Terrific Tot Tuesday: Kids Parties Part II

I mentioned last week that our family had some busy, exciting and creative parties coming up; two have passed so far! On Saturday we attended our niece's first birthday party. It was so well done! Our niece's name starts with the letter B, and to celebrate her big day, she had a Bee themed birthday party! My sister in law had the party girl dressed as a bee (which she happily kept on, antennas, wings and all!), made a birthday banner, made a two tiered yellow and black fondant cake (which looked and tasted amazing!), had a bumble bee craft for the older kids, and cake dipped in yellow with black piping as the give aways for the kids.

Then, our youngest had his Baptism. Like my brother and sister in law, you want to ensure everyone has satisfied bellies (and they delivered, with salads to accompany their BBQ). I may have come a little short in this department! I had planned on 20 family members coming and made three lasagnas earlier in the week, froze them, and added time for cooking according to the recipe books instructions...and waited...and the guests waited...and we waited some more; the lasagnas ended up taking almost an hour and a half to cook!

With all these parties here's the scoop; planning helps! Both parties were not whipped together over night. Ensure you know your numbers, and plan accordingly for food, party favours and maybe some activities little guests might get involved in to keep them entertained while they wait for food!

Kman's second birthday party is this coming weekend. Planning has been in the works for sometime. Here are some shots of some things I've been working on, inspired by other blogs (I will list next week) I read, and some of my own ideas too:




Hand painted buckets for serving food. The buckets were from Michaels for just $1.50 each!




The visors were also from Michaels. This weekend they had them on sale for 2 for $2, regular price $1.50. I also bought some large foam pieces that I used to cut out the eyes and accessories. I am planning that this as an art activity for the little guests, and put some together to show how it should look (or could look, with the imagination of little people) in the end.



Yesterday, Kman and I were outside drawing on the driveway enjoying the amazing weather - I got inspired by his birthday and drew these for him. Can you guess the theme for his big day???

Stay tuned for next week for the outcome of the party and more pictures!
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