Pink and gold birthday parties are all the rage at the moment.
It a simple yet elegant theme and the great thing is, it's really easy to find decorations at party supply stores, online and at the dollar store.
We rented out a church hall that was very sparsely decorated for my daughter's first birthday, so I really needed to step it up with decor on a budget!
What I did and how much I spent
Chalkboard
I bought an editable jpeg image on Etsy for the classic “Baby is One” chalkboard.
I then had it printed onto 18 x 24 inch photo paper at Staples and for the”frame” I used a large piece of glittery gold card stock from Dollar Tree .
Jpeg from Etsy: $10
Printing at Staples; $14
Cardstock frame: $1.25
Total cost: $25.25
Wall Decor
For most of the decor, I used scrapbook card stock I found at Dollar Tree.
I scooped up every piece I could find at my local store and even had to make a trip to some other locations.
This was used to make the bunting banners that I used to decorate the food table.
I also made mini-bunting and attached it to paper straws for the cake. It turned out so cute!
By the way, I used a grocery store birthday cake and just asked them to leave it plain!
Lastly, I used the same glitter paper as “frames” for a display of my baby's monthly milestone photos.
I also used the same glittery paper to make the framed sayings which were honestly a bit fiddly.
I used a stencil to make the letters and then painstakingly cut each one out.
Then I mounted the letters on card stock and put them in Dollar Tree frames.
The great thing is that I now use them as decor in baby's bedroom so they were worth the effort!
15 sheets of scrapbook paper: $18.75
3 x dollar store frames: $3.75
String: on hand $0
Printing 12 monthly photos: $3.60
Total cost for bunting, frames and monthly photo display: $26.10
“One”sie
I decided to try making the “One” onesie myself as I couldn't justify paying $30 for something that she would wear only once.
I used an old white onesie that was on its last legs and some gold glitter fabric paint from Dollar Tree I printed out the letters using a large font, cut them out and used the paper as a stencil.
All in all, It took about 20 minutes and I think it looks great!
Total cost: $1.25 for the paint.
Here is what the whole outfit looked like on the birthday girl!
For the rest of the hall, I used alternating gold and pink tablecloths and made some tissue paper flowers for the windows.
I used chalkboard tags from the dollar store for the Target loot bags.
The basket they are in is actually a drawer from an Ikea Jonaxel storage set.
In conclusion, I'm really happy with how the party came out on such a small budget.
All of the decor ended up costing less than $75 for all of the decor which left more money for yummy cookies and cake!
Grand total
$75.00
