Well, my daughter didn't really have a first birthday party, just family and dinner, so when it came time for her to turn 2 we were going to go all out for her birthday. She is totally obsessed with Yo Gabba Gabba, so the theme was easy. We invited about 10 of her closest friends, plus our family to celebrate the big day. She had a blast!
I ordered the digital files for the invitation and character faces off of Etsy at Ry Creations.
This made it easy for me to make most of the things myself and print as many copies as I needed.
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| The invitations were perfect. |
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| The silverware was wrapped with napkins that had all the colors I needed. Each character had its own face plate that was printed and cut out of card stock, then tied around the napkin with a matching color ribbon. The silverware color matched too, Plex=yellow, Foofa=pink, Brobee=green, Toodee=blue, Muno=red, DJ Lance=orange |
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| Birthday banner by the kitchen table |
Outside as people walked up the drive they were greeted by all five of the characters. I used photoshop to crop and size the characters, and had them laser printed on nice paper at Office Max (only $1.25 for an 11x17 print). Then, I glued the characters to matching craft foam for more support and tied them to shepherds hooks that I have lining my front walkway. (These are great to keep handy because you can hang super cute things for any occasion from them.)
DESSERT/CUPCAKES
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| Cupcakes were quickly purchased at a local grocery store, but the cupcake toppers were custom made! I used the same face plates that I printed for the napkins, but I printed these on sticker paper and stuck them to coordinating cardstock that I cut out into a scallop circle shape (using a Cricut). Then I hot-glued a toothpick to each one and stuck in the cupcakes. They were white cake with white icing, but I bought sprinkles in the character's colors to put on top for extra color. They were delicious! |
FOOD/MENU
The party was from 3-5PM, so the menu was more of an afternoon snack. Each character had its own fruit: Muno-red apples, Brobee-green grapes, Toodee-blueberries, Foofa-raspberries, Plex-bananas, DJ Lance-mandarin oranges. I used the same character shapes as the front walk, but printed them smaller (Office Max, 8x10=$1) This time I glued a wooden dowel rod to the back and stuck them in tiny clay pots that I got 3 for $1 at the Dollar Tree. We also had applesauce packets, juice boxes, Razzle Dazzle lemonade, Sweet Tea, and bottled water.
DJ LANCE FAVOR BOXES
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| These were the favor boxes that each child got to take home. It included bubbles, sunglasses, music silly bands, a YGG coloring book with crayons, a character sticker, and character frisbee. The frisbees were only $0.10 at Party City plain, but then I used the same face plate stickers as the cupcake toppers to put on them to make them super cute from YGG! |
A big, giant Foofa greeted everyone as they walked in. Hanging on the stair case is her birthday banner from birthday #1. I plan to make her a different one each year, and display them all at every party.
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| Life-size Foofa |
Now, I am already thinking about birthday #3! And coming this June, I will be launching into the world of BOYS, with my second little one on the way! I can't wait!!!
