Funny Lil' Man Party!

This weekend we celebrated Happy Vee's 2nd Birthday with a Funny Lil' Man Party.  The perfect theme for my funny and joyous little guy!  It was a warm day, but the kids and adults had a nice time.  I tried to keep the party planning simple but, as usual, I got side-tracked by a bunch of fun ideas... The Mister knows better than to question.  He just shakes his head and carries on.  Smart man!

::The Invitation::

see here for more detail

::The Setting::

  

{close-up of the "tie lanterns}

 

{the children's table}

 

children's dishware from target

i think they have the market on cute melamine

{the birthday banner}

::The Food::
I would've preferred an outdoor food table, but with the heat, we decided to keep the food indoors~

kids: homemade turkey & chicken salad sandwiches

adults: roast beef, italian & turkey sandwiches from jersey mike's
caprese soba pasta salad

green salad
fruit

the mustachioed cupcake trays worked well as sandwich platters

 

just for kicks, i put this framed photo of happy vee on the buffet table and stuck on a paper mustache.

::Activities::

{make a tie craft}

more details on the mustaches, spectacles & lips here

{photo ops}

{other activities}

since the kids are on the younger side, i didn't have set games.

they were free to play on the swingset/slide.

i also set up a table for making bubbles,

a small tub filled with water and rubber ducks for them to splash around in,

and lots of these for them to kick around....

::Dessert::

{ice cream and cookies}

the ice cream was pre-scooped the night before into baking cups.

it made serving dessert easy and no one was left with the inevitable last scoop of melted ice cream

{homemade cookies}

soft chocolate chip & snickerdoodles cookies

more detail on the vintage tags here

::The Favors::

{chocolate lollies for the adults}

mustache mold and premium dark chocolate from bake it pretty

  

{children's favor bags}

 

beach ball

salt water taffy

mustache lolly

sidewalk chalk

I also sent them home with the melamine plate & matching cup

salt water taffy from trader joes

my, are these good!

Happy Vee enjoying his new toys
more detail on the "tie" shirt here

That was fun, but I feel like I've been planning birthday parties for several months!  Time for a little break... or actually, time to finish up some projects that have been on stand-by!

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