A first birthday party for a very special little man complete with a fox cake that was just about as cute as he is.
How could we not have a fox party for our little man's birthday after Scout dubbed my growing belly Fox-le-bam for the entire pregnancy. We celebrated the first year of his life on a freezing cold Sunday in our back yard, something that was merely a pipe dream when Scout turned one.
After a last minute decision to pull the party table inside and fire up the old DVD player the weather gods smiled on us and we managed to get our backyard party after all.
1) I made the fox cake using this tutorial by Lyndsay Sung and it was actually pretty easy, you should totally try it, if all else fails you will have a cute orange cake and orange is basically the best colour ever. I bypassed the fondant ears and just used black cardboard stuck to tooth pics, I actually ran out of time on that one but I did add a lemon curd layer in the middle.
2) Lemon drop cupcakes (just vanilla with some lemon rind in the mix) topped with the same butter cream icing as the fox cake and a lemon bon bon and some Black Forest Cookies from the Baked cookbook.
3) Vanilla cup cakes with allsorts on top, a big jar of sherbies because, sherbies and more bon bons – best lollies ever!
4) Our little family, kids in matching clothes, my nerd mum status is official. How cute are their Milk & Masuki tops, the Little Cocoa Bean beanie and Mrs Millah bib! And he didn't seem to mind at all that the party was moved inside.
5) Hotdogs! Because there are only so many sausage sandwiches you can eat at kids parties.
6) Hotdog toppings because lovely people offer to bring things to parties and you can basically put anything on a hotdog. I made the mac and cheese and mum and my sister made the salsa and salad. It was pretty yum.
How to make your party planning less stressful?
I did a post in April about throwing a last minute dinosaur party that has heaps of tips so please check that out if you find party planning overwhelming. Baking everything yourself for parties can be pretty full on so I just did the some home made lemon curd, the cake and all the cupcakes the week before and then I froze them. On Saturday I made a huge batch of cookies, defrosted the cake and lemon curd, made icing, layered in the curd and decorated. Then on Sunday morning I defrosted the cupcakes and iced them, made some mac and cheese and bam, it was all done. Oh yeah, I also asked my friend to make the party popcorn with Scout so I could get some pics and actually brush my hair before everyone arrived.
The one thing I always lack at is taking pictures and video at parties, next time I will get it right.
Thanks for reading,
Babs
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Oh My Gosh – His cake?!?!?!?1 I want one – foxies are so cute. Looks like it was a lovely dfay and now I want mac and cheese.
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I was pretty proud, it was much easier to pull off than I thought it would be! Go make Mac and cheese, it doesn’t disappoint!
The cake! Love it so much. What a clever mumma you are!!
Thanks darling, real housewives of the Central Coast material?
What a cute cake! You sure were super organised for the party. Hope your boy enjoyed his party!
Adorable! and that cake seems to be made completely of awesome!
OMG Every post I read from you I fall more in love. Foxes are like my fave thing and that cake… OMG THAT CAKE! You are one very clever chick xx
Oh I have cake envy. Im outsourcing the cake for my bubs birthday. Theres no way it’d look any good if I did it.
This is a super cute theme – we had a ‘where the wild things are’ party for our Mr Moo’s birthday. Stopping by from Maxabella’s link up
Hi Babs, Im visiting from Brons link up. Wow, what a fab cake, looks brilliant! We just put together a birthday party for our big girl with 12 kids – Phew! Not for the faint hearted. Yours looks and sounds like it was terrific. Hot dogs, wish I’d thought of that! Genius!
Super cute! Neat effort!
The cardboard ears is a cute idea anyway. I’m not a big fondant fan, so I think I’d rather it!
hahaha, I would probably go fondant over cardboard but not by much.
Thanks so much Vicki xoxo
Hot dogs means no plates! We ended up with 24 kids because ours have 16 first cousins, it makes for interesting times. But they all come with their own parents so it is a bit easier.
I would if I wasn’t completely mental! hahah
Well ditto Sonia! xoxo
Thanks, it was mostly butter, with a bit of awesome ; )
He did, it was the first time one of my kids didn’t sleep through a significant chunk of their party. Thanks
That fox cake is adorable, definitely pinning that one! And I agree, taking photos at your own event is so tricky.
Cute fox! Well done!
Love this cake! You’re so clever Babs. Thanks for linking it with I’m Pinning Around – it looks like a fabulous party!
Oh Babs, foxy is fabulous!! What a sweet little party, just perfection. I wish I had an excuse to throw a fox party too!! x