So, in honor of Sutton and all that he is, we celebrated his first birthday!! (Tears!) Aside from the heartache as I see how quickly time passes (a cliche that couldn’t be more true), it was SUCH a fun day for our family. We enjoyed it so much, not only because all of our friends and family joined us, but because Sutton was over-the-moon giddy. He loved playing with all of the kids and he was wide-eyed with fascination when he saw all of the colorful decorations in our house! He couldn’t get enough of the ball pit or gifts and all of the kids were super hyper from the excessive amount of sweets to be found on every table.
I decided on the birthday theme, “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” from the well-known Dr. Seuss book. I loved this theme for two main reasons:
1. I’m an avid reader and Sutton is slowly turning into one as well. Books are my jam.
2. The COLORS!
I love colorful things. If my house could look like Candy Land, I would be the happiest person in the world. So this was obviously the next best thing!
*Beautiful photos taken by Des & Dave Photography and mattandtish.com*
The cake and smash cake were made by Kim’s Cake Studio! She always does such an incredible job on our cakes!
I filled vases with pastel Sixlets that I found at Hobby Lobby, striped straws and blue gum balls that I found in the party section at Target! I purchased the lollipops from my local specialty candy store.
My sister-in-law, Tynisha, did an absolutely incredible job helping with the decorations! She’s a party-planner-in-the-making, so please contact me if you’re interested in having her help you out! She and her husband made all of the wood crates and signs by hand. The hanging balloons were made of card stock, string and cardboard for the basket.
Each table had a handmade ‘fence’ with fake grass, a pinwheel and truffula tree inside. The hot-air balloons are made of paper maiche with straws connecting them to a tin can wrapped in twine. We bought the ‘S’ for Sutton at Hobby Lobby and painted it orange! A huge thank you to Kara’s Party Ideas for the fun concepts!
The ball pit was such a hit! The kids were outside for nearly the entire party – I loved that it was something Sutton could join in on, even at his age. I purchased the balls from Wal-Mart and the blow-up pool from Costco!
This sign was my favorite! Isn’t it so cute?!
The picture below is Sutton’s one year photo that I put into all of his invitations. My sweet boy!
I would love to hear from you! Let me know in the comments below what your son and/or daughter’s first year birthday theme was!! Thanks for reading!
So Much Love,
Lindsey
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Oh this is truly stunning birthday styling. Hope your beautiful boy had the best day!
Such great ideas! I love the ball pool. And the cake... amazing!
You can come do my birthday party anytime. I don't know where to begin because I love everything you have done here. Food, cake, decorations everything.
Oh my! What a sweet first birthday. Love it all.
Such a cute party! We did Horton Hears a Who (our son is a dwarf and we love the quote "A Person's A Person, No Matter How Small") - LOVE your cake!
What an adorable first birthday! I'm so impressed! What a lucky little guy you have.
Such a fun idea for a first birthday party. Happy one-year, Sutton! Our daughter is going to be one in a couple months, and I'm so excited to plan her party. :D
This is the absolute cutest! Love the cake, sign and balloons! http://www.lovelifeincolor.com
You did such an amazing job on this! I love Dr. Seuss trees but never thought of eating them!
This has got to be the best birthday theme I've ever seen. Great job on all of the decorations! They read this book to us at high school graduation and everyone teared up.