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My son turned 6 in March and we were lucky enough to have his party right before the world closed down. He wanted a SHARK party, so the perfect location was our local pool. They had a great party room that we rented. We spent the first hour in the party room having treats and doing gifts. Then we swam for the rest of the time. It was great to have a space for the guests to keep their swim bags and take a break if needed.

I know sometimes it can be overwhelming to think about decorating somewhere other than at home, but it is possible. The key is reserving enough time to allow for set up before your party time. We got there 1 hour before to unload it all and set up the décor. I had a few party helpers to put things in place. My biggest tip is to arrive with everything READY TO GO! Have centerpieces fully assembled, banner strung, balloons in bouquets, and a bag of essentials like safety pins, tape, scissors, and anything you need for serving food items.

I kept the party table simple with a banner, easy to pop up backdrop sign and some balloons. Snacks were all easy to hand out items: cupcakes, goldfish, and shark teeth(bugles).

Cupcakes are my go to for parties with lots of guests. Easy to hand out and share extras with parents or siblings. I always grab an extra pack of cupcakes for just that reason. Printable editable shark cupcake toppers tied it all together with a fun red cake stand.

Originally this awesome shark piñata was going to be the centerpiece for my guest tables. After my amazing friend made this guy we realized they were going to be too big for the size of tables my venue had. I went to plan B and had him be part of our main table. He was way to cool to not have front and center. Can you believe she made this?

Shark fin paper cones were the perfect vessel for our shark tooth snack of bugles. I bought gray cardstock at my local craft store, folded and added some adhesive to keep them together. Super easy and so fun!

At the last minute I decided I needed one more thing to fill space on my table. I had these great mini treat cups in my party stash. Gold fish seemed like the obvious shark party snack.

This printable Happy Birthday Shark banner was a great addition to the front of the table. It can be edited to say whatever you like when you purchase the printable package.

I love a printable backdrop for parties. Especially when it’s not at home. I attach them to a canvas and it is ready to be popped up on a table. They make a great big impact with little work.

The main focal point of the room was definitely the guest tables. I added some balloons to the center to add some color and fill up the space the tall ceilings provided in the room. I started with plain blue plastic table cloths. Easy, cheap and can be thrown away on site at the end of the party. Then I started layering. Fishing net gave a great texture and under the sea feel to the tables.

Each place setting had layered red and white striped plates and these awesome shark plates I found at Hobby Lobby. I added printable labels to the water bottles. The big hit were the shark party hats my son had to have also from Hobby Lobby.

Down the center of the tables I had mini red buckets featuring printable shark centerpiece circles. There were 4 designs.

My cute birthday boy had such a blast at his shark birthday party!

Party favors were fully contained and easy to grab and go in these red and blue sand buckets from Oriental Trading Co. Each bucket contained a plush shark. gummy sharks with a printable treat bag topper, shark tattoos, and a shark tooth candy necklace.

Printable name tags made it easy for guests to know to take their gift at the end. My kids always love seeing their names on things. It makes that gift even more special.

These tags are also fully editable with the printable shark party package.

While this was not the intention when I originally created this sign for the party, the parents had a big laugh at this sign with Coronavirus just starting to rear its head. Little did we know what was coming. To the kids it was a fun shark addition to the party.

I absolutely love how this party turned out and I am so thankful we got to squeeze it in before we were home for the weeks ahead. We have since celebrated 2 at home quarantine birthdays. While they didn’t look like this, I know they will be remembered for years to come. Even at home we have had a fun time being creative and celebrating the ones we love. I look forward to when I can throw our next big party with all of our friends gathered around. For now I hope you enjoyed this party and can save away a few tips for your next event. I know many people are planning a big bash when the world returns to normal.

Editable Printable SHARK Party Package

Editable Printable Shark Party Invitation

Party Supplies:

All Printable Supplies by 5M Creations

Plush Sharks- Oriental Trading Co

Shark Tooth Necklace- Oriental Trading Co.

Sand Bucket- Oriental Trading Co.

Table Netting- Oriental Trading Co.

Blue Tablecloth- Oriental Trading Co.

Shark Party Hats- Hobby Lobby

Shark Tattoos- Hobby Lobby

Shark Plates- Hobby Lobby

Red/White Striped Plates- Hobby Lobby

Red Centerpiece Bucket- Hobby Lobby (mutliple sizes available)

Clear Cone Holder- Amazon (AD) (not exact one used but similar style)

5M Creations May 12th, 2020

Posted In: Boy Birthday Party

Tags: boy party, party ideas, party printables, pool party, shark birthday, shark party, summer party

Summer is just around the corner and a pirate party is the perfect summer party theme. My friend threw this party last summer for her 3 kids and there are so many amazing details to share.

