Hunter Happenings: Happy 1st Birthday Little HuggleMonster

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Happy 1st Birthday Little HuggleMonster

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I cannot believe that our little man is 1 year old?! Where has this past year gone? We were able to celebrate him all weekend long with lots of family. I had sent out invitations for a little HuggleMonster (Henry HuggleMonster is the newest character on Disney Jr) Birthday Bash. I wanted to do a monster theme & found tons of fabulous ideas out there, but since both Lilianna & Ellis love Henry HuggleMonster, I went with that. I think everyone had a "Roarsome" time ;)

We had visitors "Surprise" us on Saturday. Davin really loved playing dress-up with Lilianna.

Saturday we celebrated with swimming at the pool & Monster cupcakes.

I think it's safe to say that Ellis liked his cupcake, just a bit ;)

A bath in sink was a must after that cupcake! He didn't want to get out he was having too much fun!

On Ellis actual birthday we started the day off by celebrating with some Monster chocolate chip pancakes. He sure loved them!

Yep that's a Sox plate. Die hard fans around here ;)

Ellis playing with his new lawn mower that Grandpa & Grandma gave him. He hasn't stopped playing with it!

Lilianna & I made the HuggleMonster Birthday cakes. She was the best helper to have & she helped me every step of the way. She even created her own little Henry HuggleMonster cake. We used the Wilton Stand Up Bear cake stand, both the mini & the regular. You can buy them both online, but also at Michael's (which I purchased there with a 50% off coupon, score!). And the Monster Cake tutorial I found off of the Wilton website here & just did my own twist on it to make more HuggleMonster like. It was a lot of work but I think it turned out great! FYI fondant is quite the experience. That was my first go at it....I definitely need more practice!

The Birthday Boy with his HuggleMonster cake

Lilianna's cake turned out cute. She did a great job! She made the nose, arms, & spikes all by herself!

The two cakes together.

I painted this Henry HuggleMonster card board cut out & I got the idea from here. All I used was a tri fold & I drew it freehand, no stencil. Ellis loved it! He kept giving him kisses & swatting at him, so I think he was a hit!

We adopted HuggleMonsters. I sewed the Monsters & used this pattern. I printed off adoption certificates for the kids to sign. Those certificates can be found here.

The cupcake labels were found here & thanks to Disney's Monster University we were able to find all sorts of Monster things, such as these cupcakes which were purchased from Walmart.

For food we did mini pizzas, which the birthday boy loved, fruit trays, veggie trays, chips & salsa, & of course cake.

Ellis got new TOMS!! I guess you can call us a TOMS wearing family :)

Unwrapping presents with help from her sister of course.

We adopted HuggleMonsters. I sewed the Monsters & used this pattern. I printed off adoption certificates for the kids to sign. Those certificates can be found here.

And it was cake time. We put Ellis on the table in front of his HuggleMonster cake, sang "Happy Birthday" to him & let him go to town. It was hilarious! He had the time of his life destroying his cake!