Favorite Things Birthday Party

I wanted to share a few details from the little birthday party that I threw for my son's 5th birthday.  I had 2 ideas for it...simple & swim party.  I came up with the idea to do a "favorite things" party, but mostly just adapted that to the favor bags.  

Since the party was small & would be mostly in the pool, I kept myself from doing anything else extravagant or not worth the effort for 5 year olds!  For our invitations, I wrote on some french fry containers from Hobby Lobby, to share the details of the party.

I threw in some favorite color blue paper & stuffed it full of french fries...another favorite!

So we swam, ate ice cream sandwiches, opened presents & swam some more!  Easy, the kids loved it & I was stress free!  The favor bag items were handpicked by the birthday boy himself.

The blue paper bags had a tag attached that read, "Blue paper packages tied up with string, these are a few of Clayton's favorite things".  I threw on some tickets & bakers twine for cute decor purposes!

Picking out the items was a fun event in itself, and made my son even more excited for his party.  A whoopee cushion, a coloring book pack (each one was different), slinky, Lego packs (from Target), M&M's, Z-bar, and of course blue bubbles.

This may have been the simplest party I've ever thrown and I did have to control myself a LOT, but I think it turned out awesome!

DIY Giant Confetti

Birthdaaaaaays! Are you tired of hearing me say that word yet?!  No? Good! Because I've got another birthday celebration-worthy DIY for you.  Giant confetti has been on my "make" list for a while.  Such a random thing for me to have on my list, right? But it's a pretty fun thing though!  I figured out the best way to make it was to use card stock to get a good, clean cut using the punch. take a single (folded) sheet of tissue paper and fold over once in between a piece of card stock & punch away!

Wood & Number Cake Toppers

Birthday month still in full effect around here! here are some easy color-blocked style cake toppers.  Right now I don't have a picture of them ACTUALLY topping a cake, since the time hasn't come to use them.  But once I do, I'll be sure to update this post. So for now just use your imagination...and happy celebrating!

Birthday Party Part 2

Let me break down Clayton's birthday party.

Invitations:

Photographed & Designed by Wendy Larson of Stem&Leaf

Envelopes:Paper Presentation/Tickets: Etsy/Envelope Liner paper: Michaels

*We printed these out at Office Depot & then mounted them onto white cardstock to make them thick.  I bought the striped paper on sale at Michaels & traced then cut to make envelope liners.  The enveloped were actually left-over from our wedding & the twine was borrowed from Wendy.*

Food table:

"Build Your Own Hotdog Bar" included hot dogs, onions, relish, chili, cheese, jalepenos, mustard, ketchup, mayo, chips, watermelon, pasta salad, potato salad, pretzels & dipping cheese.

Plates: Partycity/Paper Lanterns & Striped Paper: Michaels/Hot Dog holders: Hobby Lobby/

Utensils: Target/Napkins, Plastic Containers: Dollar Tree/Aqua Spoons: JoAnns

Dessert Bar

(just pretend that darn medallion isn't falling down!)

Circus peanuts, cake balls, cotton candy, licorice, cupcakes, suckers, animal crackers, taffy, gumballs &  candy sticks.

 Drink Station

  Straws: DKDelektables /Water Bottle Labels: Hostess with the Mostess blog/Bucket: Walmart

*I printed off the labels on normal paper, then trimmed them down horizontally & covered right onto the water bottle with packing tape.*

Present table with month-by-month photos, framed pictures from his b-day shoot & homemade kettle corn in popcorn bags from DKDeleKtables

(bags: DKDeleKtables/Washi Tape: Etsy)

 I cannot thank my family and friends enough who helped make this party amazing.  Especially Wendy for her talents & delicious pretzels, & my husband for dealing with me!

& I have to compliment the ladies of DKDeleKtables  where I purchased, favor bags, straws, cupcake liners, popcorn bags & cupcake toppings from.  I highly recommend them for your next party! & no, I was not paid to say that!

I had so much fun planning this party, & can't wait until the next one!

Birthday Party Part 1

Build Your Own Hot Dog bar

 Drinks Center

Presents Table

Candy Bar

Birthday Boy!

Details & Links coming soon!

Month of Birthdays Part 1

I've been at odds with myself about blogging.  I get in these spurts where I want to blog EVERYDAY...only problem is I don't do crafty things everyday.
Today after reading The Nie Nie Dialogues  (one of my favorite blogs) and I had a lightbulb go off.  Just because I don't make something crafty everyday, doesn't mean I'm not allowed to blog.  I can write about whatever I want- and the blog police won't arrest me.
So that's my plans.  When I craft- I'll blog it.  When I don't craft- I'll blog it.  Why not?  Maybe someone will get something useful out of what I have to say....or at least get a good laugh from me!

I turned 22 2 days ago...it's funny how birthdays become less exciting the older you get!

(going to get donuts in our jammies-per Melcher family tradition, our yummy donuts, balloons,

birthday root beer, yummy cupcakes, flowers & cake)

Clayton & I laid low for the day, & 2 good friends here stopped by with goodies. Thanks girls!

Clayton just turned 1 & I still find it hard to believe!  July is the month of birthdays in our home- up next is my husband!