Welcome to Pam’s Picks, where I will share some of my favorite products related to raising multiples. In my case, triplets.
This month, we’re going to talk about something really fun…birthday parties!
My boys’ first birthday party was more for me and my husband than for the kids. We’d made it through the tough first year of multiples! We deserved to have a big celebration. So we invited all of our friends and family and opened our home to them. I made the cakes from scratch, decorated the house, bought food and drinks for an army, and planned everything down to the smallest detail.
Can you say stress?
But for their second birthday, I decided to have it at our local children’s museum. That was the best money I ever spent! The party was smaller than the first one, because we didn’t feel the need to invite everyone. This party was for kids, not adults. I appointed a friend to take pictures of everything, I had help from the museum staff, and we got to sing Happy Birthday to each boy individually. I didn’t worry too much about food or drinks, and I let my mom make the cupcakes.
Even though both parties were quite different from each other, I was still able to have a great time shopping for them. Of course!
For their first birthday, I got these adorable hats (that went unworn, of course) and cupcake flags from Gaddie & Tood.
(The popcorn containers came from the Target Dollar Spot.)
Candles and cupcake wrappers came from HeyYoYo.
Their shirts came from Etsy seller RosieO.
For their second birthday party, I scored some clearanced Martha Stewart party kits, which set the theme – Monkeys! I won some great personalized birthday t-shirts from A Few of My Favorite Things. They were made by the Etsy seller Ashley Alexander.
I also got cupcake decorations from Etsy. These “2”s, along with some cute fondant monkeys came from Clineff’s Confections and I got the lettered cupcake flags from lil boo & co.
For both parties, I hit up Target for the small helium tank…what’s a birthday party without balloons?
Now I just have to figure out what we’re going to do for their third birthday party. Thank goodness we have ten months to figure that one out!
Where do you shop for party supplies for your multiples’ birthdays?
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This post comes at the perfect time for me. We are having a 3rd birthday party one week from today…and I sadly haven't started getting ready for it. Now I'm motivated to get started!
I usually buy party supplies from a local party store that has really great prices and deals. This year I let my girls pick the theme they would like for their party and they both (thankfully!!!) agreed upon a princess theme. Looks like I'll be heading out to the party store today to pick up some princess plates, princess napkins, etc.
Oh…and I LOVE the cute shirts you have for your boys at their parties! Way too cute!
Very cute! I agree that the shirts both years are so cute!!
I am including a link to my boys' last birthday party. I hope that is not rude to do to your post. We did a Survivor theme for my boys' 7th birthday. It was a lot of fun, worked out really well and was PERFECT for school age multiples!!
http://outnumberedmommy.blogspot.com/2009/06/now-that-is-birthday-party.html
Perfect timing for us too! We are almost a month out from the second b-day for my boys and I was looking for some simple ideas to help out for our big day. Love the shirts. I made the boys t-shirts for their first birthday party, but I LOVE the ones you got for them. ~Brooke
I love this post (I'm a huge fan of parties and love to create everything).
I bought party supplies at different stores like Party City, Wal-Mart and a local store.
I make the banners, party favors and all type of decorations.
Great ideas! And thank you for sharing these fabulous etsy stores. In the past, I have tried to make the invitations, cakes, and party favors. But recently, I found that Target & Walmart can save me on stressing out.
Dollar Tree! I love that store for kids parties! But I couldn't help but get blue and pink 1 year coordinating things from Party City. My sis made appliqued a 1 on each onesie. I made the girls tutus for about $4/each. I agree that the 1 year party is for the parents and that we deserve this celebration! We survived and the babies made it thru a rocky start!
2nd party will be low key. Not everyone and their uncle will be invited. I'd like to have a book themed party and have people bring used books to share. If I find good ones at a garage sale we could give them out as favors or have a book drive to donate.
What a great post! My twin girls turn one next month…have to start planning and now I have some great ideas.
For my girls' 3rd birthday they wanted purple fish, butterflies and a frog! Here it is… I bought a lot of the supplies (including terrific Martha Stewart pom-poms) at Michaels.
http://curlybirds.blogspot.com/2010/02/big-3-pond-birthday-party.html
Maybe we could have a party section on this MoMs blog?
These are some great ideas!!! I have twin girls who will turn 2 in about 3 months and I am busy deciding how to do their party!!
I'm loving looking through these ideas! We are planning a first birthday party for April, and I've got to get on the ball!!
Cute ideas. And your second birthday party theme was a whole lot better than ours. We had a stomach bug (an awful one) that started with the babies and ran through everyone in the house….including all of the grandparents that had come from out of town to stay with us.