Tag: Birthday Cake

Diego Birthday Party -5

J is 5 now and loves Diego.  I tried my best to transform the living room into a jungle with twisted crepe paper vines, poster board and balloon trees, and stuffed jungle animals all around.  I try to decorate while he is not around so that when he enters the room he has a big surprise, I just love seeing him when he enters the party room.  I also set out his Diego books and toys for the kids to enjoy.

We had rainforest kabobs with fruit, yogurt, and coconut.

He just loved his Transformers that he got from his dad.

I made a 9×11 sheet cake and decorated it with his Diego toys.  I frosted the cake with chocolate frosting then added some green vines to it.  I tried to make trees with Pirouette Wafers and marshmallow on top.  I covered the marshmallows with green frosting.  I put blue frosting in the middle for a river and placed candy rocks along the river bank.

We had a treasure hunt too.  I placed the clues on his animals, each clue had animal facts about the next animal.  The hunt finally ended in a hidden door that I cut from the bottom of one the fake tree trunks that I had made out of poster board.  The kids all loved this!

Happy Birthday to my animal lover!

Be sure to check out my other kids party themes: Farm Birthday Party , Blues Clues Party,  Bob the Builder Party and Backyardigans Party.

Backyardigans Party -4

J loves to watch The Backyardigans and play dress up.  I had a mirror set up low for the kids with a basket full of fun hats for them to try on and see themselves.  We played The Backyardigans theme song and the kids danced with their hats on.  J also loves music right now.  We decorated with our usually crepe paper and balloons around the room.

For the cake I made a 9×11 sheet cake covered in green frosting.  I found a Pablo candle and then placed some of his Backyardigans toys on the top.  I tried to make green trees from buttercream along the edges. I made the sand box with licorice and brown sugar.  I formed a shovel and pail out of Starburst candies. I made the picnic table out of wafer cookies and stuck a mini umbrella in 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:

  1. Cream together the butter and Crisco with a mixer.
  2. Slowly add in 1 cup of powdered sugar at a time.
  3. Add the vanilla, if it seems too thick you can add a bit of milk.

J really wanted a piñata this year so I found this Pablo one. We only had a few cousins at the party so I didn’t need much candy/toys.

He got some dinos, trains, and a toy bow and arrow (his favorite) this year.

Happy Birthday, Sweet Boy, I love you so!

Be sure to check out my other kids party themes: Farm Birthday Party , Blues Clues Party and Bob the Builder Party.

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