My baby turned 2! While I don't miss having an infant around, it is kind of sad knowing that there will be no more babies in the house. And as soon as she learns to talk, reality will really set in ;o)
Here she is with her biggest fans!
At 2, Brooke doesn't have a lot of friends - lol. So it's mostly my friends (and Brian's) and their kids...the ages were from 20 months to 11, so I needed a party that woul work for that big age span.
A carnaval party saved the day!
The part table:
The bags were for the kids to put their prizes in and had their initials on them.
The boxes in the middle were labeled by family, and were to get their fish home safely
the popcorn boxes ended up full of popcorn, and the cake went in the middle
(not sure why I took the picture before it was ll finished :oP)
Drinks and plasticware table
The prizes, that they traded tickets for!
a close up of a prize bucket...
I hung fabric from a string strung across the yard. The clothespins (with a superstar B) held it in place.
We had 6 games, 3 on each side of the fabric
two of the signs got mixed up...this should have been "ring a bottle". Throw shower-curtain rings around the bottles.
we realized in practice, this was way too hard...so we ended up using the baseball tee and throwing pool rings at it instead
catch a fish...throw ping pong balls into cups to win a fish!
here are our 30 fish - 2 per kid + a few extra just in case
somehow we ended up with 15 fish though - someone needs to come back and get their fish!!!
knock a can - throw bean bag balls at the cans
roll a ball - Brian even weed-wacked a lane so the grass wouldnt slow down the balls :o)
here is my other wrong sign...drop a pin - stand on the chair and drop a clothes pin in a jar
pick a duck - find a marked duck and win 3 tickets
Grandma was in charge of collecting tickets and making sure no one helped themselves to extra prizes ;o)
We served hot dogs, salads, dips and veggies, chicken-on-a-stick, chips & finger jello
I had a lot of fun planning and setting it all up, and it paid off. The kids LOVED it!
Thank you all that came to celebrate with us!
what a fun party!!! SO CREATIVE:) the birthday girl is a DOLL. Cant wait to meet her in person!
ReplyDeletewow!!! what an amazing party that must have been!!!! and lots of work too! it looks fantastic, you did a great job. happy birthday to the tiny princess :)
ReplyDeleteyou did such an awesome job, what a fun birhtday. I always have elaborate plans in my head that never turn out! they turn out like your party in my head just not in reality. maybe I should pay you to throw Maddie's next birthdya party!
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job on the party decorations. Looks like she had a VERY fun party!! Happy Birthday to Brooke!! :)
ReplyDeleteit was a very cute party. the kids all had a blast. and i think brook had a blast just watching all the big kids and eating nerds, of course. (now i know what to get her next year)
ReplyDeletejamie told us how cute it was! looks like a lot of hard work paid off. so fun!!
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