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Hungry Caterpillar Theme Party: Josh’s 1st Birthday

I was very excited to help plan my nephew's 1st Birthday. After coming up with a huge list of adorable Kids Birthday Party Ideas, we decided on the Hungry Caterpillar as the theme.  This makes for a very colorful party!

As people walked in, they were greeted with a birthday banner and a mini candy buffet.  This was a huge hit with the kids and all the adults.  Who doesn’t LOVE candy??  The caterpillar in the front was made out of cake pops.  It turned out super cute.

The centerpieces were 2 sided fruit from the book topped off with balloons.  We also added balloons on the fireplace.

In the kitchen, why not add all the fruit that left the caterpillar “still hungry”.  We put the fruit in pails and added a little sign.

The favors were little bubbles, candy bars and lollipops all with custom labels.  Add some cake for dessert and there you have it…the perfect Hungry Catepiller Birthday Party!

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M&M's® Kid's Birthday Party

I am very excited to work on a party for my twin niece and nephew.  Both of their names start with the letter “M” so I thought it only fitting to have the theme for the event “M&M’s®”.  I found a great shot of the M&M’s in a party scene and added Mya and Manning to the photo.  I couldn’t stop laughing at how cute and funny it turned out!

We will blow up the kids as a life size cutout and of course have TONS of M&M’s® at the event.  More to come as the party date gets closer!

-Julie

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Kid's Birthday Party Ideas: Sports Themed

Well, it has definitely been a long time since my last post, but I needed to share everything about my son’s 5^th birthday party.  I decided to do a sports theme for my little athlete.  His invitation was a football photo of Jack superimposed on a Wheaties box.  I can’t tell you how many compliments I received.

I couldn’t decide if I wanted to do a strictly Ohio State party or keep it an all star- all sport party.  The event itself was held at Force Indoor Sports.  They do a great job in keeping the kids active and on the field for an hour before they head upstairs for the party.

I ordered hats and cups to decorate the table.  I had Brutus as the centerpiece on the table with a bouquet of balloons.  This definitely added to the otherwise plain room.

The favor bags were jersey backpacks.  I cut out each childs name for the back of the backpack and filled them with lots of goodies including pom poms for the girls and baseball bats filled with gumballs, sports pencils and paper, popcorn balls and maracas.

Right near the favor bags, I had a cut out of my son as a referee with a speech bubble telling the guests to take their goodie bags.  The kids really loved seeing this and it is now décor in my son’s room.

The other favor that I had was a mini candy buffet.  I don’t think that this has been at any of the birthdays yet, so the kids didn’t really know what to do with themselves.  Needless to say, I bought way too much and now I have a candy buffet in my dining room.

Last part of the party is the cake… Now I usually go for this fancy schmancy tiered cake, but my son has developed an allergy to tree nuts and I couldn’t go where I normally do for the cake.  I still wanted something a little different from the regular sheet cake.  I went to Heinens, a grocery store, where they have an exceptional baker.  I asked her to make me a sample of a cookie and a cupcake.  I thought that the cookie was so cute.   She made 3 different designs and the kids were happy to actually not have cake.  Overall, another birthday success story.  Now I need to figure out how to “out do” myself next year.

Julie

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Healthy Solon

Grow Green!  What a perfect theme for Healthy Solon in celebration of earth day.  We are coordinating Healthy Solon, a fun and interactive community health festival for the 4th year in a row.  It will take place at the Solon Community Center and we expect the best turnout yet!  Participants will be entertained, get healthy tastes from local restaurants, free healthy heart screenings and fun fitness activities.  We have over 70 local vendors all excited to reach the community. 

Healthy Solon

Saturday April 24, 2010

10 am - 2 pm

Solon Community Center

35000 Portz Parkway

Just imagine… Healthy Solon began with the simple idea that we would call together the residents of the community and try to make them healthier.  Solon has certainly responded!

Healthy Maumee

 

Can you say Healthy?  Well, in Maumee, Ohio they can.  We here at Party411.com have the fortune of planning the second annual Healthy Maumee Health Festival this weekend that is sure to be a big hit for the community!  We have over 40 vendors that will take over the high school with free healthy heart screenings.  Healthy Maumee has already had extensive positive press, and we’re excited for a great day of family fun and health!

 

Healthy Maumee in Ohio
Sunday, February  28, 2010
12-4
Maumee High School
1147 Seco Street
 

This year we’ve added more entertainment this year (airbrush tattoos, carnival games, face painting, strolling entertainment, a family obstacle course), and we’re sure everyone will have a wonderful and healthy time. Last year we had a turnout of over 800 from the community and expect an even better turnout! And we hope to see you there!

Rock And Roll is Here to Stay!

Rock and Roll is here to stay!  So how about Rock and Roll as a theme for a Bar Mitzvah?  Jacob loves the Beatles, so we mixed in a little rock and roll with a lot of Beatles to make a fun and elegant party.

We turned a cd, with Jacob’s favorite music, into an invitation for the party and for all of his guests to enjoy.  We used the graphics from Abbey Road in the background of this invite.  It was a big “hit”!

