Retro Surf Party - Part 1

Jack and his friends had so much fun at his first birthday party.  This is going to be a two-part post because my sister took most of the photos of the day, and I am waiting for her to send those photos to me, so stay tuned.

My friend Mandi came across this post as a theme for Jack's party, and once I saw it, I knew I had to attempt to plan a party like this for my Jack.  Almost everything was handmade.  We had about 30 adults and 10 kids come to my sister's house for a pool party.  Unfortunately, we had a pretty good size summer storm the morning of his party, but rain is supposed to be good luck, right?

 My sister took this amazing photo of Jack at the river and then turned into a cool poster to use at his party.

I love this kid!

Party favors for the adults

Believe it or not, I made the cookies, frosting, and icing from scratch and Surya and I decorated them!  And I made the packaging myself!

Party favors for the kiddos

I made the gift tags and attached them to the bags with ribbon

I made the labels on my computer and made the boxes myself from cardstock.

The "surf wax" inside the box was bubble tape, I just made a new sticker to cover up the original one.

I made blue jello with a gummy shark in each cup for the kiddies.  This was a big hit!

"The Sunset Bar" included all sorts of theme-related drinks.

Another thematic table for the "Grub Lounge".

Hopefully my sister has a better picture of this one.  I made a banner for the window that said "Jack" and the sign on the table says, "Grub Lounge".  Surya made some awesome fruit kabobs and my mom (pictured out the window in the background) made some killer salsa.

Games

Of course, as an elementary school teacher, I had to have games!  I only have one picture of one of the games now, hopefully more will turn up later.  The game pictured below was just a fun way for Jack's guests to be involved in the photos of his first 12 months.  They had to try to match the picture to the month it was taken.  Only one person got them all right!  Go Nana Belisa!  There was also a Guesstimation station and a "Jack" sticker on the bottom of 2 plates for easy prizes.  I gave out wines from two local Temecula wineries and two loaves of bread from a local bakery.  I hope think people had fun playing the games! 

Guess Jack's age game

Here is a preview of some things you will see in Part 2's post:

Can you guess what this is and what happened to it?

Up next...shark and sand cupcakes, Jack demolishes the cake, the pinata, and more pictures of the birthday boy!