Making a Monster Birthday Party

I wanted to make as many decorations as I could for Owen's 2nd birthday. We tend to want to have big events for the little guy since his birthday is such a special day....plus, the more fun we have on June 14th, the more it makes up for how scary the day of his actual birth was.
After I saw this shirt, at the Carter's store, I knew exactly what the theme was going to be: A Monster Party for our little monster.

Then, my scrapper mind logically thought of the October Afternoon "Night Light" line, with all it's cute little monsters.
Then, with the help of the Wild Card and Celebrations Cricut cartridges, we made these invites:

The card and envelope. His picture and the details are inside.


Starting the assembly...


Daddy on the invite assembly line.


Paper lanterns from Oriental Trading Co. (we actually used them for his luau party last year too). Just added some circles to make some monster head lanterns.


I had fun with these. I played with craft foam hats and cut out craft foam shapes to make hats for the kids. I just drew the rest of the face on with a Sharpie.


I picked up these striped gift bags from Michael's and made stickers with cut-out monsters from the October Afternoon paper. They were filled with $ spot goodies. The little squirt guns were the biggest hit.


Another silly fun one. I covered half spheres with fabric and painted dots on them, then I drew on/stuck on faces with a Sharpie and craft foam again. I added wire antenae to some too. Then I put them on cardboard circles covered with white paper and a big orange paper dot. I made some of these puffy paper stars as confetti. I learned to make them in summer camp in 7th grade, and I still think they are uber cool.


Here's his banner, I made this using the Celebrations cartridge. Very fun to make.


Lastly, the cake made by Grandma Jeanne. I just gave her the pictures from the patterned paper and she took off with it. I love how it turned out, and it tasted so, soo good. Thanks Grandma Jeanne!

So, that's it. I plan to update with actual pics very soon.
Thanks for reading!