Our little boy is about to celebrate his very first birthday. To keep it short and sweet and not provoke any tears: it’s been a very fast and wonderful year.
Let’s get this out in the open: I love planning and DIY projects. I can’t explain why but I just do. So you can imagine how excited I am to plan and make things for my son’s first birthday party.
I will not specify exactly when I began planning but let’s just say that it was “early”. I tackled the theme first: Ducks, Monkeys, or Cars. I went with ducks because honestly when else would he let me throw him a rubber duck party?!?! I couldn’t get over how adorable this theme could be so I ran with it.
After searching the net for ideas and inspiration, I’d come up with a plan. (TipJunkie and Pinterest were my main resources in this search. These are two of my favorite sites, they even rank higher than Facebook.)
Theme: Rubber Ducks
Colors: Blue & Yellow
Games: Pin the beak on the duck & Duck waddle (racing with balloons between your knees)
Goodie Bags: Bath time supplies- bubble bath, soap, & wash cloths.
Cake: Cupcakes in the shape of a 1.
Drinks: Water, kool-aid, and Bubble Bath Punch
Food: Snacks that little duckling could have – Pretzel sticks, cheese puffs, cereal, crackers.
Cute Ideas that I love:
Making him a birthday t-shirt & hat
Tiny Pails for snacks
Pom poms for centerpieces
Year in review poster
Photo line – a photo of him from each month of his first year
Personal DIY Banner
Welcome to Bryson’s Pond & Duck Crossing signs
The party is a little over a week away. All the projects are well underway and most are completed. I’ll make more posts of the progress of the projects and then a final post of the PARTY! :)
