Birthday Parties

Since the "Sweet Shop" Birthday I threw for my daughter in June, I've had other mom's ask me about the party & others I've thrown.  Here are a few pictures.

These are the invitations I did, cupcake suckers with circle invites.  She loves Hot Pink & Lime Green Polka Dots, so that's what we went with!

 Here is the start of setting up the "Candy Shop."  Initially we weren't going to have the sun awning up, but it was almost 95 degrees, so we had to because the candy was melting!

The "Rachael's Sweet Shop" I handmade with felt in Pink, Lime Green & White, then stuck the letters on.  Super quick, simple & inexpensive to personalize it for her.  The table cloth was candy fabric, I just bought a few yards & stitched the ends to make it more festive.  

Because I knew I was going with hot pink & Lime Green, I was on the lookout at Joann Fabrics & Michael's for any metal buckets in those colors.  After spring, there were TONS of things on clearance racks.  Score!

We had hula hoop contests (pink & lime green) with hoops from the Dollar Store!  We also did the bounce house & had hot pink balls, lime green frisbees, jump ropes, etc. to play with. Lots of activities so no one was bored.

All of the kids guessed how many gumballs were in the "Paint Can" & the winner got to take the 374 gumballs home!

 Tradition in our family is that we ALWAYS have a pinata & since I couldn't find a candy pinata, we did a pink & lime green butterfly.  The kids LOVED it.

We had our small family birthday at home with this cute ladybug cake I made.  It was so easy to make & she loved it! Unfortunately, it was hot & the frosting was melting!








The year before, we had a big Madagascar 2 birthday party!

 This cake was super simple & turned out really cute!

My son's first birthday was a Monkey Party, obviously blue & yellow were the colors.  I got mini bananas to put out around the monkey, but the kids decided they wanted to eat them.  Cute & a healthy treat!