Planning Finley's birthday party....

I'm a little bit rusty. Finley's party was canceled last year. First she had bronchitis, and then when we tried to reschedule it she flipped out and didn't want a party. So we haven't had a birthday party since she turned 2! Wow, that's pretty crazy, considering she is turning 4 now!

Her 2nd birthday party was a smash Art themed party. I wanted to share a few pictures... I loved it!

For the invitations, I had cards printed at shutterfly.com using images of Finley painting. We had so much fun painting in the grass that day! Here is the front of the invitation:

I made them so that they seemed like an art gallery invitation. So here is the inside :)

I hung art all around the house that Finley created, and then emptied out my dining room and created this giant coloring wall. A friend converted a photo of each kid into a line drawing and each child had a bunch of stickers and crayons to draw with (and of course take home!)

Here it is in action:

An artist themed cake....on top of the tablecloth that Finley and I drew all over :) Oh, plus the painted rocks she worked on as table decor. :)

And while I don't have pictures, I made the food color-centric and each plate or bowl was one color....so pink was watermelon, green was veggies etc.....

For favors, Finley painted a frame for each child to take home, that had their very own photo inside. I also had a wooden letter of each child's first initial, tied up with some crayons for them to decorate.

Here's Finley the night before the party with all her hard work :)

Here is the happy birthday girl...



And her proud Mummy.....



It was a really fun theme and there are SO many directions you can take it. This years theme is BOOKS! Finley adores books and reading. Got any party ideas for me??

xo,
shari