This past Saturday, we had a little party for Dakota. He is completely obsessed with airplanes, so I went with a paper airplane theme. I hand made all of his decorations, as well as his cake and cupcakes, excluding the paper airplane garland that my mom made. I was really happy with the way his bunting banner came out, his cakes on the other hand....ehhh, not so much. But this is real life, and this is what it came out looking like. It's kind of cute in a rustic/cartoony way. At the very least, it tasted good.
For the drinks I made a label for the Lemonade that said 'Jet Fuel' and a sign for in front of all of the drinks that said 'Cool Your Engines', which I thought was super cute and clever (my sisters idea). I laid down a roll of chalkboard paper at the entrance and made it look like an airplane runway and a chalkboard that said 'Welcome Aboard flight 1019. Your Captain is Dakota. Enjoy the Ride' and had a 'Baggage Claim' area set up for his presents. I also made a paper airplane toss game out of a foldout posterboard. I cut circles out of it and made each hole worth a certain amount of points for your paper airplane to go through. The kids got frustrated with the game, though, and ended up just peeking through the holes at one another. I also made the shirt he is wearing in the picture below. I took the number 2 from his decorations, painted it, and stamped it onto the shirt. It ended up showing the pattern of the wood, which I loved! It turned out so well that I actually made another one for him to wear the next day on his actual birthday.
I was on a super tight budget for this party so I am pretty happy with the way all the decorations and everything turned out. It wasn't 'picture perfect' but I put in a lot of time and effort into making my baby's birthday the best it could be. He ended up having a great time with his cousins and family and thoroughly enjoyed the cake so I call it a win!
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