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 =)

 

 

 

 

Rockstar party theme

Rockstar and Disco parties seem to becoming more popular recently – perhaps because of shows such as X-factor, The Voice etc or just generally because music will always be loved by kids!

I’ve based my selections on this blog post around the colours of pink, purple, gold, silver and black. By no means am I suggesting you combine all these colours for this party, but most girl rock star parties seem to feature one or two of these colours. For boys – any colour scheme seems to work although red seems to be a popular inclusion. Another way to style this party is use neon colours to make it really bright and bold!

For this theme think disco balls, guitars, music notes, stars, shimmer and sparkle with bold colours. Have fun activity/areas such as a rockstar dress up station, photobooth area, karoke area and craft such as ‘decorate your own guitar’.

Hope this blog post gives you lots of ideas! Remember to visit the Life’s Little Celebration’s party directory for vendors to use for this theme. Plenty of suppliers who can also create something custom made to match your theme and colour scheme.

 

Rock Star party Invitations/Printables

I’ve chosen printables suiting a range of colour schemes because really anything can work as long as you decorate the party to match your chosen colours.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decorations & Tableware

Bring some sparkle to your party with some of these decorations:

 

 

 

 

A tinsel curtain such as this would be great at the entrance to your party area or perhaps serve as a backdrop for a photo booth area:

For your main hanging decorations and backdrop I think anything can work as long as it’s bold in whatever colour scheme you are going with.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guitar streamer decorations like this would be great used in any part of your party area:

 

A cute guitar garland for a boy’s rock star party that you could then hang in his room afterwards:

 

Another lovely decoration which would be great in a kid’s bedroom for after the party. Simple and stylish:

 

A few possible items for your tableware for your kid’s food table:

 

 

 

 

Sweet Treats

A few items which could be used on your dessert table:

 

 

 

 

 

Unique cupcake wrappers which can be made in your choice of colour:

 

This bright cake stand is  perfect for the party table:

 

 

 

Love this cake topper !

Bright neon candles perfect for a rockstar party:

 

Rock Star party – special theme items

This ‘design your own guitar kit’ would be a fantastic party activity for the kids:

 

 

 

A photo booth area is perfect for a rock star party. Have some props such as glasses, wigs and inflatable items for the kids to pose with:

 

 

 

 

Give out VIP passes to all the kids as they arrive at the party:

 

These items could be used as favours or given for the kids to wear during the party itself. You could have a ‘dress as a rockstar’ station with various items for them to get dressed up in.

 

 

 

Favour packaging

Some stylish options for your favour packaging:

 

 

 

 

Top off your packaging with this twine in either silver or gold stripe:

 

Real Parties

Lots of inspiration and ideas in this fantastic ‘World Tour’ rock star party by Sharnel Dollar featured on her blog

Great vibrant colours and decorations in this rockstar party by Cakes by Sharon featured on the Little Big Company blog

Love the giant black balloon backdrop used for this Rockstar party by Modern Moments Custom Design

Some great ideas in this rockstar party including a canvas backdrop with stars which wouldn’t be too hard to put together- from the Capturing Joy blog

I love the simple but effective disco ball decorations in this dessert table on the My Busy Little Life blog

A stylish disco party in fuschia and pink on the Thomas Robert photography blog

Wonderful ‘so you think you can sing’ party by Lilian from Lily Chic Events with some great styling ideas, on the Catch My Party website

Creative ideas in this “party like a rockstar’ party by Anders Ruff on their blog

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As you can see, there are so many fun ways to decorate and plan for this party! Just keep it bright, bold and have fun with it as the kids are bound to enjoy this music theme!

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!

 

 

Delightful Drink Dispensers!

A drink dispenser is a wonderful way to serve a special refreshment at your party and can be used at both kids and adult celebrations.

I’ve noticed a lot of new styles being available lately so here is a run down of some beverage dispenser options if you are on the lookout for your next party! Just click on the image below to take you to where you can buy these from and in some cases – to view more beverage dispensers for sale at those online stores. There are so many different styles available – this is just a sample =)

 

 

The touch of gold on this dispenser is just gorgeous!

 

 

This two part drink dispenser has a lovely unique look and allows you to store ice or fruit down the bottom – looks great!

 

Love the wicker basket base to this dispenser:

 

 

 

A unique shaped dispenser – love the cute tap

 

 

I’m loving the crown emblem on this dispenser:

Enjoy your drink dispenser shopping!

 

Planning a small soiree?

We have recently welcomed into the world our second daughter and for her Baptism celebration I am keeping it very small with only immediate family. However I still want to do something special for this occasion and for her.

I know my family won’t care how nice the cake looks, whether there is any decorations etc and I really don’t NEED to organise anything that special! However my view is that the occasion is special, my daughter is precious and therefore deserves something lovely to celebrate this day! Not to mention the fact that I enjoy doing things like this when I get the chance =)

I won’t be having a full dessert table and I know that extra candy and sweets will go to waste if I order them. So I’ve been thinking about how to style something sweet and small when there won’t be many desserts. I think it is more enjoyable sometimes to create something small as you need to be more creative in how to decorate and style and present things since the table won’t be overflowing with a lot of sweet items.

Props and memorabilia can fill a table nicely and make it meaningful. Items such as a photo of the little girl/boy, their candle from the ceremony, fresh flowers and candy jars filled with decorative items rather than sweets are all some simple ideas of dressing up the table.

The other point to think about is where to set up the sweets/dessert. A small celebration means you may be able to be more creative with how you display the cake and desserts as you don’t need as much room as a trestle table/dining table provides. You may have a small occasional table in your home that would be perfect for a small occasion:

 

Another wonderful example of something gorgeous but small is this setup by Bianca from A Little Delightful who put together a tea party for 2, for her 2 children:

Here is some more inspiration of small dessert tables which use lovely props to style the table:

 

 

I am looking forward to styling something small and special.

What about you? What is the smallest number of people at a celebration you have organised? Do you prefer to style something for a small or a large celebration?