Callon's 2nd Birthday Party

We celebrated Callon's 2nd Birthday a few weeks ago. I can't believe my sweet baby is already two! We were going to celebrate his birthday the weekend of his birthday, but we had a lot of things going on that weekend so we pushed it back a week.

We had his party at our house again this year. We were going to have it at a local community center, but we decided to have it at our house since Callon loves playing outside.

We rented a bounce house/slide for the day so there would be something fun for him to do. We kept the guest list pretty small and invited family, church family, and a few friends. I kind of went overboard last year so I wanted to keep this year pretty simple.

The Details

Theme: Choo Choo Callon is Two. I kept it so simple this year! Instead of getting invites printed, we just made a Facebook invite!

 

 

Food: I kept it pretty easy this year. We did pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, chips, and fruit. For the kiddos, we did pizza, sour patch kids, powdered do-nuts, Cheetos, and rice crispy treats. I had tea, bottled water, and sodas. Plus,we had the cake. 

 

Décor: I used a lot of his toy trains to decorate with along with just reds, and blues. I had some balloons to hang, but I didn't really read the listing very well on ebay. They didn't float.. whoops.. oh well! Everything doesn't turn out perfect! I also purchased signs and the tent card from etsy. I took some pictures of Callon in a train outfit & I used those to sit around. I didn't decorate the tables that the guests sat at because it was kind of windy that day & everything would fall over.

 

 

The cake was made by our cousin.

 

I got Callon's shirt from a shop on Instagram. You can find them here.

 

 

In typical toddler fashion, he wouldn't look at the camera at all!

 

 

 

 

 

We had so much fun celebrating our little guy! I can't believe he is 2!

 



Planning: Callon's 2nd Birthday Party

Hi Everyone! I hope you have all been doing great! I know I have been MIA for a little while a long time!! I have been so busy with work, piano lessons, Callon's 2nd Birthday, planning VBS for our church, and other things. Since Callon's party is this weekend, I thought I would share a bit about how I plan a 2nd birthday party after you choose a date.

1. Location.. Location.. Location: We originally planned to have it at a local community center. However, we kind of waited a little too late to book one with graduations and everything going on. So, we are having at our house. It actually works out perfect since all of Callon's toys are there.

2. A Theme:  We are doing a train theme for his 2nd birthday. I was going to do Little Blue Truck or Trains so I let him pick. Of course, Callon chose trains. He loves Thomas (Momas as he says). I would recommend looking at pinterest and thinking outside of the box. We are doing Choo Choo Callon's 2!

3. A menu: We are doing a lunch time party so I am keeping it easy and simple. We are having pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans w/ hamburger meat, chips, fruit, treats (rice crispy treats, sour patch, and others), cake (of course!), and drinks (water, tea, juice for the littles.)

4. Décor: We are keeping it simple this year. I am doing reds, navy, blues, and white mostly for the colors. I found some cute printables on etsy. I will link below. I am going to have some of his toy trains set up on the tables. I also will have a lot of balloons, but that is about it. Easy peasy! Instead of invites, we just did a Facebook event page to invite our friends. It was easy and free!

 

Train Sign on Etsy

 

I can't wait until Callon's party this Saturday! I will definitely post pictures after and share more info!

Thanks for stopping by to read my rambles!

--Haley