Come ONE Come All | Circus 1st Birthday Party| Everett Turns One!

The theme idea for a “Come ONE Come All” party was actually Caden’s idea! I had been racking my brain trying to think of a unique theme that I really loved and I couldn’t think of anything. Haha. So, I turned to Instagram and there and only there did Caden give me his idea. Typical. Haha! But I was immediately obsessed and had a million and one ideas!

Party planning is so much work (like SO much) but I absolutely love it and the outcome is always worth the hassle! One piece of advice I stand by is that you can’t do it ALL! Sure, I could make my own cake or do my own balloons, but there are professionals for a reason and they will save you so much time and effort!! I was so grateful to have collaborated with so many talented people and businesses who truly made this possible! If you are throwing a circus birthday party (or any party for that manner) definitely reach out to them and they can help make your party dreams come to life! I will list all of them at the bottom of this post with links to their sites!

I think one year old parties are so much fun and such a celebration of life! We had all of Everett’s friends and family there to show their love and I will always be grateful for our circle of loved ones. We always like to do a “sign-in” of some sort so one day our kids will be able to look back and see who was there! This time we did the book “If I Ran The Circus” by Dr. Suess and had everyone write a little message inside! So easy and so cute to look back on!

I really wanted this circus party to feel like you were AT the circus! I had a million ideas for food but settled on the options that were easiest to eat without sitting at a table, which was a blessing when we got rained out and had to move the party inside! I displayed all of the food “charcuterie” style with popcorn, nachos, cotton candy and cupcakes! All SUPER simple foods but fun and definitely went with the theme! We also did carnival type games including: a ring toss, fish bowl drop, a can knockdown, pin the peanut on the elephant, and a bean bag toss! We also did face painting and that was a huge hit for the kids!

Perhaps my favorite part of the party was the candy cart that my husband built for me from SCRATCH! All I gave him was a inspo picture off of Pinterest and he did such a wonderful job! I didn’t want to worry about winners and losers and tickets and prizes and all that, so I decided I’d do a make your own treat bag bar and it was perfectly displayed on the cart he made! We had little stickers that said thank you for coming on each bag and fun names for each of the treats and it was everything I wanted it to be!

Throwing my children birthday parties was something that I looked forward to YEARS before becoming a mom! It’s something that brings me so much joy to plan and see it all come together for everyone to come and enjoy! This Come One Come All party will be tough to beat in my head! I absolutely LOVED how it all turned out and I hope you can find some ideas for your own party here too! Never hesitate to reach out if you have questions on how something was done or just need someone to talk party with! Thank you for being here!!

Again, a HUGE thank you to all of the wonderful people and businesses who helped bring my dreams to life! Definitely reach out to them to help create your next party!

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