Bunny Themed Birthday Party

Bunnies are cute, cuddly, and oh-so-lovable, which makes them the perfect theme for a first birthday party. If you’re planning a celebration for your precious little one, why not hop on the bunny-themed birthday party train! I’m recapping my darling grand babies one-year-old birthday party in today’s post – this little girl is the absolute sweetest little thing. Because she has a spring birthday close to Easter, we were able to mix part of our Easter celebration decor in with her birthday bunny theme. I had so much fun doing this with my daughter-in-law and with the help of other family members, we pulled this darling Some Bunny Is One: A Bunny Themed Party off!

Bunny Themed BirthdayDecorations

For the kitchen island area where we served the food, we added this letter banner that my daughter-in-law made on her cricket. We attached it to the counter top with double stick tape. I wish I’d remembered to get a better photo of it once it was all set up!

My daughter-in-law made a balloon arch in pastel colors and we hung it on the staircase banister which created a nice back drop for photos and for the highchair.

Combining Easter and bunny-themed decorations is a great way to make your little one’s party feel special and memorable. I just love this bunny themed birthday party idea!

We hung up this adorable banner with a photo of each month of our little grand babies first year. My daughter-in-law is so good at making things on her cricket and documenting each month of her little ones first year. This can be done for any age of course but it’s extra sweet the first year!

The High Chair: Adorable Decor for the Birthday Child

Decorating the high chair can be a fun way to add decorations to the birthday party and makes for cute photos of the one year olds celebration.

We tied a faux greenery garland to the high chair with wire and then layered a carrot garland on top of that. This tied in so well with the carrot themed tablescape. I love how the highchair and the tablescape coordinate!

I also set a separate table just for the little kids on the floor which they loved. 

Bunny-Themed Dessert Table: Decorating Tips and Tricks

Create a Bunny Themed Dessert Table that will have your guests hopping with delight!

I put the bunny ear cake on a white cake stand and we also had a separate cake for the birthday girl complete with it’s own bunny ear cake topper. I also put the cookies on white platters and a two-tiered serving stand and I used a spring themed table runner to add some decor and color to the table. The table is from Ikea. Tap here for the link: legs and table top.

I had a local bakery in Utah make these sweet treats for the party called  The Chocolate Dessert Cafe. They do custom orders and all sorts of fun seasonal cakes and cookies. I even have a Christmas cake that they make each season named after me called the Holly Jolley Christmas cake!

Fun and Games: Bunny-Themed Entertainment for Kids

Now that the dessert table is set, it’s time to move on to the fun and games! If you’re looking to keep the little ones entertained, there are plenty of bunny-themed activities that are sure to be a hit. 

First up, an Easter egg hunt with a twist! Instead of hiding regular eggs, hide plastic eggs filled with little bunny toys or stickers and different easter candies and chocolates. Make sure to designate different age groups so everyone has a fair shot at finding the goodies. 

One of my favorite little things to do is to hide some golden Easter eggs. I put larger amounts of money in them or a gift card. This makes it extra fun for the kids when hunting for the eggs.

I set up a table for the Easter egg hunt activity. We had pastel colored treat bags for all the kids to put their Easter eggs in and and had easter bunny ears and carrot shaped bubbles for the kids as gifts.

For a quieter activity, set up a bunny-themed coloring station. Print out some bunny coloring pages or even draw your own, and provide plenty of crayons and colored pencils. Kids can take their masterpieces home as a party favor.

Finally, if you have a larger group of kids, consider setting up a bunny-themed relay race. Divide the kids into teams and have them hop like bunnies to a designated spot and back. The first team to finish wins a prize!

I hope you enjoyed seeing all the fun we had with this Bunny Themed Birthday Party I hosted. With these fun and engaging activities, your bunny-themed party will surely be a hopping success!

From the adorable decorations to the bunny-themed desserts and entertainment for the kids, your guests will be hopping with joy.

I hope you find some inspiration from these tips and tricks and plan your own bunny bash that is sure to be a hit.

Remember, the first birthday is a milestone worth celebrating, and what better way to do it than with some bunny special?

As a famous bunny once said, “Some bunny loves you!”

xoxo,

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Daisy Themed Baby Brunch

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I hosted a Daisy Themed Baby Brunch for my daughter-in-law (Aubree) to celebrate the arrival of our newest grand baby. Since my daughter-in-law was having a girl and it was her second baby girl, she didn’t want a full on baby shower. We decided it would be fun to do a spring Baby Brunch!