You guys….. THIS PIRATE SHIP!!! This was by far the coolest part of the party. My friend made this out of cardboard boxes and craft paint. A few PVC pipes for the frame of the pirate flag. Isn’t it the coolest thing ever?!?! The guests all came dressed as pirates and had so much fun in this ship.

No pirate ship is complete without a plank to walk. The kids had a blast walking over this plank over and over.

The play structure got a make over. Our printable Yo Ho Ho banner was an adorable addition.

The playhouse became a pirate booty snack shack with a sweet printable pennant banner and snacks.

A cute spot for photos was created with colored butcher paper palm trees.

Printable labels on cans were used to create a ball toss game for the pirate guests.

The trampoline became Dead Man Sea! Adorable!!!

A lemonade stand was dressed up with butcher paper, a printable pirate pennant banner and printable sign to make a temporary tattoo parlor.

My super crafty friend made these amazing pirate numbers for each of her kids. She added them to a container with my printable centerpiece circles.

All of the party food had fun pirate themed names using our printable pirate food tent cards.

I love all the details in this sweets table.

Printable pirate cupcake toppers add lots of fun pirate details. A paper pirate ship was the perfect topper to the cupcake stand.

Gold deplumes were were made out of oreos, gummy sharks, and a treasure chest piñata were all fun additions.

This amazing jar was the perfect nautical touch to hold dipped pretzels in the party colors.

Pick Your Poison at the beverage station.

Create a name tag with the fun pirate name chart.

Crafts included message in a bottle necklaces for the girls and foam pirate ships for the boys.

Our printable treat bag toppers were used to make favor bags for guests with eye patches, pirate treasure beads, a spy glass and more.This party had so many amazing DIY touches. The kids all had a blast!

I offer 2 styles of printable pirate décor in my shop. This party used parts of both packages. They can easily be mixed and matched. Both printable party décor packages include lots of great items: Happy Birthday banner, pennant banners, cupcake toppers, centerpiece circles, water bottle wraps, favor tags, party signs, and more.

Pirate Party Décor 1

Pirate Party Décor 2

Pirate Party Invitation

5M Creations May 18th, 2018

Posted In: Boy Birthday Party, Girl Birthday Party

Tags: Banner, birthday party, boy party, centeriece, cupcake toppers, favor tag, girl party, pirate party, summer party

This week I am sharing another customer party. This party package was a custom request by the mom and I love how it turned out. A mix of gray chevron, red and navy, with cute vintage airplanes.

This is a perfect example of how banners can be used in so many ways. I love the use of it to dress up the food table.

How sweet is this airplane cake? The smash cake is always the best part of the first birthday.

This printable airplane party package includes a high chair banner. They are the perfect addition for those great cake photos.

A sweet red toy plane and balloons make a cute centerpiece. Add some coloring pages for the party guests to keep them occupied during the slower times of the party.

Custom signs are always available to match any of our party themes.

Personalized favor tags saying thank you from the birthday boy are a great way to send your guests off.

You can find the matching printable airplane birthday party package and invitation in my etsy shop.

5M Creations February 20th, 2017

Posted In: Boy Birthday Party

Tags: airplane, backdrop, birthday party, boy party, cake, centerpiece, party favor, party sign

This baby shower was one of my favorites. I helped a friend with the decor to celebrate her sister(my friend) and new nephew on the way. Her nursery was a fox theme so we went with a woodland fox themed baby shower.

This little guy is so sweet! I love this fox cake with a cute flag bunting. A wood slice is the perfect stand to compliment our woodland theme.

We had lots of fun food for this woodland baby shower. Accents of pine cones, woven trays, and burlap gave a rustic feel to the elegant platters.

Pine cone cheese ball.

Dipped marshmallows, jam tarts, mini banana cream pies, mini cheesecakes.

These adorable acorn cookies are such a fun addition. Hershey’s kisses, mini golden oreos, and chocolate chips make these tiny little treats.

Forest animal ginger cookies.

Create a space for your guests to leave gifts and leave a note for baby. For this shower guests signed a Dr. Suess fox book for baby to keep.

My favorite part of baby showers is making personalized decor that can be used in their nursery. The host created this great fox canvas mimicking the arrow pattern from the decor and the word fox contrasting in a pop of orange. Also featured was a framed printable with the baby’s name and meaning. The adorable fox canvas toy box was a gift.

Our printable fox baby shower centerpiece is also a fun addition to any nursery after the party. Add a little twine and kraft colored crinkle paper to a metal tin to complete the look.

A fireplace is a great place for banners to be featured. We used the woodland animal printable circles to create a mini banner along with more triangles strung together.

Paper mache latters are easily dressed up to be a statement piece with just a little paint. Another great gift for the mommy to be. The base kraft color of the letters ties into the rustic woodland feel.

I created a printable bingo card for the baby shower game. Have guests write in gifts they think the mommy to be will open. As she opens presents they can mark off the ones they got correct. 5 across makes BINGO.