For E's first birthday, I really wanted to go all out and make things super special. I want all of his birthdays to be special, of course, but turning one year old is a big deal! Since Ethan is too little to really have preferences yet (or at least, preferences in terms of party themes), we went with a superhero theme since he loves his Superman, to the Rescue! book, getting flown around the house by Daddy while the Superman theme song is playing, and he totally rocks his Superman t-shirt.
With no further ado, here are pics from Ethan's first birthday Superhero Birthday Bash!
We found some great superhero wrapping paper at Target and wrapped the front door to welcome guests. The Spiderman mask topped it off, with a speech bubble made from construction paper telling guests to come on in.
This is a photo of our dining room, where the food and cakes were. The table had a two-tone tablecloth with Superman accents made from cardstock. The centerpiece is from Oriental Trading.
Our living room. It took awhile to make those paper chains hanging from the ceiling, but I love how they look. I also made construction paper circle fans for the mirror, and we draped Ethan's Superman quilt over the back of the couch.
This is a close up of the buffet in the dining room. We made the backdrop by covering the wall art that is usually hanging up there with bulletin board paper (the blue), and then adding black buildings (also made from bulletin board paper), yellow stars and windows (construction paper), and a giant E (construction paper). The inspiration for this backdrop is from Pinterest (found here).
The snack tower was purchased from Oriental Trading. It came with the little cones and everything. We filled them with birthday cake flavored Oreos and birthday cake flavored Goldfish.
The plates, utensils, and the polka dot napkins are from Party City. The Spiderman cups are from Target, and the Superman napkins are from Amazon.
My stepmom made this E out of cardstock. It looks amazing and was the perfect decoration for E's highchair!
The amazingly delicious cake from Icing on the Cake bakery. E got his own little smash cake, so we picked a flavor we thought everyone would like. Banana cake is the top seller at the bakery, so we got that. Aren't the decorations cute? They did such a nice job.
Another view of the buffet.
The food table. We went with Chik-fil-a catering for ease and for tastiness. Plus, Ethan loves chicken nuggets, and we thought they would be pretty kid friendly. We also had a mini sandwich platter and a salad platter. To round things off, there are graham crackers with cinnamon dip, and a fruit plate.
This is a table with items for a time capsule. Each card had different questions on it about the future, both E's future and the future in general. Guests were asked to fill out the cards and place them in the box. We'll open the box when Ethan turns 18 years old. Super fun!
A shot of the favors. The Spiderman cups are from Target. I filled them with superhero gummies, superhero rubber duckies (from Oriental Trading), a Batman pencil (from Party City), and a glitter star bouncy ball (from Amazon).
A close up of our fireplace mantel. The figures are Fisher-Price Lil' People E got from his MomMom Cindy. The garland I made using strips of fabric tied around a piece of bias tape.
A bigger view of the mantel. The collage over the fireplace was made by covering the existing painting with bulletin board paper. Next, I took the covers off of fifteen vintage comic books (purchased at the local comic book store for $1 a piece!), and then cutting out bigger pictures of Superman from unused covers. The letters at the top were cut out of construction paper.
A little decoration for the side wall - pics of E with circle fans made from extra pages of the above mentioned comic books.
Superman! He was hanging from the middle of our ceiling fan.
We put pics of E everywhere, even clipped to this decorative piece above the tv!
More paper chains decorating the banister.
Photos of E decorating the stairway.
Guests were asked to bring a donation to Toys for Tots in lieu of a present for Ethan (who would rather play with a tube of Chapstick than anything else). This pic was taken early on, but by the end of the party this whole bench was covered with toys for donation. We are so grateful to our friends for that!
Ethan's smash cake! It was vanilla with vanilla frosting.
Ethan covered in graham cracker crumbs rocking his Superman shirt!
A bit suspicious before the cake smash ...
... and he was most definitely not a fan!
And that was E's first birthday bash! Our little super baby had a blast playing with his friends and family, and we had a blast getting to be this little boy's mom and dad. Off to more adventures!
A huge thanks to my dad, stepmom, and hubby for all of their help prepping for this party. My stepmom made pretty much the whole backdrop behind the buffet and stapled literally dozens and dozens of paper chains together, in addition to making the super E for the highchair and Ethan's "1" cape. Dad picked up the cake, glued on all of the windows on the backdrop, and helped to hang all of those paper chains. My amazing hubby made the picture wall going up the stairs, and helped with all of the hanging. Love you guys tons. xoxo
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