For my son's first birthday we had a Very Hungry Caterpillar Party. (So fun!)


Below are some of the simple, inexpensive party decorations that I made for this party, however, you can also use them for other themed (or non-themed) parties too.

Just choose your own colours!

DIY POP-HOLDER

A "pop holder" is really easy to make and is a cute way to display your lolly pops, cake pops and anything else you can think of on a stick :)

Here is how we made ours:

Materials: 

• Foam block (note: I used flower foam this time as I already had it at home and they were wrapped sweets and no food was touching it.. but to make another, I'd use a normal foam block as you wouldn't want any of the flower foam touching any food), 
• Glue, 
• Bento grass dividers (you can buy them online, eg. ebay or shops selling Bento supplies eg. Daiso, very inexpensively)

Starting at the top, put a layer of grass dividers around your foam block. Once you have gone all the way around, start a new layer, slightly lower down so that it overlaps the top layer and so on until it is covered.

On top I stuck down some more of the grass dividers, leaving gaps for the pop sticks to push easily into

Poke in your pops and you're ready to go.

Paper Lantern Table Display/Paper Lantern Caterpillar

Materials: 

• Paper lanterns (can be bought cheaply on ebay or at many discount variety shops),
• Fishing line, 
• Self adhesive Hooks (I used Command Clear Decorating Clips).

This was such a simple yet effective way to frame our cake and you could do the same for any other party using different coloured lanterns (without the eyes, etc.).


We popped some stick-on wall hooks on the ceiling. Tied fishing line to the paper lanterns and then hung them on the hooks at the desired lengths.


The total cost of the lantern caterpillar was $12.
(I already had the other stuff at home so only had to purchase the lanterns)

Twisted Streamer Wall

Behind our table we used a simple streamer wall in the party colours.

Materials: 

• Streamers, 
• sticky tape or blu-tac.

Cut all your streamers to the right length. Stick the streamer at the top, twist and then stick at the bottom.

Repeat! :)

These would look fabulous in all kinds of colours and only cost about $4 in total.

Balloon Door-frame/ Balloon Caterpillar

Want something even more basic? Try trimming your door frames with balloons stuck around them. 

We made a quick little caterpillar but you could use any colours you like.

These are just stuck to the wall with masking-tape. Quick and easy!

You can see the rest of our Very Hungry Caterpillar Party here.

Happy creating,

Debs :)

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar, by Eric Carle is one of our favourite books... and a well loved children's classic across the world.
It's no wonder that when I first saw the Very Hungry Caterpillar as a theme for birthday parties I knew straight away that I just *had* to do one.. and with my son turning one I thought it was the perfect theme.

The catering was so easy as we just used the book for inspiration. We ate what the caterpillar ate!

It was a really fun day and with a few small details, all came together nicely and easily :)

For details on how to put together your own VHC Party, see below the pictures.

Happy 1st Birthday to my darling little man.

Mummy loves you so much!

Details on how to put together your own 

Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday Party

Cake- for more details on how I made the cake see here.

Food Labels- For more details on how I made the food labels as well as a FREE COPY for yourself to download, see here.

Decorations- for more details on how I made the decorations, (Including the "Pop" Holder, Backdrop and Caterpillars), see here

Activities- for more details on the simple party activities I did, (including the Sticky Table and downloadable colouring sheet) see here.

Take-home bags- for more details on how I made the take home bags and goodies, (including DIY Playdough Bags (happy to send you a free copy) and Caterpillar Food Jars) see here.

Vendor Credits 

Invitation, Cupcake Circles and Water bottle Labels from Print Sparkle (you must check out their range. Extensive and very affordable! I was going to make my own but after seeing their's I just couldn't go past buying them!)

Very Hungry Caterpillar Material, (used as a table cloth and now to be made into a cushion!) from Jean Maries Fabrics

(These Vendor links are affiliate links which means I get a small commission if you purchase through them. The price for you is the same regardless. Thanks! PS: Etsy Rocks!)

We've also done a Rainbow Party a Butterfly Party, an Alphabet Party, an Art Party and a Dinosaur Party

If you liked this, don't forget to share :)

Debs :)

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