I found a
fabric on Etsy that I loved and purchased a yard of it—I loved the colors and
it went perfectly with our zoo-themed party. This fabric became the starting
point for the color scheme and the decorations.
I used
this fabric in multiple ways:
- For Alex’s sweatshirt: The “two” on the front is in the fabric and his hood is lined with the fabric—this came courtesy of Alex’s grandmother, who is a whiz on the sewing machine.
- I photocopied the fabric, so I could use paper (easier to work with when cutting). I used this photocopied paper on the thank you bags and on Alex’s birthday sign.
Happy Birthday Sign
As
mentioned above, I used the “fabric” paper for the letters in this sign. I then
cut out orange, brown and green cardstock and applied the letters to these. I
strung using a brown grosgrain ribbon.
Thank You Bags
For the
thank you bags, I used a brown paper bag, cut out cardstock in the same orange,
brown and green that was used in the happy birthday sign, and then adhered the “fabric”
paper with “Thank You” on it. I tied these with the same brown grosgrain I used
for the sign, plus a green satin ribbon (slightly thinner than the brown
ribbon), and an orange grosgrain ribbon (which was the thinnest ribbon of all).
In these
bags, I put animal crackers (thanks to my mom who found them), animal kaleidoscopes
(again, thanks to my mom), animal stickers and eight animal temporary tattoos
(the stickers and the tattoos I put in a small white bag to keep together). I
added a bag of gummy treats (one of Alex’s favorite things) to the bags as
well.
Other Decorations
The kids
each got to choose an animal mask and tail—I put masks/tails for lions, giraffes, tigers and zebras. The
kids really loved these, and I got messages saying that the kids were wearing
their tails all weekend long.
The day
of, we had 18 helium balloons blown up in green, orange and brown. I tied this
brown string to the ends of the balloons, as it matched my bags perfectly.
Finally,
we blew up 12 animal beach balls and had these placed around the room. The kids
could throw them in the space and we didn’t have to worry about damage with
them.
For
Alex’s gifts, I wrapped them in Kraft paper and tied them with a zoo-themed
ribbon I found.
All-in-all,
the party was a huge success. Alex had a BLAST, and that was the most important
thing!
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