Samuel's 1st birthday retro railroad celebration

chugga! chugga! choo! choo! And, welcome to Samuel’s first birthday!

What a ONEderful year! Samuel’s parents wanted to celebrate his first year on earth with a classic, vintage yet smart celebration! Think navy and red. Boyish charm meets a stylish party.

The styling featured custom made railroad crossing signs, pinstripe train conductor hats, and cute little red wooden trains amongst the smartest table setting with cute hedge plants in silver pots, train-inspired drinks and delicious desserts!

• What People Ate

  Food is very important for mini train engineers, so we had a fueling station complete with diesel fuel and a water tower to quench their thirst, and a delicious menu that not only satisfied their hunger but excited their taste buds. The menu created by our resident Chef, Tony Craven, was as follows: caboose of caramel popcorn, choo choo sandwiches, humus and baba ganouj, crudites and crisp breads, railway light cookies, sausage coals, toot toot vanilla cupcakes, and wagon-lit mini-popsicles.

• Jasmin from Epic Installs

  Backdrop

  Oh La La Balloon Bar provided three large round balloons in the colors red, navy and blue. We positioned one at the entrance and the other two either side of the food table, against an incredibly colourful backdrop by Epic Installs. Silver script balloons from Favor Lane Party Boutique that read ‘choo choo’ hung from the backdrop.

• Chey from oh la la balloon bar

  Balloons

  Oh La La Balloon Bar provided three large round balloons in the colors red, navy and blue. We positioned one at the entrance and the other two either side of the food table, against an incredibly colourful backdrop by Epic Installs. Silver script balloons from Favor Lane Party Boutique that read ‘choo choo’ hung from the backdrop.

• Lisa from Cakes 2 Celebrate by Lisa

  Cake designer

  We had the great pleasure of Cakes 2 Celebrate by Lisa create the incredible retro railroad masterpiece, featuring the birthday boys’s name, topped with a handmade train. Lisa also created the cookies, cupcakes and mini-popsicles.

• Shelley from Favor Lane

  Partywear

  The table was set with red and blue square paper plates, from Favor Lane Party Boutique. The wooden cutlery was set in blue napkins, and finished off with a cutlery wrap that featured a personalised birthday message for Samuel. Every milk bottle featured a wrap, with the number one, topped with a red and white striped paper straw. The water bottles were given a coordinated label with the message ‘chugga chugga choo choo’. Every setting included a menu highlighting the delicious food that was in store.

• Lisa from etched

  Designer

  I was delighted a custom made photo board was made to hold precious memories of Samuel by Etched. Twelve photos represented the first twelve months of little Samuel’s first year of life presented on a light timber board. Samuel’s name was etched in black, along with his date of birth, and a fabulous gold train.

• Anita from Design My Party Studio

  Designer

  My vision was brought to life with a smart train design created especially for this party. A magnificent welcome sign was created, along with a gorgeous invitation, menus, bottle labels and gift tags by Design My Party Studio.

• Kym from Perth Toy Hire

  Entertainment

  Entertainment is an essential element of every party. I felt that one-year-olds would benefit from more of a free-play scenario. So I organised for a wooden block activity station including train tracks, train accessories and trains which gave the little ones and the grown-ups too an opportunity to use their imagination, and create fun retro railroad stories. The littlest of the party guests had their very own area to play complete with a Jupiduu slide, customised ball pit filled with white balls, a rocker, and mini white teepee by Perth Toy Hire.

• Gemma Zina from Hooray Day

  Loot Bags

  Toot! Toot! Little Samuel was eager to show his gratitude to each little party guest, so I organised a baggage claim where his little friends could collect a thank you gift. Pinstripe cotton train conductor hats were a big hit with all the little party guests. Hooray Day created a navy train image on calico bags which featured a wooden train whistle, and a delicious cookie featuring a message, Samuel is 1. Each bag was topped with a cute tag that said Chugga Chugga Thank Choo from Samuel. These tags along with the other event stationery were created by Design my Party Studio.

• Kerri from Kerri Mackintosh Photography

  Photographer

  There is nothing more important to us than long-lasting memories from a my little party event. Kerri Mackintosh is an incredibly talented photographer who captured all the important details of this little party so well.