Cupcake's Super Why! themed birthday party!

Well, it didn't go exactly as I had anticipated... but we celebrated Cupcake's 2nd birthday (which was actually in May) this past weekend with family, and had a "Super Why!" themed birthday party!

Cupcake unfortunately turned out to be sick, and we canceled having any kids around her, so her family party turned into a - grandparents' party! We still had a lot of fun and she enjoyed her Super Why! themed party supplies. I ordered a cake and chose a background that I thought would be suitable with the SW! theme, since all of the SW! supplies had to be ordered online - and then gave the decorations that came with the cake (that turned out to be My Little Pony) to Cupcake to play with - which she loves!

I ended up forgoing the different themed areas idea that I had originally for the party, since we didn't have as many people in attendance and I didn't figure the grandparents would really care whether or not her playhouse was a themed "Book Club" area or not... I still really love the idea if you would be hosting a Super Why! party with a number of children in attendance or with a bit older kids that can get into the ideas of different stations. Our water table would have been the "Little Mermaid" theme, bubble wand station a "Cinderella" theme, play house a "Book Club" theme, bounce area the "Princess & the Pea" theme, and slide play area a "Rapunzel" theme.

Alas, it was not to be... and Cupcake is a bit too young to "get" it anyhow, so it turned out okay.

She opened lots of fun packages!

And the dress up clothing was definitely a hit! We couldn't convince her that the tiara was supposed to go ON her head... she just knew that it was meant to be sunglasses instead!

All in all, although it wasn't what I had originally envisioned - still a fun day!

Let the 2nd birthday party planning... begin!

Cupcake's 2nd birthday is quickly approaching and we settled on a "Super Why!" theme because she's so into the show right now!

Thanks to "Super Why!" and incorporating a bit of an 'ABC' theme into her already cupcake filled room (we kind of going for a combination theme these days...) - she's learned all 26 letters within a few short months! I figured that was cause enough for "Super Why!" to earn the coveted birthday theme! We are planning on just having a low-key backyard birthday party, but a theme always seems like the appropriate thing to do for (kids) birthday parties.

If you don't know what "Super Why!" is, it is a show aimed at preschools that explores fairy tale books to solve problems going on in Storybook Village. There are four adorable characters that each have special powers to help in solving problems in each episode: alphabet, word, spelling, and reading. And of course Super YOU, with the power to help! (Cupcake has started saying her name when they say, "Say your name"... so adorable!)

My stroke of genius (in my humble opinion, of course) in the party planning came when I thought of the idea to make our backyard into "Storybook Village". And to have different stations with different fairy tale themes that coordinate with the activity at that station.

She just got an outdoor play house... that could be turned into the "Book Club".

A station with building blocks could be "The Three Little Pigs".

A station with bubbles could be "Cinderella"... (wands for Fairy Godmother's wand!).

A station with a mini bounce house could be "The Princess and the Pea" (bounce house for the bed in the story).

My husband just rolls his eyes whenever I bring up the party planning, but I think it would turn out cute! Let the planning begin!

I've started a Pinterest board to put project ideas and eventually post the final outcome! Feel free to follow along!

http://pinterest.com/bags4bubbles/bella-2nd-birthday-ideas/