My older sister and her husband live in Germany and when they told me earlier this year that they would be visiting with my niece, my first reaction was birthday party! Mia, my little niece, turned one in January but her family here in the U.S. didn't get to celebrate in person so we had to have a May birthday party for her!
My sister told me that Mia loves Elmo! She asked my husband to create the invitation and a few decorations for the party.
I thought he did a great job with it, didn't he? He found a baby Elmo graphic online but the resolution was very small and the quality not so good. So he brought it into Illustrator and “redrew” it.
He made the graphics for the cupcake toppers. My sister cut them out and put them together. I made the cupcakes with this buttercream recipe. She found the circle cutter too hard so she cut them with regular scissors. Also, she found the sticks at Joanns.
I just love how the banner came out! My sister used a circle cutter to cut the big circles out.
I created a whole collage of Mia digging into her cake. Her mom told me she loves chocolate so I made her a chocolate cake. She is one of the few tots I have seen who actually ate her smash cake. Okay not the whole thing but she did enjoy the chocolate and the buttercream icing!
Afterwards, all of the kids including Mia had fun participating in a (late) Easter egg hunt. They all had so much fun…some of the eggs were filled with German gummy bears! Look at the way she holds her bucket…she does that with bags, purses, etc. Wonder where she gets that from!
Below is a video of Mia putting on a purse she got as a gift from her Great-Aunt Debbie. She knows how to put her purse on her shoulder!
I loved sharing Mia's birthday party with you and thought I would share with you the files for the Cupcake toppers (I still need to upload the border ones – for adding a child's photo), the party favor tags and the banner. Download them below.
Elmo Cupcake Toppers
Elmo Gift/Party Favor Tags
Letters for Banner
It was great to finally meet my little niece, Mia, and we're going to meet miss her when they go back to Germany. We had a lot of fun helping out with the party and just loved spending time with her! Until they come to the states again or we get to go to Germany, I'll be seeing her on Skype!
Stacie @ The Divine Miss Mommy says
She is just adorable!!! And so are the cupcakes.
Virginia from That Bald Chick says
If she were any cuter, it’d be a sin. What a fun party!
Penelope says
Wow, that looks amazing…kudos to your hubby!
Shasta says
What an adorable party!!!
Lorie Shewbridge says
Such a cute party, she is adorable!
Kathleen B. says
Such a beautiful party! The invitations were adorable and I love the goody buckets!
Jessica says
These are so adorable Julie! You and your husband could start selling specialty cupcakes!! So adorable!
Tammy says
How fun! I know what it’s like to live far away from nieces and nephews, it’s wonderful to see them in person! I actually just stumbled across this the other day http://www.morselsofhappiness.com/2010/09/elmo-sugar-cookies.html , they would have been perfect for Mia’s party!
Courtney says
How wonderful that you guys celebrated her 1st birthday, wonderful job btw! She is too cute!!
Shop with Me Mama (Kim) says
Oh how adorable!!
Linda @ My Name is Momma says
Beautiful job!
blueviolet @ A Nut in a Nutshell says
Now is that ever cute!
Nisrine Merzouki says
Mia is sooo adorable and she is sooo lucky to have you as an aunt. A very happy birthday to her. Glad you guys had the greatest time at her birthday.
Amy @ A Little Nosh says
She’s absolutely adorable and your husband did an AMAZING job!