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birthday, holiday, kids, party ideas · March 1, 2012

Under the Sea Birthday Party – Part Two

Yesterday, I shared the invites and goody bags for Owen’s Under the Sea Birthday party.

Today, I’ll share the rest.

First…the decor.

I used all inexpensive things, crepe paper streamers, plastic table clothes, butcher paper, and card stock. I mean, I probably only spent about $7-8 on decorations all together.

It just took a bit more time to put it together.

Left to right:

– I hung blue streamers from the ceiling to mimic waves. We were under the sea after all. I didn’t do it too perfectly or straight, just kind of random like real waves would be.  The blue “bubbles” are card stock circles sewn together with really long thread tails which I used to tape them up with.

– The paper plates are just red plates from Walmart. I used red card stock to cut legs and hot glued them on.

The napkins are folded like the invitations were.

The table cloth is actually two. There is a dark blue one underneath. I then cut a light blue one in half and laid it across the middle as a table runner. I was going to cut it “wave” like but thought it would take too much time.

– For the back wall, I cut some tan butcher paper to look like sand. It only took a couple of yards so it was cheap, cheap. I then took green streamers and twisted them up the wall to look like seaweed. This doesn’t take as long as it looks. Promise. 🙂 But it does use a TON of tape.

Then…what took me the whole night before…

the cake of course.

I was SO sad when I woke up the next morning to find that the top started to slump and tear, but Owen didn’t mind. He did however inform me that squids actually have fins on their heads and have ten tentacles, not eight….I’m just glad it turned out as well as it did to be honest. 🙂

We added some easy kid food for lunch…

Owen actually loves seafood. I didn’t want to risk finding out his friends didn’t, so we kept it simple.

Goldfish crackers, squid dogs {see this post}, “star fish” sandwiches which were really PB&J cut out like stars, mozzarella shark teeth…

We called the skewered grapes “coral.” Owen actually did a lot of the skewering too. It was a great kid task.

We also had orange soda fish shaped ice cubes in blue kool-aid. I got a picture but it was blurry! Darn. You can kind of see it in the picture below. The fish ice cube mold is from IKEA.

With the table set, the party was ready to begin!

Lunch was first.

Then we made some snow globe aquariums. I originally got the idea from here.

They are just your standard DIY snowglobe but we let the sea animals float freely.

The sea animals came from the Dollar Tree.
Glycerin is from Michaels. Use a coupon, it’s pricey.
Then good ole dollar store glitter.

The jars are baby food jars. Since we don’t have a baby to eat it, I kept it to mix into other things. The bananas are a great addition to pancake batter. Squash, carrots and sweet potatoes are a great way to add more veggies to a plain spaghetti sauce.

The lids were all silver, so I just added a quick coat of silver acrylic paint to the tops and sides of the lids to cover up any writing.

Add your animal, a few dashes of glitter and glycerin (doesn’t take much), blue colored water all the way to the top and then hot glue the lids on.

Some lids took better than others, I’ll admit. Like Owen’s is fine but Reid’s is leaking so we keep it upright. I’m sure some kind of aqua seal adhesive would be better but that requires at least a full of day of curing and it’s toxic.

A tip: Mix up some blue water beforehand. To get a light enough blue you need like 2 drops per 1 quart. I think I diluted it even more after that even. If you add the food coloring straight to the jar, the water will be too dark.

Then it was time for games.

Don’t Eat Pete is a classic.

I made this game board up in Picnik. Feel free to save it to your computer and use it if you want. It is sized for 11×17 paper. I printed it on glossy card stock. When the party was over we hung it up in Owen’s door.

We also tried playing this seaweed balloon game. The object was to keep a balloon shark afloat with green seaweed balloons {balloon animal kind}. It turned into a wild balloon wrestling match. 🙂

So, we played Shark Attack (idea also from this site found here).

It’s basically like hot potato. We played the Jaws theme music while passing the balloon shark around. Whoever was holding the shark when the music stopped got “attacked” and had to leave the circle.

The kids loved this – for the most part (we still had some that had a hard time with getting attacked/losing). But it was fun enough that we played several rounds.

We also played a “land” version of sharks and minnows. This got too rowdy. I don’t really recommend it for an indoor party. 😉

The kids worked up enough appetite for cake, so that came next.

We had plenty of cake so I let the kids take as much as they wanted. I wasn’t too surprised when they didn’t finish it.  Most of them wanted to just eat the fondant tentacles anyway. 🙂

And that’s a wrap. After cake was presents, and then free play time.

It was a great party and Owen loved it. In fact he’s already started making requests for his next party! Yikes…I’m wiped out. Good thing birthdays only come once a year! (…and I’m not pregnant and tired for every birthday.)

P.S. If you’re not quite partied out yet, check me out tomorrow at Kimberly’s party week series. She’s got guests sharing their party tips and other fun party ideas all this week and next week. See you there!

 

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  1. The Miller Five says

    March 1, 2012 at 2:15 PM

    What an amazing party! I love every detail! Dang Delia. You need to write a book. Your ideas are genius!