 

At the party, the parents wanted a more classic look for decorations with a little tie in with the theme.  We used florals on the tables and added a couple guitars to each to give them a bit of an edge.

 

 

The room had all white linen because we had LED lights under each of the tables so that they were ever changing colors throughout the night.

 

To top off the evening, the kids all got to take home t-shirts that said “J Rock- I got ROCKED at Jacobs Bar Mitzvah!”  What a great time!!!

-Julie

Ice Cream Theme Party

Last weekend we had a flavorful Bat Mitzvah party … the theme was Ice Cream Flavors!!!  It was the first ice cream party that we ever did.  It was a lot of fun and very colorful.  Here is what we did for decorations -

The seating cards were a personalized ice cream scoop tied with ice cream theme ribbon to a blue and white layered seating card. A practical and fun favor!

We used ice cream quart containers filled with tissue and ice cream cutouts as the table names and numbers.  Each table was named after an ice cream flavor. We used sprinkles as confetti on all the tables. It really popped against the black linens!

The tables each had a cone full of nuts and chocolate at each seat. 

The centerpiece was a triple scoop on a cone that really brightened the room.

Of course that had a giant sundae bar for dessert…YUMMY!!! What do you think? What would you do for an ice cream theme party?

- Julie

Planning a Western Theme Bat Mizvah

Hello everyone, it’s Julie, one of the event planners at Party411.com. It’s been a while since I posted on the Daily Party Dish (check out my last party, a Jungle themed birthday for my son Jack), so I thought that I would share some of ideas from a western theme Bat Mitzvah I was working on.

I am really excited about the invitation for this western theme party. We decided to make them like a “wanted” poster.  I tore the edges of the invitation to give it that old feel and mounted it on another layer of cardstock. 

For western theme decorations we are doing some cutouts of cacti surrounding the dj area and lighting them.  We are also framing the entrance to the ballroom with a horseshoe flanked by cowboy boots.
 
Centerpieces will be different for the kids tables and the adult tables. We are using some boot vases filled with sunflowers on the adult tables.  On the kids tables, we did a caricature of the Bat Mitzvah girl on her horse and we will do a mini 2 sided cutout with balloons attached.

We picked out great linens.  The adult tables will be topped with a cow print pattern (you can see it in the picture above) and the kids tables will have a burlap linen from Event Source.  They are really fun!

I will post pictures after the event so you can see the whole feel of the party. Giddy-up!

- Julie

Pictures from the Jungle Theme Birthday Party

Well, Jack’s birthday party finally came and went. Everyone had a GREAT time.  Jungle Terry brought so many animals for the kids to touch.  He does such a great job in educating everyone about each of the animals and eliminating their fears as well.  Many of the kids were afraid at first, but not Jack!  He dove right in and touched everything.  He even “rode” on the giant turtle.   All the parents participated too.  You can learn all about Jungle Terry at his website jungleterry.com. 

 

I decided to add a personalized candy bar in the favor bags for the kids. I thought that they turned out great.  We make them here, so it was nice and convenient for me!

The tables came out very cute.  The kids all loved the hats and the slap bracelets.  I was glad that they worked out.

 

The cake turned out amazing.  I actually didn’t taste it, but everyone said that it was DELICIOUS.  I will be using Becky’s services for all of my cake needs in the future.

I decided since Jack is only 3 that I would do a standard thank you note for everyone.  I took the same design that I used for the favor bags and the signs for the note.  I am a big fan of consistency! Hope that this helps you to plan a WILD jungle party!

Until the next event…..
Julie

See more posts from the Jungle Theme Birthday Party:

• Planning a Jungle Theme Birthday Party - Part 1 ... The Invitation
  
• Jungle Theme Birthday Party - Part 2 ... The Cake
• Jungle Theme Birthday Party - Part 3 ... Centerpieces and Favors

Jungle Theme Birthday Party - Part 3

Hi everyone!

I just wanted to update you on the progress of the jungle theme birthday party I am planning for my son Jack.  (Check out Planning a Jungle Theme Birthday Part 1 and Part 2 if you need to get caught up!)

I have pith helmets that I was planning to use somehow for the centerpiece.  I was thinking to get a stuffed animal and place it on top.  I was shopping at Flower Factory today and found the perfect thing.  They had these tigers for $2.95.  How can you beat that?!  They actually had a rose on them, but I cut them off. You can find all kinds of stuffed animals on their website, though they tend to be a little more expensive than at their stores.

Then, I went to B.A. Sweetie, a large wholesale candy store in Cleveland, to purchase something for a client and I happened to see the cutest Pez dispensers that would make a great addition to the favor bags.

I think I am pretty much done.  I may wind up with a couple of balloon bouquets for the food tables….we shall see.

Until next time…

-Julie

See more posts from the Jungle Theme Birthday Party:

• Planning a Jungle Theme Birthday Party - Part 1 ... The Invitation
• Jungle Theme Birthday Party - Part 2 ... The Cake
• Pictures from the Jungle Theme Birthday Party