J turns 2 today! We celebrated in style this weekend with a few of our good friends. J’s two best buds also celebrated a birthday this month, so we combined the 3 birthdays into one big party.
I had a wonderful time planning the big day with my friends. We came up with some fun ideas and ended up having a great birthday party! Check out our Pinterest Zoo Birthday Pinboard where we got a lot of our ideas.
Sorry for the pic heavy post…but there was so much good stuff to share! I’m so happy with how the party turned out. The kids were happy, which meant that the parents were happy too. I hope that you found some inspiration for your next child’s birthday party!
Tiffanie A
Thanks for the great post and thanks for all the ideas!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
Amanda
You’re welcome! Thanks for commenting!
PlainVanillaMom
Oh my gosh that party turned out awesome! I wondered how it was going and when we would hear about it! Everything looks fantastic. Love the monkey cupcakes. I bet the kids had a blast!! Those penguins are adorable but I don’t envy whoever had to make them!
Amanda
Thanks! I did not do the penguins…thank goodness. They did turn out pretty cute though.
Growing a Jeweled Rose
This is awesome Amanda! Happy birthday to your little man. LOVE all of the ideas you shared here 🙂
Amanda
Thanks Crystal!
Tonya Dirksen
What a fun birthday party! I love all the themed food. Happy Birthday to your little J!
Amanda
Aww..thanks!
Ceylin'in Annesi
Have a great party. But there is no photo of the cake?
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Terri Thompson
What a fun birthday party!! I love the balloons!
pinkoddy
What a fabulous post. Wish I’d seen your monkey cakes before making my toy story ones today.
Lorie K
Cute party!! Love the penguins!
Ness @ One Perfect Day
Oh my goodness! This is all so wonderful. R is turning 4 in July and he wants a jungle themed party. Pinning all of this!
Jode
Wow Amanda…fantastic ideas! What a creative and fun Mum you are!!! The monkey cupcakes are my favourites! I think i shall have to steal some ideas for the twins Birthday which is coming up!!
Krissy Sherman Bonning
That ball and water bag activity is amazing! I bet it was the best Birthday ever.
Jackie H.
The food is all so adorable and the water bag activity looks fun! I’ve never seen that done before!!
Anonymous
awesome party…do you have the recipe for the Elephant PB&J Sandwiches?
Amanda
I just made regular pb&j sandwiches and used an elephant cookie cutter to cut out the sandwich. Super easy!
Anonymous
nice..for sure i’m having those for my son’s 2nd birthday. I’m having it at Safari Edventure. I guess they probably have them at Michael’s. Also how can I subscribe to your blog.
Amanda
There are lots of ways to subscribe. You can follow by email by entering your email address in the form on the upper right side of the blog. I also have an RSS feed that you can use by clicking on the button at the top right. There are also facebook and twitter buttons at the top. Just click on a button and it will take you to the page to like or follow along. Hope this helps some.
Anonymous
and what about the monkey cupcakes..are those full cookies or u cut them in half?
Amanda
I actually didn’t make those, another Mom did. We did find them on pinterest, however the link to the source was broken. I did a little google search and found a blog with directions. Hope this helps. http://www.yanowhatimean.com/archives/003115.php
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How did you make the elephant sandwiches?
Amanda
I have a cookie cutter 🙂