I love planning birthday parties. It would take me forever to go through all of my kids' birthday party details, but I'm just going to give the basic themes I've done for each one.
Natalie's 1st
Basic 1st Birthday Girl Theme
We had our family and a couple of her little friends over for food and cake and let her open her presents. I made her cake, which was in the shape of a little baby face that matched the partyware (I can't seem to find a pic of it online anywhere).
Natalie's 2nd
Friends Party - Backyard Beach Bash
I set up kiddie pools of water and sand for the kids to play in. I made her a sandcastle cake with the castle shaped pan, covered in crushed graham crackers. I gave away little sandpails filled with goodies to the guests.
Family Party - Princess
We had our family over for dinner served on pink princess plates. Natalie wore a princess dress and had a great time. My mom made the pink princess castle cake.
Natalie's 3rd
Curious George
We had her friends party at a Play Place, combined with her friend Jayden who was turning 2. I made little monkey cupcakes.
We had her family party at Willie's for dinner. They have a sandbox outside for her to play in. My mom made the monkey shaped cake.
Natalie's 4th
Friends Party - Pirates & Pixies
We set up the backyard with a kiddie pool for "Mermaid Lagood", a sandbox for "buried treasure" which had gold coins buried in it, the playscape was "the jolly roger", and we had a treasure chest shaped pinata. I bought a Tinkerbell cake from the bakery. I had party hats and made mini tutus and wands for the girls, and bought hook hands, eye patches and pirate hats for the boys.
Family Party - Cinderella
We sent out royal invitations to family and Natalie wore a blue princess dress. My mom made the blue/white Cinderella's castle cake.
Natalie's 5th
The Little Mermaid
We had her party in our neighborhood clubhouse. I had gotten a bunch of Little Mermaid and Nemo (for the boys) crafts and goodies from the Dollar Spot at Target. They decorated pictures and frames, ate lunch, broke the pinata, and had an Ariel shaped cake that my mom made. I made Natalie a custon Little Mermaid outfit to wear.
Natalie's 6th - Coming Up Soon!
Disney Princess
Natalie will be dressed as Sleeping Beauty (Erica as Snow White) and we're hoping her guests will be dressed up as well. We plan on playing a pin the tail game with princesses and a castle, pass the poison apple, and possibly musical thrones. The girls will be given wands and tiaras, and the boys will be give swords and shields. I've ordered a Sleeping Beauty cake from the bakery.
Erica's 1st
First Birthday Girl Theme
We had her party on Thanksgiving Day, and after our feast, we had cupcakes and opened presents. I made her a little pink cupcake dress just for the occasion.
Erica's 2nd
Elmo & Zoe
I rented a bounce house for the backyard and had an Elmo pinata. Natalie and Erica wore Elmo and Zoe tshirts. I made an Elmo shaped cake.
Erica's 3rd
Pablo from The Backyardigans
Graham was just weeks old when we did this party, so it had to be SIMPLE. We had the family over, ordered pizza, and had confetti cupcakes. We played "pin the bowtie on Pablo" and had a Pablo pinata.
Graham's 1st - Coming in October
Boys Little Cupcake 1st Birthday
As of now, I'm planning on having just family for a simple party. I want to do a giant cupcake shaped cake, with a smaller version for the smash cake. All blues/greens themed cupcake decor and a giant cupcake pull string pinata.
Wow, I really like all your parties. You did a wonderful job with every party. I think that you are very organized.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.
Happy Wednesday