Hi friends and welcome to Day 5 of the Birthday Bash! If you’re visiting for the first time today, my birthday happens to be TOMORROW, so we’re sharing some fabulous parties by A Night Owl Contributors! We’ll also wrap up the week with a Birthday Bash Favorite Things Giveaway! So party along with us this week and be sure to come back tomorrow to enter this fun giveaway!
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At 1 year old, one of the main things that my youngest son, Alex, identified with was Sesame Street and Elmo! So a Sesame Street themed party was a perfect fit. There were many fun aspects to this party. First up, I changed up our entryway mantel with some Sesame Street and birthday fun! I did a fairly simply and easy subway print in the party colors and made an Elmo wreath (just yarn wrapped, with 2′ white and orange cardstock circles, large black sequins for pupils)! Then I framed a portion of Alexander’s invitation as well as printed a larger version of the picture that was on his invite. One of my favorite aspects of the party were the ADORABLE Sesame Street goody buckets that the kids got to take home. I purchased the blue, red and green buckets from the dollar section of Target. I then used a 2′ circle punch to make circles for eyes, noses, and cookies. I found good-sized black sequins at Hobby Lobby that I used for pupils. Lastly I created a template from a picture online to cut out Oscar’s furry eyebrows. I simply glued those pieces in place, and voila! Sesame Street goody buckets. Party games! We had them all: Oscar’s Trash Toss, Pin the Nose on Elmo, and How Many Cookies in Cookie Monster’s Jar? And the cake! Though we had a ton of cupcakes (again, thanks to my Mom), I made a simple round “smash” cake for Alex. And who else should it be than Mr. Cookie Monster?
It was a great time and a great theme for a 1-year old’s party! I hope you enjoyed getting a glimpse.
Vendor Credit:
Party Design by Rebecca from The Crafted Sparrow
Invitation & Printable Party Collection by SIMONEmadeit on Etsy
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How cute! I love it. The games are adorable too!
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GAH, another WINNER!!! Such a CUTE party Kimberly! I’m sure your little one just loved it along with all of his birthday monster guests!
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That is the cutest Idea i’ve ever seen!!!!
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Awww! Thank you Jen! It was a really fun party to put together.
AW!! this is so cute!! I am sure the kiddies had the best time!!
love K
They did, Katrine! Thanks for stopping by!
Love this! We just put up our Kitchen Fun & Craft Friday link party and would love for you to share this! http://kitchenfunwithmy3sons.blogspot.com/2012/08/kitchen-fun-and-crafty-friday-link_30.html
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So very cute, my babies are huge sesame street fans,amazing it’s still keeps going and every generation loves it.
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Thanks Mel! Both of my boys still love it. Never gets old!
So dang cute! We’d love for you to link this up at our party! http://housewivesofriverton.blogspot.com/2012/09/riverton-housewives-round-up-31.html
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Thanks! I linked up!
I’m all about the starbucks! Lord knows I love my coffee!
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So Adorable – My daughter would absolutely Love this party!
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FABULOUS Party!!!!
Thanks so much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream To Reality!
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Awesome party! And you have an adorable family.
Thank you T’onna!
I really like your little buckets. And the cake idea is great! My oldest use to talk about Elmo in his sleep. And our little one has just started her “Elmo phase”. It is wild the appeal he has! Great family pic too!
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Aww look how cute all of that is! I especially love the little buckets. Thanks for sharing at The Fun In Functional!
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What a SUPER CUTE party! I know that your adorable son is going to look back on this party in years to come and see how much you love him!
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Aww thanks Nat!
This is such a cute party! I pinned it immediately!
Thanks for linking up at Tuesday Time Out!
Smiles,
Melanie
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Thank you so much Melanie!
This party is darling! I love all the games too. Super cute! I would love for you to share this at my link party. Hope to see you there
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Kim
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A-dorable!!! You have talent friend! I’m visiting again from the CSI party link-up : )
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I absolutely LOVE this party! Pinning now
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This is seriously one of the cutest parties ever! I love it. The buckets are just perfect! Great job
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This is so cute! I really like the favour buckets! Super cute!!
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Thanks Kristen! The buckets were my favorite part!
I was just looking at Sesame birthday ideas for my little man’s 2nd birthday. Your party was so cute! I especially like the favor buckets you created. You have a beautiful family!
Thank you Amber – I think I liked the buckets the best too!