Sesame Street!

Growing up I loved Sesame Street. So when my son started gravitating to a certain red furry friend (Elmo of course!), I was super jazzed! I knew just what to do to celebrate his first birthday. I chose red and blue with a bit of green as my main colors to tie in all of the fun. Here is a bit of what we did:

For the street sign I screwed together a newel post, scrap wood, and wooden dowl. I finished it off with a coat of green paint and a printed street sign inspired from the show. I ordered these super sweet cookie monster and Elmo cookies (they were gone in the first hour!). So much fun and yummy too!

Rylan's big brother helped with the cake and it was so cute to see him proudly show off our creation to all of his friends! We finished it off with and Elmo topper from Calladoo paper which was a nice addition to Rylan's scrapbook later on. Then, I found the polka dot fabric and just couldn't resist! A pair of peaking shears, 3 yards of fabric, and multiple printouts later, I had my table runners and bunting.

To dress up the kids table, I made a centerpiece out of upcycled chocolate boxes that I decorated with some scrap paper and fabric. The letters and Sesame Street stickers added an extra bit of fun. Rylan still plays with them today!

What is a Sesame Street party without Elmo and Cookie monster poufs? Rylan kept hugging these all throughout the party and let out a big belly laugh when I made them "talk". 

For activities we decided to go with a puppet and craft theme. The little guests tried their hand at making puppets and letters of their name, tattoos, and even got to color Mr. Hooper's store!

They loved crawling in and out of the store and even started playing "store" inside. Big Bird's letter nest (find your name!) and Oscar the Grouch recycle toss also made a showing too. A puppet show and Elmo stopping by to say hello kept the kids engaged and excited for more. So fun!

We did prepacked food for all of the adults and children which I highly recommend to make the day of the party less stressful. The children received cheese pizzettas, grapes, chips, pasta salad, napkin, chocolate chip cookie, and an elmo juice box in their lunch sack. Everything (except the pizzetta and pasta which arrived the day of ) were packed a couple of days prior to the party. The kids loved that they got to pick whether they got an 'Elmo or Cookie Monster'.

The adults had similar nosh with some sandwiches thrown in for good measure. I totally fell in love with these omm...nomm...nomm napkins and it was fun using them in our house later.

I think I sang the Sesame Street song for days after! Rylan had a terrific time and I loved being able to celebrate such a special milestone with those near and dear to us.  Happy birthday to my joyful wonder!