A Farm Theme First Birthday Occasion for Levi! -

Our little Levi turned 1 this previous weekend and we celebrated with a farm theme first birthday celebration! It was cute and an excellent children’ occasion theme for early fall, too. It may be costly to throw any kind of occasion, not to mention a themed, Pinterest-y one, however I managed to maintain it actually budget-friendly by making the primary decorations myself: the purple barn background and the cow-print flag banner. The remainder I purchased at Greenback Tree and Occasion Metropolis, extra on that beneath!

For the DIY barn backdrop, I used this weblog submit as a tough information. The fundamental development is easy: begin with a trifold presentation board (I bought mine at Greenback Tree). Minimize alongside the highest of the board to create the roof form. Now that you’ve your fundamental barn form, cowl it with purple poster board (I used double-sided tape to connect it to the presentation board). Then minimize strips of white paper and glue them on to create the barn dos and signature X’s. Subsequent, minimize 2 black rectangles for the home windows and layer on skinny strips of white paper for the window panes. Lastly, minimize black strips to cowl the perimeter of the roof. Tip: I like utilizing both a glue stick or double-sided tape as a result of liquid/gel glues like good ol’ Elmer’s can create bubbles beneath paper.

I secured it to the wall with small picture-hanging hooks (two of them are holding the barn up on the wall), masking tape, and a couple of thumbtacks.

The tiny hay bales are Greenback Tree finds, as are the fake fall flowers and galvanized pots. The plastic animals are a part of our Little Folks farm play set.

I made the cow print flag banner with black and white poster boards, kitchen twine (any string or skinny ribbon would work), and a single gap punch. First I minimize out the white triangle flags, then minimize little, irregular “splotches” out of the black poster board and used a glue keep on with safe them to the flags. I punched holes within the prime corners of every flag and threaded the twine via every one. Tip: don’t minimize the twine till all the flags are threaded onto it and you may maintain it as much as the wall to estimate the spacing of the flags and the way lengthy you’ll need the completed banner.

I discovered the tiny straw hat with the purple 1 on it, the farm-theme excessive chair banner, and farm-theme plates and napkins at Occasion Metropolis—their “Pleasant Farm theme.”