J turns 2 today! We celebrated in style this weekend with a few of our good friends. J’s two best buds also celebrated a birthday this month, so we combined the 3 birthdays into one big party.
I had a wonderful time planning the big day with my friends. We came up with some fun ideas and ended up having a great birthday party! Check out our Pinterest Zoo Birthday Pinboard where we got a lot of our ideas.
Fun Activities
Wall Painting
Piñata fun
Beach Balls and a Water Bag
Face Painting
Zoo Themed Food
Elephant PB&J Sandwiches
Veggies in Ranch Dressing Cups
Butterfly Snacks
Monkey Cupcakes
Mini Animal Cracker Cupcakes
Sorry for the pic heavy post…but there was so much good stuff to share! I’m so happy with how the party turned out. The kids were happy, which meant that the parents were happy too. I hope that you found some inspiration for your next child’s birthday party!
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Amanda
I was a Mental Health Counselor who worked with children and mothers in both individual and group counseling environments before I became a Stay at Home Mom to two boys. I have a Bachelors Degree in Child Development and Family Studies and a Masters in Counseling where I specialized in Play Therapy.
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Tiffanie A says
May 1, 2012 at 1:11 pmThanks for the great post and thanks for all the ideas!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
Amanda says
May 2, 2012 at 1:46 amYou’re welcome! Thanks for commenting!
PlainVanillaMom says
May 1, 2012 at 1:32 pmOh my gosh that party turned out awesome! I wondered how it was going and when we would hear about it! Everything looks fantastic. Love the monkey cupcakes. I bet the kids had a blast!! Those penguins are adorable but I don’t envy whoever had to make them!
Amanda says
May 2, 2012 at 1:45 amThanks! I did not do the penguins…thank goodness. They did turn out pretty cute though.
Growing a Jeweled Rose says
May 1, 2012 at 6:51 pmThis is awesome Amanda! Happy birthday to your little man. LOVE all of the ideas you shared here 🙂
Amanda says
May 2, 2012 at 1:45 amThanks Crystal!
Tonya Dirksen says
May 2, 2012 at 1:40 amWhat a fun birthday party! I love all the themed food. Happy Birthday to your little J!
Amanda says
May 2, 2012 at 1:46 amAww..thanks!
Ceylin'in Annesi says
May 2, 2012 at 5:51 amHave a great party. But there is no photo of the cake?
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Terri Thompson says
May 2, 2012 at 9:33 pmWhat a fun birthday party!! I love the balloons!
pinkoddy says
May 3, 2012 at 9:46 pmWhat a fabulous post. Wish I’d seen your monkey cakes before making my toy story ones today.
Lorie K says
May 4, 2012 at 1:02 pmCute party!! Love the penguins!
Ness @ One Perfect Day says
May 4, 2012 at 1:16 pmOh my goodness! This is all so wonderful. R is turning 4 in July and he wants a jungle themed party. Pinning all of this!
Jode says
May 5, 2012 at 12:12 pmWow Amanda…fantastic ideas! What a creative and fun Mum you are!!! The monkey cupcakes are my favourites! I think i shall have to steal some ideas for the twins Birthday which is coming up!!
Krissy Sherman Bonning says
May 7, 2012 at 2:11 pmThat ball and water bag activity is amazing! I bet it was the best Birthday ever.
Jackie H. says
May 8, 2012 at 7:23 pmThe food is all so adorable and the water bag activity looks fun! I’ve never seen that done before!!
Anonymous says
July 24, 2012 at 7:02 pmawesome party…do you have the recipe for the Elephant PB&J Sandwiches?
Amanda says
July 24, 2012 at 7:13 pmI just made regular pb&j sandwiches and used an elephant cookie cutter to cut out the sandwich. Super easy!
Anonymous says
July 24, 2012 at 7:28 pmnice..for sure i’m having those for my son’s 2nd birthday. I’m having it at Safari Edventure. I guess they probably have them at Michael’s. Also how can I subscribe to your blog.
Amanda says
July 25, 2012 at 6:12 pmThere are lots of ways to subscribe. You can follow by email by entering your email address in the form on the upper right side of the blog. I also have an RSS feed that you can use by clicking on the button at the top right. There are also facebook and twitter buttons at the top. Just click on a button and it will take you to the page to like or follow along. Hope this helps some.
Anonymous says
July 24, 2012 at 7:30 pmand what about the monkey cupcakes..are those full cookies or u cut them in half?
Amanda says
July 25, 2012 at 6:15 pmI actually didn’t make those, another Mom did. We did find them on pinterest, however the link to the source was broken. I did a little google search and found a blog with directions. Hope this helps. http://www.yanowhatimean.com/archives/003115.php
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Leni says
September 15, 2018 at 11:23 amHow did you make the elephant sandwiches?
Amanda says
October 1, 2018 at 4:42 pmI have a cookie cutter 🙂