Pink Pumpkin 1st Birthday Party

My little pumpkin arrived a month early a year ago.  I thought I would be having a fall/winter baby and little did I know our little pumpkin would arrive so early.  We have a boy and our house is filled with boy things and navy blue so I decided we needed some pink in our lives.  Had I realized that October is breast cancer awareness month, I would have absolutely incorporated that as well.  Hobby Lobby had pink pumpkins so I grabbed a few for her one year photos and had the picture added to an Etsy invite I found.  This is the first time I printed the invites from CVS and I was really pleased with the price and quality.  I bought a big box of envelopes from staples to put them in and will keep those for future parties. 

 

 

I really liked the fact that I could decorate for fall and use that as my decorations for the party.  I also was happy I figured out I could use craft paper to cover up my picture I have hanging in the morning room.  It is a red and black picture so it wouldn’t have gone well with the décor.  I think I am going to try this trick more often when having parties at places I can’t control what is on the walls or when I am unable to take something down.

 For the food we had a chili bar with white and red chili and I also had hot dogs incase anyone wanted a Coney.  I bought premade cornbread from GFS and ordered chicken and salad from Giant Eagle.  I had a bunch of toppings for the chili bar which included cheeses, peppers, sour cream, Fritos, crackers, etc. 

 

We had Almond, Pumpkin and PB Cup cupcakes along with vanilla pink pumpkin cake pops.  I also ordered some delicious sugar cookies that were pumpkins and pink and orange number 1s. 

 

 

I had some pink treat bags and napkins left over from my sister’s bridal shower.  The pink napkins were cloth so I placed them in baskets and bowls for an extra touch of pink. 

I used the burlap pennants across the fireplace for decoration and had a few left that didn’t quite fit so I cut them off and put them on the front of the high chair.  A tip I found online was to put Velcro on the back of the pennants when placing it on the high chair.  It stuck just fine and when I was ready to take it off it came off easily. 

 

 The kids painted pumpkins.  I bought some small pumpkins, paints and brushes.  I used egg crates to put the paint in for the kids and a mason jar for water. 

Invite – Littlebirdieprints (etsy shop)

 

Small Hay Bales – Hobby Lobby

ONE and 1 Letters & Scrapbook Paper– Hobby Lobby

Lace – JoAnn Fabrics

Burlap pennant – Hobby Lobby

Pumpkin Chalkboard – Hobby Lobby

Autumn Décor – Hobby Lobby

Plates and Paper Products – Party City

White pumpkins – Local Farmer’s Market (Shaffer’s)

Photo Books – Shutterfly

Paint Supplies – Hobby Lobby