I can’t believe that my sweet Emery is TWO! I had the most fun planning her birthday party this year with the theme, “party animals”! I couldn’t have thought up a better one for her as she loves ALL animals and truly is my little “party animal”.
For her birthday I decided to have the party in the morning for a few reasons.
Reason 1: nap time – I have always planned an afternoon birthday party for the girls and kick myself every time as I realize that it’s right during their nap time, as well as other kids who attend the party. Most families show up late because their child was sleeping or leave early so their child can go nap. So this year I thought, “why not have it in the morning so kids don’t have to miss their nap!?”
Reason 2: a morning birthday party means breakfast/brunch. And honestly that is Emery’s favorite meal of the day so it seemed fitting for her party.
Chicken & waffles were a huge hit! I just stuck frozen Belgian waffles in the oven and ordered a tray of chicken from Chick- fil-a!
When Emery’s friends arrived, they picked out a party hat to decorate however they would like! To make the party hats, I covered regular party hats from Target with kraft paper and hot glued a colored pom-pom on top made by Apricot Polka Dot. I laid out ribbon, stickers, markers, and washi tape for our guests to decorate their party hat! I then ordered these animal masks that they could wear it with their party hat!
I used this tutorial to make the party hats for the plastic animals!
For the party favors, I filled mason jars with animal crackers and printed out these tags to tie around the lid!
animal heads / woolie ball garland / felt party hats
Party Details:
A huge thank you to my friend Mel, who made the amazing cake! She has made all of the girls’ birthday cakes and we joke that she is in it until their wedding day cake!
Happy Birthday Emery Jane! You are the silliest, sassiest and sweetest little girl and we are so blessed to have you in our lives. We love you to the moon!
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I loved reading about Emery’s second birthday party, it turned out so beautiful!!! I love all of the pretty and simple details you put into it. I follow you on Instagram and loved checking out your blog now too!
Thank you so much for your kind comment and for following! I really enjoyed putting this party together! XO
Love this party!!! Couple of things: where did you find that two cake topper??? Also how did you make those mason jars with the colored animals! So adorable!!
Hi! The cake topper is from the shop TOPS Malibu! And I just hot glued a plastic animal to the top of a mason jar and then spray painted them! Thanks so much for asking!
Love every last detail of the party! Seriously so cute!
Thank you so much Anne!
Hi! This is so adorable and perfect,
Love the inspiration. Will you tell share smallest-biggest sizes you used on the honeycombs.
I honestly bought such a variety of sizes– I found the smallest size and just continued to buy a couple from every size until I got to the largest size. I bought about 2-3 from about half of the sizes and then about 4-6 from the other sizes. When it came to creating the wall I just started sticking them to the wall, I started with the largest ones first, and then filled in the spaces with the smaller ones. I hope that helps! I purchased quite a few of them from Amazon too!
We are two moms with great style! We also threw an animal party for our two-year old this year and used lots of similar décor ideas. Looks like a wild time!
It was a fun party to throw! Thank you so much!
Hello, where did you find the gold little animals? Thanks
Hi! I just bought them off of amazon and then spray painted them gold!
Hi I’ve been searching high and low for that cake topper or something similar. Where did you purchase this?
It’s from TOPS Malibu! Thank you!
Ahhhh this party is PERFECT! Love love love!
Thank you so much!
I just love the color theme! I can’t find the fluffy decorations in those colors anywhere—where were you able to find them? I’m putting together my son’s first birthday party,
They are from Shop Sweet Lulu
Do you remember where you’d purchased the TWO sparklers? I cannot seem to find them online. Thank you!
They are from TOPS Malibu!
Can you tell me where you got the TWO cake topper?
They are from TOPS Malibu!
Love this theme! Where did you get the “two” other cake?
The are from TOPS Malibu!
This is so beautiful! Where did you get her dress?
Her dress is from Alice & Ames! Thank you!
Hi! Did you actually end up lighting the sparkles with the animal figures on the cake? Love your breakfast party!
Hi! Yes, but it scared her! 🙂 I don’t think I would light them again until my girls are older! I also thought they might light the whole cake on fire, so I would probably advise not too, although it was really pretty!
I am so in love with this party theme! Did you purchase all of the plates from the same vendor? I’m looking online and don’t see any one company that carries the different colors… Just many different shops on Etsy 🙂
Hi! I used the plates from Shop Sweet Lu lu!
Love this sweet party! Where did you find the animal heads?
Hi! I found them on Etsy! I believe I have them linked on this post!
Can I ask were you buy all those animals?
Amazon!
The cake you created was amazing. We are attempting to recreate for next weekend. I can’t find any sprinkles as brightly coloured as yours. Are you able to let me know what brand they are? I’m in the UK so hoping I can still source them. All of the ones available here have no E number colourings in so look really faded/ muted colours. Thanks so much!
Hi! Sprinkles were from Shop Sweet Lu Lu! Thank you!
Thank you so much!
Your birthday cake is my inspiration for my kids birthday!
Would love to know where did you buy the letters fireworks on top of the cake 🎂? ✨🙏🏻
Hi! They are from TOPS Malibu!
I’m in love with this dress your daughter wore! Would you mind revealing where you found it?
It was from Alice & Ames! Thank you!
What size and brand are the mason jars?
I Believe they were 4ox jars on Amazon!
Hey I love this party theme! What kind of animals did you use for cake and to sit around the table? Were they the jumbo animals or just regular? And about how many did you purchase? 😬 planning this party for my one year old in June
Hi! They were just the regular size! I purchased about 20 animals or so! The animals were her gift since she loves all animals! It worked out perfectly to have them in her party too!
Ok I love how your cake turned out! How did you get the sprinkles like that? Is there a tutorial you followed or was it just you? I’d love any guidance or suggestions I can get!
Hi! I had the cake made by a friend! She just careful put them on when the frosting was wet!Thank you!
This is such a cute party! I’m doing a kind of similar party animal theme for my son’s birthday on Saturday and took your favor idea. I can not get the spray paint to dry on the animals though! What am I doing wrong??? I’m leaving them out in the hot sun today in hopes that that does the trick! Thanks so much for the ideas!
It could be the spray paint? I’m so sorry, I didn’t have that issue! Hope it turned out okay!
Hi! What a gorgeous theme!! I was wondering if you could please tell me where you got the candlesticks? I am looking for something similar in NZ!
Hi! I believe I found them at Hobby Lobby! Its been a few years though!