a very happy caterpillar

i have so much to catch up on!  so many parties to share!

today i will start with a custom 1st birthday party.

i did these items for a long time friend.

she wanted to use the book "a very hungry caterpillar".

she and i both loved the bright polka dots

featured throughout the book.

 for the banner i used the polka dots as the background

and cut letters from green glitter paper.

the mom also really liked the sun,

so i incorporated that here too.

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we both loved the idea we had seen on pinterest of

using the foods from the book.

i made signs for each food which she stuck

in the plates or bowls of food with kebob sticks.

for saturday, we made a larger version with

the menu of foods being served for dinner.

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of course we had to include the caterpillar!

i designed (with SCAL) & cut this cute guy out on the cricut.

he was the perfect size to hang on the highchair.

i think that this is such a cute idea for a first birthday party

and there are so many cute ideas on pinterest!