1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY! UP UP & AWAY
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| My baby boy turned 1 and I am still not over it! I never thought I would be the type of parent to throw a big-expensive party. And I proved myself right. I went back and forth on themes for Rory's 1st birthday and landed on a over the rainbow/up up and away theme. Almost everything at the party was DIY including the cake and balloon garland which saved us $500. We knew we wanted to celebrate Rory's special day with loved ones. We kept the invite list very short with less than 10 people to try and keep everyone safe. It is a weird time in our lives but I didn't want to cancel or postpone such a joyful day. To be honest, it didn't bother me at all keeping the guest list small and intimate. Keep reading to find out where I bought the balloons and how I made the hanging clouds. |
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The clouds were my absolute favorite feature of the party and so simple to make. All I used was pillow filling which I bought HERE thick box cardboard and a hot glue gun. The party was very small, with just intimate family of less than 10 people. So I didn't go overboard with the decor but the clouds were so pretty I wanted to fill the whole house to make it feel like we were in the sky. For the clouds hanging from the ceiling I glued fishing wire to the cardboard before the pillow filler to make sure it would hang correctly. Then filled the top with filler to cover it. To make it hang we just used thumbtacks and it worked brilliantly. The clouds on the wall was a breeze to make. I cut the shape of a cloud on poster board and then with glue, pasted the pillow filler until I was happy. |
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| My mom made the cake and cookies which were absolutely delicious. She also made the small size meringues to resemble clouds. The larger, I bought at Trader Joes and I ordered the wooden "ONE" sign on amazon. You can buy the same HERE I made the large yarn rainbow cake topper. I bought the supplies at hobby lobby which included: YARN (1 balloon of which color was plenty) Rope (depends the size you will like to make) Floral Wire Hot glue gun + Glue sticks Tape |
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| We did "smash the cake" but Rory wasn't into it. |
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The hot-air balloon did not turn out the way I hoped. It was difficult to get the balloons to lay the direction I wanted. It still gave the vision I wanted and I tried to follow some Youtube tutorials but It just didn't work the way I wanted. If you are trying it, the trick is to use a low grade hot glue gun. |
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What did look amazing, was our balloon garland. This is the second time we attempted a large balloon garland. I have to say, were pretty good at it. To be fair, its extremely easy and fast to do. You can do it too. All you need are the right tools to make the job a breeze. We order all our balloons from amazon, for this garland I had some left over from my baby shower. I ordered THESE for this project which comes with everything you need and is less than $15. But if you are planning on make more balloons and to save you time and your lungs I would HIGHLY recommend investing in an electric balloon pump. THIS ONE is great and you wont regret it. |
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