Firetruck 3rd Birthday Party

Stop, drop and roll! This clever FIRETRUCK 3RD BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Alison M. English of The English Pea Studio. I absolutely love it.

Here is what Alison had to say about the party-- “My little guy decided on a fire truck theme for his 3rd birthday party. Our local fire department has a gorgeous, restored vintage fire truck that graces the front lawn of one of their firehouses. I created the fire truck and fire hydrant from photographs that I took at that scene.

I wanted to create a modern twist using the chevron pattern throughout the décor. I also used small black polka dots on a white background mimicking the dots on a Dalmatian. 

In keeping with a rustic, vintage theme I used burlap, old wood crates, mason jars, and old glass jars as containers. I found several lovely accessories – a hat, truck and fire hydrant you see pictured.
I carried the black and white polka dots through the food in offering chocolate covered marshmallow pops, white chocolate covered oreos, and white chocolate dipped pretzel rods. The cake was adorned with a Dalmatian and a red fire hydrant made specific for the event.

For an educational twist I used the words “stop, drop, and roll” on some of the elements and on the party favor bags – a fun way to remember a key instruction in fire safety.

We began the party with a tour of a local firehouse. The children enjoyed looking at the truck, learning about each vehicle, equipment, and the fireman’s attire and living quarters. Our tour guide was informative and fun and each child left the fire house with a hat and coloring book.
We headed back to my home for the rest of the festivities where we ate and opened gifts. In addition to the hats and coloring books each child left with a favor bag – designed to echo the same patterns used in the décor. The bags were filled with “fireman’s rope” (red twizzlers), “drops” (red cherry sours), and “rolls” (tootsie rolls).

The fire tour was a big hit with all the children and a fun and informative activity that was offered free to the public by our local fire department.
Fun was had by all!”

Vendor Credits: 

Paper goods, invitation, toppers, favor bags, flags, liners, pennant banner: The English Pea Studio Photography: The English Pea Studio
Cupcake straws and bakers twine: Cakes and Kids Too
Cakes and Cupcakes: Sams Club
Red balloons and polka dot tissue paper: Walmart
Hat, firetruck and hydrant : Hobby Lobby
Dalmatian and fire hydrant cake topper: Cake Fancy
Crates and burlap: personal props
Cake stands: Pier 1

'Route 3' Red Car 3rd Birthday Party

What little boy doesn’t love playing with cars? This adorable “ROUTE 3” RED CAR 3RD BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Katie Malandrino of Green Apple Paperie. I love how Katie decorated the party from head to toe in red car themed items. I’m sure the 'fast lane' punch and spare tire cookies were a hit. Everything is oh so cute!

Katie said-- “This party was for my son, Luca, who turned three back in September. I went with a simple car theme but wanted to incorporate his age into the theme in a creative way. So the idea of the Route 66 signs came to mind. I used his age inside the route sign for the cake topper, cake pops flags and the cookies as well.

The cookies were done by A Dozen Eggs Bake Shoppe in Vermont. They went above and beyond in creating custom cookies for me. I ordered them right after Vermont got hit with a major storm that caused tremendous flooding and damage around their bakery. I was very impressed that they were able to still send out my order despite the conditions of their area. Great customer service!

I made a table runner to look like a street and placed painted wooden cars on the runner to add some fun to the dessert table. My sister-in-law crafted the birthday cake.”

Credits:
Photography - Caryn Scanlan
Cookies- A Dozen Eggs Bake Shoppe
Printables- Green Apple Paperie

Magic Themed 3rd Birthday Party

This MAGIC THEMED 3RD BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Meredith Santucci of MJ Paperie is so much fun. I have a good friend who is planning a magic themed birthday party right now, she is going to love this! So many great ideas. I'm sure little Johnny loved his party.

Here is what Meredith said about the party- "My son, Johnny is every bit of THREE and has quite a magical imagination. The theme selection ultimately came from a play on the letter 3, thus evolving into "3 is the magic number" (on the invitation) and then the magic theme altogether.

(DECOR) For decor, we decided to forego the "rabbit in a hat" but used other magic-related props like cards, wands, capes and hats. The wands were carried from the head table place settings (napkin wraps) to the dessert table ("magic wand" chocolate covered pretzel rods.) Hats sat as small centerpieces to the other tables (and on kids' heads!) as well as on each cupcake with the sweets. We sewed magic capes for each child who attended and embroidered their names on the backs, serving as "chair covers." The kids really played into the theme w/ the hats, capes and wands! The background fabrics (red and black dots) we loved! It allowed us to brighten them up with the yellow that we used on the invitation and really tied all of the colors together nicely. The favor boxes matched the black and white polka dot table cloths and served as the perfect finishing touch as all of the guests left (inside they each got black and white winter gloves, plus toys, candy and other trinkets!) The paper products all coordinated with yellow and white stripes from the invitation, to the door sign ("Knock 3 times to enter") to the food tent cards to the napkin and favor box charms to the cake topper and straw flags.

(FOOD) For food we served Italian as the main course ("magical meatballs," "charmed chicken parm," and "hocus pocus pasta!") For the dessert table (the main focus), we made the cupcakes with custom designed cupcake bands and top-hat toppers. The top hat cake came from Indulgence Bakery and oreo cookies made up the "Tricky Tower." On the right end of the table we served "optical illusions" which were cherry jell-o and cool whip layered treats. In the back of the table, we fanned the "magic wands" (mentioned above) out of a tall pedestal vase to complete the look!

Vendors:

Event Styling: MJ Paperie
Photography: Hemmerlein Photography
Paper Product Design (Invitations, Food Tent Cards, Door Sign, Cake Topper, Banner, Napkin Charms): MJ Paperie
Paper Straws, Polka Dot Balloons: MJ Paperie
Striped Cups, Napkins & Plates and Red Dot Candy Cups: Shop Sweet Lu Lu
Paper Lanterns: American Bridal
Table cloths and Backdrop: JoAnn Fabric

 

Toy Themed Birthday Party

Today I am featuring this darling TOY THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Luciana Perali of Atelie Festejar from Brazil. How cute is this classic party theme? I love all the homemade DIY touches. 

As the children arrived they were given a fun vintage toy bag, including a do it yourself kite kit. All the moms received “playground kits”, including sunscreen, moisturizer & bandaids! Such a cute idea. 

The toy themed treats and desserts couldn’t be displayed more perfectly. I love all the airplanes and kites. And look at the cute aviator goggles on the drink bottles!

Here is what Luciana said about the party- "First of all I am a mother of boys and know that innovation in their party is very complicated because we can not use many things that are so available in the US. The theme of this party was toys. An airplane was built to showcase some of the treats and we decorated the chairs with fabric kites made out of scented sachets. The details on the desserts are incredible. Look at the intricate work on the cupcakes and cake. Other sweet treats included bala de coco, macarons, cotton candy and cake pops.”