It was a fairly relaxed occasion as we simply had to turn up, swim, and then leave - exactly my kind of party. Probably the most stressful thing for me was making sure that everyone had their party bags, lunch boxes, and cupcakes at the end of the party. I made some shark themed vanilla cupcakes with blue buttercream icing and little shark fin picks & wrappers from Party Delights to decorate, they went down very well with all of the guests! It was so much easier to hand them out in individual plastic containers (purchased from eBay) rather than try and cut up a big cake for party bags.
H had a memorable birthday party and received some great gifts including Lego sets, Tom Gates books and a robot building kit, and he is already busy planning what he wants for his special 'double digits' 10th birthday in November this year. I'm just hoping that whatever he chooses is as straightforward as this one!
Some great party food ideas, what a great idea to take them swimming, I must remember this for future parties! X
ReplyDeleteThank you! Honestly it was so easy I had to do barely anything, his last three birthdays the parties have been brilliant so I'm going to be hard pressed to choose something as easy this year I think x
DeleteThat sounds like a great party! A bonus you didn't have too much to do! Kids parties can be so stressful! Those cakes are awesome x
ReplyDeleteThey really can, I'm all for doing as little as possible and delegating wherever I can haha! Thank you :-) x
DeleteAwww, sounds like an amazing party! And so much fun, too. The cakes look yummy as always, hehe. I love your new blog design too, very fresh indeed :) xx
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was good fun, they all really enjoyed it. Thanks, I'm really happy with it :-)
DeleteOh wow, that sounds like an amazing party and a very low stress one for you too... Love the idea for the food options, so clever!!
ReplyDeleteIt was great, I hate that parties are so stressful - they're meant to be fun! - so finding one that is nice and simple was a relief! Thank you, thank heavens for Pinterest ;)
DeleteA swimming party sounds fantastic and those cupcakes are ace! x
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was lots of fun :)
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