So it has been almost a month since we had Joe's first birthday party, and I am still recovering! His first birthday was such a great time, and I can't believe that big milestone is already over. We decided to have a Noah's Ark themed birthday party. I want to share some of the photos with all of you.
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| Noah's Ark Cake and Smash Cake |
I was one of those crazy mothers that decided that I could make my son's first birthday cake. Don't get me wrong I am glad that I gave myself this challenge but I now understand why people pay good money for cakes instead of making and decorating the cake themselves. I posted the photos of the cake and smash cake that I made. Another day I will post some information about how all of this came together. I took some photos of the cake in process, in case anyone else was as crazy as me!
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| Noah's Ark Cake |
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| Noah's Ark Smash Cake |
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| Noah's Ark 1st Birthday Cake |
After spending hours looking at Pinterest for first birthday ideas I decided to create a treat table to go with the Noah's Ark theme. I got glass jars at Christmas Tree Shoppes and filled them with goodies. I used gummi bears, Swedish fish, goldfish, animal crackers, and chocolate animal crackers. I also made rice krispies treats with every intention of cutting them into animal shapes but I ran out of time because the cake took my much longer than I expected.
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| Treat Table |
In addition to the treats I picked up plastic boats from Dairy Queen so that each guest could fill a boat with treats to take home with them. My husband helped and made the sign below "Save the Animals Fill your Ark". I thought that turned out cute.
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| Everyone gets an Ark! |
I also found this great fruit bowl idea on Pinterest. I love the Noah's Ark fruit bowl. I can't take credit for this masterpiece my mother made this for the party. I can take credit for the plastic animals I picked them up at Wal- Mart. In addition to the ark she used cookie cutters to cut the pineapple into shapes.
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| Noah's Ark Fruit Bowl |
Finally, I decided to give everyone an animal shaped cookie cutter to remember Joe's first birthday. I had every intention of attaching a cute little tag with a little saying on each cookie cutter but it just never happened. The were put in a basket by the door with a thank you sign. I know that I had weeks to get the tags on the cookie cutters but sometimes life just gets away from you.
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| Cookie Cutter Party Favors |
In a nutshell that was Joe's first birthday party! I hope some of these photos give you some great ideas for your next party!
