A Planet Birthday Party!

 A Planet Birthday Party!!

To say my boys are fascinated by our solar system would be an understatement! They LOVE everything SPACE! We talk almost daily about our moon, stars, earth and all the planets in the sky! We now own an extensive collection of planet books, puzzles, magnets, stickers, games, kits, wall decor, and more! 

When I asked the boys what kind of birthday party they wanted this year, they both shouted, "A Planet Pool Party!" So, with that unanimous vote, the planning began! We talked about having it at our neighborhood pool, how we would get planet beach balls and Saturn's rings.... we could have a "Moon" bounce and serve Star-burst and Star-crunch, o, and Moon pies! We had the best time planning their "Planet Party" together!! 

So, without further ado, check out this 

AMAZING SPACE/PLANET/SOLAR SYSTEM party 

for my twin boys, 

JAKE AND JACK!! 

Birthday Boy, Jake

Birthday Boy, Jack

Back of their shirts say,
"when i grow up i will be... out of this world!"

->Birthday shirts from CWDKids.com paired with swim trunks from Old Navy.

THE INVITATION:

->Printable Invitations from Amanda's Parties To Go.

I changed the wording to include a count down starting at 4 versus 3, 

since the boys were turning 4, and some of the other wording to be more "spacey"!

 THE BOYS' REACTION:

They were stunned, happy, elated and ready to party!!

Baby Brother, Jameson:

I could not leave him out! 

So sweet!

PLANETARIUM POOL:

->I filled the pool with inflatable planets from Amazon.com.

"MOON" BOUNCE:

->Of course we had to have a "Moon" bounce!! 

Custom sign made by Amanda's Parties To Go

and bounce house from Sooner Bounce.

SATURN'S RINGS:

->I piled up two dozen ring floats from the Dollar Tree for the kids to play with!

Custom printable from Amanda's Parties To Go!

SIGNATURE DRINKS:

->All parties should have a signature drink! Blue "Moon" for the adults

and "Sun"kist and Capri "Sun" for the kids.

[Side note....Every time I see these drink pics I hear Sheryl Crow singing, 

"The Sun and the Moon.... but all I want to do is have some fun, 

I got a feeling I'm not the only one!"]

THE BOYS' PRIVATE CAKE TABLE:

Jake's Chair

Jack's Chair

->Cakes by Tina Stepp! 

->Candles from Party Galaxy.

->Custom toppers, signs and birthday banner by Amanda's Parties To Go! 

-> Rocket Picture from Garden Ridge

THE BOYS' GUEST TABLES:

I had two guest tables set for 24 kiddos! 

Each setting had a pizza plate, cake plate, rolled napkin & fork,

water with custom label, party hat and a treat sack! 

Down the middle of each table I had 12 jars full of 

"Solar System Sweets!"

Overhead, I hung lanterns, 1 for each planet, starting with the sun, 

along with, two inflatable astronauts with the boys' faces!!

SO....

can you name all the planets?? 

My boys made sure I 

ordered them correctly earlier that day:

(my friend Brandi can vouch for the 'group' effort!)

SUN

MERCURY

VENUS

EARTH 

(& it's Moon)

MARS

JUPITER

SATURN

URANUS

NEPTUNE

PLUTO 

(we had to include cute little pluto!)

[side note -- because I find this so uber-fascinating! 

I never knew/learned...um, listened perhaps, 

that the Sun is 109 TIMES the size of the Earth. 

And Jupiter....well, it can fit 3 Earths in just it's giant red spot! 

And not only that, but it is so big that it is 2.5 times the size of ALL 

the other planets combined! 

WHAT??!! Who knew.... NOT ME!]

Anyhoo, back to cute party stuff:

PLANET LANTERNS

-> I made Earth by spray painting a blue lantern with green and white!

Do you see Hurricane Isaac?? 

It had just slammed in to the Gulf a few days

prior to the birthday party! It brought along with it cooler temps in OK!

(and I mean, mid 90's "cooler".... )

Astronaut Jake!

Astronaut Jack!

 -> Inflatable astronauts from Amazon.com. I printed out the boys' faces on my 

computer and added them on before hanging!!

 -> I made Saturn's rings by cutting out a circle on poster board and 

glueing tissue squares to both sides! It stayed on the lantern without

any adhesive! (Bonus!!)

-> I made Jupiter by spray painting brown on a red lantern!

PLACE SETTINGS

 

 -> Orange treat sacks from Michael's.

-> Die cuts from Lakeshore Learning Center (Teacher's supply).

-> Plates from Homeland.

->Napkin Ring printables from Amanda's Parties To Go

-> Kids Ozarka water from Target and printables from Amanda's Parties To Go

 -> Party hats from Target. Custom printable from Amanda's Parties To Go

-> Table cloths from Garden Ridge

-> Striped wrapping paper used as table runner from Target.

SOLAR SYSTEM SWEETS:

Moon Pies

Starburst

Mini Oreos as Black Holes

Mini Chips Ahoy as Moon Rocks

Sky Bars
(found at Cracker Barrel Country Store)

Tootsie Pops as Planet Pops

Little Debbie's Star Crunch

Star shaped Marshmallows as Star Mallows

Peach Rings as Saturn's Rings

Milky Ways

Orbit Gum

 THANK YOU:

Jake on their new Space Shuttle and Jack holding Earth!
Picture used for custom Thank You cards through Mpix!

Jake and Jack had an AMAZING time at their birthday party! 

I wish I could share ALL the pictures with you! We had such

a wonderful evening filled with friendships, new and old, 

swimming, bouncing, talking and singing!

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate with us!

We love you and cherish your friendship!

Here's to a wonderful 4th year with our precious boys,

JAKE AND JACK!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET BOYS!

We love you,

Mama and Daddy