Sock Monkey Themed 1st Birthday Party

This charming SOCK MONKEY THEMED FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Louise Sanders of Sunshine Parties in South Africa.

A few of my favorite elements & party ideas in this sock monkey celebration are:
  • The sock monkey cake pops
  • The mini pennant banner cake topper
  • The stamped muslin favor bags
  • and MORE!
Photography- Louise Sanders
Party design, printables and decor- Sunshine Parties

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Striped Paper Straws
Baker’s Twine
Muslin Favor Bags
Nut / Candy Cups

Here’s what Louise said about planning the party- “We held Big Will’s 1st Birthday Party at my home in Durban, South Africa. It was a small gathering of close friends and family. I just love the Sock Monkey Theme!

Decor:
To make a party look great you need to focus on the details. We created this look by using our designs from our latest Sunshine Party printable set – Sock Monkey Inspired. All digital design elements can be printed on a home PC printer and handmade. This makes the party unique and still affordable! With a little thought and imagination this party can look great! For the table, we used a blue table cloth with hessian overlays. We made the bunting ourselves.

All the printed items can be found at SunshineParties on Etsy. This includes the Happy Birthday banner, Mini Cake Bunting, Food labels, Cupcake toppers all laid out to create this stunning look.

Food:
The birthday Cake was a yummy red velvet layered cake with precious mini bunting on top. We also had the cutest sock monkey cake pops. Liquorice hung from a container as Monkey vines. Lint Chocolate was personalised with labels to be monkey bars and there were some very yummy peanut butter cupcakes. Don’t forget the monkey nuts (we used chocolate balls for this)!”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Striped Paper Straws
Baker’s Twine
Muslin Favor Bags
Nut / Candy Cups

Girly Monkey Themed 3rd Birthday Party

This fabulous GIRLY MONKEY THEMED THIRD BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Ale Rosa Party Planner in Brazil.

A few of my favorite elements in this adorable girly monkey party are:
  • The party hats embellished with mini pom ribbon and tulle pom poms
  • The picture banner hanging on the backdrop
  • The party favors embellished with mini paper fans and banana cutouts
  • and MORE!
Party Planning and Styling- Ale Rosa
Photography- Corujando & Cia
Biscuits (cookies)- Grazy Biscuit

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Tissue Pom Poms
Party Hats
Paper Straws
Polka Dot Balloons
Pom Ribbon

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Tissue Pom Poms
Party Hats
Paper Straws
Polka Dot Balloons
Pom Ribbon

Curious George 4th Birthday Party

Who has a child who loves Curious George?! If you do, then this adorable CURIOUS GEORGE FOURTH BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Meredith Tomasulo of That’s My Kind of Party is for you! So many darling ideas here that you won’t want to miss!

Meredith said this about planning the party- “My son turned 4, I can’t believe it – seems like just yesterday we were bringing the little guy home. He is all boy and loves his firetrucks but he also really loves to read – especially Curious George. The week after my daughter’s 2nd birthday (here) he told me he definitely wanted a ‘George’ party. It is all he talked about so I started planning. When we read Curious George and the Firefighters I knew I had to combine both ideas AND give every child the book as the favor.

DECOR: It wasn’t hard to combine the Curious George and the Firetruck theme. I printed pictures from the book and had them framed on the table. I laid a bookcase on its side and filled the shelves with bananas, Curious George stuffed animal and a fire hat. There was a fireman’s pole with George sliding down on the table. We also used lots of firetrucks around the room. The fireman hats were hung on a frame that the kids grabbed as they headed outside. As a tradition the front door was painted in the birthday theme- A big Curious George holding balloons.

FOOD AND SWEETS: The birthday boy had 2 requests-cupcakes in a icecream cone and pirate booty/popcorn in popcorn boxes. No problem. Twizzlers were fireman poles, banana runt candy and pretzels were monkey food and the kids loved the donut holes and the fruit skewers. I made my famous cake pops with rainbow sprinkles. The kids ate Chef pisghetti bagel bites and the adults had homemade baked ziti.

ACTIVITIES: The local Fire Co sent a Firetruck to our house! We called 4 Alarm Fire and all the kids ran outside. They got to climb inside the truck, sit in the chairs, try on the boots and hats and my son even got to sound the siren before they left. The faces on the kids when this truck pulled up was priceless!!

FAVORS: All kids received a firemans hat with a George sticker on the front, Curious George and the Firefighters book and a swirl lollipop.”

Photography – For Always Photography
Party Supplies and Decor – That’s My Kind of Party

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Popcorn Boxes
Swirly Pops
Candles
Decorative Paper Shred
Lollipop Sticks
Balloons

      

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Popcorn Boxes
Swirly Pops
Candles
Decorative Paper Shred
Lollipop Sticks
Balloons

Curious “Cami” Monkey Themed Birthday Party

This darling CURIOUS “CAMI” MONKEY THEMED PARTY was submitted by Michelle Knox of I DO Invitations By Michelle.

I love the girly twist on the classic Curious George party theme! The chevron print and bright colors couldn’t be cuter!

 All party details can be found at the bottom of this post…

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Paul Frank “Keep Calm & Go Bananas” Monkey Party

I’m in love with this PAUL FRANK MONKEY PARTY submitted by Julie Gunn of Sage Leaf Studio! How cute is the “Keep Calm & Go Bananas” sign?!

Here is what Julie had to say about her party… “I wanted to throw a unique birthday party for my daughter Sage so I chose to do a chic Paul Frank monkey theme! I had photo booth props, “monkey vines”, banana cookies, and a Paul Frank custom cake by Leah’s Cake Creations. I also had a candy bar, a large cupcake (for smash the cake), tissue pom pom’s a hand-made backdrop and more! Pennant banners were also hand-made by me as was a photo banner from pictures from the last 12 months, and the Keep Calm and Go Bananas Poster. For food, we dined on mini-burgers, and monkey mac & cheese cupcakes. Photos were taken by Sara Russell.”