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Luka’s Superhero Birthday Bash

My little superhero just turned three! I hope this party inspires you to get out your scissors and glue stick and tackle some fun DIY projects! Your birthday babe will thank you! Luka’s reaction to the party was priceless. We had the best time celebrating and I’m so happy with how everything turned out.
Newspaper poster – Created in Photoshop
Colourful block buildings – Used spare wood to create these and then a paint marker for the windows
Backdrop – Created in Photoshop and used good old Bristol board for the buildings
Treat bags – I used a free printable here: http://paixaodesigns.blogspot.com/2013/10/free-printables-from-superhero-party.html I also added Thank you for coming stickers that I created in PicMonkey
Signs – Made from left over drywall and black paint
All labels were created in PicMonkey.
xo!
Tara
 
 

H&B’s Party Express

My sons are just over a year apart, and have been having joint birthday parties since the very beginning.  This year was no exception.  They had two requests this year.  Another joint party, and a video game truck!  Since my sons are not huge gamers, I decided to alter the game truck’s logo to incorporate their initials rather than decorating with different video game themes.  When it came to planning the treat table, I wanted something a little fun, since they’re turning 8 and 9 this year and outgrowing cupcake toppers etc.  We love the crazy milkshakes that are all the rage in the big cities, so that was our inspiration for the cakes and cupcakes.  Lots of yummy candy toppings!  Also for the table, I found light up Marquee letters on Clearance at Michael’s to spell SNACKS.
I created the perfect favor boxes using a Cricut template.  The boxes includes fun shades from Oriental Trading, a bag of Skittles or M&M’s (the birthday boys favorites), and a painted rock!  Our area has a Facebook page Northeast Ohio Rocks! and people paint rocks and hide them all over for people to find, post, then rehide again.  All of the kids were thrilled to have a rock of their own to hide!
This year I decided to attempt a balloon garland to add lots of color and to fill in the huge blank front doors that served as a backdrop to our cake table.  I love how it turned out and that is my favorite party feature!
 

Circus Themed Birthday Party – Madagascar 3 Style

Those that have been following me for some time know that I go all out every year for my son’s birthday party. His 1st birthday was a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse theme, his 2nd birthday was a Jake & the Neverland Pirates theme, and for his 3rd birthday last year I went all out with a Madagascar 3 Circus themed birthday party! This year’s party was over-the-top, full of DIY projects, fun, wild, colorful, and full of sugary, sweet delectable goodies = guaranteed success. Check out this awesome DIY birthday party, wild circus Madagascar style!

A HAPPY B-earth-DAY Party

My son Marco has a special interest for the earth, he’s constantly asking questions about it. How we should care for it, and how it gives us all we need to live. So, after deciding that the Earth  would be  the theme of his birthday party, my brain started to jump up and down with ideas. The first one I started with was the invitation. I wanted to use recycled and biodegradable items throughout the whole event, so I gathered news, and craft paper to accomplish my first idea. Along with the invitation, I gave the children sugar cookies with the earth, and the recycle sign on them. These where a hit, and created excitement on our little guests.
To make it fun, we planned a Nature walk in one of the nearest parks/trails to our home, where I could talk to the children, and their parents about the environment, recycling, and caring for the earth in general. We also planted seeds, smelled some safe plants, and took deep breaths.
After a long hike, and fun games such us: catching butterflies, tin can stilts races, and rocks, sticks, leafs, and flower picking, we went to the celebration area. When the families got there, they found a variety of stations, where they could find refreshments, healthy snacks, sweets, and a delicious meal filled with lots of nutrients to restore our energy. All the serving ware, drinking cups, eating utensils, and in general everything they found there, was biodegradable,reusable or recycled, and compostable. All these elements are what I think made this event so special, and unique. Everyone was amazed to see how with a little bit of creativity, we can take care of our planet by recycling, reusing and reducing.
After fueling up with energy, I invited the children to create a picture, by using all the materials they had collected during the walk. They arranged, and glued their items in their own personal, and creative ways. Finally we put the pictures in beautiful frames made out of small left over logs, I had luckily found at the dollar store.

Ashton’s Construction First Birthday

A first birthday party with a brightly colored unconventional trucks and tractors theme.  Since it was in the peak of summer we opted for a fun park that had plenty of water features to keep the kids cool. We had a Hot Dog buffet for lunch with plenty of lemonade, water, and soda. Fun beach balls were available for the kids to play with along with bubbles and toy dump trucks. We had a home made smash cake and cupcakes with incredible fondant cupcake toppers.