In the past our daughter has insisted her birthday party be about dress-up and princesses and tea parties, which is all well and good, but frankly it’s not really my thing. Each year I’d hope for a literary or science theme (cause that’s how I roll), then gracefully support our daughter’s desire for pink and pouf and finery, with tricycles.
Imagine my surprise and delight when our kid announced that this year she wanted a “solar system tea party” theme. It quickly became just a solar system party when I pointed out, gently, that our little girl doesn’t particularly like drinking tea. Ahem.
Now a space, galaxy, astronomy, planet, solar system themed birthday party sounds like a whole lot of fun to me! Throw 20 kids, plus their mamas, in the mix and we’re talking about a whole lot of crazy fun (in our little house!)…
We made solar system lollipops (using these stickers
Our homemade cake featured our daughter’s favorite constellations Orion, Sirius, and the Little Dipper (with Polaris):
Our banner, made using NASA photographs of moons, planets, stars, and nebulae, hung proudly above historical photos of the birthday girl:
We displayed some of our homeschooling projects, which I’ll blog about in more depth soon:
The kids colored constellations of the night sky (photocopied from this coloring book
The sunny, warm weather allowed for outdoor scooter and bike fun for this sweet group of kids:
The most perfect day!
What a fantastic party – it looked like an absolute blast!!!! And that cake! It cracks me up that she doesn’t particularly enjoy drinking tea and I’m so proud to have made it onto that amazing photo wall…!
Now I want a constellation birthday cake.