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.