Karate Party

Another Birthday party has come and gone and my little man had a great day.  This year we decided to have his party at our local Karate studio where both of my boys attend and the kids had a blast.  

As I posted earlier we started off the event with these Karate inviations.

For me when decorating a party it is all about the details.  I love coming up with a different idea for the favor bags, something the kids can use.  This year I decided on doing up some t-shirts with a Karate guy on them and their names.  

Then sticking with the theme I put them along with a few candies into these take-out boxes. 

Of course my favorite part is the cake.  I had big plans for this cake and then reality set in and I realized that what I wanted just wasn't going to happen.  Really reality was my 3D figure falling apart three times and me throwing them in the garbage, lol. 

So I kept it a little more simple.

I used a white buttercream icing as my base and then used red fondant to make the belt.  My son is a Red belt so wanted it to be the same color. 

 I used fondant to create the ying yang symbol on the top.

 For the Shurikens I borrowed my sons real ones to trace out the gum paste with and then copied the symbols off of them.  Once they were all dried I pressed them into the cake to make them look like they were thrown at it. 

 Here is my little man doing some Karate games and wearing his new shirt.  

Another party down and another one on it's way in two weeks.  I had better get going on planning the next one.

Karate Party Invitations

For our Family March means the beginning of Birthday season. 

My son is turning 5 this year and after many discussions on what he wanted to do for his party he settled on a Karate party.  So with the location booked it was time to get the invitations made up. 

I wanted to make a gi invitation. I believe that the invitation should be the starting point of the party, it lets your guests know what the party is all about.  Plus I think they are cuter : )

I started out by using my Photoshop program to create a Gi, I put a red belt on it as it is the belt he has.  

Once that was done I added the back piece on the top. I did this by duplicating the gi and then erasing what I didn't need.  I am sure there was an easier way to do this but I wanted to make sure they matched perfectly when folded.

I used a card  stock to print them on and went to work on cutting them out.  

Next up figuring out what I want to do with the cake, this of course is my favorite part of the party.  

Barnyard Birthday Party

Barnyard Birthday Invitations

My son Makai has his Second Birthday party coming up in 3 weeks and it is time to start planning.  Tonight I sat down and made up his invitations.  I started with a clipart of a barn I had found to get the right shape, I printed and cut out templates of the barn.  Once I was done that I cut opened the doorway and added strips of black to the boarder of the door.  You can't have a barn without the rooster so I created a window above and with the #2 on the barn.  I finished it off with the information for the party.

Camping Themed Birthday Party

Camping Themed Birthday Party

One of my absolute favorite things is coming up with a theme for a birthday party and running with it.  I am a believer in every little detail counts. 

For my sons 4th birthday party we decided to go with a camping theme.  Here in March it is a little snowy and cold so I had to improvise a little bit.  

For birthday invitations I found these great clipart on Etsy.  In which I created these custom invitations with. 

I wanted our guests to arrive to see the camping signs so my husband and my sons set out with the router and the torch to make this (supervised of course).

I decorated with trees and stumps and some outdoor decorations that I found at my local dollar store.  We also created a faux fire pit made of wood logs, tissue paper and a fan.  

As part of the kids party bag each child received a water bottle with their names on it.

I created the Happy birthday Sign using hemp string, cardstock paper and burlap for the outdoor feel. 

Aren't these snacks too cute.  I made campfire cupcakes using pretzels and icing.  These little hamburgers are nilla cookies with chocolate, icing and dyed coconut.  I was also able to find these squirrel cookie cutters on Etsy.

Last but not least is my favorite part of the party ~ The Cake

As we are big on the off roading we had to include a dirtbike on the cake as well.  

This was one of my most favorite parties to date to plan and prepare.