Sunday, March 25, 2012

Thing 1 and Thing 2 themed baby shower

I recently had the pleasure of helping some friends with a Thing one and Thing two baby shower for twins.  I've always loved Dr. Seuss so I jumped at the chance. 


The challenge of this shower was that it had to take place within a week, since the Mother was leaving soon to be in the states due to complications with her pregnancy.  Thankfully I had lots of help from my friend Laura the mastermind behind this whole thing and I'm pretty happy with what we accomplished in such a short time.  






My first thought was Thing one and Thing two running through the house with kites.  So I wanted them to be part of the party.  I also knew that we couldn't hang anything from the walls or ceiling (and had no idea there were mirrors involved) so I decided to make the banner self supported with dowels in pots.  Sounds like Dr. Seuss already, kites in pots, up on top.  Thank you Laura for spray painting and assembling the dowels.  She did such a great job.       



There are millions of Dr. Seuss downloads and clip art online.  As one of my gifts and part of my table decorations I used some of the clip art from Cat in the hat and added a striped boarder to make it really pop.  The frame was actually an accident in DIY.  I wanted a white frame but couldn't find any, so I painted a red stained frame white and it just didn't look right.  Then I took some sand paper and proceeded to give it a weathered look, like it's what I meant to do the whole time.  I actually like this version better.  

Oh, and did I mention the shower was a surprise?  We used the ruse of bingo to lure our honored guest to the right spot.  Laura even posted a bingo sign on the door so there would be no hint to our covert baby shower activities.  


I didn't want to disappoint so I created Thing bingo cards.  I designed the cards (which had tons of mistakes) and then Laura punched out tons of red paper bingo chips.  This was a great shower game since we could play it several times over and had new winners each time.  



The winners received canvas bags with iron Dr. Seuss and Thing one and Thing two images.  I can't say enough how much I love printable iron on transfer paper.  I used it at my son Myles Star Wars Lego party for his Jedi T-shirts, which my kids still wear to this day.  I also used this paper to make personalized onesies for the babies to be and a special shirt for the Mommy.   





There are tons of wonderful parties all over the Internet so it was very easy to find inspiration for this party.  I have a Pinterest board just crammed full of them.  




The Beezelnut punch (which I think I spelled wrong)  came from a very cute party on Hostess with the Mostess.  The punch contains colored jello jigglers at the bottom, with sprite.  We really wanted to place colored ice cubes on top like we saw in the original party  but they got lost along the way.  It still looked cool  The fish in the dish is well just that.  Goldfish crackers in a glass bowl. 




 For the Green eggs and ham we served green egg salad with a tray of deli ham and rolls to make sandwiches.  Yes even green egg salad is yummy.  





For the dessert table we had Oreo cake pops which always go super fast and are super easy to make.  The Cat in the Hat Parfaits were strawberry cheesecake parfaits that I created off the top of my hat, I mean head.  The Thing one and Thing two cupcakes I've seen all over the Internet and I designed cupcake wrappers specifically for them.  The cupcakes are chocolate with bright blue buttercream piped crazily on top.  Then there was the cake.  




I actually made the cake myself.  I used fondant for the red stripes and royal icing dyed black to add the shading.  I see so many mistakes now but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.  I mean Dr. Seuss has a pretty messy style so the cake fit right in.  



Here is Alicia cutting the cake.  The wonderful Mommy to be.  



After...




To thank everyone for coming Laura made adorable Thing one and Thing two sugar cookies which we placed in a bag and tied with little thank you notes I designed.  

Congrat's Alicia!!!






Credits

Laura for coordinating and planning and baking and cooking and paper cutting and assembly and the diaper cake (which was awesome).  

Hostess with the Mostess for posting such awesome inspirational parties.  

Alicia for being such a good sport and making us want to throw you this baby shower.  For those that don't know Alicia has a blog of her own about her special babies and her pregnancy.  Please check it out and share in her journey.  

Decorations and desserts were designed and created by me.  Except for the thank you cookies which the wonderful Laura made.

~Sunny~


17 comments:

  1. I *love* this! Spectacular!! I also like you to know I've nominated you for The Most Versatile Blogger Award!
    To find out more, check out my post:
    http://debbiesweets.blogspot.com/2012/03/ive-won-award-major-award-versatile.html
    Debbie :)

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  2. Awesome Debbie. Thanks so much for nominating me. I'll make sure to pass on the love.

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  3. Sunny this is amazing. I love when people go over the top to provide such a fun experience for their party attenders. I am sharing on my FB page.

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  4. Such a cute idea! I love it. Congrats on such a great party.

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  5. Thanks, I really love Dr. Seuss so it was a lot of fun for me. And Beckie thanks for the share.

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  6. Too cute! We were thinking of doing a Thing One, Thing Two theme for my twin boys' first birthday and you have so many awesome ideas!!! Thank you for sharing them in such detail!

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    1. Thanks and it was a lot of fun. I have a lot of free downloads for this party too, if you'd like to use them. http://sunnybydesign.blogspot.com/p/free-stuff.html

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  7. Thank You for the free down loads. They are a big help. My frinds babyshower is Saturday the 15th and I think she's going to love it!

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    1. Your welcome. I'm so glad someone gets to use them. This theme is always a lot of fun.

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  8. Love this! Everything is so adorable! Where did you find the paper for the banner? Thank you in advance for your help!

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    1. So sorry I missed this comment. The paper for the banners can be found in my shop here
      https://www.etsy.com/shop/Sunnybydesign?section_id=10140430
      or if you'd like me to add the text the banner is sold here
      https://www.etsy.com/listing/111151936/funky-dots-and-stripes-printable-party?ref=shop_home_active

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  9. So, I am completely computer challenged and i have spent hours trying to find cute clipart that will print not blurry. Is there any way you would post a link to download the cute pictures and sayings you have in your frames? I would be ever so grateful!! Thank you.

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  10. Awesome ideas! Do you have the printables for the bingo game?

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    1. You know I didn't save all of them just one, because every card has to have a different number set so everyone doesn't win at the same time. I might in the future create an editable version of the card, that way you could change the numbers on your own.

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  11. Hi. I'm just wondering if you still have the free downloads for this party, I cant find them anywhere. please email me at JChastain23@yahoo.com. Thanks so much, hope to hear from you soon.

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    1. No I'm sorry to say the free downloads are no longer available.

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