Party in the Safari

Our kids' birthdays are one month apart and turned 2 and 4 this year. Since they're so close in age, and young, and have all the same friends, we did a combined party for them. They chose a zebra theme (they're obsessed with the movie Racing Stripes and all things zebra). The color palate for the party was a muted black, bright yellow, and white.


{Invites made by me, babycakes gluten free mini donuts.}


{The welcome sign made use of our vintage horse rocker, wearing a zebra coat of course.}

{The birthday babes enjoying a donut pop before the party.}
  {I used yellow streamers along with white streamers dipped in black food coloring to give a striped effect.
This served as the backdrop for the food table.} {For the drinks station backdrop, I simply covered two large pieces of cardboard
with fabric, and hung assorted sized felt dots onto ribbon to hang over.}

{Mason jars were used drink cups. There was a larger size for the adults and a smaller size for the kiddos.
I used coordinating paper as a lid, then punched a hole in it to fit a paper straw.}

{Rum punch, water, and lemonade.}

{It was a late afternoon party so we served finger foods as well as treats.}

{Zebra cheddar cheese cutouts speared with cherry tomatoes on bamboo toothpicks.}

{Baugette cups with smoked blue cheese dip and assorted veggies.}

{Peanut butter filled mini Nilla wafers, dipped in candy melts an sprinkles.}

{The cake was supposed to look like this on the inside. I'm really no good at cakes.}

{This was the "I don't want a bunch of people singing to me" meltdown.}

{The favor boxes contained Little Debbie Zebra Cakes, Hershey Kisses Hugs, and Fruit Stripe Gum. I'm sure the parents loved us ;)}

{I wrapped a color of each flavor gum into washi taped packs of five.}

{I totally forgot they came with temporary tattoos. I loved those as a kid!}

{Their favorite present was new sunglasses.}

It was a happy birthday. Thanks to our family and friends who helped make it so.