This is our first grandchild. She was so excited for all the festivities and came dressed to match the white and gold daisy theme!

The Invitation

It’s so easy to design and send invitations nowadays. I was able to download this one from GreetingsIsland.com and customize it. I sent it out via text and email which was so amazing! It was only $7.99 to make this invitation! I edited out some of my personal information but you can see how easy and simple it is to create one of these for your next event!

Daisys Themed Decorations

I had seen this daisy balloon backdrop on a local balloon shops (The Balloon Loft) instagram page and that’s where I got the idea to make it daisy themed. I ordered this balloon backdrop from them and they delivered it and set it up for me the day before.

I used an old antique table and covered it with this ruffled white tablecloth.

My other daughter-in-law (Hannah) generously agreed to make the paper daisy decorations and paper daisy chain for the shower. She has an Etsy shop and sells all sorts of cute party decor and garlands.

Be Jolley Design and Decor

I put the daisy chain on the front of the table and scattered the rest of them around the table as you can see here. Then I took the rest of the small paper Daisys and the larger ones and used double sided tape to stick them to the windows.

I sent one of my sons to the store to buy me some fresh Daisys and what he came back with were sunflowers and these other flowers. It was too late to do anything about it so we just went with what we had. I had hoped to find some Shasta daisies or one of the smaller varieties but I should have planned a ahead a little better!

Here are a few faux stem options:

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https://evolutionhomedecor.com/products/gypsophila-stem?_pos=5&_sid=2f7918d2b&_ss=r

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Here is the daisy flower chain up close. Linked here.

Here are the larger paper daisies. Linked here.

Here are the smaller daisies linked here, and you can also get them all in a set here.

The Dessert Table

The next thing I did was to order the daisy cakes and desserts from a local bakery here in Utah, called The Chocolate. They made these adorable daisy cakes, daisy sugar cookies, and Lemon curd cupcakes. Everything was lemon flavored. My daughter-in-law also made lemon tarts that were so delicious!

I had a smaller version of the daisy cake made for my daughter-in-law to take home after the shower. She loves lemon flavored desserts so the cakes were lemon flavored too.

The lemon tarts were so yummy!

Since this was a baby brunch and to keep it simple, I catered the food from a local bakery called Kneaders. They make an incredible French toast and have delicious pastries. I set that up over in the kitchen and put the dessert table in the living room area where all the guests were sitting.

Since it was her second baby and another girl, my daughter-in-law (Aubree) didn’t need any gifts but we did a group gift and those that wanted to contributed and we were able get them a new baby swing.

This is a great idea for second or third babies and the parents to be can get some of the larger items that you need when you have two little ones! We played some fun games as well and mostly everyone ate and visited with each other. We kept it to just family and it was so fun to celebrate our newest little grand daughter and her mama!

Me and all my girls! Quinn, Hannah, Emily, Aubree, and Maddy!

Update! She was born just a few weeks after the baby brunch. Isn’t she so darling?!!!!!

I hope you enjoyed this post and thank so much for stopping by! Please leave a comment or email me with any questions and you can always find more of my content on Instagram @homewithollyj and Pinterest!

xoxo,

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If you chose to use this theme for your baby shower or  baby brunch, you could also make my Laizy Daisy Cake Recipe!

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We live part time in Utah and one of the things I love most about this state is Pioneer Day, which is celebrated on July 24th every year! Utah is the Beehive State and it represents industry and people working together, much like bee’s work together to build their beehive. This is where my Bee Themed Party Tablescape inspiration came from.

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 When the Mormon pioneers journeyed west in the mid 1800’s to settle in Utah, they all worked together to help one another survive. Some of those courageous people were my great grandparents and I feel a deep appreciation for the hardships they faced while starting a new life in what was and still is a desert.

Life was not easy for them and many had been driven from their homes and farms in the midwest and were persecuted for their religious beliefs. Many of them were converted to the Mormon church in England, Denmark, and Sweden and not only did they have to cross the plains to get to Utah, they had to cross the Atlantic Ocean first and make their way west to join the wagon trains in Nebraska and Illinois.

