Bubble Guppies 2nd Birthday Party

My little one was pretty obsessed with Bubble Guppies leading up to her 2nd birthday party, but I wanted to figure out a way to make it girly and fun, and what turned out to be a touch of mommy's preference for vintage things (see the tea roses and mason jars).  It was a done deal when I found a Bubble Guppies pillow case dress on Etsy that had a chevron pattern!  I based the whole color scheme around the pink and teal of the dress, adding a pop of orange as a tribute to the fish himself, Mr. Grouper. :)

Made a paper banner out of various prints of scrapbooking paper bought at Michaels.  Also walked by the big wood "S" which was plain white when I bought it.  I printed off a chevron patter online, traced it onto the letter and handpainted the S with some acrylic paint.  The favors were Bubble Guppies cups bought at Walmart, filled of course with bubbles, goldfish, bubble guppies stickers, and topped with a pinwheel (Martha Stuart pattern bought at Michaels).

How perfect is the dress?

Found an awesome listing on Etsy for food cards that I sent the seller the list of food and they were printed for me, totally worth the few dollars it cost.  Also ordered favor tags from the same seller, they just happened to be in teal and pink! Meant to be.  Did "cheese and tractors", BBQ "sandwiches" goldfish "guppy snacks", "Nonny's Noodle Salad" broccoli slaw, and of course Mr. Groupers macaroni and cheese!

Peytie Cakes of Goose Creek SC did the cupcakes and cake, found the idea of the cupcakes on Pintrest, the kids loved them.  The invite was a print-yourself file from Etsy.

Had to do tea roses, and a special beverage for mommy seemed like a must when it was SOFIA champagne!

Decided to do an activity, there is an episode "Mr. Grumpfish" where the guppies make pizzas, so I had a "Make Your Own Pizza" activity, made out of felt ingredients, begged a local restaurant for small pizza boxes, and they all got to take theirs home.  It was a bigger hit than I thought it would be!

Goodnight Moon First Birthday

In the approaching months before Sophie's first birthday, my planning wheels were in overdrive.  First birthday of first child, I was going balls to the wall.  Knowing that I likely had lots of pretty pink and purple princess themes ahead of me (albeit hard to ignore the perfectness of a Sophia the First theme), I opted to do a Goodnight Moon theme instead.  We started reading books to Sophie at 6 weeks, and this book was one of our staples.  Fun bright colors, lots of references to little creatures or household items lent itself a host of treasures for me to recreate for the party.  So the crafting and Internet searching began!

First I started with a white poster board and made my own version of 3 Little Bears Sitting on Chairs with acrylic paint.  Then I made the clock out of poster board, and then the cat and mouse out of a foam board, held up by some brackets my husband found in the garage.

I had ordered some "Goodnight Moon" print fabric that I wasn't going to use all of, so I made a banner (after ironing some backing on it) for the highchair.

I made food labels and tried to be creative with them - Mush was macaroni and cheese, with have "moon shaped" chicken salad sandwiches on croissants, and of course Moon Pies!

This might have been my favorite score, found an old plastic vintage phone on ebay, it smelled a bit musty but really it was a prop, so it was perfect! (for sale if anyone is interested).  Then found some mittens (on sale in Aug in SC!) and made balls of yarn bought at Michaels.

 Her gift from us was a Little People Princess castle, which just happened to make a great red house wrapped!  Favors were plastic bowls for "mush" (Dollar Store), glow in the dark "moons and stars" (Target $1 aisle) and some goodnight moon stickers.  For little guests I found a cute comb and brush combo from the Dollar Store.

For her attire, I ordered the dress from GAP, and then cut out and ironed on a "1" made out of Goodnight Moon fabric.  Order oversized large red ballons online and had them blown up at Party City.

Cake made by Peytie Cakes in Goose Creek, had various scenes from the book, and was confetti vanilla flavor, so delicious!

Ordered some cheap green mesh curtains online, and hung them on the door of the club house at the party with this sign...

She did like the cake, despite the picture!

 

Found star-shaped plastic servers at Party City (left over from 4th of July)

It was a big open room of a pool house at our community club house, so it looks a little empty but we tried to spruce it up! The first line of the book "In the Great Green Room" was on the door coming in, then the first thing in the room "There Was a Telephone and a Red Balloon"!

It was a special day for this momma!