James has always been a space geek so it’s no surprise that is William’s current favorite thing…well, he likes rockets. He also likes Space Racers now so I thought doing an outer space/rocket theme for his party would be fun.
We were originally hosting the party at our house, but after a week of rain our backyard wasn’t in any shape for kiddos, so we moved to our neighborhood park. It was a beautiful day! The past three years, William has always had rain on his birthday or day of his party.
I used an idea from a Kraft recipes site to make the shape of the rocket cake. The boys gave their input on design and I had to add the Falcon 9 logo somewhere as well. William declared the cake beautiful! The space tablecloth was a $5 find from Amazon.
A lot of my original decoration and activity plans were cancelled since we moved locations but I did stick to making jet packs for all the kiddos. So happy my sister, Jessica helped me with these! They turned out so cute and the kids loved them. A lot of the tutorials I found online suggested using a 2L soda bottle but I went with the 16 fl oz ones instead. They were a much better size for the 2-4 year olds.
Here they are in action!
Wagon rides were the hit of the day….a big thank you to all the parents who took turns pulling the kiddos around the park!
The wind made it difficult to get the candles lit but with 6 hands involved it worked!
I love this photo. It makes me smile….opening presents. How close can everyone get?
What a fun day with family and friends! I am so happy with how everything turned out, the beautiful day and easy clean up. Score! I know the birthday boy had a blast too.
Elizabeth Hafner 