1st Birthday Party Theme

Last week was my daughters 1st Birthday.  I'm going to share some of the things I did to put her party together.  Hopefully these ideas will help when you plan your little ones party.

DECORATIONS

I went to Party Max and Dollarama to pick up the decorations.
This is what I picked up from each store.

Party Max
-pink plastic plates
-1st Birthday Banner
-invitations
-1st birthday hat
-1st birthday bib
-high chair decorating kit
-1st birthday cake plates
-1st birthday napkins
-I ordered helium balloons to be picked up on day of party
-sign me dog

Dollarama
-pink table cloth
-pink cutlery
-pink napkins
-pink and white streamers
-pink cupcake liners

FOOD/DRINKS

This is the food and drinks I served.

-meatballs
-meat and cheese tray
-buns
-chips
-goldfish
-cabbage rolls
-oreos dipped in icing
-spinach dip
-veggie straws
-watermelon
-grapes
-srtawberries
-cake / cupcakes
-ice cream
-pop
-juice
-water
-punch

 I saw on Pinterest oreos dipped in chocolate.  I hate melting chocolate .  Something always goes wrong no matter how I do it so I thought I'd save myself the hassle and use icing.  I bought a can of icing and used food colouring to tint it.  I put the icing in a bowl and melted it in the microwave . You should stir every 10 seconds until the icing drips off the spoon.  You don't need to melt the whole can of icing at once I did bits at a time .  Once the icing was melted I dipped half the oreo in and placed it on wax paper.  Then put some sprinkles on it before the icing set.  To save on time I made these a few days before and kept them in the freezer. 

 

For the cake I made a 6" fondant white cake .  I had it displayed on cake plates and pillars.  Under the cakes I also made cupcakes.  I served the cupcakes for the party and kept the 6" cake for my daughter to smash the next day which was her actual birthday.

I also picked up a sign me dog for everyone at the party to sign.  I was a bit upset since my other 2 kids had a bear but they only sell the dogs now.  Not that big of a deal lol but I was hoping they would all have the same one.

Jenn

Happy Valentine's Day! Heart nail design and heart muffins!

Valentine's Day isn't something my husband and I celebrate. But we love to try and make it fun for the kids. Yesterday I made some heart shaped muffins so they could have for breakfast to get them in the Valentine's Day spirit. I picked up some silicone heart shaped muffin molds at the dollar store and because I didn't have time to make them from scratch I used some MacMillans muffin batter.

If you haven't heard of MacMillans they have a great selection of muffin and cookie batters along with frozen pizzas, cheesecakes, fruit and vegetables and tons of other products. If you would like to know more about MacMillans click here. The thing I love about it is I can take it out of the freezer the night before and after I use it I can put it back in the freezer after I use what I need. The muffin batter will keep in the fridge up to 3 weeks or in the freezer up to 6 months and any unused portions can be refrozen.

Here is what they looked like after baking. I'm so glad I bought these molds. I think they look so cute!