Squishy Baby Turned One! Dr. Seuss style!

Last semester our Co-Op used "Oh, the Places You'll Go" as the theme for Kindergarten graduation. I decided to save a little on decorations and use the same theme for my little man's first birthday! It turned into more of an all out Dr. Seuss experience.

 

I used Oreo cookies with lifesavers and crème savers stacked on top of each other with icing to make "Cat in the Hat" snacks.

 

Green Eggs & Ham!

I had two different kinds of green eggs. I just made deviled eggs for one and soaked the whites in water with green food coloring before I filled them with the yolks.

 

For the other "eggs," I took white Wilton melts and put them on top of pretzels. They melted in the oven at 300 degrees for about five minutes and then I stuck on a mint green M & M.

 

 

 

Jelly beans made great Truffula seeds and the ham to go with the green eggs was just ham sandwiches on Hawaiian rolls.

 

 

One Fish, Two Fish.... Red Fish, Blue Fish!

Goldfish with Swedish fish and gummy sharks.

 

 

 

 Truffla trees were made by wrapping cotton candy around dum dum suckers. The only problem I had with these was that the cotton candy started dissolving really quickly, so wait until the very last minute to make them!

 

 

My amazing friend, Stephanie, made glittery rainbow cake pops and a perfect smash cake to make the party extra Seuss-ical!

 

Tables were decorated with Dr. Seuss books and  sprinkled with puffy craft balls. I hang lanterns from the ceiling and used the truffala trees my awesome friend Emily made for  Kindergarten graduation. She used colorful snack cups and glued a piece of floral foam. She then made the top of the tree from tissue paper and attached it to a dowel rod. She stuck the rod in the floral foam and sprinkled paper craft grass on top.

 

 

 

This precious boy had an amazing day! And his mommy did too.

 

 

Hulk Smash! Middle Baby's turning three!

My middle baby loves Hulk, so he wanted a green party for his third birthday. This was one of the easiest parties I've ever done! 

 

 

I purchased two different kinds of green juice and Sprite.

 

 

We had lots of pickles because they're his favorite! I found green licorice straws at the dollar store and mint green M & M's. I bought the green containers at the dollar store as well and filled them up with green fruits and veggies to serve with guacamole, spinach dip and a cream cheese fruit dip with some added green food coloring.

 

 

I found mint green cookie dough, green pear applesauce and green Jell-O cups.

 

 

I also made a pasta salad using green and white noodles.

 

 

These were cups of key lime and vanilla pudding turned green with food coloring. Hulk's "hair" was chocolate chips and I just drew the faces on with a permanent marker.

 

 

My amazing mother-in-law carved a Hulk melon and added grapes for his hair using toothpicks to hold them on and raisins for his eyes.

 

 

And this was the happiest birthday boy I've ever seen!

 

Whoa... It's time for a 5th birthday party! Super Hero style

Somehow, it's time for my baby's 5th birthday! Where has time gone?

This year, he wanted his party to be at the local gymnastics place, so mommy had to tone down the party craziness, but I still worked in a little fun.

The theme was super heroes, but we focused on Hulk and Captain America. We had green, blue and red juice barrels and Coke and Sprite since they were the right colors.

 For the Hulk section, we had green grapes and green veggie straws. Captain America got blue and red pretzel melts and blue tortilla chips. I also made different kinds of sandwiches and they each got a toothpick cupcake topper with a different hero.

 

Captain America's shield was made from strawberries and marshmallows with blueberries in the center and fruit dip in a star-shaped bowl I found in the candle section of Dollar Tree.

 

And, here's the cake!

 

Happy 2nd Birthday! It's a Dog Party!

For my middle baby's second birthday, we decided to throw him a dog party!

He loves all things dog, so to make his day extra special, we rented a super cute fire dog bouncy house.

 

To make the food simple, but fun, we created a Hot Dog Bar with all the toppings we could think of! I looked up specialty dogs and put suggestions on a card on the table. We served the food in dog bowls. I kept the hot dogs in a crock pot and cooked them standing up and down on low for four hours. I rotated them once during cooking and they turned out great and stayed warm for the whole party.

 

We served Toilet Water Punch to drink. The recipe was:

2 gallons blue Hawaiian punch
4 Liters Sprite

 

He had a Water Bowl cake and a Dog Food Bowl cake.

 

 

Our sweet neighbor also used cardboard and wood to create a dog house photo prop that was awesome!!

 

 

 

 We had a dog-gone good time!