Saturday, July 16, 2011

Saving money on a bday....


Man we have been "bizzy" as you can tell,since I have not posted for a while. I wanted to post some tips that I learned from having Logan's first birthday. I can not believe he is ONE! The year has been wonderful and am enjoying seeing the little boy my baby has turned into.

I learned a lot this bday and figured I did not spend, but $40 on all the decoration/favors for Logan's bday. The biggest tip I have is to shop sales. I went to Party city right after graduation and shopped and shopped. I used a 15% coupon and ended up getting items for less than $1. The biggest steal was the "1" ballons for $0.50. They are the big ones that schools use for graduation. I went to the Dollar Tree for more ballons. Each kid went home with a train whistle which I bought on amazon.

Here are some pictures...

Logan and his cake



Here is Logan's cake and smash cake. I googled train cakes and got this idea. I really liked how it turned out. I think this saved about $30 since I made it myself.

Loved the buttercream icing from Wilton. Here is the link to that recipe.

The instructions for the train in fondant was found here.

This was lunch. I had a friend come and help and let me borrow some of her baskets to make it look nice.
More food to share..



 Here we are with our little boy. He loved the cake! He was not totally happy about icing in the eyes. We had such a fun time with him!




 

This was a game that I made from boxes that I had. I had bean bags for the kids to throw into each "car". The older kids had fun.


We had a great day overall.

Happy 1st Birthday Logan!

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