~Cody's Circus Party~

Last night we celebrated Cody's birthday.

He turned double digits this year.

10!

He asked for a circus themed party, so there was lots of games, prizes, popcorn, and cotton candy.

We rented out our community lodge and had around 60 people.

{mostly kids}

My nephew is a DJ and did an awesome job entertaining the kids.

I took over 145 photos, so I thought I would condense them a bit and put them in collages for you to see. You can click on the collages to make them bigger.

Let's start with the decor!

I couldn't have done it without Honeybash.

I got all my printables  through them.

I used their cake day party collection.

They were totally accommodating in letting me change the colors, add my own messages on the banners, and adding last minute changes.

I highly recommend them!

Aren't the water bottle wraps adorable?

The color theme was aqua, white, and red.

I got the cute striped and polka dot straws here.

The balloons were from Party City. 

The welcome friends sign was also from Honeybash. 

I just framed it in a frame I already had.

 Onto the cake!

I made 2 cakes plus cupcakes because of the amount of people.

I wanted to make a polka dot cake. 

I found the tutorial here.

Remember the striped cake I made before? 

Cody and his cousin made the polka dots with a cake pop pan. 

I loved how when you cut into it you can see the different colored dots! 

 The games!

Typical carnival games all from Oriental Trading Company.

3 in a row, spin a prize, {I made the prize board}

darts, {made by me, balloons and darts purchased through Oriental Trading Company}

clown piñata, and beanbag toss. {not pictured}

The dj's also had them do fun games like musical chairs, pop the balloons, and tons of games involving hula hoops. It was hysterical. They did an amazing job!

{email me if you are local and would like their info: lakeliving4@yahoo.com}

My friend Rachael was kind enough to make me this great wording so that I could transfer it to a giant chalkboard. If you'd like to use it, feel free! 

 {note, typo in the last line, just drop an "F" in the word of}

You can create your own using this tutorial.

 We also rented a popcorn maker which was really fun and in keeping with the carnival/circus theme!

I bought the yellow clown tickets on amazon.

 I just used them for decoration.

 I think my favorite party of the night though was watching all the kids "duggee"

Hope you enjoyed your little virtual trip to the circus!

xoxo