Birthday Creations

We have a lot of birthdays in July...well one in June & three in July just within our immediate family. It's a fun month!  We did a Buzz Lightyear party for Spencer.  I couldn't find any blue fondent, so I used blue cake spray.  The stars I cut with a stencil and and Exacto knife from yellow sugar sheets. 





After the candles were added.



Millie always does our streamers for birthdays.  She has gotten rather good at it.



The tablecloth was leftover from a quilt that I made.
I hemmed it with yellow quilt binding & used it for a couple of Ethan's birthday parties when he was younger.
Our table has outgrown it though.
The "superhero" paper plates I found at Wal-mart on clearance for practically nothing.
Each birthday-boy or -girl gets to choose the meal for the night.
Spencer's choice: "Maters": hot dogs split down the middle & topped with mashed potatoes & cheese & baked.
It's a dish that my mom invented when I was a toddler.  We always loved it.
It was my kids that named them "Maters" after the Disney Cars character.

We did a BYU-themed party for Jode.  He also LOVES Oreo cookies!


My BYU Centerpiece, featuring some of the BYU junk from around the house.



The BYU Oreo Cake--Jode's 2 favorites.
I made the BYU stencil with a "make your own stencil" kit & an Exacto knife,
then sprayed it with blue cake spray.

Amanda wanted an Ariel party this year. I did a small centerpiece with some random stuff from around the house. I can't take credit for the cake. It is Jode's masterpiece. He is very creative. I printed off the picture of Ariel. Hehe.











Millie wanted to do a ladybug theme: due to the fact that we called her "Millie-Bug" when she was a baby.  We did an elegant red & black.  The wrapping paper was black with white polka dots.  It all looked very pretty.

Here, I can't take much credit again.  Jode saved me on this one.  I'm always running out of time on birthdays.  I had an idea of what I wanted & got all of the supplies, but it was Jode who did the decorating.  Plus, he's such a talented engineer that he figured out how to make not-enough red fondent stretch.  The ladybug's dots are Junior Mints & the eyes are large marshmellows.  The cake is Red Velvet...mmmmm.

 Instead of having the family over three times, we decided to have one big pool party for our July birthdays.  I decided to do cupcakes based off of their nicknames: Amanda-Panda, Millie-bug & Jode the Toad.  The cupcake carriers I bought from the market's bakery.  They made it so convenient to cart the cupcakes to the pool.

The eyes of these cute toads are made with white round mints & Junior mints.
I thought it would be fun to have one Prince among the Toads.  Hehe.  The crown I cut from a yellow sugar sheet.

These are bumble bees for our Millie-Bug.
I didn't have time to make the wings, so I'm afraid they don't look much like bees.



These Panda cupcakes turned out really cute.  They were a HUGE hit with the kids.  Jode decorated them, of course, his are always the best.  The ears are Mini Oreo cookies.  The eyes are Junior Mints & icing.