Planes 5th Birthday Party

Cayden requested a Planes birthday this year.  Each year he asks for a cars birthday again.  I typically remind him he has had a cars birthday before and ask if there is anything else.  He is cars crazy!  As we started decorating, he started to get so excited!  It made putting everything together completely worth it.  He even helped me cut out cloud placemats and figure out where to hang banners. 

 

Chad's cousin makes the best cakes and cake pops.  She is incredibly talented.  I showed her a photo of a 2 tier cake I had seen on Pinterest.  We added Dusty and the 5 candle.  

 

I stumbled upon paper for bulletin boards on Amazon of clouds.  The Planes tablecloth is a runway and Cayden loved putting the planes on the runway as we setup.  We had Chicken, Hot Dogs, Pigs-in-a-blanket, Cheese Sandwiches, Peanut Butter Sandwiches, Brocolli Salad and Pasta Salad.  I made labels from an Etsy purchase.  

 

 

 

A friend had Rosemary Strawberry Lemonade at her daughter's birthday party and I had to get the recipe.  It is delicious.  I think the longer it sits the better it tastes.

 

 

I found the Plane logo printables on Etsy so I could make labels for the food and the favor bags.

I found orange bubble wants, Planes gummies, Planes activity books, Planes tattoos and a planes glider.  I also went to Giant Eagle and got blue cotton candy to put into smaller bags as "candy clouds".   I found the labels and Chug's fueling station labels here. 

 

 

 

 

I wanted a wreath for him to go on the front door.  I wrapped a styrofoam wreath with burlap and used pins to place blue and orange balloons on the wreath.  I printed more of the Planes logo and added Cayden's name and a 5.

 

I was going to make clouds to hang from the chandelier but found some tissue poms instead.  I also used fishing line to hang some of his toy planes.  It sounds simple, but it REALLY was challenging.  I ended up needing to use tape and sticky tack to get them to hang right.

 

Land of nod had cloud garland on sale and I found a punch of felt garland at Target on clearance that went really well with the clouds.  I also like making slide shows for the Apple TV screensaver for their birthdays.

 

All of our family and friends came and Cayden had a blast!  The cake and cake pops were so delicious and so adorable.