Isabella's Moana 1st Birthday Party

My precious Princess Isabella discovered Moana in all her island glory and the fun loving antics of Maui.
After combing Pinterest for several weeks and watching YouTube tutorials, the day finally came! Welcome to our Moana inspired party!!!!
Our decorations mostly came from Oriental Trading (my "go to" for birthday parties). I found a great YouTube video tutorial that helped me create my Pinterest inspired balloon ocean wave and the green "island".
The 2 tiered cake came from Walmart's bakery and the Moana action figures were purchased as a play set from Target. The cake was actually a safari theme but I asked the bakery to omit the kit (the plastic animals) in order to alter the cake and create the Moana theme.
I think it turned out great!!!
I made cake pops, cookies, and candy (bright colored flowers, leaves, swirls and seashells) which garnished the cookie plates and helped create my version of the Kakamoras.
I found the perfect abstract candy mold that made a swirl that almost perfectly matched the Heart of Te Fiti! I just made little round sugar cookies, iced them with green icing and set the candy on top.My biggest splurge was the Kona Ice truck. I booked them to come and serve our guests shaved ice. (I only wish I had the foresight to provide rum for the adults because after all this preparation I could have used an adult beverage. Ha!) We projected the movie on the wall next to the cake table because I couldn't have a Moana party without the movie...After a little trial and error I found the best recipe for homemade bath bombs and that's what we gave out. "Thanks for making my birthday the bomb!" It was something useful that the kids just love.

• What People Ate

  My brother roasted a pig.  My best friend and my husband's aunt helped assemble shish kabobs while my husband captained the grill for additional burgers and hot dogs.

• What People Drank

  We had plenty of bottled water, juice boxes and pop on hand.

• Desserts

  2 tiered Moana inspired cake, smash cake, cake pops, Moana inspired sugar cookies and candies.

• Party Favors

  Homemade bath bombs. "Thanks for making my birthday the bomb!"

• Activities / Games

  Bounce house/slide/pool, "Bunch O Balloons" water balloons, Slip N Slide, water "blob" with sprinklers, and the Moana movie.

• Faith

  Neice - Babysitter & Icing Apprentice

  My sweet niece, Faith spent the night before to help wrangle my little ones and offered to help decorate the cookies. I'd still be decorating those darn things if not for her!

• Kate

  Best Friend - Vegetable Chopper & Balloon Sculpture Trainee

  My best friend Kate showed up early to help set up the kabob assembly line and create the "island" by inflating all of the green balloons.