Nautical Birthday Party - AHOY MATE!
Nautical Birthday Party Ideas: An outdoor summer political party for a water-loving kiddo, and all of his friends for a party play engagement!
Nautical Birthday Party Ideas
Last year, we hosted a Crawfish Boil party for his 3rd altogether, and this year… we finally decided on a theme about iii weeks earlier the large mean solar day. My fiddling guy went back and along:
A "Dino-Thomas," birthday party!
A "Superhero," altogether!
I know! A Lego birthday party!
…there were a few more ideas in there, but he just couldn't make up his heed.
(So I took matters in to my own easily.)
I knew he loved water, and with his birthday being in Summer, I knew "water," was going to the theme. So a nautical altogether political party it was! Update: iii years later on, this is STILL his favorite birthday party theme!
Nautical Altogether Party Ideas
Information technology started out with designing a nautical invitation. I created it, based on the "vision," I had in my head of what I wanted the political party to look like. (P.Due south. I blurred the bottom in this photo for privacy. )
Nautical Birthday Party Invitations
I printed the invites, rolled them up tight, taped them with nautical-anchor washi tape, and stuffed them in to little plastic bottles, for a message in a bottle invitation! I cut out little anchors with my silhouette motorcar, and tied them around the bottles with twine.
Delivering the Invites
Here's the fun function! (Note: I'll say that about 10 times I'yard sure.) Since we kept it a small play date, we didn't have to ship out a TON of invitations. And so to add together to the fun, and apprehension of the party, we mitt delivered the message in a bottle invitations to his little friends!
I hope I didn't purposely put this anchor shirt on him to evangelize the invites. But that worked out squeamish… 😉
So we didn't bother the families on a Sunday afternoon, we just quietly placed the bottles on their porch steps, and I texted their mommies that they had a surprise waiting for them.
Party Time!
"Welcome to my Play Date"
If I'1000 able, I always like to make some sort of welcome sign, to let our guests know what door to come in. I tied the design of the invitations in our petty welcome sign, to keep the theme rollin'. 😉
Nautical Party Favors
On the other side of the door, I put out little nautical beach bag favors, for the little guys and gals to grab on their manner in.
The numberless were full of bubbling, sunglasses, water balloons, tattoos, a fiddling wooden fish the kids could paint, and more than!
DIY Tutorial: I purchased mine, but I don't believe they're available any more.
Yous could easily get manifestly small canvas numberless, and fe on an anchor with a cutout of heat transfer material from your Silhouette motorcar, or only cut out an anchor, and stencil paint it on each bag. 🙂
Wooden Rolling Cart:Buy it Here!
Pre & Post Play, Station
The last thing that you want your guests to practise is worry nigh sunburns and bugs, at your outdoor party. To help the situation out a bit, I always try to provide the sunscreen and bug spray right at their fingertips to avert whatever unnecessary troubles. I also wanted to have some towels handy, for the little guys playing in the water. Running in and out of the house, wet from the water games outside, can get cold in that air conditioning! 😉
Nautical Dessert Table – Sweets & Treats
Navy and White Party Decor
I know I say it every fourth dimension, simply this is seriously my favorite party theme yet. I've always had a beat out on a navy and white colour scheme, so it was a no brainer when the party planning went in to works.
Food and Treats Tip:
After upteen parties that I accept hosted, I've learned a valuable lesson. DON'T over practise it on the treats. No… non for the reason that yous think. Information technology's not the sugar highs, or the parents antisocial me considering I've provided endless amounts of sugar for their kids… but rather:
THE KIDS DON'T Eat ALL OF IT!
Dead serious. Don't get me wrong… they'll eat a cupcake, a cookie, maybe some ice cream… merely they are style too busy playing with friends, the new toys laying around etc., that nigh of them barely even arrive to the dessert table more than once.
So this fourth dimension, I kept it small (rather than the normal smorgasbord of goodies that I usually do.)
Anchor Cookies
These cookies. OMG, can you BELIEVE how adorable these are!? Guess what… I found them on Etsy! Yes! Wooden It Be Sweet has these in her shop, and she was More than than accommodating with my needs! She shipped them to me, wrapped in the almost precious little plastic bags, tied with twine.
