Safari or Jungle Party Supplies

Kids love animals so a jungle or safari theme is always a popular birthday party choice.  It’s an easy party to style – lots of fun and there are so many supplies online or in stores you could use!

You could either style it with very natural tones and textures, or go bright and colouful – browns and greens or add in reds, yellows and oranges. You can incorporate fun animal prints to really help theme this party.

There is so many items online for this them – here are some of my picks for this theme mainly from vendors on the Life’s Little celebration’s children’s party directory.

 

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Decorations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tableware

Some ideas for whether you want to style the party with a more natural feel, or with bright and fun decor or a mix of both!:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desserts and Accessories

 

 

 

 

 

These rustic stands are perfect to put to use for this theme!:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special Themed Items

 

A few fun items! All the kids would love to be given these at the party. Set up a kids table with all their jungle wear displayed! You could also get other items such as some toy binoculars from a $2 shop etc:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Some fun HIRE items you could use for this theme. View the party directory for all the kids party hire companies across various states.

How amazing would these life size jungle animals be at a jungle or safari party? Kids would love them!:

 

 

 

 

 

You can also view the Entertainment and Venues category on the Directory to help when planning this Jungle / Safari party. Here are a few of the vendors you will find:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Party Favours

 

There are lots of jungle theme party favours online and in the shops. Here are just a few along with some packaging options for your goodies!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Parties

Need some real jungle or safari party inspiration? View these amazing parties for lots of creative ideas!:

Amazing Jungle safari party by Boo Boo and Bear

Love the jungle decorations and styling by Opulenticity Party and Buffet styling

Lots of fantastic ideas in this Jungle 1st birthday by El Evento

Incredible jungle safari party by Miss Deliciouza

Gorgeous Jungle Safari party by Simple Elegance Melbourne

Fun and amazingly styled Jungle party based around Raa Raa the Noisy Lion by I Heart Table Art

Absolutely amazing Jungle/Monkey party by Piece of Cake Parties and Celebrations. Lots of ideas and inspiration!

 

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Hope you have fun planning this party! Your little ones are sure to love it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bee Theme

As we enter the warmer months and garden parties are being planned I thought I’d do a post on a Bee theme which is lovely for the outdoors.

This is cute for boys or girls, baby showers or even for mixed gender twins birthdays! The most common colour scheme seen is yellow/black/white but you could incorporates blues or pinks, or perhaps add some green for a garden feel.

You can combine this theme with a general garden theme, butterfly theme or ladybug theme.

Here are some finds for this theme. Contact me if you would like to order a personalised inspiration board for this theme: lifeslittlec@gmail.com

Invitations/Printables

 

 

 

This lovely printable also includes butterflies. You can see ideas for a Butterfly theme party here.

 

 

A cute design for a girls bee party:

 

Tableware & Sweet Treats

 

 

 

 

 

The perfect drink dispenser for this party is this beehive dispenser! However it’s stylish design means you can still use it for other parties as well:

 

 

 

 

 

Some simple ways to dress up your cake:

 

Lovely yellow stands for your cake:

The above cake stand can also be hired from Tiny Tots Toy Hire (Sydney) as well as the below stand:

 

 

 

Decorations

 

 

 

 

 

It can be useful to have a kids table at your party and hiring this along with some coloured chairs to match your theme is another fun way to decorate the party in it’s theme and colours! If you’re in Sydney these yellow and white kids chairs can be hired from Tiny Tots Toy Hire:

 

Another item you can hire is this yellow canopy which is perfect for your dessert table! This is available in Sydney from Tiny Tots Toy Hire and I am sure you could find something similar for hire in some other states as well:

 

 

Themed Items

 

Instead of party hats, why not give the kids these headbands to wear that can also double as party favours:

 

Perfect for a bee party to give it a garden feel are these grass mats and picket fences:

Grass mats can also be hired from Tiny Tots Toy Hire if you are in Sydney!

 

 

To continue a garden feel you could use these watering cans as centrepieces with flowers inside:

 

 

 

A cute hat for the birthday girl:

 

 

 

Favour & Packaging:

Here are some cute favour ideas for your Bee party!

