On Sunday, Frankie turned three years old. You can imagine his excitement.
We threw him a Little Monster-themed birthday party. Here’s how it went down.
THE DECOR
Red tissue balls and green hanging fans, fabric circus bunting, a mini monsters banner, a homemade personalized Happy Birthday Frankie banner, and many MANY trash monsters made for the occasion by Bobby and Gus.
THE FOOD
My other favorite was the watermelon monster. These are SO EASY, way easier than carving pumpkins. I was going to buy a watermelon for the fruit salad anyway, so making it into a decoration was free!
THE GAMES
As usual, Jack was our Master of Ceremonies. This time, he planned a Feed-the-Monster bean bag toss game:
And a Pin-the-Eyeball-on-the-Monster game:
The cutest thing about that one was that at the end, he announced that every kid had gotten his eyeball in just the right place, so they each won a prize. (One of those little pinwheels.)
THE CRAFT
Inspired by this pin, the big kids set up a Monster Headband Making station.
I cut felt rectangles and sewed elastic to the sides. The kids cut out bunches of eyes, noses, mouths, and fangs. Plus we had feathers and puff balls and pipe cleaners. We used glue dots, which are SO EASY and don’t require drying, but they didn’t keep the felt pieces together all that long. It was fine for the party, but I think, over-all, glue would have been a better choice.
THE CAKE
Betty made the cupcakes. They were simple to make, but turned out quite professional looking!
And that was that. A good time was had by all.
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Happy Birthday, Frankie!!! Frankie has a character, which is unique, so I like that 🙂
Amazing menu, good for you, Kendra. I especially loved "unusually" creepy carrots with the dreadful dip 😀
Fantastic! I love how your older kids get involved and help. The cupcakes are great. And that first picture of Frankie with the balloons is just perfect, ha.
Thanks Tori!
I probably should have mentioned it in the post, but it was really hard for me to let go and let them help. Especially on the cake. I had the choice of going out to dinner with Jim or staying home to make the cupcakes myself, and I seriously considered turning him down for date night because I wanted to make sure the cupcakes were just so. But, reason prevailed, and I realized it didn't matter if they ended up a little wonky and I went out with my husband. And then they turned out perfectly anyway!
There's a temptation looking around too much on Pinterest, that makes me think everything should always be perfect. But it's much more fun (and less time consuming) if we all get involved and it doesn't have to be perfect!
Good for you! They're so proud and they'll be so good at it themselves!
This whole thing is about 4000x more creative than I am (for our birthdays the past two weeks I….made a cake). I want to live near you in real life and crash these shindigs.
Love the eyeball punch! Happy birthday Frankie!
And I just linked up my wardrobe post. 🙂
I love everything about this party – especially that your kids were so involved!
Way to sport the bow tie Frankie! Happy Birthday! (my Henry Jude is 3 today. I love all your Frankie posts. They would be chums.)
I have to say, your Frankie posts always make me smile. Such a character. Happy birthday, little guy!
I love the scary watermelon and punch idea, but all the ideas are great! That's great that your kids were involved so much! And did you mean to say that Jack was the "Monster" of ceremonies? HAHA! LOL! Happy birthday to your little, sweet monster!
You can send Betty over to my house for baking and bonding anytime. 🙂
So fun, Kendra! Love that eyeball punch – you are so creative. Also, I adore that bow tie on your little man. Happy birthday to Frankie!
So creative! I especially love the Frightening Fruit and the Furry Monster Cupcakes. What a fun party!