OMG. What happened?
How is my baby already 1???
I mean I knew the second time round how quickly time would fly, but once again it has just been like a snap of the fingers and already he is a toddler.
To me, the 1st birthday is a great milestone and of course I wanted to celebrate my second baby just like I had my first.
Because they’re at an age where they really don’t know what’s going on I chose my own theme based around what would look cute and suit his age and that was a bumble bee theme. I mainly chose this because I just wanted to see him in a bumble bee costume (adorable factor 100000000!).
The first step for any party planning is to choose your theme first, whether it be a particular colour or character etc. This will then make it easier for any further planning.
I always like to have a feature table where the desserts are and this time I decided to go for a bit of a rustic theme with lots of wood and greenery.
I used a leafy backdrop that I purchased from ALDI to act as my main display and then found the gorgeous white gold one balloon from This Little Party in Torquay (always great to support small business!). I also purchased the two big confetti balloons for either side from her and a giant white gold number 1 balloon as well and they were all great quality and lasted a few days!
I made homemade lemonade and used hexagon shelves from Kmart to act as honeycomb to hold the milk bottle drinking glasses. I used wooden rounds for platters and I found an old tree trunk at the kids day care of all places to hold the cake pops in! The number 1 light is also from Kmart and the LEO letters are from Typo.
I had Tammy from Tammy’s Cake Creations make all of my desserts and she did such a great job. The cake itself was a caramel mud cake and absolutely delicious and the little fondant bees were so adorable.
Aside from the cake table we had a few snack platters for food and a BBQ. We also set up a tepee on the grass with a heap of baby toys in it as it was a hot summer’s day and I wanted somewhere for them to play. I should have done a little paddling pool as well now that I think about it.
Leo’s costume was Finn’s when he was a baby and I have no idea where I found it. I made his headband myself by buying a black headband and gluing some pom poms and pipe cleaners together and it worked out well. He looked TOO adorable to handle.
I have included a heap of pictures below for you to enjoy <3 If you have any questions about the styling, let me know via my contact page.
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