 

 

 

 

 

 

These honeycomb jars are perfect for filling with treats as party favors:

 

These tote boxes are perfect for this theme:

 

 

Or for something a bit more specialised you could go with these favour bags from ETSY:

Real Parties

A lovely soft bumble bee party on the Imprintables blog

A cute party incorporating green into the colour scheme on the Enchanted Events blog

A stylish bee party by Chelle’s Lolly Buffets featured on the Amy Atlas Blog

Lovely gender reveal bee party by Sharnel Dollar Designs

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Hope you enjoyed this Bee party collection round up and it helped you with your party planning or helped you find some new suppliers for other themes you might be planning for!

 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Theme

Books are such an important part of childhood and I am loving seeing the parties which are being based around a much loved children’s book – such as the Very Hungry Caterpillar which is a book my daughter is just starting to enjoy at the moment!

This party theme can involve bright and bold decorations and also gives you the chance to serve some delicious fruit as an option for your dessert table to match the fruits in the book.

Given that there are so many party themes relating to TV characters, I think that any party theme related to reading/books is a winner in my eyes!

Hope you enjoy my selection of ideas =)

Printables

There is a large range of invitations and printables for this theme. Here are a few I’ve chosen to showcase:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decorations and Tableware

Fabric such as this could be used for backdrops, to make tablecloth from or anything that you creative mum’s can come up with!

 

 

 

These Very Hungry Caterpillar themed pom poms could be hung, or could be used to make a caterpillar as seen below:

 

 

Here are a few other decorating items:

 

 

 

 

 

 

A simple but colourful balloon decorating idea using the below balloons:

 

 

These balloons would also make for fun decorations:

 

This tablecloth could be used on the table or even as a backdrop:

Love these platters for something special on the table. There are more styles to choose from too if you follow the links:

 

Some cute partyware for the food:

 

 

 

 

Sweet Treats

This set of cupcake wrappers and toppers is all you need to theme some simple cupcakes:

Then pop them onto a bright cupcake stand:

These lollies are perfect for this theme:

 

If you are making cake pops then this is a great idea for how you could arrange them:

Love these cake toppers for an easy way to decorate a simple cake! They can be kept as momentos for after the party as well:

Set your cake atop a red cake stand such as this wooden one:

 

Or since we are talking about red cake stands, I can’t help but share these gorgeous ones coming into Sweet Style:

Special theme items

A special hat for the birthday child:

Use a soft or wooden toy as a decoration item. There is even a giant 1.2m caterpillar you can buy ! Perfect for the bedroom/playroom after the party:

 

 

 

Favour Packaging

 

 

 

 

Some favour ideas for this theme include these cute fruit stamps work in well with the fruit foods in the Hungry Caterpillar story even though they don’t match completely:

 

 

 

A book set such as this is great as you can divide up the books and give one to each child:

 

Real Parties

This party theme has had some great parties styled around it. Find more party inspiration here:

A sweet party on the Hello Naomi blog

Some cute food and decorating ideas on the Pink Pistachio blog

Healthy fruit used creatively in this Hungry Little Caterpillar party on Hostess with the Mostess blog

A lovely, simple fruit based dessert table on the Mom Tog diaries blog

Lots of ideas from Pottery Barn kids for the Very Hungry Caterpillar theme

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Hope you enjoy this selection and your child enjoys celebrating their birthday along with their favourite book =)

 

 

 

 

Dorothy the Dinosaur gender-neutral theme

One of Life’s Little Celebrations followers requested a ‘Dorothy the Dinosaur for a boy’ blog post! This is a difficult one since a lot of Dorothy the Dinosaur items are for girls or have pink involved.

However I’ve tried to put together some ideas here of how you could perhaps decorate for this theme – however I apologise as I couldn’t find too much!

When decorating for a party based around a particular character, you don’t need to go down the track of having the licensed character’s plates, cups, decorations etc. You can base the decorations around the colour scheme of the character or some other aspect of the character.

So I’ve based the choices for this party around green and yellow and yellow polkadots with a few Dorothy the Dinosaur items. This is an easy way to style the party while still bringing the theme out.

I have done a previous theme on a general Dinosaur theme and you could incorporate elements from this also into this party theme. You can find that blog post here.

