Miss 2's Bird party

Most of you probably already know that I'm a sucker for Children's party's..
I love the decorating, the organising, the fun, the laughter and the food :P

I make fairy bread, not because my kids are all that fond of it...but because I loooove it and it brings fond memories back of my childhood.

Last year for Thalia's birthday we had a ladybug cake but due to her being so young we didn't get too carried away with the theme apart from the cake and loot bags.

This year that she has blossomed in her personality, knows exactly what a birthday and birthday party is... a big smile appeared on my face and the planning begun.

With Thalia's help the theme was picked ...BIRDS


As the planning and decorations progressed, it turned into a theme of blue birds and pink blossoms
- a colour and picture combination that seemed just perfect for our little girl.

In preparation to my munchkins birthday parties in the last 2 years or so, we seem to have developed a bit of a unplanned tradition. A month or weeks prior to the party my munchkins and I dabble in crafty creations based on the party theme to decorate our house.

This both creates art/craft activities for us to do leading to the excitement of a party, saves us on party costs for decorations/loot bags, makes a nice homemade personal touch to the party and adds to the fun.

I love baking the cake and party foods and attempting to make them fit the theme....thank goodness I enjoy baking, as it can often be a challenge to come up with new and exciting cakes/party foods that are allergy friends and suit my children's requirements as well as tasting good for our guests.

below are some photo's from Thalia's bird party- a lovely afternoon/night with many friends


a cute caged birdie to
join in on the celebration!



out the back

handmade my mummy - Thalia's own  paper bunting
laminated for a keepsake or room decoration.

birdie tree tables decoration

birthday girl checking out her new kitchen before most of the guests arrive

a very precious photo of Thalia and her great Grandma

 

party bags and blue bird nest

some of the party food

The Craft table- compete with lots of chunky glitter,
foam stickers, crayons, bird pictures and glue
for lots of crafty fun.

The birthday girl playing with play dough
a must for a little person's party...
pssst and big people like it too

water play

 

Our very full pool on a very hot day

Cake time!! sadly I didn't remember to get a close up photo of the cake
but it's a chocolate nest made from Chocolate Aero bars
and homemade honeycomb covered in chocolate.
Inside the nest are 3 cupcake birds with eyes and beaks,
Thalia's cupcake had a lolly worm in it's mouth :)

3 good friends enjoying cake

pass the parcel

birthday girl wearing her new much loved Dorothy tail.
a very big wiggles fan.

Her new kitchen and homemade birdie wall art

All the wonderful pressies, thanks to all her beautiful friends ox

There will be a later post focused on all our homemade bird art and how we did it. :)

hope you enjoyed looking through our party pics

Vintage doll cot bargin :)

Just before Christmas, I strolled through a local opp shop looking for any interesting things and was thrilled when I came across this beautiful old style wooden doll cot for all of $6!!!!

I love that my little girl will now be able to enjoy the experience of having her very own vintage doll cot for play, something you just don't see in the shops these days.

It's solid wood and obviously built by someone rather than being mass produced. When gently pushed it rocks to lull the doll to sleep :D
No batteries or plastic included :P SOLD!!

My little girl has not seen the cot just yet as I need to sand it back,give it a repaint to clean it up and give it a little face lift.
Seeing as her birthday is at the beginning of feb and she will be given a gorgeous new doll from a relative, it's the perfect timing to get it ready for the big reveal.

I can't wait to see the expression on her little pixie face when she sees this lovely treasure.