Elephant Birthday Party!

Fortunately, time does not stand still for projects like bathroom renovations.  During the last three weeks between bathroom projects, we've had a lot of other stuff to do too.  My favorite thing was helping my cousin plan and create the first birthday party of her son, and my Godson, Beckett. 

This awesome little man spent his first 52 weeks posing with an elephant, so it was only fitting that we top the year off with an elephant party. 

This elephant punch from Martha Stewart's line at Michael's made all the difference!

Morgan (Beckett's Mommy) came over one evening and we let our boys sleep while we got our craft on.  Yes, this party did include pizza and some beers- it's not your mother's crafting party!

I created these menu cards by making the elephant design in illustrator, and putting it all together in InDesign.  Printed out on cardstock, all I had to do was cut them out individually and fold in the middle. 

 

And those big letter circles were also just printed out on card stock:

...and attached with these adorable mini clothes pins Morgan had:

...to some card stock triangles we cut out to make this awesome pennant. That was Morgan's genius idea- see why I love the girl?

I also designed 2 different stickers that I printed on name badge stickers.  We attached them to these cute little paper sacks to make personal popcorn bags. 

My favorite thing were these adorable cupcake toppers we put together.  The easiest way to decorate a cupcake that I know of!

Peanuts and animal crackers made the perfect simple and yummy snacks for this party theme.

 

 

The party was totally adorable and a huge success!  But the best part was the smile on this little guy's face. 

Come on Mom- enough with the pictures already! :)

 

 Happy first birthday Beckett!  We love you!

UPDATE:  Here's the link to create your own menu cards if it helps!