The Littlest Funk blog: 2nd birthday

The Carnvial Came to Town | Charlotte's 2nd Birthday

Friday, January 5, 2018

Huge shout-out to Amanda Noelle Photography for capturing the amazing photos of Charlotte's birthday and to the small shops who helped bring the party together! (This post contains affiliate links)

I still can't believe that my littlest one is two! This last year with her went by faster than the first one. Since her birthday is a few days before Thanksgiving, we usually celebrate a few weeks before and lucky for us we chose the weekend that the actual carnival was in town and just down the street! Charlotte's Carnival themed birthday party was a huge success and it was so much fun to continue birthday celebrations at the real carnival.

We had a great time ~~making~~ attempting balloon animals with the kids and face painting! I had planned some fun carnival games for the kids to play (like a guessing booth and ring toss), but the kids ended up spending most of the time in the bounce house and having potato sack races. Seriously, so much fun. We topped it off with a game of Pie Face, which was a big hit!

We had all the basic carnival food you could think of and it was delicious! Corn dogs, pretzels, hot dogs, cotton candy, a popcorn bar, caramel apples and much more. We washed it all down with lemonade to drink! Cracker Jacks were a great party favor and an easy one that you can't go wrong with!

For dessert, we added frosted animal cookies to her carnival cupcakes and they were the perfect addition. I had planned on making Charlotte's birthday cake this year, but ran out of time. Walmart for the win! I surrounded her birthday cake with gumballs for an added touch and it came out better than it would have if I had made it myself. After we sang Happy Birthday, all the kids grabbed a fork (totally on their own) and dug right in!

I had so much fun planning this birthday party for my TWO year old. It's such a great theme for any time of the year!

party details:
Face Painting

Vintage Popcorn machine

Lemonade cups

Potato Sacks
Carnival Sign
Striped Table Skirt
Carnival Printable Tags by SIMONE made it
Striped Table Runner by Sew Many Linens
Headband by Birdie Baby Boutique
Circus Themed Tutu and Shirt by Little Keiki Bou-Tiki

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Emma Turns 2! | Ice Cream Social

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

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How is it possible that Emma is two?! We have now not only survived her first year, but her second year too! Praise God!

It was a lot of fun and less stressful planning Emma's 2nd birthday party {Ice Cream Social} this year. We didn't get another water bounce house, but we had a water slide, a small bounce house and a few other things for the kids to play. AND we got to host it on our new patio, which was great!

We kept it somewhat simple this year for her party, but I loved the way it all came together. I'm getting a little better with party decorations. It's definitely not Pinterest worthy, but we are getting there ;)

Here are some pictures from Emma's party! ENJOY!

Ice Cream Garland :: ThePaperWonderland / Ice Cream Truck (treat holder) :: Amazon / Party Tray :: Amazon / Picnic Caddys :: Amazon / Tablecloth :: Target

Polka Dot Ice Cream Cups :: Post and Twine / Mini Wooden Spoons :: Post and Twine / Striped Paper Straw :: Target (dollar section)

Animal Cracker popcorn recipe here. / Homemade chocolate magic shell recipe here.

This book came from Shutterfly and I love the way it turned out. We put all of her pictures from her 2 year/ice cream photo shoot in this hardcover book and it was perfect for everyone at her party to look at. Shutterfly always has great deals and freebies too, so be sure to sign up for their emails if you aren't already.

We moved our deep freezer to our back patio for the day of the party to keep all the ice cream in and just had to turn it into an ice cream truck! How cute is this?! Of course, Emma had to help decorate it too :) I can't take credit for this though...our friend, Brittany, was nice enough to draw this for us.