Over the past month I have been working on Hayden's First Birthday Party. Early on, I decided to bring Eric Caryle's Very Hungry Caterpillar to life. Through the details, big and small, I was so happy with how everything turned out. I'd love the opportunity to share the details. I want to thank my good friend Amanda for her creative and craft help (and supplies) that made many of my projects possible and my brother Dean for all his help from PA to put together my crazy idea. I also want to thank Rachel from Polkadots and Puppies for sharing her VHC ideas, many of which i borrowed.
I must note, however, that during the party I had to make a choice between stopping to take photographs of the details OR to spend the time celebrating with my boys, Hayden and Logan, and escape IN the party. For this, I do not have many pictures, and I am missing an overview picture of the main setup. As disappointed as I am though, I will never regret spending time with my boys and capturing memories even if they are not in print!
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| Caterpillar Invitation |
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The Welcome Board:
Logan and Hayden together from month 1 to now. |
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| The welcome table |
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| Please write a message to our birthday caterpillar in his special keepsake book... |
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Please help you child leave a finger print for fun,
so we can always remember when Hayden turned one! |
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| With no picture of the main table, I cropped another picture to give you an idea |
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| One Monday he ate One apple, Two Pears, Three Plums, Four Oranges, Five Strawberries,... |
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| On Saturday he ate one cupcake (the cupcakes had pictures of all the fruits) |
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| On Saturday he ate one Chocolate Cake (and so did Hayden) |
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| On Saturday he ate.... |
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| On Sunday he ate one nice green leaf.... |
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| The CakePop Caterpillar |
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| Caterpillar Toss |
HAPPY BIRTHDAY HAYDEN!
WOW Rachael! Looks like Hayden's party was amazing! Such a great idea. I especially love the invitations. :)
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