- green colored deviled eggs

And Ham- Sliced deli ham roll ups with cream cheese inside

Cat in the Hat sticks- Marshmallows and strawberries on a skewer

One Fish Two Fish- Colored goldfish (with a fish net for scooping)

Hop on Pop corn- Kettle corn

Truffula Trees- Brownie pops dipped in green/blue colored white chocolate

Truffula Stems- Twizzler licorice

Blue Ink Drink- Blue colored sprite

 The cupcakes were just blue frosted cupcakes, but I stuck toothpicks with cat hats and Dr. Seuss quotes in them.

 Here are some free printables for you:

  

And of course, we had to take a picture of all the cute kiddos with Dr. Seuss books!

 

 It was a successful party and fun memories were made! My baby turned ONE!

bug party

 My little boy turned FOUR in July. All he wanted was a BUG party! Here are some pictures from the party:

I made the invitation and other decor using bugs and caterpillar from free download  HERE is the link. 

The cake was very simple, I just put plastic bugs and gummy worms on top and he loved it. 

I found the NETS at Dollar Tree and the BUG JARS were less than a dollar each in on the canning aisle at Walmart. I punched breathing holes in  the top with my cropadile.

The party food was DIRT DESSERT with gummy worms and bugs on top.  We had a bug dig where the kids dug in the sand filled bucket for bugs to put in their jars.

We played games such as:
 'bug, bug, who has the bug?' (like penny, penny)
'build a bug' (like pin the tail on the donkey)
'I have a little bug and he won't bite you' (like I have a little dog...)

The BUG party was super fun and we had a great turnout. The kids seemed happy with their bug jars and nets to take home. :) 

Here are some printouts you can use! 

Marshmallow Fondant

Looking for an easy fondant recipe?  I found this recipe Here.  It looks promising.  Look at this  cute cake one of the recipe followers made with it.  I can't wait to try it out.

Jungle cupcakes and cake

I made these zebra cupcakes using a chocolate mix for the cake, and white or lime colored frosting, with little zebra lines from a tube of black frosting. (The lime food coloring is found in a box that is called neon food colors)

This jeep jungle safari cake is not the greatest, so don't zoom in. It was really fun to make though. I added sprees, malt balls, bubble gum balls, ribbon, toy safari animals, and a toy jeep. My son loved keeping the toys afterwards.The best place I found to get all your treats for cake decorating is Dollar Tree. They have a HUGE variety of candy. 

p.s. sprees + chocolate icing= YUM!

birthday cake platter

The bowl and plate are from hobby lobby, and are thick plastic. Together they cost $5. I simply glued the bowl upside down to the bottom of the plate using E6000 glue. (my fave)

Now I have the perfect birthday cake platter. :)

train cake

I ran on to these adorable train cakes and cupcakes HERE. They even have instructions- I might just have to try this for my son's next birthday!

Luau birthday party

For my son's first birthday, we had a "hawaiian luau" themed party at Bear Lake. It turned out so fun because there are lots of Hawaiian party themed supplies at party stores. The colors I went with were orange, blue, and lime. I put little umbrellas in the cupcakes with some luau themed confetti on top. All of the guests were given a leigh.

Ribbon Cake