Comments on: Care Bear Birthday

By: Bookmarks about Quiz

Bookmarks about Quiz — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 01:00:06 +0000

[...] – bookmarked by 1 members originally found by cslatercea on 2008-09-28 Care Bear Birthday http://www.makeandtakes.com/care-bear-birthday – bookmarked by 5 members originally found by [...]

By: How to Stay Sane with Your Kid’s Birthday | Make and Takes

How to Stay Sane with Your Kid’s Birthday | Make and Takes — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 10:19:44 +0000

[...] tried to pick some pretty crazy birthday themes. We’ve had pirates, cowboys, dinosaurs, and Care Bears. Check out Problem Solvin’ Mom’s post on picking a birthday theme. Tip Junkie also has [...]

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 06:20:02 +0000

We just had my daughter’s fourth party this past weekend. We did a Mad Hatter Tea Party. I just did a post about the party detailing everything. I love planning parties also. You can see it here:

http://adayinthelife-amy.blogspot.com/2008/08/mad-hatter-tea-party.html

I love your rainbow cupcakes. My dd would have loved a Carebear party.

By: Megret

Megret — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:20:47 +0000

Well, let’s see. We’ve had a giraffe party, an Elmo party, a summer flowers party (all pinks, yellows, and oranges w/ gerbera daisies!), a cupcake-themed party, and up and coming, a Curious George party!

I think I am having more fun w/ the themes than the kids are! :)

I love the Cheer Bear cupcake platter!

By: Marie

Marie — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:27:06 +0000

What fabulous ideas. Invite me to your next parties!!

Baba – You are too right on this one. I’ve now chosen the easy way for birthday parties as they can get out of control. Thanks for the great advice.

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:16:41 +0000

Attention—-> birthday party nerd!
For my son’s first birthday, we dressed him up as a cowboy, put red and white gingham tablecloths down on the tables, white gerber daisies. We printed “Wanted” posters of all the guests, including my son on brownish paper with a western font then enlisted my husband to char the edges. We bought thick rope from the hardware store and draped it around a giant plastic longhorn head. We BBQ’d ribs, cornbread, and baked beans. We sent out invitations (photocards) with a sepia picture of him from shutterfly.com that said “our little buckaroo is turning one, so come on over to join the birthday fun!” It made a nice keepsake for the guests too, everyone got a cute, inexpensive photo of him. We also tied red and blue handkerchiefs into streamers and draped them. I also decorated two wilton cakes, one of a little cowboy and one of a horseshoe. It looked great, and we know he won’t remember it at all. We figured it was the only year he’d be too young to be asking for a character party.
This year was Mickey Mouse, and we went (a little) lower key. All food was cut into tiny mickey mouse head shapes with a cookie cutter (jello jigglers, mini cheese sandwiches, cheese slices, etc.) We rented a knock off mickey mouse costume from an online company so Mickey came to visit and take pictures with the kids. We went with themed plates and cups, bought mickey mouse ears for everyone to wear (anyone interested? :) It was fun, and less work with the exception of the tiny mickey mouse cookie cutter that was imprinted into my fingertips for a good week. We also made two more wilton cake pan cakes, goofy, and donald. I nearly cried when we cut them up. :)
I’m sure baby #2 will get birthday in a box. I’ve gotta wear out soon.

By: Amy from Occupation:Mommy

Amy from Occupation:Mommy — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:24:30 +0000

I just found your blog last week and I am enjoying it! My four-year-old just had a Carnival party on Saturday and my six-year-old had an Olympics party last month. We have also had Princess (3 or 4 times), Camping, and a Water Party. I love planning birthday parties!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:18:20 +0000

For my son’s second birthday we did a “construction” theme. I made invitations where my son was waving from a digger (love photoshop) and then for goodie bags I got cheap construction helmets at Oriental Trading Company and filled them with some fun stuff (bubbles, a few trucks, construction stickers, etc.). I put each child’s name on the hats with stickers. They were a hit! The cake was fun too (I didn’t make it) but it would be easy for someone who bakes . . . basically it was a construction site with some plastic trucks on it. The “dirt” the digger was digging and putting in the dump truck was crushed oreos. Very cute!

By: Shelly

Shelly — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:04:27 +0000

What a cute idea for a party. We did Curious George this year back in July when my little guy turned 2. We did yellow and green as the theme. I posted pictures on my blog. That was a fun theme and I made a pinata. That went over well with the older kids.

By: Baba

Baba — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 19:38:51 +0000

Birthdays can be a blast or a breaker for mom. Make sure you take time for yourself in your preparations. It’s ok to breathe.