Second Birthday Rainbow Themed Party

My daughter's birthday is in spring (even though the weather out here proved different, it was snowing) so I wanted to have a birthday theme that was bright, cheery and not to frilly. I of course have been all over Pinterest and saw a lot of great ideas for a birthday themed party. Here are just a few of the things I did for her party. I do wish I had taken more pictures, but once there was enough light to do so, I was too crazy busy with all of our wonderful guests!

Favours

 These are the favours I made. I took a few sheets of packing paper, but them, and made little rectangle pouches. Then I stamped them, and hand sewed them almost all the way closed. Finally I filled them with Jelly Belly jelly beans and gummy frogs. Great way to do favours on a budget! I will be doing this again!

Keeping the little ones busy...

 I covered a couple tables with paper then put out a few jars of new crayons. This was a good way to keep the little ones busy. I had high hopes this would keep them entertained enough that I wouldn't have too much screaming and running around, but alas with 10 kids under 10 that is bound to happen. The girls at the party really enjoyed this activity.

Decorations

 I wish I had been able to get a better picture of the tenting I did in the living room. I thought it looked great! And it is another idea on a budget. Buy the large plastic table clothes at the dollar store, fold them in half and pin them on the ceiling with tacks. I will be doing this again! MUCH better than streamers!!!!

 I made up 16 tissue pom-poms and hung them around the house. These are also a lovely decoration to look at, and they don't cost very much to make. You can find the how to on the Martha website here.

 I wanted my son to be a part of getting ready for my daughter's special day. He is in grade one so just learning to read and write. I got him to tell me how to spell how old my daughter is turning, then I printed out the letters in block form, and he colored them in as a rainbow. I LOVE how it turned out, I think I will keep this in the memory box. 

The Cake!!!!

This by far took the longest to do out of anything, but worth every bit of time. I made the cake from scratch, using a recipe my mom has used for years from Bon Appetite. It is called a Coconut Bridal Cake. Here is the post for the recipe. Rainbow Cake Recipe

I made two batches of my cake recipe and divided the batter each time into thirds. I used gel food coloring. It was my first experience with it and what a difference! I won't go back to the liquid stuff again.

 This cake was sooooo Yummy and Beautiful!!!!!!!