Gavin's 1st Birthday Party - Blue & Green

It has been a while since we had Gavin's 1st birthday party, but I wanted to make sure to post the details.  I love sharing parties and I also enjoy going back to look over the day.  I decided not to have a "theme" for the party as I think turning 1 is enough of a theme.  I picked out invitations from Tiny Prints and used the colors in the invite as my inspiration.

First Candle Invitation by Tiny Prints

I made Divvie's egg free chocolate cupcakes that I have mentioned previously and the were a hit.  I made the cupcake tags to coordinate with the invitation and I used those colors throughout my other printables.  I also love paper straws and used green paper straws from Shop Sweet Lulu for the kids.

For the decorations, I decorated Gavin's highchair using scrapbook paper pennants that I cut out and taped to the tray.  I also purchased the large green balloon from Shop Sweet Lulu.  I didn't even have it inflated all the way and it was very big!  The balloon was popular and the boys loved playing with it during the weeks to come. 

My favorite decoration is the photo banner I created.  I hung one photo from each month of Gavin's first year on baker's twine using clothespins.  I used the same scrapbook paper on the clothespins for a uniform look.  It was a fun way to see Gavin's progression throughout the year and it looked cute too.

I had a large blank space above our couch, so I purchased a canvas poster from Paper Coterie that sticks directly to the wall (like a huge sticker) that matched the theme and had fun facts about Gavin at a year old.

For favors, I had a kid version and an adult version.  I always think it's fun for the adults to receive a favor at a first birthday party.  For the adult favors, I used an idea I found on pinterest and bundled honey sticks with divine twine from Whisker Graphics and made the coordinating labels.  For the kids, I used striped brown paper bags, again from Shop Sweet Lulu, and made the coordinating sticker labels.

I had a few party games for the older kids and one of them was "Pin a Party Hat on Gavin".  I think this was Aidan's favorite game.  I took a photo of Gavin and had it blown up at Staples.  I made the party harts using the same scrapbook paper and numbered stickers by Martha Stewart.  I attached a bit of curly ribbon at the top.  It was a fun game and definitely something I would recreate for other themes.  I also had a wish bowl and invited guests to leave a wish for Gavin's birthday. 

Finally, I had to find a matching shirt for Gavin to wear.  I found a cute shirt that had his name above the number one at Flyduds.  It looked cute on and also looked great with the balloon.  We had a really fun party and Gavin had a great time on his first birthday!



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