Real Parties: Bumble Bee Birthday Bash

Did you hear the buzz around town?!  WH Hostess just did the cutest bumble bee birthday bash for a darling birthday girl named Mackenzie, and I’m here today to show you pictures!

This charming invitation was the perfect inspiration for the party decorations and color palette.  Mackenzie’s mom really wanted to stay away from the typical black and yellow bee party, so this bright color palette was perfect!  I really like the modern honeycomb pattern mixed with traditional flowers, and of course, our darling little bee!

The party was an afternoon picnic, held in the family’s backyard.  Decorations included lots of yellow balloons, and a darling banner over the food table.  The centerpieces were to die for!  I used yellow milk glass vases (IKEA for $4.99!) and topped them with gerber daisy pomander balls.  A little polka dot ribbon belt was a last minute addition and tied together our theme beautifully!

No party would be complete without a dessert table, right?!  I sat down with both the hostess and Mackenzie, the 3 year old birthday girl, to plan out the sweet treats for this table…..our birthday girl had QUITE the opinion on what were her favorite sweets!

Delicious cupcakes from the local bakery were topped with bumble bee cupcake toppers from WH Hostess.  We had a plate full of sugar cookies that we embellished with custom fondant toppers from Two Sugar Babies (she made them to specifically coordinate with our bumble bee invitation!), and  jars of candy!  Salt water taffy (in both pink and orange), lemon candy sticks, green apple sours, and little yellow and white stripe candy pillows were displayed in a combination of white footed bowls, glass labels.  Here’s a closer view of our treats:

One of my favorite details of this party was the juice bar!  We set up a “bar” with plastic cups, green straws dressed up with our bumble bee image, and we used juice bottles filled with different juices – orange, apple, and cran-apple juice.  I love these bottles (and not just for kids parties!) because they look consistant on a table together, and have a cork in the top (which keeps the bugs out of the bottles when you are entertaining outside!).

The party was a huge success and the little guests were absolutely thrilled with all of the cute details….especially the party favors!  Since this was a “picnic”, I found mini wood picnic baskets (in the dollar section at Michael’s) and we filled them up with bags of candy, and topped them with a polka dot bow and gift tag that said “thanks for coming to my party!”  The kids also brought home a darling tin of bubbles (dressed up with a custom label and pipe-cleaner wand), which also served as an activity during the party.

Happy Birthday, Mackenzie!  I hope you had fun at your party!