My candy boy’s first journey across the solar!
We spent probably the most good sunny day celebrating our personal little sunshine’s first birthday with household and mates. I’m unsure if I’ll ever be capable of look again at these pictures with out tearing up.
If you happen to’re on the lookout for inspiration on your personal “First Journey Across the Solar” 1st celebration
— from decorations to occasion favors to meals —
I’m sharing all the small print of Oliver’s special occasion in San Diego!
Social gathering Particulars & Decorations
In terms of occasion decorations, just a few superb native San Diego female-owned manufacturers (a lot of whom I used for my child bathe!) helped make the day so particular!
Balloons by Collect and Pop Balloons
They create biodegradable balloon installations that make the entire setting severely *pop*. We added attractive trains of balloons to the arch backdrop of his cake smash station and his bounce home. Retaining with the “solar” theme, we opted for heat and brilliant colours!
Furnishings & Prop Leases from Boho Babes
We went via Boho Babes to hire the cane backdrop, cane cake stand, and umbrella for his cake smash space. And the lovely mini attan clothes rack for the pool ponchos for the children.
They have been in a position to design the “First Journey Across the Solar” signal for the backdrop which was the proper contact and introduced the theme collectively superbly!
I completely love furnishings leases for events—it’s such a simple technique to remodel an area like your yard into no matter you dream of!
Mini White Bounce Home from Inflate San Diego
Comfortable play objects are good for first birthdays! Oliver LOVED working round his bounce home and the older youngsters jumped for hours. It additionally made for ADORABLE pictures!
Ice Cream Cart from Little Fox Cups + Cones
I’ll discuss extra about Little Fox’s ice cream tacos within the meals part, however I like that this doubled as dessert and decor!
The rental from Little Fox included the darling bike with a floral association for the basket.
Sensory Bins
My mates run an unimaginable firm, SD Little Wonders, that does speech and sensory play pop-up occasions and personal events round San Diego. They arrange water and kinetic san sensory bins for the children to play with within the yard!
1st Birthday Smash Cake
My mother made his cake utilizing this wholesome smash cake recipe sweetened with maple syrup as an alternative of sugar. The “bare cake” model is definitely tremendous simple to DIY. You may at all times totally cowl it with the yogurt frosting for a extra completed look.
Actually, I used to be apprehensive the cake may not be very yummy but it surely was actually scrumptious. And, as you’ll be able to see, he practically completed your entire factor himself!
Rattan Cake Stand
This was really a rattan flower pot stand that I discovered on Amazon and it labored completely!
“One” Felt Pennant Excessive Chair Banner
Etsy, in fact!
Customized order particulars:
- String Sort: White Wire
- Flag Shade(s): CREAM
- Letter Shade(s): GOLDENROD
- Pom Pom Shade(s): BURNT PUMPKIN, GOLDENROD, YELLOW, CREAM
Customized Title Felt Pennant Cake Topper
Etsy strikes once more!
Customized order particulars:
- String Shade: Cream
- Font Shade: Cream
- Cake topper Flag shade(s): Pumpkin Spice/Goldenrod/Gold
Social gathering Favors
Because the occasion was a “pool” occasion, I opted for these lovely little swim ponchos and my bff made the customized kiddie sun shades! We displayed them on the little rattan clothes rack (from Lease Boho Babes) by the pool—it was the proper contact!
Hooded Swim Ponchos
I like this a lot that I wish to do matching outfits or equipment for all of his birthdays. The youngsters have been thrilled and so they made for lovely pictures!
Better part? They have been really fairly reasonably priced. I discovered these on sale at Kohl’s and had considered one of their large 30% off coupons, making them round $14 every.
DIY Title Sun shades
These are tremendous simple to make! We purchased this pack of youngsters’ sun shades (I might’ve purchased much less ultimately as a result of there have been solely 8 youngsters) and these flower slime charms.
First Birthday Social gathering Meals and Drinks
We opted for the “minimal effort” route for occasion meals. As an alternative of a cake to serve, we had the Little Fox ice cream taco cart which was self-serve. For meals, we positioned a giant Costco with sandwiches and plenty of snacks. And, I made fairy bread and solar butter and jelly sandwiches for the children.
Meals from Costco
We have been internet hosting round 30 folks, so positioned a giant Costco order with drinks, snacks, and sandwiches. Right here’s our listing for inspo!
- Juice packing containers
- Coconut water
- Glowing water
- Seltzers (alcoholic)
- Beer
- Water bottles
- Applesauce pouches
- Pirate’s Booty
- Selection Pack of Chips (Hippeas or PopCorners)
- Rooster Swiss Rolls
- Veggie Platter
Children’ Sandwiches
We made allergen-friendly sandwiches for the children. Fairy bread is an Australian snack constituted of a slice of white bread topped with butter (modify in case you have a dairy or nut allergy) and sprinkles. We additionally made DIY solar butter and natural strawberry jelly “Uncrustables.”
NOTE: We now have a number of allergic reactions to be conscious of in our buddy group and discovered the laborious method that gluten-free bread is usually made with eggs. You probably have a baby with egg allergic reactions and a baby with gluten intolerance, you would possibly want to purchase two kinds of bread.
Ice Cream Tacos
This was such a tasty deal with from Little Fox Cups & Cones! You may choose which taste ice cream tacos you need — we opted for the plant-based gluten-free “Let Them Eat Cake” taste (which I like that they will do!).
Gotta love the rainbow sprinkles!
Useful Tip:
Customized Cookies
As a parting “thanks” reward, we gave out “First Journey Across the Solar” themed cookies from Christina’s Confections.
There you’ve it!
Oliver’s “First Journey Across the Solar” 1st Birthday Social gathering in San Diego! It was the proper day spent celebrating our little sunshine!
I additionally shared a reel on Instagram from the special occasion. You’ll want to test it out!