They faced some very difficult times while trekking west to this new territory of the United States. I can only imagine how hard that must have been. They pushed handcarts, pulled covered wagons, faced harsh weathers conditions, illness, women gave birth to children on the Great Plains, and many of the children had to walk the entire way. I remember reading a story about my one of my great grandmas and how her feet froze while walking and she got frostbite and lost part of her toes and feet.

I’m so grateful that I have been able to read many of their stories and learn so much about what they experienced. My mother is an avid genealogist and she has shared so much of the history and their stories with me. It’s truly amazing! I can’t count the number of times we have been driving through a little town in the middle of nowhere in Utah and Idaho and we stop and find a cemetery where one of our great grandparents were buried in. She would then tell me all about them and what their lives were like. What a gift that has been for me from my mother.

One of the most amazing things we discovered was that my husbands great, great, grandpa Jacob Fuhriman and his family that were from Switzerland, were in the same wagon train that crossed the plains with my great, great, grandparents, the Theussens, from Denmark. How incredible is that?!! We joke that they must have been matching making in heaven and found a way from above for my husband and I to meet.

Celebrating these amazing people who were my ancestors is always a special day and I love that we can celebrate them each year. Another reason I love Pioneer Day is it’s another excuse for me to have a party! You all know how much I enjoy that if you’ve followed along for awhile.

The Theme for this Years Party

As I mentioned earlier, Utah is the Beehive State so it was very easy to pick my theme for the party. ! I have been planning this Beehive Themed Party Tablescape for the last six months. I started collecting everything I could find for this tablescape with a bee or beehive.

(I will link everything I used that is linkable at the bottom of the post.)

One of the first things that I found for this tablescape was the beehive cake mold pans. This cake was so easy to make and I was really worried it would be so hard to make. To make this cake, you bake it in two halves, then stick them together with frosting. I used two lemon cake mixes and added a small box of lemon instant pudding to the the cake batter along with an extra 1/4 cup of oil. I had planned on drizzling some honey-lemon glaze on top but I ran out of time and so I just piped some lemon buttercream frosting around the edges. The pan is linked here and comes with instructions and a recipes as well. I also made some mini beehive cakes in the smaller cakelett pan.

Setting the Table Up Ahead of Time

I always try to set the table up ahead of time. I start pulling out all the decorations and setting them out so I can see what I have to work with. I had made the cake the day ahead so I put a glass dome lid over it to keep it from drying out. This is the stage that I start “playing around” with all the items I want to use on the tablescape.

Add Rustic, Vintage, and Antique Elements

I wanted there to be some rustic, vintage, and antique elements on the table which for me, always involves some old wood or something new that looks rustic and old. I also chose blue and yellow since a beehive is a yellow color. The blue gingham napkins set beside yellow looked very “pioneer-ish” to me. I also added this yellow antique dish which I filled with jam on the day of the party.

Create Different Heights

When I do a large serving tablescape like this one, I like to use things that add height. Here I used an antique honeypot that I bought online here and used it as a vase for the flowers. I set a glass vase inside of it to hold the water as I didn’t want to damage it. I used yellow and green flowers that looked like something you just picked from a field of wildflowers.

Natural Wood Gourd Pots

Mango Wood Urns – 2 Sizes Available

Gujar Water Pot – Three sizes

Some of the other fun elements I found for the table were the honeycomb bowls, the honeycomb rolling pin, beehive candles, and the beehive drink dispenser. I also found this cute beehive pitcher that I filled with the leftover flowers and these honeycomb glasses. (links below)

I used a metal cutlery holder with a wood handle and used shiny gold plastic silverware. I also found an old milk container at an antique store a few weeks before this and planned to fill it with flowers too but it was a bit much so I just set it on there to add some height and dimension to the table.

The Menu

Fried Chicken Tenders (I ordered a platter of chicken from Chick-fil-a)

Stans Homemade Scones and Honey Butter (Click here for my recipe)

Banana Pudding

Baked Beans (Click here form my recipe)

Watermelon

Lemon Pudding Beehive Cake and Cakeletts

Party Punch

Custom Made Beehive and Bee Cookies from Victorias Cookie Co.

For this party, we invited all of our family in Utah to come and asked each of them to bring a side dish to share. We had some much amazing food on top of all the things I made. It was truly an old fashioned pioneer potluck. To simplify things for such a large group, I opted to order the chicken so I didn’t have to cook that while prepping for the party.

