Little man party theme

A little man theme has become a popular party theme lately for young boys, and especially 1st birthdays. This theme focuses heavily on the image of a mustache however often also incorporates bow-ties or ties as well.

It is an easy party to style through the use of printables and attaching mustaches to items such as candy jars, balloons, cups, favour bags etc

I’ve based the selections in this blog post around black/white as well as some chevron items which is often incorporated into this theme to give it a modern feel. You can find more chevron finds in this blog post.

However I don’t think this theme should only be styled around black/white – the invitation/printable section of this blog post will give you some ideas for colour schemes for this theme.

You can also find my pinterest board for this theme here with more ideas.

Here are my selections:

 

Invitations and Printables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Decorations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tableware

Love this clever tablerunner:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These mustache adhesives are perfect for attaching to a range of items:

 

 

 

 

 

Melamine platters are fantastic for kids parties and these black ones are perfect for this theme:

 

 

 

Sweet Treats

Love these mustache lollipops!:

 

Create mustache cookies with these cutters which also includes a stamper to stamp on a design:

 

Make your own chocolate mustaches using these moulds:

 

 

 

Easy decorating for your cupcakes or even savoury items with these toppers:

 

 

 

Theme your ice-cubes with this mould!:

 

An easy way to style a cake using this topper:

 

 

 

 

Themed items

A popular idea for a Mustache party is the use of a photo booth and supplying guests with mustaches to play with:

 

 

 

 

Favours

Cute mustache shaped soaps! :

 

Perfect favour boxes & bags for this theme:

 

 

 

You could attach mustaches to these bags to theme them:

 

 

 

Use this stamp to create your own gift tags:

 

 

 

Perfect washi tape to use to attach a gift tag to your favours and to use for other decorating for this theme:

 

 

Real Parties

Find more ideas by viewing these Little Man parties:

Lovely and stylish 1st birthday in greens and blues featured on Hostess with the Mostess

Father and Son mustache bash with a slightly vintage look from Kara’s Party Ideas

Love the backdrop in this Little Man party from Project Nursery blog

Cute Little Man party in yellow, black and grey from the Bondville blog

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Hope you enjoyed the round up of ideas and they help when planning to celebrate your little man!

Remembering to stop…and just enjoy the party!

It seems the busy time leading up to one of my children’s birthday parties always gets me in a reflective mood! I wrote a post back in 2011 in the lead up to my other daughters’ first birthday party  reminding myself on what the essence of her birthday party was all about!

I am finally feeling organised for Naomi’s 1st birthday party…. decorations are ready, treats have been collected, favours are packaged up and I feel on top of things.

Of course there is the minor detail (hurricane….tornado) of the actual set up and hosting of the party, ensuring guests are fed and enjoying themselves and my little girl is happy!

However this morning amidst me thinking of all the things I need to do the morning of the party (we aren’t having it at home – so whole setup at another venue) I decided to now….just enjoy it.

With the effort and time which goes into putting together a birthday party – it all goes to waste if I don’t enjoy the occasion and actually joyfully celebrate my child. It can be too easy to actually forget to do this !

So I am going to enjoy chatting to the guests, enjoy eating the treats,  enjoy watching the kids be entertained and enjoy seeing my daughter’s face light up when everyone sings her happy birthday and even try and enjoy the hurried setup in the morning.

Since the party is at another venue (with limited time) I actually decided to have our photographer come and do an early birthday photoshoot of my little girl to make sure we get some nice photos of her when she is calm and not too tired or overwhelmed at her party. It also takes a bit of the stress out from the actual day of the party without trying to squeeze in some special pictures of just her:

I know on the day of her party I will still need to run around and will still collapse in a heap at the end of the day…BUT I am going to enjoy myself while doing it and remember to celebrate this first year of my daughter’s life at her party.