Colin's Party

Colin's Thomas the Train Birthday Party!

Here is the goodie table full of yummy treats! It has the cake, cupcakes, Sweedish fish, blue and red gumballs, M&Ms, licorice, and taffy! All of Colin's favorites! I used a white tablecloth on top, so as not to drown out all the bright colors, with a blue tablecloth around the bottom. I also added some balloons around the edges to make it more playful

Here is the candy! On the left, I used a Blue bucket with white polka dots to fill with licorice, Colin's favorite. In the middle, there is a glass jar that I glued onto a candlestick, filled with sweedish fish, and added a blue bow with toole. On the right, I jsut used a plain old jar from Tai Pan and filled with blue gumballs and added a bow with blue ribbon with white polka dots. YUM!

 So, for the candy on this side, I did some of the same things as the other. On the right, I used another bucket to hold taffy, the jar in the middle is also glued onto a candlestick with a rafia bow, and the left jar is just a fun jar I found with a light blue lid that I used to hold the York Pieces to add some more blue to the candy

 Here is my cupcake stand with all the yummy cupcakes on it :)

 I made chocolate cupcakes this time with flufffy white frosting (From my Better Homes and Gardens red checker cookbook). I added some extra almond extract to the frosting to give it an extra yummy flavor as well as blue food coloring and sprinkles. For the topper, I found a cute Thomas picture on the internet and shrunk it waay down and cut them out. I used one on the front and one on the back and glued them together with a toothpick in the middle

 I found this glass dome at DI a while back and decided to make it into a cake stand. I also found the glass vase and plate at DI and glued them together. I think it looks super cute with the glass dome, especially after I added a blue dotted ribbon on top!

 I would love to say I made the cake, but I would be lying....I badly need to take a cake decorating class. I definately lack in those skills. BUT I did find this amazing cake lady who made this not only super cute, but yummy cake. She did out of a butter cream frosting and smoothed it out like fondant. She put it on a larger board and made the track go around the outside on the bottom. The very best part is the tunnel on the side! She dug it out a little and made the track come out of it as a place for Thomas to sit. Colin absolutely loved the tunnel! Soo Cute!

 I found this idea on Pinterest! It is just my vegetable cans covered in scrapbook paper for utensil holders! So cute and practical and costs almost nothing! Find it here

 Another Pinterest idea! I talked Paul into making this track with electrical tape for Colin to scoot on with Thomas the train! All the kids loved it! Find it at maddycakesmuse.blogspot.com

 I found these cute lanterns at Hobby Lobby and just love them! So cute!

 Last, but not least, comes the ballon streamers! My favorite new idea! You just blow up the balloons and use a needle and thread to make them into a garland to hang! It was a pretty breezy day, and they didn't go anywhere! Great idea if you don't want to go get all your balloons filled at the store!! Find it at agirlandaboy.com

 I had so much fun with Colin's birthday party! All the wonderful Pinterest ideas really came in handy! Thank you Pinterest, Cakes by Deanna, Tai Pan, Hobby Lobby, DI, and a great husband to help pull the whole thing together!

Happy Birthday to my sweet little boy, Colin, who just turned 2!