Free Printouts for my small world decor at the end of this post!
We had Red's first birthday party last weekend. I decided to take advantage of the fact that he was still so small that I could pick the theme. Originally, I didn't plan on having a party, but in the end figured he would only turn one once. I knew we wanted to have the party outside. We picked a park that was close by. This really cut back on decoration cost. it was also nice because I didn't feel the need to entertain the children that attended.
Since my budget was tight for decor , and with the lack of cute small world themed merchandise out there, I decided to do what I do best. Make my own. at the end of this blog, I'll provide a free printout of the small world tags I made and used.
Here's what we used to decorate.
1. The poster pictures were a nice statement touch. My dad printed small world pictures that I found online, and glued them to poster board. It was windy out, so this helped keep them from blowing away. These made nice centerpieces for the two large tables we had.
2. The mini pinatas are from target and were actually hand-me-downs from another party my brother in law had in December. I decided to reuse them because they were so cute. Not to mention the Mexico section in the actual small world ride is fairly lengthy.
3. Randomly around the tables, I put these little boats I had made. This is were the tags came in. I made the boats, and used a toothpick to tape the cutouts onto them. On the other side of the clock face is a cutout of the world, but you cant see that in the picture.
4. The favors I kept simple. I dont care for plastic toys, especially crummy ones that tend to come in packs for party favors. Instead I made a home mad jam, and put my own labels on them. I reused old baby food jars I had saved. The recipe I used was very simple, and had no added sugar, just honey. I think the parents enjoyed these more than the kids! I also had little bags of animal crackers available to go with the jelly.
5. Next was the cake decor. I really wanted to make a homemade cake, but with the week we had had that wasn't going to happen (next year)! I ended up buying a pre made sheet cake and just adding my own decorations. I printed a picture of a Mary Blair castle and placed that on the cake. I printed it on card stock to make it heavier and folded the sides to give it dimension. I was held up with toothpicks. The animal figurines were vintage candle holders from Red's grandma.
6. Alas I sewed the place mats and the gift and cake table map mat. This was my favorite decor piece at the party. I bought this panel of fabric that looked like a kid friendly world map. I bought it before Red was born and finally found good use for it. now, its hanging in his room. I simply hemmed the sides, and put it on the table. Unfortunately gifts were covering it by the end!
I think Red enjoyed the party, he took a long nice nap afterwards witch was like a birthday gift to me! His little mickey hat was also on point.
Links below (all images are jpegs and are sized standard 8.5x11 printer paper)
1. Small world clock face
2. Small world castle
3. Globe
4. Mary Blair cake topper castle
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