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Megan's 1st Birthday Carnival

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I love planning parties and decided a Carnival would be the perfect outdoor bash for my baby girl's 1st birthday party!

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Party Highlights

  • Desserts

    Lemon, chocolate, and red velvet cake pops, and two different types of cupcakes, cotton candy, snow cones, and assorted candy.

  • Activities / Games

    Bounce house, face painting, and bubbles.

  • What People Ate

    Burgers, hot dogs and coneys, assorted salads, watermelon basket fruit salad, warm soft pretzels, peanuts, and popcorn.

  • What People Drank

    Assorted glass-bottled flavored sodas, "carnival" water, and beer for the adults.

  • Favors

    Fresh candy apples and boxes of animal crackers.

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7 comments

  • Jeannette R

    Jeannette R wrote:

    Hello Heather, My name is Jeannette and I am on the Party Of The Month panel on Children's Party Network.This party is adorable and I would love to nominate you for an entry into the {June} Party of the Month Contest on CPN. If you are a member of the Children's Party Network, you can submit your party on the CPN site yourself or simply reply and accept the nomination and we will gladly add you to the contest. Great job and I hope to hear back from you soon! You can email me at [email protected] http://www.childrenspartynetwork.com/

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    Marla P wrote:

    where did you purchase the napkins? and who made the personalized napkin wraps? lovely party!!

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    Marla P wrote:

    I love the auntie anne's pretzel!! this is such a great idea..I'm copying this for my daughter's carnival party. Btw, where did you order the popcorn boxes? is it already pre-filled with popcorn?

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    Marla P wrote:

    where did you order the pre-wrapped apples? I so love you party ideas!!

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    Heather H wrote:

    Hi Marla -- The napkins are from Party City. All of the personalized paper stuff (napkin rings, signage, cupcake toppers, candy apple labels, etc) were from etsy. This shop: http://www.etsy.com/shop/ljabara She is great to work with! :)

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    Heather H wrote:

    Me again -- thanks for the wonderful compliments! I had so much fun doing this party for my youngest daughter. The apples were made by a local friend and the tags are from http://www.etsy.com/shop/ljabara on etsy!

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    Heather H wrote:

    They were a huge hit! The boxes didn't come filled (we just bought bagged popcorn) and I got them on ... you guessed it, etsy (I love etsy!). http://www.etsy.com/shop/HeyYoYo