Prehistoric 4th Birthday

So I'm almost a month late in posting this seeing as my son's birthday party was held at the end of August and now here it is, the end of Sept. Oh well. Better late than never.

Maxim. The middle son. He is my heartbreaker, troublemaker and the attention taker.

And this year, he is obsessed with dinosaurs!

His party, honestly was one of the best parties to plan. It was pretty simple. And a lot of the things used for decorations I already had. BONUS! We held it at a local park shelter and it was perfect! The actual park equipment had a rock climbing wall and was all browns, tans, and neutrals. Yes, I am a nerd and actually DO care about what color the park is when planning a party. 

I knew that I didn't want to do a "cartoony" dinosaur party. And Maxim didn't want that anyways so all was good. The only thing he was persistent on was that there would be a t-rex on the cake AND that there would be a BLUE and ORANGE color scheme. (He's a Bears fan) I could work with that.

Goody bags for the kiddos. Easy. Brown lunch bag. Fold over top. Sew zig zag stitch. Finish with label . . .
"ROAR" means Thank You in Dinosaur.

Cake and handmade cake stand {tutorial here}

The cake table! The GIANT t-rex head was hand made by myself. Funny story actually. Well, at least I think its funny. We have had this giant piece of plywood in our backyard since Maxim's birthday LAST year. I originally had it because I was going to make a big Yoshi cutout for his Yoshi Party, but surprise surprise, ended up running out of time and didn't do it. So here it sat. This big piece of wood.

My husband was going to throw it out, but I stopped him. Why waste it?
I decided to use my trusty old Jigsaw and cut out a big t-rex skeleton head. And I just LOVE how it turned out!

The floral arrangements were SO simple too. We had purchase an area rug for our bedroom and you know those big cardboard tubes that they come rolled around . . . yeah, I saved that too. I cut two smaller cylinders from it, wrapped them in burlap and some orange quilt binding I had leftover from making bunting flags and done! Add some giant banana leaves and some jungle looking plants from Hobby Lobby and you got yourself a pretty fine prehistoric floral arrangement.

 

The food table! We did a taco buffet. And let me just tell you, it was seriously the easiest and least costly party food we've ever done! Inside the food warmer was a pan of turkey chili enchiladas {recipe here} and shredded taco beef. We then had hard shells and soft shells for people to choose. Lettuce, cheese, cilantro, onions, salsa and sour cream. And a burlap bag of tortilla chips!

I wanted to stick with the natural look so I picked up some recycled paper plates that were neutral. As sad as it is, I didn't get them because they were "green" I got them because they went with my color scheme. But I'm very happy that they were green too! Some blue and white striped napkins, orange forks and we were good to go!

The bunting flags, I'm basically an expert at making them now. Cut some fabric triangles using pinking sheers and sew them to quilt batting. LOVE!

Ok, it's true. I even dress to match the color scheme. Yes, I know I'm a party nerd.

So as you can see it was a really great party. Kara of Bloom Photography did an amazing job at capturing the true essence of what the party was. I cannot be more happy!