Hudson's Birthday Spectacular - Part I

I have a lot of photos from Hudson's party so I thought I would just start with the theme and the details. We did a carnival theme and used caribbean blue and red as the main colors. After deciding I didn't want to pay for all of the ideas in my head, I relied on my trusty Mac, scissors, a paper cutter, glue, ribbon and a scallop punch. I don't particularly love crafty things, but my mom helped me assemble everything the night before the party and it turned out pretty cute!

I started with the invitation and let it lead the way for the rest of the party stuff.

Look at that sweet face!

This really is a fun theme and once I got started, I found so many fun things to go with it. We had a popcorn machine, a cotton candy machine, peanuts, bottled sodas, cupcakes, a blue and red candy bar and hot dogs. Everything you don't want your kids to eat was right at their fingertips! And to think that my kids don't hardly even drink juice. Ha! It was a cause for celebration!

 We originally planned on having the party at our house because anytime I've planned something outside the weather doesn't cooperate. However, the weather has been so pretty here and I wanted to take advantage of it if possible, so the morning of the party we drove down to the park and scouted it out and decided we would just have it there! I'm so glad we did because it is really pretty down there and it was a little breezy, but turned out to be perfect!

I found these nifty little hot dog wrappers at Hobby Lobby and they went perfectly with the theme!

Bags for the candy bar courtesy of Oriental Trading.

We also had a duck pond, bean bag toss and bowling for the kids to play during the party. 

If you're interested in having a carnival themed party let me know and I would love to share ideas with you!

More pics to come of the birthday boy and his special guests!