J totally loves Blue’s Clues right now so I decided to give him a Blue’s Clues party for his second birthday. I decorated with lots of blue balloons and crepe paper. I love going crazy with the decorations while he is still so little because when he comes in the room for the first time his face lights up and he knows something special is happening. I had his party right after his nap so before nap the living room looks normal and when he wakes up… SURPRISE!!!
For his cake I just made a single layer round chocolate cake with some chocolate cupcakes. I covered them with my homemade blue buttercream and placed them on the table in the shape of Blue’s paw print. I served chocolate milk with it.
Buttercream Icing
Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup Crisco
- 4 cups powdered sugar (2 lbs)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1 tablespoon milk (if thick)
Directions:
- Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
- Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
- Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.
I found some blue pinwheels and make a little Blue’s Clues coloring book for the kids too.
I printed out labels for the bubbles, and stuck them to the side of the bottles.
We got J a goldfish for his birthday since he still loves animals, and I am not the biggest pet lover.
J’s favorite song is The Hokey Pokey so we danced to is a couple of times. He loved it!
I put out his baby book again this year for our family to look though.
Be sure to check out my Farm Birthday Party post!