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 pals. I’m unsure if I’ll ever be capable to look again at these pictures with out tearing up.
In case you’re on the lookout for inspiration on your personal “First Journey Across the Solar” 1st party
— from decorations to get together favors to meals —
I’m sharing all the small print of Oliver’s big day in San Diego!
Occasion Particulars & Decorations
Relating to get together decorations, a number of wonderful native San Diego female-owned manufacturers (a lot 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 severely *pop*. We added beautiful trains of balloons to the arch backdrop of his cake smash station and his bounce home. Retaining with the “solar” theme, we opted for heat and brilliant colours!
Furnishings & Prop Leases from Boho Babes
We went via Boho Babes to hire 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 youngsters.
They had been capable of design the “First Journey Across the Solar” signal for the backdrop which was the proper contact and introduced the theme collectively fantastically!
I completely love furnishings leases for events—it’s such a straightforward solution to rework an area like your yard into no matter you dream of!
Mini White Bounce Home from Inflate San Diego
Delicate play gadgets are excellent for first birthdays! Oliver LOVED working round his bounce home and the older children jumped for hours. It additionally made for ADORABLE pictures!
Ice Cream Cart from Little Fox Cups + Cones
I’ll discuss 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 pals run an unimaginable 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 youngsters 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 a substitute of sugar. The “bare cake” type is definitely tremendous simple to DIY. You possibly can at all times absolutely cowl it with the yogurt frosting for a extra completed look.
Actually, I used to be anxious the cake may not be very yummy however it was actually scrumptious. And, as you may see, he practically completed all the factor himself!
Rattan Cake Stand
This was truly a rattan flower pot stand that I discovered on Amazon and it labored completely!
“One” Felt Pennant Excessive Chair Banner
Etsy, in fact!
Customized order particulars:
- String Kind: White Twine
- Flag Coloration(s): CREAM
- Letter Coloration(s): GOLDENROD
- Pom Pom Coloration(s): BURNT PUMPKIN, GOLDENROD, YELLOW, CREAM
Customized Title Felt Pennant Cake Topper
Etsy strikes once more!
Customized order particulars:
- String Coloration: Cream
- Font Coloration: Cream
- Cake topper Flag shade(s): Pumpkin Spice/Goldenrod/Gold
Occasion Favors
For the reason that get together was a “pool” get together, 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 proper 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 and so they made for lovely pictures!
Better part? They had been truly fairly reasonably priced. I discovered these on sale at Kohl’s and had considered one of their large 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 in the long run as a result of there have been solely 8 children) and these flower slime charms.
First Birthday Occasion Meals and Drinks
We opted for the “minimal effort” route for get together 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 an enormous Costco with sandwiches and many snacks. And, I made fairy bread and solar butter and jelly sandwiches for the youngsters.
Meals from Costco
We had been internet hosting round 30 individuals, so positioned an enormous Costco order with drinks, snacks, and sandwiches. Right here’s our checklist 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)
- Hen Swiss Rolls
- Veggie Platter
Children’ Sandwiches
We made allergen-friendly sandwiches for the youngsters. Fairy bread is an Australian snack constituted of a slice of white bread topped with butter (modify when you have a dairy or nut allergy) and sprinkles. We additionally made DIY solar butter and natural strawberry jelly “Uncrustables.”
NOTE: Now we have quite a lot of allergy symptoms to be conscious of in our pal group and discovered the laborious approach that gluten-free bread is typically made with eggs. If in case you have a baby with egg allergy symptoms 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 may choose 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’ll 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 could have it!
Oliver’s “First Journey Across the Solar” 1st Birthday Occasion in San Diego! It was the proper day spent celebrating our little sunshine!
I additionally shared a reel on Instagram from the big day. Make sure to test it out!
