My candy boy’s first journey across the solar!
We spent probably the most excellent sunny day celebrating our personal little sunshine’s first birthday with household and buddies. I’m undecided if I’ll ever be capable of look again at these photographs with out tearing up.
When you’re searching for inspiration on your personal “First Journey Across the Solar” 1st party
— from decorations to social gathering favors to meals —
I’m sharing all the small print of Oliver’s special occasion in San Diego!
Social gathering Particulars & Decorations
On the subject of social gathering decorations, a couple of wonderful native San Diego female-owned manufacturers (lots of whom I used for my child bathe!) helped make the day so particular!
Balloons by Collect and Pop Balloons
They create biodegradable balloon installations that make the entire setting critically *pop*. We added beautiful trains of balloons to the arch backdrop of his cake smash station and his bounce home. Maintaining with the “solar” theme, we opted for heat and shiny colours!
Furnishings & Prop Leases from Boho Babes
We went via Boho Babes to lease the cane backdrop, cane cake stand, and umbrella for his cake smash space. And the lovely mini attan clothes rack for the pool ponchos for the children.
They had been in a position to design the “First Journey Across the Solar” signal for the backdrop which was the right contact and introduced the theme collectively fantastically!
I completely love furnishings leases for events—it’s such a simple approach to remodel an area like your yard into no matter you dream of!
Mini White Bounce Home from Inflate San Diego
Smooth play gadgets are excellent for first birthdays! Oliver LOVED working round his bounce home and the older youngsters jumped for hours. It additionally made for ADORABLE photographs!
Ice Cream Cart from Little Fox Cups + Cones
I’ll speak extra about Little Fox’s ice cream tacos within the meals part, however I really like that this doubled as dessert and decor!
The rental from Little Fox included the darling bike with a floral association for the basket.
Sensory Bins
My buddies run an unbelievable firm, SD Little Wonders, that does speech and sensory play pop-up occasions and personal events round San Diego. They arrange water and kinetic san sensory bins for the children to play with within the yard!
1st Birthday Smash Cake
My mother made his cake utilizing this wholesome smash cake recipe sweetened with maple syrup as an alternative of sugar. The “bare cake” type is definitely tremendous simple to DIY. You would all the time absolutely cowl it with the yogurt frosting for a extra completed look.
Truthfully, I used to be anxious the cake won’t be very yummy nevertheless it was actually scrumptious. And, as you possibly can see, he almost completed the whole factor himself!
Rattan Cake Stand
This was really a rattan flower pot stand that I discovered on Amazon and it labored completely!
“One” Felt Pennant Excessive Chair Banner
Etsy, after all!
Customized order particulars:
- String Sort: White Twine
- Flag Shade(s): CREAM
- Letter Shade(s): GOLDENROD
- Pom Pom Shade(s): BURNT PUMPKIN, GOLDENROD, YELLOW, CREAM
Customized Title Felt Pennant Cake Topper
Etsy strikes once more!
Customized order particulars:
- String Shade: Cream
- Font Shade: Cream
- Cake topper Flag shade(s): Pumpkin Spice/Goldenrod/Gold
Social gathering Favors
For the reason that social gathering was a “pool” social gathering, I opted for these lovely little swim ponchos and my bff made the customized kiddie sun shades! We displayed them on the little rattan clothes rack (from Hire Boho Babes) by the pool—it was the right contact!
Hooded Swim Ponchos
I really like this a lot that I wish to do matching outfits or equipment for all of his birthdays. The youngsters had been thrilled they usually made for lovely photographs!
Better part? They had been really fairly inexpensive. I discovered these on sale at Kohl’s and had one among their huge 30% off coupons, making them round $14 every.
DIY Title Sun shades
These are tremendous simple to make! We purchased this pack of youngsters’ sun shades (I may’ve purchased much less ultimately as a result of there have been solely 8 youngsters) and these flower slime charms.
First Birthday Social gathering Meals and Drinks
We opted for the “minimal effort” route for social gathering meals. As a substitute of a cake to serve, we had the Little Fox ice cream taco cart which was self-serve. For meals, we positioned a giant Costco with sandwiches and plenty of snacks. And, I made fairy bread and solar butter and jelly sandwiches for the children.
Meals from Costco
We had been internet hosting round 30 individuals, so positioned a giant Costco order with drinks, snacks, and sandwiches. Right here’s our record for inspo!
- Juice packing containers
- Coconut water
- Glowing water
- Seltzers (alcoholic)
- Beer
- Water bottles
- Applesauce pouches
- Pirate’s Booty
- Selection Pack of Chips (Hippeas or PopCorners)
- Rooster Swiss Rolls
- Veggie Platter
Children’ Sandwiches
We made allergen-friendly sandwiches for the children. Fairy bread is an Australian snack constituted of a slice of white bread topped with butter (modify when you’ve got a dairy or nut allergy) and sprinkles. We additionally made DIY solar butter and natural strawberry jelly “Uncrustables.”
NOTE: Now we have a whole lot of allergic reactions to be conscious of in our buddy group and realized the onerous method that gluten-free bread is usually made with eggs. In case you have a baby with egg allergic reactions and a baby with gluten intolerance, you would possibly want to purchase two sorts of bread.
Ice Cream Tacos
This was such a tasty deal with from Little Fox Cups & Cones! You possibly can decide which taste ice cream tacos you need — we opted for the plant-based gluten-free “Let Them Eat Cake” taste (which I really like that they will do!).
Gotta love the rainbow sprinkles!
Useful Tip:
Customized Cookies
As a parting “thanks” reward, we gave out “First Journey Across the Solar” themed cookies from Christina’s Confections.
There you’ve gotten it!
Oliver’s “First Journey Across the Solar” 1st Birthday Social gathering in San Diego! It was the right day spent celebrating our little sunshine!
I additionally shared a reel on Instagram from the special occasion. Remember to test it out!
