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Welcome to LittleLicious! A place for food, fashion, and fun for your little ones! I am a busy mommy and designer who is constantly looking for ways to make nutritious meals that don't take a lot of time! Here you will find great recipes and shortcuts, fabulous fashion, and fun activities to do with your kids! Thanks for visiting!

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Beach Bash Theme Party

For my son's 2nd birthday, I decided to do a casual beach party....until I went on Pinterest.  It was then that I realized that I do not often do things very casually, lol!  What can I say, I love color and decor!  Here are a few things we did that made the party so much fun!

Beach Cupcakes-  A little blue frosting and some crushed graham crackers made the beach and water.  Add a Teddy graham floating in a Life Saver and a drink umbrella, and viola!  instant cuteness!

I also did some "sun bathing bears"-Just a layer of frosting covered with crushed graham crackers.  The "towel" is Fruit By The Foot, which I anchored by sticking the umbrella through.  I put a dot of frosting on the back of the teddy graham to make it stick.

I carved a Watermelon Shark to house the fruit. You can watch a great step by step instruction video here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTh64oFeyos


HAHA!

I wanted to make the other food pretty simply. I bought Chicken Meatballs at Costco.  They were pineapple teriyaki flavor, so I called them "island meatballs". I just warmed them in the crockpot ahead of time so they were ready to serve at the beach. I also got a platter of ready made sandwich rollups- "sand"wiches- haha ;0)



I got some grass skirts for the tables at www.orientaltrading.com and some paper lanterns bought at Party City for some colorful and festive decor.  I also got some beach balls for 97 cents at Target to have on the ground for kids to play with.



A kiddie pool and water table kept the little ones busy for hours!




Beach Buckets bought at the dollar store made the perfect party favors! I stuffed them with some bubbles and sunglasses which I bought in packs at Party City.