JJ's 5th Birthday

My son just recently celebrated his 5th birthday...

and boy oh boy did we celebrate!

I decided to have 2 parties... one for his classmates (all 14 of them) and one for family and friends.. even though it was a hot & humid weekend, all was a success!

Of course my favorite part is always the decorating, but trying to do it on some sort of budget can be a challenge.. so what better place to go on a budget? Target!!

I got these cute polkadot plates & star buckets from Targets dollar section...

the kids had fun using them to munch on cupcakes, popcorn and goldfish.. yum!

Cupcake stand and candles also from Target..

I put 3 cupcake wrappers on each cupcake to make them more colorful,

it definitely worked, don't ya think?

The cake was from rivierabakehouse ,

not so much on budget but oh so awesome AND DELISH!!

The favors... a water bottle and pail also from Target.

I printed the name tags myself..

I found some adorable and "free" fonts from Fonts For Peas

later on i added silly bandz to each favor, the kids loved them :)

Target also had these really colorful and super cute mini fans,

so, I bought a bunch of them....

I made this banner out of cardstock and ribbon..

so easy to do!

And my fav, and I think everybody else's..

the photo banner I made of my son throughout the years.

I hope the kids had fun.. i know i did!!
Happy 5th Birthday John John!!