Elias' 1st Birthday "BALL" Party (in Pictures)

Birthday parties are my favorite things to plan and create for our children!  I go way overboard.  I spend way too much time planning, creating, cutting, glueing, sewing, and crafting.  However, it's a blessing to get to celebrate the gifts God has given us!  

The invitations

The birthday banner

The birthday banner 

The birthday banner

His birthday shirt

What Elias thought about it!

The foyer table

Elias' newborn and 1 year pictures

Gumball Guess

What Did Elias Do game

Guests had to look at pictures of Elias' first year

and guess the age at which he did them.

Pictures 

More Pictures

Smiling for his Pop

Pom Pom Decor and Favors

I used Ball Jars all over the party to decorate!

Favor Bags

Gum Balls, Rainbow Twizzlers, and Dum Dum Pops

 

Table with Pom Pom Lines and 

Cake!

So cute!

Polka Dots and Lots of Color

Round Fixin's for the Burgers and Dogs

Cheese Ball Puffs, Round Wavy Lays, 

and Melon Ball Salad

Rainbow Slush

Elias' Smash Cake 

that he did not care anything about.

Colorful Cupcakes

Mommy and Elias

Sweet E

Though my Nana passed away years ago,

I used her fabric on Elias' E.  

I love that she's been "a part" 

in the boys' parties!

Elias' Cupcake to Smash

He disliked it.

He hates being messy.

Birthday Bath

Opening gifts

He literally grabbed the check out of this card!

He was thrilled with it!

Pointing at Mickey

Smiling at Mickey Mouse from Mimi

Opening his present

Excited to figure out this ball popper.

He loved this thing.

He laughed over and over!

It cracked him up!

His car from Mom and Dad!

Waving bye-bye

His Mickey Mouse ball pit from Mimi

Sports' Party Decor

Daniel and Samuel shared their party this year.  Their birthdays are only 1 month and 3 days apart, and considering their friends are the same, I opted for the joint party this year.  Having it together meant picking a theme that worked for both boys, and a sports' theme was EASY and so fun.

Here are a few of the details:

The Theme

I found these napkins at Deals for a dollar.

I knew they were exactly what I wanted 

and based the entire party around them.

The Invitation

I bought primary color scrapbook paper,

 then found this navy with white stars paper 

and went to town.

I simply wrote a short poem and 

used their ages as each boys' "jersey" number.

I created it in Word, 

then cut the star paper with my Cricut.

The Welcome Banner 

I wanted something on the front door.

The sports' balls were used on the birthday banner - 

which now hangs in their sports' themed room.

I created and cut it all with my Cricut.

Balloons and Banners

Daniel loves blue, and Samuel loves green.

Two team colors.

I strung balloons with fishing line.  So easy and cute!

The Games

I used things the boys already had to create games.

Then added signs to them.  

In "Shoot for Two,"

the kids shot orange balloons 

(filled with candy for weight)

into the goal.

"Which Little Slugger Brother" Game

The Food Table

Signage for Samuel

who was turning 3

Signage for Daniel

who turned 4

(I ended up putting all of these

in their room!)

"Keep Yourself Hydrated"

I got these free printable water bottle labels

from BumpSmitten,

a site that's no longer in service.

"Buy Me Some Peanuts and Cracker Jacks"

Got the Cracker Jacks from Sam's 

and already had the Baseball bin in the boys' room.

"Fruit Helmet"

Found this idea on Pinterest and loved it.

"Grab 'Em While the Dogs are Hot"

These mini dogs were too cute.

Got the idea here.

The Food Table again

Blue #4 Jersey

I just bought shirts and iron-on transfers.

BUT white ink doesn't print in printers, 

so I did a light gray which looked white 

when ironed onto their bright tees.

Green #3 Jersey

Favors

I bought drawstring backpacks from Dollar Tree

and filled them with sports' erasers and inflatable balls.

Favors' Bag Tags

D and S

The boys each picked out their letters

at Hobby Lobby,

then chose their favorite sport scrapbook paper.

We modge podged it onto the letters.

Made for sweet centerpieces!

D - FENCE

No sports event is complete without D-Fence.

Posterboard and scissors.

The Basketball Hoop

This was hung above the cake 

with the boys' pictures in it.

I have no clue how I got this idea.

I had an old sewing hoop and 

immediately thought, 

"That's a basketball goal."

I painted it orange, then bleached 

some blue ocean net from Oriental Trading

and placed it in the hoop. 

I hung this with fishing wire!

I loved it!

The Cake

Made by my Mom's friend, Cathy.

She's SO good.

Delicious and cute.

"Score Big:  Go for the Cake."

Games Indoor

I had a game planned for each sport outside.

BUT it rained.  So games were held indoors.

We used white balloons as baseballs,

 and I used red Sharpies to draw the stitches.

I cut pool noodles in half as the bats.

SO MUCH FUN.

Shoot for Two

Little Tikes basketball goal with

orange balloons filled with candy.

The game I created.

Guests had to guess which 

"Little Slugger" brother did what.

The winner went home

with a concession stand prize pack.