Theme for the kid's second birthday party: "Lord of the Flies".
Oddly enough, my efforts at googling inspiration for said party turned up very little. I think people take this whole parenting gig far too seriously sometimes.
I was going to try to pull off a pig roast but it turns out that those things are stupid-expensive. So we went with a Southern BBQ menu and I made a couple of salads and several batches of pulled pork in ye olde crockpot. The husband whipped-up a layered devil's food cake that we topped with a couple of conch shells from Dollarama. Add some crepe streamers, a handmade pig head pinata, a few balloons, a couple of inflatable palm trees and the mise-en-scene was complete.
I dressed the kid up in a frilly pink party dress, dropped a Halloween necklace made of plastic skulls around her neck, slapped some war paint on her face and let her lose in the backyard with a pack of stray children. She had a blast.
By the way, if anyone needs a couple of free, semi-abused, 3 foot and 6 foot inflatable palm trees for any reason, please let me know.
I'm also available for all your future quasi-sarcastic, budget-friendly, themed party and custom pinata needs.
I LOVE this birthday theme! I think it beats the hell out of 'My Little Pony' and 'Princess' themes. In future years you might want to consider Madame Bovary or Anna Karenina. Think of the costume/party game/loot bag possibilities!
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ReplyDeleteMy first thought is that in the toddler party version of Bovary or Karenina, each kid would get to home with another kid's toy. Much drama and jealously would surely ensue.
This may be the most brilliant theme for a very young child's birthday I have ever seen. I can just imagine the raised eyebrows it would bring to my neighbourhood. Damn, I wish I had thought of it years ago...so much better than those ladybugs.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I think the theme created some polarized opinions even amongst my friends. I just figured I should get my kicks in now before the kid expresses a preference. I feel that next year I'll be up to my eyeballs in Elmo or some other parental-rage-inducing, child-marketing/brainwashing corporate shill.
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