I couldn’t believe that another year had passed us by, when we recently celebrated my son’s 4th birthday. This year it was a Space Rocket theme. Earlier on this year I found this awesome rocket ship puzzle at Kmart. We have had hours of great imaginative play with this simple toy. We’ve taken many trips to Jupiter and occasionally Saturn or Mars, so it was only natural that this became the inspiration for the whole party.
Party Highlights:
- I really wanted iced rocket shaped cookies but didn’t want to spend the time piping on all the little details. So I was pretty excited to create an image that matched the cookie cutter and then to have it printed onto icing by a company here in Auckland called Photocake. (More about this next week.)
- As always we work hard to have the food match the theme too. So this time we had Cupcakes decorated with our printables; Planet Pops; Rocket Cookies; Star Sandwiches; Meteorite Meatballs; Saturn Rings (Burger Rings).
- I always try to have a combination of games and activities at each party I create – this time we made a cardboard rocket shaped playhouse to match the theme, along with Galactic play-dough and a game we called ‘Twinkle, twinkle eat a star’. This game involved cookies in the shape of stars hanging across the doorway for the kids to try and eat without using their hands. Very entertaining to watch!
- I love to use child sized chairs, so I was super excited to find that Carlton Party Hire in Henderson had just added to their range child sized Chavari chairs – eeek! They have been available overseas for a number of years, but have only just arrived in New Zealand. In fact I was the first person to hire these ones. They looked so cool and matched the theme perfectly.
- Lastly, I have a bit of a thing with the concertina rosettes at the moment so I was thrilled to use them in the birthday banner and as coasters.
Summing Up:
With every party that I do I put a lot of time, thought and energy into it. Sometimes I even get stumped over what to do next. But when the day arrives and it all comes together perfectly and the guest of honour just beams from ear to ear it is all worth while.
If you have any questions or comments regarding how we put this theme together or if you would like us to create a party for you then please contact us either via email or through the comments section below.
Vendor Credits:
- ‘Space Rocket’ Party Printables: As You Wish Events Ltd
- Décor & Styling: As You Wish Events Ltd
- Shopped At: The Warehouse; Kmart; Look Sharp Store; Spotlight; Susan Wong – Independent Stampin’ Up Demonstrator.
- Catering: As You Wish Events Ltd
- Printed Icing: Photocake
- Photography: WonderFerris
- Child Sized Chavari Chairs: Carlton Party Hire Henderson
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