I was able to send some of them home with guests since they were wrapped {as an addition to the political party favors}, and I unwrapped a few for the dessert table.
Wait how beautiful these are wrapped:
Cupcakes + Cupcake Toppers
I can't shout it from the rooftops loud enough, how PERFECT these nautical cupcakes were from MAB Cupcakes. Like a crazy person, I waited until the final minute to lodge cupcakes. (I don't recommend information technology.) But when I put a call in to order the cupcakes, I only merely asked for some white cupcakes. I didn't expect what I received…
Anchor cupcake toppers!!! I did mention that it was for the nautical altogether party that I was hosting, and if they had anything navy blue in the shop they could throw on… I'd be forever grateful. You guys… THIS WAS THE Upshot…
NAILED it, right?! Holy moly. Give thanks yous MAB Cupcakes!
P.S. I found the wooden board at a local antique shop, and it worked perfect to line the cupcakes on.
Blue Nutrient??
I knew for the dessert table, I wanted to keep all of the nutrient, white or navy bluish. When I started to call up of, "Blue food," I'll be honest… at that place wasn't much out there. Then I knew if I went to "white," food, and only apply Blue decor on the table, it should work out pretty well.
I went to one of my trusty desserts for parties (that'due south uncomplicated and delish), the ready-to-eat cheesecake filling.
At my All White Christmas party a while back, I took this filling, and filled mini shooters with graham cracker layers. This time, I just grabbed some fillo shells and filled them with the cheesecake filling, and topped them with a couple of blueberries.
These would be soooo cute for a nautical baby shower too I must say!
If you follow me on Facebook, you may have seen my footling snapshot of my DIY process of making these. I was smitten with how cute they were looking. I found the thought on Pinterest, and cannot remember for the life of me who came up with this brilliant idea. If you lot know, please allow me know! I'd dear to link to them and give credit where credit is due!
I just grabbed lifesavers, and tied them on to the twine, and wrapped it around the bottles. This DIY project went by in a flash.
White powdered donuts seem to ever brand an appearance on my dessert tables too. Mainly because I adore them. (Ahem… I mean my guests adore them.)
I found beautiful piffling navy and white suckers before the political party, and although I didn't really have the "space," for them, I did put a couple out on the table but to add a "sweet," bear on. 😉
Brand Your Own Ice Cream Bar
In another corner of the backyard, I created an ice cream bar. With the hot month of June, an ice foam on a hot summer twenty-four hour period is a treat! Literally!
Ice Cream Toppings
I put out blueberries, strawberries, chocolate chips, pasty bears, and crushed upwardly Oreos, for the piddling ones to become creative. TIP… set this tabular array up in the yard or somewhere that you don't heed getting muddied! It had potential to get messy. 😉
There was a diversity of flavored syrups as well, and they were able to choose between a waffle cone or bowl! The kids had a Smash choosing which toppings they wanted. Ok ok… I did besides.
Snack + Toy Cart – Finger Foods
I put up a little snack cart with fries, in case anyone got hungry and was missing a sweet molar. Putting them in to canisters makes it await a little fancier than simply a few bit bags laying around. This is where I besides stored overflow of bubbling, sailor hats, and other little goodies.
Child Drinks
Since it was a kiddo party, I wanted to brand sure we had enough of child-friendly drinks. Lemonade and water took up the master stage in my drink dispensers. If you're curious about the beverage dispenser stands, cheque out my post about when and where I got the little lovelies: My Recent Trip to…
Not pictured: The adults may or may non have had an "adult drink," section too. 😉
Water Fun!
My boys and their little guests had a blast in the water. Water sprinklers, water balloons, and just tubs of h2o! Fun for hours.
I had such a good time designing this party. I already can't await for my other kiddos birthday this Autumn. Let the ideas and designing begin!
Vendor Credits:
Party Styling: Fantabulosity
Nautical Cookies: Wooden It Exist Sweet
Nautical Ballast Cupcakes: MAB Cupcakes
Until side by side time! Happy party planning!
Source: https://fantabulosity.com/nautical-birthday-party-ideas-play-date-navy-blue-white/
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