My little E just turned one!! As I was making her first birthday plans I found the internet invaluable in finding ideas to complete the Bee theme I wanted, so I'm sharing my party in hopes that it will help someone else out there!
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| This is our birthday invitation. |
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| I used everything black, white, and yellow. It made it easier to pull it all together! |
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| Lots of black and yellow candy: lemon drops, black licorice, lemon heads, salt water taffy, etc. |
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| Loved my birthday banner! |
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| Chocolate cake with yellow frosting and bee cupcake toppers. I also made water bottle labels for our water bottles, which was my favorite decoration/party treat! I just googled water bottle template and personalized it with "Happy Bee-Day" along with E's birthdate. |
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| This is the room halfway done, I forgot to take one when it was all finished. I made the little black puffy balls hanging from the lights (another Pinterest find) and I found the polka dot balloons at Walmart. |
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| My happy little birthday bee! I found her shirt at The Children's Place and it says Queen Bee on the front. Perfect! |
I also made little bee antennae out of black headbands and pipe cleaners for everyone to wear instead of party hats, but E wouldn't wear hers. On the party menu we had
Creamy Chicken Taquitos, chips with fresh homemade salsa,
sweet and sour meatballs, Jalepeno jelly and crackers,
Brazilian lemonade, and a
Chocolate Eclair cake! It was a delicious, and successful, first birthday party! I'm no party diva, but hopefully this sparks your creativity and will help you create the perfect party for someone! Happy planning!
