I loved the way everything looked, but I think I should have omitted some of the crafts- good for the older kids, but the younger kids were just interested in running around and being 2.
The front door. Birthday girl waiting for her guests to arrive.
The food table. Ada and I made the banner. We did all the painting together.
Pre party snacking.
Drink station.
Ada and I made the paper for water and juice boxes to make them more "Eric Carle".
Pin the tail on the elephant- saw this here and wanted one bigger so we made it. Sunshine (I love how this came out). Brown bear, Brown bear what do you see? mirror. I saw a mirror on HWTM and wanted to do something similar for Brown Bear.
Contact paper collage station. We just used all the scraps from the painted poster board decorations.
A few little trays of Eric Carle related work. There was also a big bin of his books that were a big hit with a bunch of kids- thanks for being the storyteller mom! In the little purple tray is the "Heads and Tails" printable from 1+1+1=1.
Grouchy ladybug bean bag toss. I saw a version of this at a Hungry Caterpillar party and thought we could do something similar. I made little ladybugs with Eric Carle fabric and silk cord antena. The box is cut at a slight angle and covered with tissue to be green. I painted the leaf on posterboard and covered in a light layer of mod podge once it was on the box. We gave out little ladybug temporary tatoos as a prize.
Caterpillar bookmark station inspired by Domesticali. This was fun, but only a couple kids did it. If I had facilitated more it would have been better.
Decorating a hermit crab collage inspired by Mom to 2 Posh Little Divas. This was another station that the kids didn't really use, but Ada and I had so much fun making all the little bits to go inside that I don't even care. I'll put it away and bring it out when we do an ocean theme.
Blowing out her candles.
Post cake calorie burning. Please note the awesome shirt my mom made. She used steam a seam to put the "2" on using Eric Carle fabric. I got the idea from delicateCONSTRUCTION. The tutu has super soft tulle and some Eric Carle fabric mixed in too. Yes, she looked crazy cute.
Utterly beautiful! It looks perfectly magical! I'm glad that your Mom was there - if you had done all that by yourself I would have been even more bowled over. And the birthday girl looks like it was all great fun.
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Thanks. I was very happy with how everything turned out. A little nervous that I have set the bar too high for myself for future parties, but we'll see. We had a ton of fun creating it so that's what counts and I think it was the right size for her to enjoy her friends (she invited 4 friends, and 2 have older siblings Ada's age, plus parents). The elephant and sun stayed up for a week because I also loved how they turned out :)
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