Oh! Two Wild Birthday Party

Jan 28, 2020
2 min read

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Safari Two Wild Party
Birthday Cake
Smash Cake Time

My little one turned two couple days ago so we had a toddler party celebration. Initially, only seven people RSPV, so we decided to have the celebration at home. Since it’s a January birthday event (cold) and the weather is unpredictable I didn’t see any downside.

Did you know in order to book a venue here in Portland, you need to reserve two month prior to the event? We booked a space last year and had around 20 attendees and the space felt empty. This year we had around 10 mom’s and their little ones, as well as a handful of close friends and family.

My daughter, Madelyn is really into safari animals and sharks! A TWO WILD party was in order.

I had four different stations:

A black teepee covered in stars with pillows and stuff animals inside.

ABC blue foam play-mat that led into a cardboard shark mouth. The shark mouth was the opening to the ball-pit. I created two cardboard boxes (toddler activity). And had mini stuff sea creatures on the play-mat. A great sea adventure:

Circus tent with a toddler couch inside. We also put out the mini trampoline so the kiddos can jump around and feel like they are part of the circus. I made a lion piñata, felt lion, and cardboard train (toddler activities):

(images of train toddler activity)

The Circus lead into the animal mask station:

(images of mask toddler activity)

For the photo station, I created a cardboard Jeep. The toddlers posed with paper-roll binoculars! Placemat and license plate were made with Xyron Glaminator.

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To go with the theme, I made couple of balloon garlands and banners. Definitely, helps to tie in all the stations together.

Monkey Hanging
Details of balloons
Details of ballon garland
Paper twigs with Monkeys

To eat, I wanted easy snacks, a grazing table: I used a local vendor: Taste + Color

Thank you, Michelle for the delicious food & setup for Madelyns’s 2nd bday party! My hands were literally full! I wouldn’t have been able to do it without you.