Brown Bear, Brown Bear First Birthday

My son loves the book Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? It's written by Bill Martin, Jr. and illustrated by Eric Carle. We decided to use the book as my son's first birthday party theme. It was colorful and fun! A lot of the party was DIY projects, such as the invitations, monthly pictures banner, and balloon wreath. I found lots of great stuff on Oriental Trading that fit the party theme, such as paper lanterns, plastic cups, HAPPY BIRTHDAY banner, animals garland, and 3D animals.

• What People Ate

  We had smoked ham sliders, fruit, veggies, chips, salsa, dips, cookies, Teddy Grahams, and Goldfish.

• What People Drank

  Soda, beer, water, lemonade, tea

• Desserts

  Cupcakes and homemade sugar cookies in the shapes of all of the animals in the book

• Party Favors

  Guests took home individually wrapped frosted sugar cookies. They were in the shapes of brown bears, yellow ducks, red birds, green frogs, purple cats, and blue horses. If you have read the book you understand!

• Activities / Games

  The kids played with my son's new water table and the adults socialized.

• My Mom!

  Other

  My Mom is a creative force! She baked and decorated the sugar cookies and created the balloon wreath for the front door.