Monday, November 28, 2011

Baby Tiger First Birthday

My baby turned 1 last week! Zander loves to make a "tiger" face so this made a perfect theme for him. I had so much fun finding ideas on Pinterest.com for his first birthday. It was a little challenging to find cute-sy tiger birthday decorations. Glad my family and I are crafty!
My sister Jordan came up with these pretty invites. I just love this tiger cartoon! Her Etsy shop is called Jordyluxe. We used her design to print out labels for the treat bags and cupcake toppers.
Zander got to chow down on some homemade chocolate cake with butter cream frosting made by his GiGi! Well, he didn't really chow down. But he enjoyed smashing his fingers in it.
I made the birthday banner out of scrapbook paper and card stock. The letters were made with a Die Cut. Strung on ribbon and hung with thumbtacks. I made the Tiger Paper Lanterns using this fun tutorial. Just construction paper and glue! Then hung from the ceiling with twine. My 4 year old helped me shred the paper. I got the pretzel Tiger Tails idea from this blog. Turned out really cute! Added some shades of blue fabric and toy tigers to complete the table. Zander's tiger shirt came from Crazy8.
The tigers feasted on pizza, cake, ice cream, chocolate, Swedish fish & cookies! We had plenty of tea, water and orange sodas to wash it down.


I displayed his monthly pictures on twine and hung on the mantle. I painted the wooden clothespins white & blue. My mom made a subway art of his birth stats which I can't wait to hang in his room!
Added some frames of Zander now and as a newborn. The chevron treat bags, ice cream cups & blue striped straws came from Shop Sweet Lulu. Awesome service! They included a treat bag with taffy and a "thank you" note. I would order from them again.
The treat bags were labeled "Tiger Food". Inside were candy Swedish Fish.

The balloons were a hit with the kids! Look at my big boy taking some steps :)
I decorated his highchair with more scrapbook paper and crepe paper. His party hat came from Party City and was embellished with more of the tiger labels by Jordan.


Zander had a great first birthday! Babies grow fast and I think the second one grew faster ;) Sure felt that way.
All partied out and ready for a nap!



3 comments:

Barbra said...

Holy I can't believe its been a year already! (long time follower) The party looks like it was great! So creative!!

BottledBeauty said...

I know, too fast! And I totally recognized your profile pic :)

Lindsay said...

Oh my goodness, this is the cutest! You added such great details to your party! And the birthday boy is just adorable! The banner is so precious! And I am so happy you stopped by my blog to share this with me! Thank you!