Name: Corbin (1)
Location: San Diego, CA
Corbin's favorite things are boxes and balloons. We decided those made the perfect party theme to celebrate turning one!
For weeks my husband and I collected cardboard boxes from our friends and family and once Corbin was in bed each night, the glue gun and exacto knives came out! A cardboard town was created with accents of giant, round red balloons for Corbin's special day.
We used various red and white objects for decorations- streamers, ribbon, and even plastic practice golf balls strung into a garland. Kraft paper became table clothes to match the cardboard boxes and we used jute twine to string up photos of Corbin from newborn to age one.
The best part of the party was watching Corbin and his 'friends'- all babies around the age of one- climb in and through the cardboard town and play with the balloons. The party was for them after all!
Thanks Anna! Readers, see more of Corbin's party at Anna's blog, Christmas Tree Face.
(Images: Anna)
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I love it! Totally fun & it's not all landfill stuff!
That is just too cute. Nothing like sitting in a cardboard box! I remember making a house out of a refrigerator box when I was a kid.
Brilliant. Way to go, fellow citizen of America's Finest... :-)
Love!
Best first birthday idea EVER!
Awesome!
Great party =)
Definitely one of the best themes I've seen. Absolutely perfect for a first birthday!
Thank you AT commenters for the nice words! This was such a fun party for my son that we saved several of the cardboard 'creations' as long as we could (or as long as they stood up right!) for him to play in afterwards. The ones that we did move out to our recycling bin were commandeered by the neighborhood children for their own play- so I felt like we got a lot of bang for our (very few) bucks!
beautiful party!!! i love the balloons - do you have any advice on the best way to get them inflated? i bought the little helium tanks at the store and they only filled three 36 inch balloons with a whole tank (~$30). did you take them somewhere to get them blown up?
very creative and beautiful party!