A Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Party
My baby is one. Naturally, we had a bash to celebrate this milestone and I didn’t hold back. Originally, I was going for an Under the Sea theme. But then, I started seeing all of the cute Hungry Caterpillar Birthday pins on Pinterest and I quickly changed the theme. And I’m glad I did.
Let’s go over the details, shall we?
A Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Party Details
1. Invitations – My dear friend, Jenni of 9 designs, once again knocked it out of the park with the invites!
2. Caterpillar Cupcake Cake – Oh yes, I did it. Oh yes, it was amazing. I got so many compliments on this caterpillar cake! I made a 6 inch round cake for Benny’s smash cake and added chocolate melting wafers for eyes, large confetti sprinkle for the nose, and black pipe cleaners for the antennae and feet. The body is made out of two dozen funfetti cupcakes piped with green icing. I had a hard time finding just the right cake board to put the cupcakes on so I improvised. I used a pizza box covered with coordinating wrapping paper!
3. Decor – The decor was simple: anything red or green, anything primary color polka dots. One of the most talked about decorations was the caterpillar paper lantern. I found the paper lanterns in the dollar section at Michael’s and added two pipe cleaners for the antennae. Just hand with some fishing line, and viola you have a caterpillar!
4. Favors – Favors were so easy for me! I grabbed some bug catchers from the dollar store {and they had then in red and green to boot}. They included a bug net as well. I filled the catchers with some gummy worms and slapped on a thank you label. The kids loved them!
5. Food – We kept the food simple and somewhat along the lines of the story. We had sandwiches, fruit salad, strawberries, a cheese and meat tray, and chicken nuggets for the kids. I made food labels that, of course, showed off the theme of the book.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar theme was a fun first birthday idea! I am currently working on E’s birthday which is ice cream themed and can’t wait to share all the details with you.
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Love. Love. Love. This is such a creative and lovely birthday theme. I’m really into themes for my kid’s birthdays. Last year, we had a Nice Monsters Party and the year before it was all about Balls. I’ve tried to ignore the whole princess thing but I bet next year, that theme will rear it’s ugly head! Great job, Steph!
Oh you know the princess theme is coming! But I have seen a lot of princess themes that aren’t too princessy. Does that even make sense?
I have seen a ton of party ideas on Pinterest… but this one is amazing!! I have not yet had a party for my kiddos since joining Pinterest, so I have a bunch of ideas saved there. I think you did a great job! 🙂
I couldn’t have done it without Pinterest!
What a great party theme! Love all the decorations! Can’t believe your baby is one! Congrats!
LOVE IT ALL!!!!!
Thank you!
Seriously, how freakin’ cute is this? Love all the great ideas!
Thanks! I was really proud of this one and everyone loved it!
LOVE IT! Great job! I love the idea and the decor. We are doing a ‘Let’s Make a Splash’ 1st birthday for my daughter this weekend and we are going with crabs with teal and red. I love the simple menu and the bug catchers were perfect!
Oh that sounds adorable! I might have to do something similar next year.
That is absolutely adorable. Man they didn’t have stuff like this when my boys were young enough to enjoy it..
Thanks Angel!
So cute! I saw some great Hungry Caterpillar ideas on Pinterest, but your party decor definitely takes the cake!
Thanks Tori! I put a lot of time into planning everything and was so happy that it all turned our perfectly.
LOVE!!! What did we do before pinterest??? I did a “one” theme for Michael’s first, Sesame Street for his 2nd, and an ocean theme last year. This year, we are having his party at an arcade / ice cream parlor, so I don’t have to do any decorating or planning – and I’m kind of bummed about it 🙂
IKR! Without Pinterest, this would not have happened. I am in the same boat with E’s party at the ice cream place. They do everything for you. But I am trying to throw in a few things here and there to make it a little more special.
I love it! So super cute. The lantern idea was cute.. Looks like it all went well!
I am currently planning Lennox’s second birthday party. It is going to be Yo Gabba Gabba / Rainbow theme. I hope it turns out as cute as your party!
Oh I bet that will be so cute! You better share pictures.
I LOVE this! I was debating between Dr. Seuss and Hungry Caterpillar for my little dude’s 1st birthday and ended up doing Dr. Seuss but I seriously LOVE how you decorated for the HC theme! Awesome job, Mama!
Oh Dr. Seuss sounds like it would be a lot of fun!
OMGoodness… just another reason to LOVE Pinterest! It gets those creative juices flowing.
You did a great job with the party decor… awesome!
Visiting from SITS, make it a great day!
It really does! I am looking at decorations for ice cream themed parties at this exact moment and Oh. My. God.
that is just adorable! love it, and loved that book when my kids were younger. The party looks so fantastic. way to rock the party world! awesome, love it!!!
We love the book too! After the kids were coming off their cake and moon bounce high, we did a little story time.
Wow! So creative, and yet so simple! I love it! Off to pin it.
Thanks Barb!
Such a cute party theme. We’re having an “Ace Airlines” party in a couple of weeks and then in July we’re having a “Ty Rex Dino-4” party (Ty is his name, and he’s 4….yes, my husband is making fun of me). Way to go Mama!
Oh my husband didn’t get everything I was doing during the planning stages. But all day he kept complimenting and telling me I did a great job with the party!
Love. Love. LOVE.
Great party mama and the kiddos just adored the party favor!
Thanks for coming! I’m glad the kids loved the favors {and the moon bounce!}.
any party that involves cake and book related themes is ok with me!
how friggin cute is that?
Thanks Pam! I loved being able to incorporate one of our favorite books.
I love this so much!! Adorable.
Thanks Amber!
Adorable! I love the detail that you put into everything. We did a big family party for our little one’s first birthday last year, but think we may just chill for the second. I am definitely pinning this for a future idea. Thanks for sharing!
Oh we will definitely just chill for the 2nd one. And since their birthdays are only 2 weeks apart, there will be joint parties from this point forward!
I adore every last detail! I’m getting ready for our little guys first birthday and trying to come up with a good theme. This is perfectly executed – nice job!
Thanks Kim! Once you pick a theme, everything just falls into place.
The caterpillar cake is so cute. I need a reason to make one. You did such a great job!
IKR! I want to make another one!
Love all the details. We had a Very Hungry Caterpillar 3rd birthday party this past February for my oldest son. Love the book and all the fun things you can do with the party theme!! 🙂 Of course I blogged about it http://stavishclan.com/2012/02/xanders-very-hungry-caterpillar-birthday-party-invitations-and-decorations.html
and http://stavishclan.com/2012/02/xanders-very-hungry-caterpillar-party-food-crafts-and-party-favors.html
That is such a cool party idea! love the cake and the decorations!
awesome!!! great job! the cake is FAB!
So adorable! How did he turn one already?! Seems like you just had him.
This is totally a home run! I want to know – how did you make the collage picture at the top of the post?? Sharing this!
Very fun! Love this idea.
I have looked EVERYWHERE for the circle wrapping paper ….I think it used to be at Target…..I need it for my sesame street party….can you please tell me where you found this?!!! THANK YOU!!!! Adorable party!!!
Target! But I don’t think they carry it anymore.