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Modern Baseball Birthday

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Batter Up! I am very happy to share this Modern Baseball Party that I styled for my Luke's 9th Birthday. Luke is all about the game. He lives it and so do his friends. They play hard and rough so I wanted his party to be more graphic and urban than most All American Baseball Parties you usually see. This turned one of the easiest parties I have every styled. It just flowed. I started with a red, black and white color scheme- one of my all time favorites and incorporated several wood elements (think bats). I also knew I wanted to use a lot of baseball terms so I created this really fun background paper which I used on the envelop liner and thoughout the design.
When I was growing up, my Dad played recreation league baseball for dozens of year. He always kept every single trophy he got. I knew I wanted to use trophies as a focal point for Luke's party. It really touched me and Luke when my dad let me use some of his. One of them was actually from 1973. To make them united and to fit into the party, I simply spray painted them all red. I LOVE the effect. I used most of them for the table centerpiece. I had a runner made out of our graphics and embellished plain white paper plates with the #9. Wooden utensils in mini black and white bags, "Game Ball" tubes and mini juice container completed the place settings. A custom Play Ball balloon was tied to each chair.
I printed a few famous baseball quotes for the snack and party favor table. The boys treated themselves to fun baseball treats like peanuts, licorice, sunflower seeds, Babe Ruth Bars and Big League Chew. Mini rippled cups with raspberries added the perfect pop of color. For party favors, I had mini custom wooden bats made with our party logo.

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    When I was growing up, my Dad played recreation league baseball for dozens of year. He always kept every single trophy he got. I knew I wanted to use trophies as a focal point for Luke's party. It really touched me and Luke when my dad let me use some of his. One of them was actually from 1973. To make them united and to fit into the party, I simply spray painted them all red. I LOVE the effect. I used most of them for the table centerpiece. I had a runner made out of our graphics and embellished plain white paper plates with the #9. Wooden utensils in mini black and white bags, "Game Ball" tubes and mini juice container completed the place settings. A custom Play Ball balloon was tied to each chair.

  • Desserts

    The dessert table was framed by two 36 inch balloons and featured Baseball Cake Pops by Cake Poppin, Root Root Root Beers, Crackerjacks, mini Chocolate covered Oreos decorated like baseballs and my favorite- Bunt Cakes. Edible Details made the most perfect fondant baseball gloves that topped the cake and cupcakes. I filled kraft cups with "Baseball Batter" which was chocolate brownie pudding parfaits and made mini baseball donuts. Oreo Sliders and baseball sugar cookies cut out to spell Luke's name finished the table

  • Activities / Games

    As a surprise, we took the boys to a Dodger Game. Luke even got a birthday wish from the Dodgers. When we got home we ended the party with a smash cake for Luke, a tradition from his first birthday. As always, Luke slide right in head first.

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