Helicopter Birthday Party May 6, 2013

My son, Asher, is crazy about helicopters so the theme for his 2nd birthday party last year was very easy to decide.

For the decorations, I kept a very simple blue and red color scheme. I hung large white tissue pompoms from our chandelier to give the effect of clouds and I used blue paper fans on the backdrop. I purchased a wooden A from my local craft store and I spray painted it light blue. I figure that I can use this after the party in his bedroom.

For the dessert table, I ordered large sugar cookies from “C is for Cookie” to match the printables. One of my sweetest friends, Ashley, made vanilla bean cake pops for the table. She of course made them using light blue chocolate and she added red sprinkles. The chocolate cake and the vanilla cupcakes were from a local bakery. I also had Hershey Kisses which I’d personalized with stickers that said “A Kiss From Asher”.

Since his party was in the morning, we served breakfast food, including powdered doughnuts which we called “Doughnut Clouds”…. The kids thought that was fantastic. For the adults, we served a green chili sausage casserole and fresh fruit with dipping sauce.

The majority of the children at the party were aged between two and four years old, we decided to forego traditional party games. Instead, we had a plethora of toys available for them to play with and we set up a glitter tattoo station. That was a huge hit with the parents as well as the kids! Since we had Danielle from All Things Great and Small Photography taking photos at the party I was able to relax and do the glitter tattoos instead of behind a camera taking photos the whole time.

For the party favors, we gave out “Marshmallow Clouds”. These were basically glassine envelopes that I’d filled with large white marshmallows. I added a large label and tied a “thank you for flying with me” hang tag using blue and white twine. I displayed them up at the drink station inside a red cardboard suitcase with a tag that read “Baggage Claim”.

Thank you so much for Danielle from All Things Great and Small Photography for capturing all these wonderful memories. If you live in the Pensacola area, I highly recommend contacting her and checking out her website here and her e-mail address is: MySmallMemories@gmail.com

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Brayden’s Airplane and Helicopter Birthday Party! January 27, 2012

I was so happy to receive a request for a boy’s helicopter and airplane birthday party! The mom, Dyan, had a very specific color scheme in mind- she wanted denim blue, light blue, cream and sage green. I think those colors are gorgeous and after some collaboration, the final collection is stunning! Perfect if your little pilot loves both helicopters and airplanes.

Here’s the invite I created specifically for Brayden’s party as well as the welcome door sign. Isn’t the birthday boy stunning!

 

For the party, Dyan put out chocolate and vanilla cupcakes which she decorated with the personalized cupcake toppers. She also had cute airplane party favors- homemade chocolate lollipops in blue and white- which she put in clear bags and attached the matching hang tags. I’m sure those were a huge hit.

 

 

Happy third birthday Brayden and thank you very much Dyan for sharing your party photographs! I’m sure that Brayden had a wonderful day.

All these items are now available in my Etsy store.

If you need anything custom made for your next party- decorations or favors- please contact me at: apartystudio@gmail.com and don’t forget to like my Facebook page!