This month, our beautiful twins Freddie & Charlie turned O N E. It was such a massive milestone after their frightening start to life being born at 28 weeks so of course I wanted to go all out to celebrate the amazing strong little boys they are but also to recognize what our family had been through together over the past 12 months.
Charlie & Freddie are the biggest blessing and an absolute joy to everyone they meet. They have brought so much to our lives and we simply could not imagine a day without them. They have made having “twins”easy due to their beautiful content nature.
Based on their journey and my love for Disney, I went for a Mickey theme. Disney is of course based around the idea of “when dreams come true” and having them here with us today is absolutely that.
I researched in the months leading up to their birthday and got inspiration from other party ideas. I popped in to Look Sharp hire and found some awesome backdrops that were quite affordable to hire and this would be our main focus point when people walked in the door. For the Mickey cut out (on the backdrop), I purchased two big sheets of black card and cut out a giant circle and some ears. My husband then created the twin’s names using a font as close to the Disney font as possible, which we cut out and stuck to the black card with glue.
Hannah from Edna events did out balloon garland with Mickey’s main colours, red, white & yellow. She also had giant number balloon stand which looked so awesome and added so much to the room!
Our cake was from Let them Eat Cake who we have used for all the kids birthday parties the past few years. It was honestly outstanding and she did the cupcakes & cookies as well!
Our other focal point was our food table which is where I featured a few cute arts and crafts I had created in the lead up. The giant ONE letters were wooden letters painted in theme. I also purchased an F & C representing the twins names and painted them yellow as well as the number one too.
For the straw jars, I just purchase some plain jars from Kmart and painted them in theme and then found straws to match. For the craft Mickey face, I used polystyrene balls. Large for the head and smaller for the ears and painted them black. I used toothpicks to attach the ears to the head and then a large skewer to poke the head in to the little pot. The pot were small terracotta pots from Kmart that were painted in them. I also placed a small polystyrene ball underneath so that it sat up straight and didn’t wobble.
For our treat boxes, I just purchased red treat boxes from Look Sharp and then my husband designed a little personalised print for the front that we just stuck on.
All of the decorations were from Ali Express like the backdrop, table cloth, cake topper and so on. You should order well in advance to ensure they arrive in time!
Twinnies outfits were handmade by Hen & Co in New Zealand and I just found a spotted Minnie skirt at Look Sharp with matching ears.
We also had a little station when you irst walked in for everyone to take a polaroid photo and sign the guest book with it. We also had some spare mickey ears here for the kids to chuck on as well. Our entertainment for the day were the face painter and bouncy castle, oh and celebratory wine. Ha!
Everything came together beautifully and it was the most beautiful afternoon surrounded by love.
Any questions? Ask below!
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Erin says
So gorgeous! Love the meaning behind the theme. 💕
Where did you buy the wooden O N E letters from? I haven’t managed to find stand alone letters yet! TIA.
sarah.lamont@hotmail.com says
Hey Erin! We got them from Typo but it was ages ago! Not sure if they still have them. Look Sharp have smaller ones xx