Case in point: I just bought all the supplies for Noodle’s 2nd birthday party. Which is in JULY.
My excuse? I’ll be recovering from a c-section and juggling two little ones so I might as well do it now while I’m sitting on the couch ignoring the dirty dishes. Just hope the hubby doesn’t catch a peek at the Paypal account any time soon…
Her first birthday was a huge celebration for a little girl who we were told would not make it one week, let alone one year. Her second birthday, while still momentous, will be quite a bit smaller due to the new addition. {sorry, Noodle, just the first in many disappointments that will be thrown your way this year…}
For some reason, I loved the Gymboree “goldfish” line this season. I snagged a few pieces on mega-sale, and realized that would be our theme for the party. Goldfish, that is. Not Gymboree. After that, planning was easy!
For a game, I’m going for the classic “fishing with a magnet game”, similar to the one below but with sturdier fishing “poles”.
In case it rains and we can’t run around outside, I have a back-up craft for the kiddos. Can 2 year olds do crafts? I figured it would be interesting, to say the least. I couldn’t snag a photo from the site, but here’s the link to the tissue paper fish craft kit.
This fish net could be used for something, right? Again, can’t snag the photo, but for $3.99 this decorative fish net could be a background for a banner or a tablecloth for the party table.
Cute.. AND I will tell ya that I have been working on paper goods and planning/ordering for our ds’s 1st birthday at the END of September! July will be here before you know it. Also Maya papaya makes THE best felt clippies IMO.. we have the mushroom and a couple others.. they have been ripped out too many times to count and they hold up amazing!
What a cute theme! You found some great stuff. You should make crayons using that ice tray, too.
Wow, that’s amazing how much you came up with! I love the hair bow and paper cones and the soap… 🙂 I never knew there were so many goldfish themed things out there.
The last party I threw was when my oldest turned eight. We had a movie theater with tickets and concessions, etc. It was a blast! But we only do birthday parties every other year. On the off years the kids go on dates with mom and dad because parties fry my nerves and drain my bank account. Poor kids.
Happy SITS sharefest!
I just had a goldfish-themed pool party for my daughter’s 1st birthday. After she was born and named somebody told me that she had the same name as the goldfish from Pinocchio, so, of course, she had to have a goldfish party. Unfortunately, we live in the UK where party goods and crafts do not exist, so I had to be extra creative.
My mom had to send me packs of goldfish crackers from Utah (by the way, they were a huge hit in England), which I put in goldfish-bowl-shaped bowls from IKEA and I used actual fishnets for scooping the crackers out of the bowl.
We made a slit in dried apricots to make a goldfish body and then inserted a pretzel as the tail fin and finished by putting a dot of icing on for an eye…these were the cupcake toppers. Anyway, enough with the boring details. Your party sounds like it’s going to be amazing.
Good luck!
It may sound slightly obvious, but we also had a cake in the shape of a fish (use a rectangular pan, snip off the corners to round off the head and then use the trimmed off bits for the tail) and I used a fish-shaped cookie cutter to cut out tuna sandwiches.
And because I had to really start grasping at straws with this one, I made a pasta salad using shell pasta (what? they’re fish-ish).
I used a second fish-shaped cookie cutter to make sugar cookies and frosted them with orange frosting and food glitter (my personal philosophy involves using food glitter at every possible opportunity), plus it made for lovely, sparkly fish. If I get round to updating my blog, I’ll send you a link with pictures from the party.
I love the invitation you posted but.. the link says it doesn’t exist! Where can I can find it?
Here’s a link to Chickabug’s cute shop:
http://www.etsy.com/shop/chickabug
AND we have a giveaway coming up in July with her shop, so stay tuned!
Where did you get the soap favors and/or how did you make them? I thought they were so cute!!
You can get the soap on Etsy and then I just used baggies for them. They turned out really cute for not too much effort!