The Day of the Party

On the day of the party, I mainly focused on preparing the food and finishing the set up. It’s a tradition to have scones and honey butter on Pioneer Day. In Utah and Idaho, they call fried bread, scones. I don’t know how this came about but I think it dates back to pioneer frying dough when they didn’t have an oven to bake it in. All I can tell you is that my recipe above is amazing and it has quite a story of how it came about.

We set the food table up on our big dining table inside since we don’t have a lot of shade in our backyard. This kept the food cool inside and we set up tables and chairs under some shade tents outside for everyone.

We enjoyed visiting with our extended family and everyone said how much they loved it and hoped we’d do it again next year! It’s a tradition now and I can’t wait to see what I come up with next year!

Here is a peek at a past Pioneer Day Party Tablesape that I did with my friend Ashely from livingbeautahfully.com. Our theme was “Pie-oneer Day” and everything was Pie themed including the cakes! This was one of my favorite tablescapes ever and all the food we made tasted as good as it looked!

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I hope you enjoyed seeing this fun Pioneer Day Beehive Themed Party Tablescape and that it inspires you do create your own family traditions centered around your heritage.

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I wanted to gather the women in my life who have inspired or uplifted me and what better way to do that then hosting a Mother’s Day luncheon.

For the decorations, I went with a pastel color palette and set three different tables and a separate dessert table.

The Pink and White Table

For the Pink Table, I used fresh eucalyptus and pink spray roses to create the garland and centerpiece. I layered the garland on top of a white table runner. I typically use this table outdoors in the summer but it works great for the indoors too.

For the Pink Place-setting, I used pink and white dishes, a pink napkin, silver flatware, and glass goblets.

The Robins Egg Blue Table

For the Robbins Egg Blue Table, I used a burlap table runner and created a garland with faux greenery and flowers. This was a variation of my spring and easter tablescape. Click here to see the Easter version.

The place-setting consisted of a solid robins egg blue charger, a polka dot dinner plate, and a solid teal plate. I used wood napkin rings that tied into the rustic table and hyacinth placemat.

The Lavender and Green Table

The day before the luncheon my mom and I went out exploring and looking for lilac bushes. We found some in an abandoned lot and snipped some branches off for the lavender and green table. They smelled amazing!

The beautiful purple lilacs my mom and I found driving around the back roads of Utah.

To create the Lavender and Green Table I used a hyacinth solid placemat, a white charger, green dinner plate, and a lavender salad plate. The ruffled napkin matched the green plates perfectly.

I used some of the lilacs to create a small centerpiece and laid one of the green ruffled napkins in the middle to break up the stark white of the tablecloth.

The Menu

I planned the menu around how many people were coming. I like to make my own food for my parties but you can certainly cater it. Because I had about thirty people coming, I decided to make my Homemade Lasagna which is easy to make and serves a large amount of people. I made the sauce the night before so all I had to do was assemble the lasagna and bake it.

For the salad, I made Simple Tomato Cucumber Salad.

I love this recipe because it’s so light and so easy to make. It’s a perfect complement to the rich lasagna. I also served some rustic french bread . I didn’t make my own this time but my Braided French Bread recipe is to die for!

The Dessert Table

For dessert, I asked my sweet friend Ashely Klaja, also known as Living BeaUtahfully to make the dessert for the gathering. She made the most beautiful cakes and cupcakes. My favorite is her churro cupcakes!

Ashely is one the most talented cake baker/decorators I’ve ever seen. Her cakes are works of art and they all taste amazing too!

For the desert table I used my pastel colored cake stands and a pink vase with some faux flowers for some added decoration. I also added some small bud vases with fresh flowers and added the flowers and eucalyptus to the top of the pink ombre cake. This is a great example of how you can mix fresh and faux flowers in your table decor.

This was an amazing day and it felt so wonderful to be surrounded by so many women that uplift and inspire me. I also loved that my mom, daughter, and daughter-in-law (who was pregnant with our first grand baby Quinn) were able to be there. Mothers are what make the world go around. I’m so glad I could gather these amazing women together and share a a beautiful lunch with them.

Happy Mother’s Day!

Wishing all of the amazing mothers out there a happy Mothers Day!

xoxo.

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