Invitations

It was quite difficult to find Dorothy the Dinosaur invitations which had no pink! This was the only one I could source:

These bottle cap printables could be used on cups, mini bottles, gift tags or as toppers:

 

Decorations

Decorate using the main colours of green and yellow polka dots. You could also choose another colour to mix in with this colour combination (possibly red, or perhaps brown/natural tones). Just a few Dorothy the Dinosaur items can be used around the party to emphasise the theme such as this Dorothy the Dinosaur balloon:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This Dorothy the Dinosaur tail and plush toy (which both come in different sizes) could be used as decorations/props at the party as well as fun gifts for the birthday child after the party too:

 

I’d suggest having a look around the shops as well as it might be easy to find some Dorothy the Dinosaur items which you cannot find online or even things such as Dorothy the Dinosaur wrapping paper or cards which you could cut out and make some decoration items from.

Sweet Treats

These Dorothy the Dinosaur cupcake toppers can be ordered  as a way of decorating your cupcakes:

 

You could also use green icing for your cupcakes and then pop them in these baking cups and use the yellow polka dot cupcake toppers shown below:

 

These cute cake pops look fantastic! Click on the link for the receipe:

These green and yellow polkadot cups are perfect for this colour scheme – you could fill them with various treats on the table:

Favour bags:

For favours you could use general Dinosaur theme favours (some ideas are found in my Dinosaur theme post) or go with a musical feel such as mini musical instruments. Use a packaging option to match in with your colour scheme:

 

These jute sacks are cute and great if you are adding a natural element into the Dorothy the Dinosaur theme:

Cute dinosaur cookie favours with a Dorothy the Dinosaur colour scheme:

Rather than a few little novelty items or lollies you could give each child a Dorothy the Dinosaur book such as this one:

 

Real Parties

Dorothy the Dinosaur tea party by The Inspired Occasion on their blog

Some gorgeous cake ideas for this theme from the Blissfully Sweet blog

 

I hope this has helped somewhat for any of you planning a gender neutral Dorothy the Dinosaur party!

 

 

Pinwheels theme

This cute and unique theme is perfect to bring out the joy and fun of being a child! Little one’s love holding a twirling pinwheel in their hand so why not base a celebration around this?

Pinwheels are also great to team up with another item for example balloons, ribbons or lollipops. They are also versatile little items which you could work into most party themes!

Given the uniqueness of this theme, there is not a lot of specific party items available however all you really need are some pinwheels to really bring this theme alive!

I haven’t included some of my usual categories of tableware and favour packaging in this post as this theme could take on any colour scheme and doesn’t have as many theme related items available – however please see my previous posts for many different tableware and favour packaging ideas!

Invitations/Printables

Choosing a great set of printables can really help you with decorating your party, especially for a theme such as pinwheels where there isn’t alot of theme specific items available.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decorations

Besides pinwheels themselves, these various shaped paper fans would work well into this theme as they mimic giant  pinwheels:

 

 

Sweet Treats

A fantastic way to incorporate pinwheels into your food or dessert table is through the use of these cupcake toppers which could be inserted into a variety of treats:

A truly gorgeous cake topper for this theme!

Special Themed Items

Some lovely items which you could work into your party decor if you wanted something extra special:

 

 

Cute themed party game for the little one’s!:

Gorgeous pinwheel paper you could use for placing on your food platters:

 Pinwheels

The most important decorative element for this theme is of course, Pinwheels! Here are a range of options, some of which could be used as party favours, some could be bunched together for a centrepiece, or displayed creatively for a backdrop:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Love the cute personalised message on these pinwheels!

Fabulous DIY kit with all you need to make your own pinwheels:

These tall buckets are fantastic for displaying some pinwheels:

Tutorials

Click on the below images to take you to some tutorials for how to make your own pinwheel items:

 

 

 

Real Parties

Stylish navy blue and green pinwheels party by Sharnel Dollar Designs

Also loving this soft blue and green pinwheel party by The Princess & the Pirate featured on the Party Inspirations blog.

Love the cake in this vintage style Pinwheel party from Kara’s Party Ideas

Clever use of pinwheels to create a cute and simple backdrop in this Pinwheels and Pearls party on Kara’s Party Ideas

Sweet idea of having pinwheels on the candy jar lids in this 1st birthday also featured on Kara’s Party Ideas

Pink and orange pinwheel party with lovely pinwheels pinned onto the food labels, featured on the Hostess with the Mostess blog

Bright and colourful pinwheel party table featured on the Love the Day blog

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Hope you enjoyed these pinwheels find and they give you some inspiration for this theme or incorporating them into a different theme. I am sure all the little ones will love them!