For P's 2nd birthday, we went with the popular woodland theme. It was lots of fun to plan, and I think I finally got all the "owl" out of me.
Tablescape
The centerpiece was simply made with moss-covered styrofoam and pinecones scattered about. I bought mini clay toadstools from
this Etsy store and made little finger puppets using the
pattern from this store. The little felt critters doubled as party favors.
You've seen the owls before around Christmas time. The branches could have just been pulled from a tree if we had one, but we don't. So I bought over-priced dried branches at Hobby Lobby.
Party Decor
The felt finger critters took the bulk of my time in prepping for the party, so I went simple with the rest of the decor. I made the Happy Birthday banner after seeing
this one on Etsy. In front of that, I filled a glass pitcher with pine cones and the rest of those overpriced branches from Hobby Lobby.
This was the "enchanted tree." It's filled with paper decor things I bought on clearance at a local party store and patchwork felt owls that I made after seeing
this blog.
The front entryway simply had more of those paper things from the party store hanging at different lengths, and the front door had a homemade sign inspired by
this Etsy listing.
I made appliqued felt crowns for the kiddos to wear during the party loosely using
this tutorial.
Finally, the living room just had crepe paper streamers and an owl mobile that you can make by going to
this blog.
Food
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| Toadstools. Modified by this recipe, I used cut mozzarella cheesesticks and halved cherry tomatoes to make these cuties. They're "glued" together with pesto and topped with kosher salt, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar. |
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| Squirrel Snacks - originally names Squirrel Nuts but quickly amended - I used this trail mix from Austinuts. |
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| Totally not homemade |
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| Strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, & raspberries topped with lots of sugar |
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| Every good forest has 'shrooms laying around. These are simply stuffed with browned breakfast sausage and cream cheese. I used this recipe. |
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| Assorted cupcakes from A&J Bakery in Dallas purchased using an awesome Groupon. These were FANTASTIC! |
Action Shots From the Party
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| The birthday girl |
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| Our neighbor - Check out his shirt. |
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| Sweet girls |
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| One of the kids who would actually wear the hat |
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| Coming through |
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| That rocking horse was mine when I was little. |
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| 'Mille! |
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| Sweet boy |
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| Can't believe we got this shot. Glad we did. |
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| Sugar high |
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| She pulled out the paper and then ran off |
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| Daddy wearing P's new shoes |
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| Fire |
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| Her sweet attempt at blowing out the candle. |
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| Mmmmm.... |
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| Neighbor #2 |
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| Double mmmm... |
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| Aunt B chowing down |
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| Baby O |
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| Uncle M |
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| The crew without kids hanging on the back wall |
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| More family |
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| Look at the crazy eyes |
2 comments:
So fun. The girls LOVED their finger puppets! They played with them all the way home.
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful Birthday Party. What a Cute collection of Woodland Themed Crafts and you really did a great job putting it all together. I always love to see how my mushrooms get used.
Thanks again and Best Wishes,
Shelly Boney
Serenitymosaics
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