The Very Hungry Caterpillar 1st Birthday Party

I did a super fun Very Hungry Catterpillar Party for my daughter's 1st Birthday! I loved everything about it, it was so much fun for me (and hopefully for her too!) My last few posts are how-to's for different things from the party. This post will be shorter, just refer to the other posts for more information.

Here are the tables. I loved them and all the centerpieces have cute photos of my birthday girl eating whatever the Hungry Caterpillar ate. Check out this post for how I made the centerpieces:
 http://berriesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-party.html

 I also had these candy caterpillars on the tables too. They are similar to the candy lei's you would make for a graduation or something too, but in a caterpillar shape instead of a necklace. Check out this post for how-to make the candy lei:
http://berriesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-party.html

This was my condiment, napkin, and paper plates table. I also had this cute paper plate caterpillar decoration here, but you can put him anywhere or use him as a fun centerpiece too. I also had a fill-a-bowl full of all the fruit the caterpillar eats and  some of my food and plasticware on this table too. Here is a link for how-to make the paper plate caterpillar :
http://berriesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/07/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-party.html

 

 

 

My food table! This was the most fun part because I did all the food that the caterpillar eats in the book. Check out a break-down of all my cute food here http://berriesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-party-food.html

 

And more about the cute candy table is here:http://berriesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-party-food.html 

 

 

 

 

 

 My how-to for the lollipop holder box is here:

http://berriesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/07/lollipop-display-box.html

 

 

I made all my banners myself with the Cricut paper cutter, and for the most part I just used the cartridges that came with it. Follow this link for simple instructions for all my banners:

http://berriesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/08/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-party.html

 

 

 

I loved this big caterpillar floormat under the highchair!

 

 

 "One Sunday morning the sun came up, and POP out of the egg came a tiny, very hungry caterpillar"

 

 

 I used this giant sun balloon to represent the sun that is in the Eric Carle books, specifically at the beginning of The Very Hungry Caterpillar. And I used a butterfly piñata to represent the butterfly that the caterpillar turns into. I also had butterfly nets for the kids to play with too.

 

 

I also had a 'craft' table for the kids too. It was full of The Very Hungry Caterpillar printable pages to color, boxes of crayon,  Very Hungry Caterpillar stickers, erasers, pencils, etc. (I found 7-piece pencil bag and stationary kits form the dollar section at Target). I found the free printable from http://thesweetersideofmommyhood.wordpress.com/2012/10/03/wordy-wednesday-the-very-hungry-caterpillar/

 

 

 

I also had plenty of sidewalk chalk and bubbles for the kids to play with.

 

 

 

 

My cakes are from sprinlebellecakes.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Party Decorations- Part II

 

 

Like I said in my last post, I normally post party pictures AFTER the party happens. However, for my party I'm working on right now, I'm posting things as I make them. I'm working on a Very Hungry Caterpillar (book by Eric Carle) theme party for my daughter's first birthday. Keep following along, I'm excited to see how everything comes together at the actual party.

In this post, I'm going to show how I made my Caterpillar Candy Lei's and my Hungry Caterpillar Plate Centerpiece.

Caterpillar Candy Lei's

 

Hungry Caterpillar Plate Centerpiece

 

Caterpillar Candy Lei's

I'm excited about the candy lei's. I'm going to be using them on my tables as décor and they will also double as a favor for the kids (and in my family, the adults like party favors too). I found the green cellophane wrap from Hobby Lobby. It was the only place I could find green and it was only $2.99. I cut it down and placed 5 pieces of candy on top.

 

 Then just roll the wrap around the candy. Keep it flat.

 Don't twist it between the candy sections, keep it flat. If you twist it between the candy pieces, the candy moves around and the caterpillar won't lay nicely.

 I used red and yellow ribbon to tie off the sections. I used the red around the 'head', I felt it was easier then making a red face somehow. And I used yellow on the rest of him to add some color and contrast to the caterpillar.

 I cut off the ends and curled the ribbon. I also glued on some googly eyes, but you can't seem really see them here (sorry for the poor quality photos!)

 

 

 

I'm going to set these up on my tables around my centerpieces like this:

(And remember, this should look way better all set up at the actual party)

Check out how I  made the centerpieces here:

http://berriesofwisdom.blogspot.com/2014/06/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-party.html

 

 

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Plate Centerpiece

Now the easiest thing that I have made so far for this party has been the caterpillar plate centerpiece. I used red and green party paper plates that I actually bought from Walmart for $.48 a pack! And that's for 20 plates each, so that's a great party deal whether you're eating off them or decorating with them. I used an old wrapping paper roll and clear packaging tape too.

 

 I taped the bottom of the plates to the wrapping paper roll and the tops of the plates to each other.

 I made the faces with my Cricut and scrapbook paper. But I'm sure this would be very easy to cut out without a Cricut machine or anything special.

This cute guy is double-sided and I will be putting it on a countertop or table somewhere at the party.