CURIOUS GEORGE
Themed Birthday Party
As a child my Papa would read my sister and I books all the time. Curious George was one that always stood out to me and brought me back to my childhood. Although our son never got the chance to meet his Great Papa (and he was great), this was a way for us to remember him.
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Carter's 1st year banner
I took a photo each month of him with the same background and basket to show his growth |
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| Month by Month Banner |
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| Dessert Table |
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| Dessert Table |
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| Entry Table |
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| Photos of Carter's mom, dad, and sister at 1 year old on poster board in shapes of the #1 |
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| Photos of Carter's 1st year and his guest book which was a nice hardback Curious George keepsake book |
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| Polka Dot Balloons |
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| Carter's highchair area with handmade banner and rag highchair decorations |
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| Gift table |
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| Photo booth with props |
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| Main activity wall with photo booth, dessert table and gift table |
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| Entry table with photos and guest book |
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| Sunflower vase of flowers and printed sign that asked guests to sign the guest book |
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| Photos of Carter's 1st year |
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| We had drinks, cake, popcorn, and chips on the bar |
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| Curious George books with matching stuffed animals on each side of the banner |
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| Decorated popcorn boxes |
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| Balloon artists table |
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| Table decorations |
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| Man in the yellow hat centerpieces with red M&M's and yellow banana runts |
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| Carter's handmade monkey ears "hat" |
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Desserts:
Chocolate red/yellow pretzel rods
Red velvet cake and yellow frosting push pops
Banana chips
Strawberries (staying with the red and yellow theme) |
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| Handmade pinwheel |
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Desserts:
Marshmallow pops
Curious George fruit snacks
baby food jars with colored gold fish crackers
red and yellow hard candies |
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| Dessert table sign with marshmallow pops |
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| Banana pudding mini cups with tiny spoons and vanilla waffers |
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| Banana bunches used as balloon weights |
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| Carter's high chair |
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| We had Carter's baptism that morning so it was a baptism/birthday party so instead of a birthday cake we had a baptism cake for our guests. Carter still got a Curious George themed smash cake |
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| Finished snack and drink counter |
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| Balloon artist table decorations |
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| Handmade tulle wreath with sign |
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| Carter's smash cake |
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| I covered the cake pop box with red tissue and cut up a Curious George book and used the front cover on the front of the cake box. I also used pages from the book I cut up to make the banners over the gift and dessert tables |
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| I purchased the monkey and made the banner, the cake decorator did the rest. |
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| Carter's adorable smash cake |
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| Smash cake on the dessert table |
I did A LOT of Pinteresting and shopping around for red/yellow items and looked everywhere I could think for Curious George themed stuff. What I couldn't find I made because I had this vision in my head of just what I wanted. Chevron was a big theme as well and I incorporated it with fabric, papers, and bandannas. Everything turned out so great and came together much faster then I expected.
I think our "curious little monkey" had a great 1st birthday!
