CAROUSEL PARTY

May 21, 2012

We threw a Carousel Party for the first birthday of Adrien. Most of the decoration and food was hand made by me.  I'll explain in detail below each one of the elements we had.

In addition, we had a real carousel as the main attraction for the children. It was a blast!!

It was also a windy day, so I couldn't take the best pictures. But we were so lucky that in a week full or raindrops, we had the whole day a bright and shiny sun. Thanks God!

The hand made invitation I made as a little carousel. It has a map with an infographic in the back.

The food table

The prizes for children and babies.

The banner and one of the two mobils.

The carousel centerpiece, gift from his Abu (grandma).

The "bouquets" of salmon, roast beef, ham & cheese and caprese.

The amaretto candies, the heart cakepops, the pony chocolates and the pony sandwiches.

The food label holders were made in wood. They were given as favors for the adults to be used as photo holders or note clips.

The popcorn and candy cotton stand I made with an old medical trolley.

The popcorn

The carousel cakes for children. I baked them inside these empty baby food jars using yellow, blue and green food coloring.

The children's surprises content: a fruit compote, a mini bottle with candy-bottles, a candy pacifier, a bouncing ball with a horse inside, a horse finger-puppet, horse stickers, Hershey's chocolates and rubber horses.

The bouncing balls, the horse finger-puppet, the Hershey's chocolates.

The autograph pony and the ponies to adopt.

All the guests wrote their name down on the autograph horse and we save it as a party souvenir.

The cookies

The cake table I made as a carousel.

The carousel cake I made.

The lollipops display after and before.

The verrine displays with carousel shapes I made (before serving).

The peach and cream verrines.

The muesli and yogurt verrines.

The verrine spoons

The gelatine push-pops

The mini fruit salads (before serving).

The bar

The children's strawberry milk cups

The guest tables

The centerpieces

Cups and napkins

The cupcake stands

The ponies of the entrance. They were used also for the game "Pin the tail on the pony".

The horse balloons

The carousel photo album

The carousel

The brothers in the carousel

The birthday boy with mom and dad

The tickets-stand Photo Prop I made for having the guests pictures in it.

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Adrien with his parents, grandma, great-grand father and grandpa

The games: musical chairs for the babies and their fathers.

Musical chairs game for the children

Family game: Geneva got talent

For those children that didn't win any game, they could adopt a pony.

The birthday boy

 Adrien and André are both wearing:

Gymboree white shirts. Gymboree blue striped shorts.

André: Nike white shoes. Gymboree white socks.

Adrien: Chicco white sandals.

Putumayo Kids music