Tye's 4th Birthday Party

So Tye's 4th birthday party has come and gone, and i can say i'm excited. This year, I didn't do as much early planning as I normally do, so boo on me, next year, i'll totally be ready for it

So besides, not planning early, I was barely able to get any pictures taken at all... Sucks I know so enjoy

                          So this was my first attempt at a dessert table, I think it came pretty cool, you can find more details, here

                             

The Gifts, prizes and party favors more info here (eventually)

we had these lovely little ducks all over the place..... I mean who doesn't love a little rubber ducky? One of my little cousins still has a ducky from tye's first birthday, well he has all of them, and he is now 15, lol

I mean look at them, aren't they cute?

if you look on tyhe table you can see more of the animals

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Like i said I didn't get too many pictures,

But for food we had,

• spaghetti,
• agreen salad,
• Fruit platter
• Veggie Platter
• Chip and fresh made Guacamole
• Chicken wigs
• and Deviled eggs, that my aunt made (5 dozen for a total 120, that's love :o)

to drink we had

• Water bottles
• Hot Chocolate with all the fixings
• and Strawberry Lemonade made by me
• 

There where many activities planned that never got played the kids had more fun

you can see bikes and trikes littered all around



playing in the jumper and riding bikes, some were extra trilled to be able to ride in the street

other activities included a alligator ring toss game, a tiger dart game, making pet rocks, and  safari scratches that some games where also brought at oriental trading.com

and of course the Pinata

he was soo cute i was kinda sad to see him go

the birthday boy

our pinata stick from last year, that i made from a tree branch, tutorial anyone? and again the zebra bags in action i really lucked out on finding those loved them

Zebra pint Bags, used for the candy stay tuned for more info

and the poor lion those kids gutted him like it was nothing

We filled the pinata with 10 lbs of candy and confetti it was all over the place and in hair too, i know parents were hating that part, lol

This year I attempted to incorporate a lot of little details, that  I doubt anybody noticed. I had safari / jungle animals all over the house. on the towel racks, on top of the toilet, I even had a Lion in the medicine cabinet with a little sign that sair ROAR...! in case we had some snoopy little kids

by far one of my favorite small details, I first seen this idea on the Purple pug, when i was getting ideas for Tye's Super Hero 3rd (thrid) Birthday Party and the candy buffett

I order a lot of the inflatable palm trees from Oriental trading

Getting ready to sing Happy Birthday

it was cold and only the girls stuck it out to the bitter end

 Oh did i mention i decorated the cake, lol

and you can see thd torches in the background here too

Not wanting to be sung happy birthday, lol

playing with some of his gifts,

that poor tree and alligator, stood no chance with the kids

yea I had fun playing withe wrapping paper straps

all cleaned, I have to thank my uncle and little cousins for helping with this task, couldn't done it without you

and we have tiki torches lite, which added a great touch

Safari Jungle 4th Birthday Party...Part 2..... Dessert Table

so as promised a little more details on the desert table, it was my first and i think it come out pretty good

we had

• Giant Pixi Stix
• Giant marshmallow pops
• Rice Krispie Treats
• a smash cake ( I decorated it )
• Cupcakes, Zebra, red velvet, and chocolate
• Bananas
• Jello
• Animal Print Butter mints
• and Custom made Chocolates from Nola Boutique

I decorated the cake myself.. :o)

I had the butter mints and the bananas spread all around the table like confetti and

I had pictures of Tye from his birth until he turned 4 in different sized frames, everyone loved it.

and different animals i got from Toys r Us, so expensive (to me) but sooo life like

see the packages those are actually presents i used to give height to the table

and the Cupcakes Picks, I made myself too anyone interested?

and onto more pictures,

Since i didn't get many pictures i had try to "recreate some "

the cupcakes, when they say the color won't fade, a lie....!

the candies

More details on the custom candies coming soon... oh and stayed tune for more info on the party favors

Wordless Wednesday... Tye of soooo Fly glassesa and faux hawk

he owns like 6 pairs of red sunglasses....

Boys and Beads? Yes Please... bead storage and organization

 So boys and beads, well boys and hair period is such a touchy topic, anywho, I wanted to show off Tye's bead organizer, I finally decide to organize it and put some beads into it... :o)

So far so good, and i'm really loving it.

It has 10 bins on each side

1 large bin in the middle that's big enough the hold a full bottle of detangler, combs and brushes, easy beaders etc.

Me being the preschool teacher i am, i brought all of my beads and rubber bands in one bag all mixed up, and had my kiddies separate, and group  the using chopsticks... we worked on math skill, fine motor and social skills all in one, how awesome right? and i got my beads organized too, well most of them, we'll going to do another round soon