David's Wild ONE First Birthday Party |

I love birthday parties! When it came time for David’s we brainstormed (and by we I mean me and by brainstorm I mean search Pinterest) looking for the perfect theme.

Since he attempted to crawl out of me (true story), dove head first into everything his first year of life (I mean what 7 month old figures out how to take off the outlet covers?!) we decided Wild One was a perfect fit. We could also throw in the book Where the Wild Things are, keeping with our family tradition of book themed first birthday parties (see Caleb’s here: Caleb’s 1 Year Old Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Party, and one day I will get around to writing about Ethan’s Curious George one, too).

Decorations:

spray painted a foam board gold and used and exacto knife to cut it out, wrapped burlap around a wreath, painted Wild on some white burlap and called it good

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entry table- you can buy the King of Wild Things Sign in my etsy shop (made to order)

I made sugar cookies and used this cookie cutter (Large Number One 1) to make number 1’s as party favors.

white burlap, painted fray protection coating on edges after I cut it out and hand painted “A Wild One” . The crowns are cut from sparkly foam I found in the felt section of hobby lobby.

what one year old party is complete without a monthly photo banner?

attempted to make our columns look like trees

painted this on a foam board and hot glued a piece of another foam board on the back to get it to stand up

Bubbles (personalized with the Silhouette) as party favors

fun kid station: coloring and make yourself a crown

David’s boat to sail to the land of the Wild Things

You can get a similar Max outfit here:

Where the Wild Things Are Max Costume

I looked all over for red poster board. Tip: you can find it a many dollar trees. I wish I would have known that before I paid too much somewhere else after I had searched all the land.

picture of the high chair banner (truth be told we forgot it the first time we sang to him, so later on after everyone had left we did a small redo to get a picture) #whyamIsocrazy

Food/Menu:

I like to keep things as simple as possible when it comes to food.

We did BBQ chicken in the crockpot and had sliders, baked beans, chips, fruit, veggies- an assortment of snack type food.

We had a few “themed” items:

Wild Twigs= big pretzel rods

Wild Fruit= fruit in waffle cones

Moss Ball= cheese ball covered in your green herb of choice

Wild Claws= bugles

“Moss Ball” aka cheese ball covered in spices, Wild Claws (bugles, which were surprisingly a hit)

I used the Silhouette to cut out crowns, taped them to tooth picks and stuck them in the cupcakes. To make the smash cake I used two small pyrex glass containers and about half of box of cake mix.

this ball pit was a favorite of our boys (until it got a hole)

and take two..with a cupcake to get that banner in

One year old Photo Shoot: These pictures were taken by the incredibly talented Kate Miller. I cannot say enough good things about her!

We had this book at David’s party for guests to sign as a keepsake: Where the Wild Things Are

I made his crown! So easy- piece of stiff felt I painted to get the color I wanted, a piece of faux fur from hobby lobby and a little bit of elastic all hot glued.

And there you have it, our sweet second boy’s first birthday!! Little did we know a few weeks later we’d out his baby brother was on the way! We praise God for your life our precious David Robert, beloved bright one.

I treasure this picture of D with my Maw Maw. She passed away about a year and a half later. This life, oh it truly is a breath. Now I’ve blinked and this baby boy is about to be 3. And without much effort, I can remember when I was just a little girl and Maw Maw was teaching me how to sew. Lord, teach us to number our days that we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12). May we remember to make the most of them in speech (Use Your Words, The Power of Praise) and deed.

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