Vintage circus party

 

WHEN OUR BEAUTIFUL BOY TURNED ONE, I WENT ALL OUT AND PUT ON THIS VINTAGE CIRCUS THEMED PARTY FOR HIM.  THE CATERING & DECORATING WAS ALL DIY BUT A LOT OF THE FINER DETAILS WERE EITHER BOUGHT ONLINE OR MADE BY CLEVER & CREATIVE HELPING HANDS.  JUST IN CASE YOU'D LIKE TO RE-CREATE THE THEME OR PURCHASE ANY OF THE BITS AND PIECES WE PUT TOGETHER, I'LL INCLUDE ALL OF MY SOURCES THROUGHOUT THE POST.  IT WAS THE BEST DAY AND THANKS TO ROWE TIMSON WE WERE ABLE TO CAPTURE A LOT OF THE MOMENTS THAT OTHERWISE, WOULD HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN.

 

SOFIA AT CASA AZUL DESIGN CREATED THESE INVITATIONS FOR US. THEY WERE SO UNIQUE AND FIT THE THEME PERFECTLY.  AS SOON AS I SAW THEM, I FELL IN LOVE.

 TO ENTERTAIN THE BABIES WE SET UP A PLASTIC POOL AND FILLED IT WITH COLOURED BALLS, WHICH THEY ALL SEEMED TO LOVE.  I ALSO BOOKED A BALLOON ARTIST TO COME DRESSED AS A CLOWN FOR A FEW HOURS BECAUSE BALLOONS ARE ONE OF GABE'S FAVOURITE THINGS.  THE CLOWN WAS BRILLIANT, THE BABIES ALL PLAYED WITH THE BALLOONS AND THE OLDER KIDS WERE KEPT AMUSED BY HIM AND HIS BALLOON TWISTING ABILITY!

THE GORGEOUS LITTLE BANDANNA BIBS & THE BIRTHDAY BOY'S BOW TIE WERE MADE BY KOBI, A SUPER TALENTED YOUNG MUM WHO RECENTLY CREATED THE BRAND, ALFIE.

 

KOBI HAS AN ADORABLE COLLECTION OF KIDS CLOTHES WHICH YOU CAN VIEW & PURCHASE THROUGH HER FACEBOOK PAGE : Alfie By Kobi

 

AFTER GABE'S HAPPY BIRTHDAY SONG, WE LET HIM DIP HIS LITTLE MITS INTO THE BIRTHDAY CAKE AND GET MESSY.  THANK GOD HE HAD FUN BECAUSE THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NO USE FOR THAT CAKE ONCE HE WAS FINISHED WITH IT.

 

AS THANK YOU GIFTS AND TAKE HOME BAGS, I DECIDED TO KEEP THINGS SIMPLE.  FOR THE OLDER KIDS, I FOUND SOME CIRCUS THEMED SHOW BAGS ONLINE AND FILLED THESE WITH SWEETS.  UNFORTUNATELY WE DIDN'T PHOTOGRAPH THEM BUT I WILL PROVIDE A LINK WHERE YOU CAN PICK SOME UP. 

 

THE ONE YEAR OLD'S WERE HARDER TO BUY FOR. IN THE END I DECIDED TO FILL SMALL MUSLIN BAGS WITH THREE TOYS, A SMALL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, A CIRCUS THEMED MAZE AND SOME BUBBLES.  I FINISHED IT OFF BY TYING A SMALL RIBBON (EITHER BLUE OR PINK) AROUND THE DRAWSTRING, DEPENDING ON WHETHER THE BUB WAS A BOY OR GIRL.

S O U R C E S

Popcorn cupcakes: Home made vanilla cupcakes with torn marshmallow placed on top of 

the icing.  Dabbed softly with yellow food dye.  'POPCORN' cases came from Sofia at Casa Azul Design.

Retro peanut bags: I love parties

Striped paper baking cups: Robert Gordon Australia

Pink cupcake flags: Wheel & Barrow

Happy birthday sign: Sofia at Casa Azul Design

Red & white paper straws: Kikkerland

Circus tent: Ikea Australia

Old-fashioned clown popcorn bags: I love parties

Cake flags: Sofia at Casa Azul Design

Party favours: Muslin bags (eBay), baby musical instrument (Spotlight), circus themed maze (I love parties website)

Cotton candy circus show bags: I love parties

Photographer: Rowe Timson at Rowe Timson Photography