Ethan Jared Turns One! loot bags, giveaways, etc...

for jared's kiddie lootbags, i preordered personalized pocoyo lootbags from chocolatefund (which i got for 16php each including a personalized card tag, which my bro, ken designed)

 

for the contents i asked my sis, cel, to buy these from divi. i included bubbles (jared's favorite), personalized pocoyo stickers, mini coloring books and keychains (which i got from ebay ), personalized matchbook notes (also from chocolatefund, which i got for cheap!), pens, stickers, nail art for the girls, pencils, erasers and mini face towels and i've thrown in some sweets as treat as well.

for the adults i ordered personalized cupcakes (which spelled out "ethan jared turns one" and "happy birthday ethan jared!"

i nicked the idea of a diy standee from the SP Forum and had a photo of jared taken especially for the purpose. again, i have to ask my bro's help to cut out the tarp otherwise i will have it all ruined, no thanks to my "pasmado" hands! i love the diy standee we've created and so does jared, he thinks it is another kid and he wants to play with him!

for the piñata, i was thinking of wrapping a box with japanese paper then sticking pocoyo photos on it but in the end, we just made a box out of illustration board and put colored photos of pocoyo and the gang on it, plus the lovely birthday logo that my brother also created. i loved how it turned out and we filled it with candies and goodies the children enjoyed so much.

i just loved how everything turned out, i guess for your son's very first birthday you would really love to give your best to give him the best, and i don't really mean you spend thousands of pesos, small gestures plus a whole lot of labor of love goes a long, long mile....

so tell me about your child's first birthday preparations, i'd love to hear from you, do get in touch with me at vixenp33 at gmail dot com...cheers!