Well I am not sure how it happened so fast and I barely remember the year, but my littlest man turned 1 in January. yes, okay it is now April and he is almost 15 months old, but I had to share all the effort that went into his fun party.
I decided to go with a Cheerios theme. What baby doesn't love Cheerios? And the fact that the word "One" starts with and "O," the shape of a Cheerio, made everything that much more fun.
I immediately called upon my go to Stationary/Decor expert Christina of Christina Waters Stationary.
We designed an invitation and came up with ideas for decor.
I had a kids crafts table where they could make necklaces (cheerio or beads) or decorate party hats.
Since 1 year olds really only eat with their hands we stuck to serving fingers foods. But we had plenty of Cheerios (all kinds) and milk on hand if you wanted a bowl of cereal too.
A place for presents...
Some good drinks (juice boxes of course)
The favors were mini boxes of Cheerios with plastic spoons. All the guests were challenged to wear their favorite cereal shirt.
The center pieces at the tables were Cheerios boxes and bowls of cheerios.
My very talented niece who is a pastry chef made his cake. (Vanessa you need to get a blog or website so the world can see your awesome creations).
Speaking of cake...in my last post baby Aislinn went to town on her cake. My son not so sure about the glory that is cake.
This is the extent to the damage he did:
He was not nearly as messy as he could have been.
He did not like Ice Cream! (at least not at first) A cruel trick on some one who drinks warm milk exclusively is give him ice cream... :) Mean mommy.
I also created a Photobooth for guests to have their pictures taken to celebrate his 1st birthday.
Overall it was a lot of work by all, but a huge success. The kids had a ton of fun and I am pretty sure the adults enjoyed themselves too. Needless to say we were all Cheerio'd out for a while.
Happy Birthday baby boy, you are growing up way to fast.
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mama
This is awesome. We are thinking of doing a Cheerio theme for our 1 year old. Would you be willing to share your digital artwork for the Cheerio box?
Posted by: Jon | September 07, 2011 at 09:41 PM