    Reply
  2. Erin A says

    March 1, 2012 at 3:21 PM

    I love this party! It's so fun, adorable details, and obviously a lot of mom love went into it! Great job!:)

    Reply
  3. Zoë says

    March 1, 2012 at 3:40 PM

    Wow, that looks amazing!
    Apart from all of the hard work and clearing up afterwards I'd love to have kids just so I could create a party like that!
    Wait… I could just have the party for myself… 😀
    Thanks for posting so many details and gorgeous photos

    Reply
  4. Lisa says

    March 1, 2012 at 3:42 PM

    Oh my gosh, adorable! You went all out AND you were very pregnant! It looks so fun!

    Reply
  5. Courtney Kearns says

    March 1, 2012 at 4:08 PM

    So cute! love the seaweed streamers. So simple. And your snacks. Best mom ever.

    Reply
  6. parkesphoto says

    March 1, 2012 at 4:17 PM

    In my google reader. I don't get any of your images. just wanted to let you know. love your blog. m

    Reply
  7. youandmie says

    March 1, 2012 at 5:20 PM

    I love everything about this party Delia!!! The decorations are fantastic (and I love that it's cheap) and that cake came out amazing!! Thanks for the inspiration.

    Reply
  8. Katie Lewis says

    March 1, 2012 at 5:44 PM

    This looks so fun! And I love that it's relatively simple. 🙂

    Reply
  9. Denise says

    March 1, 2012 at 7:43 PM

    So awesome! Looks like it was a ton of fun and I love the decoration ideas

    Reply
  10. Micah says

    March 1, 2012 at 8:03 PM

    Wow! This party looks like it was awesome!! I can't believe all the work you put into it for being so pregnant and tired. Your kids are so lucky to have such a great mom.

    Reply
  11. The Hunter's Prize says

    March 1, 2012 at 8:32 PM

    I love this! I may have to use this when Jacob turns 4 this year, although I'm not sure I'm ready for an inside party yet! Maybe when we have a bigger house.

    Reply
  12. EvaC324 says

    March 1, 2012 at 9:41 PM

    I'm jealous of your son! His birthday party looks amazing. I wish I had a party like that when I was a little kid 🙂

    Reply
  13. susana says

    March 2, 2012 at 3:22 AM

    SI, estoy de acuerdo con el primer comentario,usted tiene que llevar sus ideas de cumpleaños a otro lugar.
    Esas ideas son algo que los niños no olvidan lo que hice con mis limitados recursos,mis hijas grandes recuerdan siempre ,pero si hubiera tenido sus ideas Guau!!!

    Reply
  14. Donna Peterson Neff says

    March 2, 2012 at 2:46 PM

    I love your party ideas! I especially love the wall decorations… it's a shame to have to take it down after the party is over! Fun!

    Reply
  15. Taryn @ Design, Dining + Diapers says

    March 4, 2012 at 11:49 PM

    This is too cute and SO creative! I love the streamers going up the wall and the cake is awesome. I had an 'under the sea' party when I was 8 and this is WAY cooler 🙂

    Reply
  16. Kimbo West says

    March 5, 2012 at 12:35 AM

    featured this today at my blog! http://www.kimboscrafts.blogspot.com

    Reply
  17. Brooke says

    March 5, 2012 at 5:56 PM

    This is so so cute! My four year old loves anything "under the sea" especially colossal squids! He thought your cake was the coolest thing EVER! We are going to have to copy your cake(and party)…is the squid entirely out of fondant? Any pointers would be great!! And good luck with your upcoming little one! Such an exciting time!

    Reply
  18. Michelle Sexton says

    March 5, 2012 at 10:30 PM

    how did the dogs turn out? i saw those on pinterest and a friend of mine told me that when her sister made them, they didn't come out very well, that the spaghetti was hard in the parts that were threaded through the hot dog.

    Reply
  19. scrapbook paper says

    March 7, 2012 at 2:23 PM

    Awesome! As I have found some of fantastic way to enjoying birthday. It's truly looking one of Sea birthday party. Specially, the Octopus cake is really looking exceptional featured of this party. Thanks for sharing.

    Reply
  20. Christie says

    March 13, 2012 at 4:09 AM

    This is SO cute! I love the scene by the table with the crepe paper! You are so incredibly creative, Delia! I just love this party.

    I hope you are recovering well! She's just beautiful!

    Reply
  21. Lil Mama Stuart says

    March 16, 2012 at 6:57 PM

    came from chickabug – love the streamer seaweed! pinning 🙂

    Reply
  22. Kylie says

    March 28, 2012 at 5:44 PM

    That looks like such a fun party! Saving this idea for later: http://pinterest.com/pin/230457705901939978/

    Reply
  23. Nicole Jade | Photography says

    April 13, 2012 at 8:39 AM

    Perfection!!!!! where do you find butcher paper.. 🙂

    Reply
    • Delia says

      August 11, 2014 at 1:25 PM

      Most teacher supply stores have them. College campus stores, or party stores also carry them.

      Reply
  24. Tammy says

    May 8, 2012 at 7:35 PM

    I'm due in a few weeks and needed to plan my son's 5th birthday party last week. He wanted an Under the Sea party and an octopus cake. Your ideas were super cute and I admit that I copied A LOT of them. Thanks for the inspiration. The party was a hit!

    Reply
    • Delia says

      August 11, 2014 at 1:24 PM

      So glad I could help!

      Reply

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