Luke's first birthday was a huge success!
He loved his Hungry Caterpillar themed party!
Here you can see he wasn't so sure about the smash cake. We made a light, fluffy white cake with a cream cheese & jam icing. It was really yummy and low sugar because the jam was no-sugar-added.
The hungry caterpillar high chair banner was really easy to make. Construction paper circles with glue and a marker... Tah-dah.... Easy peasy.
We had tons of guests. More than I planned for. There were lots of little ones to play with Luke. He really loved playing peek-a-boo in the giant caterpillar tunnel. But eventually they killed i . But it was really fun while it lasted!
One of my favourite things was his T-shirt. The "Luke is one!" With a caterpillar for the N. It was so cute!
We put lots of pictures of Luke on the balcony. I especially focused on his "firsts". His first flight. First bath. First hike. First pizza. First motorbike ride.
Just in case you didn't catch the party theme... It was after the book
The Hungry Caterpillar.
This was his giant caterpillar tunnel! He really loved it! He played in this thing for the entire week leading up to the party. It's a refrigerator box (minus on side) with a cardboard head. All of it was made from cardboard and spray paint. The only suggestion I'd make is this.... The spray paint wasn't strong enough to cover up the refrigerator writing on the box. So we turned it inside out because the inside was blank, but that made it much harder to keep standing, and was the eventual reason it collapsed when 5 kids jumped on it.
This was his beautiful cake from Blossom Cafe! They did a great job! It's not cheap, but the money is going into women's education!
We had other food as well.
Dirt cups with worms
(Oreo and cream with gummy worms)
Veggie Caterpillars
(Cucumber spears with a cherry tomato at the head)
Sandwiches and Lemonade
Cheese bread
The whole thing was a great success! It was a ton of work, but it was all worth it because my baby boy loved it!
