Blake's 8th 'Carnival-Theme' Birthday Party!

A birthday party was planned for Blake with all his boy cousins.
He does better with small crowds + adores his cousins.

It started out as just a get together,

but I couldn't plan a party without a theme.

The carnival theme was inspired by the swirl lollipops we found

the day BEFORE the party.

I knew we could plan an old-fashioned carnival themed party

on a shoe-string budget, last-minute

and the boys would have a blast.

Lollipops bought at Six Flags for $1.99 each.

Bags of cotton candy from Target - $1.00 each.

Perfect pair for carnival themed party favors!

I already had the circus tray, the popcorn containers and the number 8 bucket.

Triangles of p,b & j sandwiches, popcorn and ice-cold lemonade

for boys on the go while playing.

My parents have a beautiful backyard and

they own a bounce house for all the grand kids.

So the location and bounce house were FREE.

The rest of the carnival theme stations included:

a slip-n-slide
donuts on a string
bobbing for apples
and
a tattoo station!

Next we opened presents
blew out candles
ate Kaia's homemade {from scratch} vanilla yellow cupcakes
and
ended with Blake's favorite treat....
Root Beer Floats!

It was a complete success,
stress-free, budget-friendly and
a huge hit with the boys!

And P.S. this was the most frustrating post to post EVER.
Not liking Blogger very much right now.
First I couldn't load any pictures.
Then I could load but would lose them.
Then re-load and lose again when almost finished with the post.
A crazy 4 hours total to get this thing together.
Now....onto my day!

And to top it off, my signature was completely lost.