Yes, I made it to the office!
Kick-starting my backlog of birthday party posts. This blog post is dedicated to the simple (yes simple!) preparations I made for Ian's birthday party back in November.
Unlike Aiden's Star Wars birthday party early in the year, the hype leading up to this was unbelievably laid back. Somehow, I took it easy... way too easy, I must say! I scouted the event location the week before India, traveled to India, came home from India and literally had exactly 7 days before the party.
A picture is worth a thousand words, hence here are some photos of my DIY adventures for Ian's Thomas Train birthday party:
Just for the record, some free printables for Thomas the Train parties here.
Kick-starting my backlog of birthday party posts. This blog post is dedicated to the simple (yes simple!) preparations I made for Ian's birthday party back in November.
Unlike Aiden's Star Wars birthday party early in the year, the hype leading up to this was unbelievably laid back. Somehow, I took it easy... way too easy, I must say! I scouted the event location the week before India, traveled to India, came home from India and literally had exactly 7 days before the party.
A picture is worth a thousand words, hence here are some photos of my DIY adventures for Ian's Thomas Train birthday party:
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| After hours of research online, we decided to do a 3D Thomas cake for the party. |
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| Moist chocolate cake. Recipe here. It was a buttercream nightmare, but I persevered because Ian loves this particular chocolate cake! |
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| Too many edges to the cake (fondant nightmare!) hence I had to cover the cake with fondant, half by half. |
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| The middle joint is clearly seen here, but with some brilliant camouflage....... |
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| Tadaaaaa... no more middle joint! |
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| The side profile of the cake. |
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| This took a good 3 hours to do. Cookie toppers - Thomas and Percy! |
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| You must be waiting for photos of the dessert table! Well two engineers tried to attempt this, and failed miserably. It took a lot of hair pulling and screams of exasperation to fit the train tracks on the table. The end result? Wait for the next post! |
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| Yes, we had the party at McDonalds! In keeping to the spirit of keeping things simple, I decided to use the provided invites, rather than making personalized ones. |
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| Decided to forego personalized printing on the boys' t-shirts. Instead, I decided to do some sewing! Purchased plain t-shirts from MD Textile and coloured felt from Daiso and Mr DIY. Couldn't get the exact Thomas blue, but this was close enough, I guess? |
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| Okay, I cheated with this one. *giggles* I looked online for a pretty Thomas poster, then paid someone to design the wordings to make the banner (7x6 feet) for the dessert table backdrop. |
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| Last but certainly not least, I found this chalkboard milestone poster online. Using simple editing on PicMonkey, I managed to personalize this for Ian in less than an hour. Super proud of myself! |
Just for the record, some free printables for Thomas the Train parties here.
That's it! Told you it was a simple setup. Now stay tuned for the next blogpost - Ian's 3rd Thomas Train Birthday Party.
hepy becoming birthday Ian
ReplyDeleteAwwww Ian says, thank you Aunty!
DeleteOmg cant wait for the next post! I love that frame! So creative & memorable!! Inspiring! LoveLoveLove
ReplyDeleteHahaha thanks! The frame is especially memorable cos I edited it myself. No need to pay a bomb for someone else to do it for me. Nak guna sekali jer pun :)
Deletekreatif mommy la u Liz, always my favorite..kalau i pun tak se rajin u..kah kah
ReplyDeleteHehe we are always rajin in our own ways. Zie rajin masak, kut? :)
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ReplyDeletesukenye tengok kek tu.......cant wait for the next post.
Hehehe thank you!
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