Miss Kai Kai's Balloon Birthday

My daughter turned the big 3 last week and we had a little celebration for her. 

The night before I spent about an hour filling up balloons.

tip- there are cheap hand pumps at Wal-mart for about $2-3 in the party supply section.

It will save your diaphragm from bursting.

I pumped about 100 and then decorated the house with them.

These signs and garland led her to our downstairs after she woke up,
to where all the balloons were. 

When she got downstairs and saw everything she whispered, "wow!". 

It was a priceless moment and, to me, worth going to bed at midnight the night before.

Then, she just sat in the middle of them all for a little while.

We celebrate every meal with some candles and the song "Happy Birthday".

This was dinner. She had strawberry cookies instead of a cake
since we were having cake the day after for her party. 

Invitations I made for her party

-it was really simple:

I had some scrap paper with clouds on them 

(you can even draw clouds on paper too)

I then cut out small circles of washi tape and

placed them on the paper like balloons. 

Next, draw strings with a pen and 

then write the party info along the cloud lining.

Back it up with card stock and ...

Viola!

::The Party::

The birthday girl

My daughter loves lollipops, and since they are pretty much in the shape of balloons, I had to make some. I made li hing mui lollipops

(recipe here, I altered it a bit and added jello powder for color and flavor instead of t

he recipe flavor and coloring. I also omitted the powdered sugar. 

After pouring it into molds, I dropped a li hing mui seed in the center). 

The kids liked hitting the water balloon pinata's! 

We eventually had to tape a plastic fork to the bat so they would break.

They were tough balloons!

Since our house was filled with balloons I used a few and strung them on a string for a garland outside.

The favors were personalized water guns and sponge poms

They are easy to make too:

Cut a sponge length wise into three strips.

Cut as many as you like for each pom, just as long as you can tie them.

I used 2 sponges, 6 strips, per pom.

Then, stack them together and tightly tie a string in the middle around them all.

Happy Birthday Miss Kai Kai!!

Balloon birthday party inspiration

My daughter turns 3 in exactly 2 weeks! (tear, sniff)

I've mentioned this before, but we're celebrating with balloons. And lots of them. 

Inspiration

Another peek into the doggy party

I promise I'll get the rest of the photos up soon, 

especially some of the birthday boy. 

There are just too many good ones to sort through, 

but here are a few more until then. 

A friend of mine, Drianne, took the photos. Isn't she amazing!!!?

Washi tape bunting invitation

Spotted these adorable invites on Mer Mag. 

I love the black and yellow color combo and the fact that they are very easy to make. 

I think I may borrow the idea for my daughters balloon party coming up in a few weeks.

 

A Very Magical 'Wish' Party

Spotted this 'wish' party on HWTM and about died of party-cuteness-overload!

Details, details. The details are perfect.
(and can anyone tell me where to find an armoire like that?! It's awesome)

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Birthday Season (and balloons)

I only have two kids but they are born one month apart in July. So while my husband and I celebrate our birthday in April together, it seems like we have a month long celebration in those two months.

I am planning up both kids parties right now (my son's will be bigger, being that he is turning 1), but I can't help myself turning all my thoughts to my daughters' party theme: BALLOONS! (her preferred toy)

Maybe because balloons make everyone smile.
Some inspiration for the party (collected from my pins):

I love all the ideas of hanging balloons upside down. It cuts the costs of helium and you get to see the more rounder part of the balloon.

 

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