I created this sweet Watermelon Picnic party for my grandma’s 80th birthday celebration.
A family reunion was planned to help celebrate this big milestone. Unfortunately, my little family was unable to make the trip to Utah to attend. Although we couldn’t be there I wanted to help make sure that she enjoyed her special day! So I did what I do best and put together some party decorations for my mom to take with her.
Since they were having a potluck BBQ the day of her birthday I decided to go with a fun picnic theme.
I started with red and white checked fabric as my inspiration and went from there adding pops of bright green, watermelon, ants and a few rustic touches.
I made fabric banners
Custom cupcake toppers and favor tags using these printables.
I used the Cricut to make a ‘Celebrate’ banner and some table signs.
Happy 80th Birthday Grandma B! We hope you had a wonderfully, sweet birthday!
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Tonia @ TheGunnySack.com says
August 3, 2011 at 6:00 pmWhat a cute party!! You are right the Watermelon Cake Balls would've fit right in!!
Our Country Road says
August 3, 2011 at 6:45 pmHow awesome!! I bet your grandma loved it!
Leslie says
August 3, 2011 at 9:18 pmWhat a darling party! I am decorating my house with watermelons for August, so your party caught my eye! So so cute!
shopannies says
August 4, 2011 at 2:31 amlove your party very cute :)come see me at http://shopannies.blogspot.com
Ashley@EisyMorgan says
August 4, 2011 at 3:17 amthis is absolutely adorable! I would love for you to share it at my party HERE if you get a chance! Have a great Thursday!
Jennifer Davenport says
August 4, 2011 at 8:40 pmThis is an adorable party! I'm going to ditto Ashley above and say “come share”. I run the website http://www.decorating-ideas-made-easy.com
Just click on “Your Ideas” and upload photos, and tell a little about your party. Once completed I will send you an “I've been featured” button.
Come on by!
sara's art house says
August 5, 2011 at 1:18 amSuper cute party!
Sommer says
August 5, 2011 at 7:56 pmIt turned out absolutely perfect! I justlove all the colorful touches and what a fun theme! I hope you will come share this at my VIP party today. http://designergarden.blogspot.com/2011/08/vip-party-22.html
melissa@once upon a {craft} time says
August 6, 2011 at 12:24 amabsolutely adorable! love the watermelon theme, fabric banner, picnic basket, cupcakes…everything! i am sure your grandmother loved it-very thoughtful and very special. awesome job!!
Robyn Rasmussen says
August 6, 2011 at 3:11 pmWhat a darling idea for a 80th birthday party! Your girls are adorable too! 🙂 Planning parties is too much fun!
-Robyn from http://www.hotmomshelpfultips.blogspot.com
Amber @ Quilted Euphoria says
August 7, 2011 at 4:35 amWhat a cute party! thanks for coming and linking up at “Weekend Wow Me”!
http://quiltedeuphoria.blogspot.com/2011/08/weekend-wow-me-party-1.html
Rach H says
August 8, 2011 at 12:11 amThis has caught my eye at every single link party i've linked up to this week. so incredibly cute! thanks so much for linking up at my party on Family Ever After. I'm your newest follower for sure!
Ladybird Ln says
August 8, 2011 at 4:00 amCould this be any cuter? Seriously love the colors and theme… can you just decorate all of my parties?
Carlee
http://www.ladybirdln.com
Melissa says
August 8, 2011 at 5:19 amAdorable! I wish I had a niche for making parties like this. Great job. I'm a new follower from Quilted Euphoria's blog hop.
http://www.meldreamsoften.com
Tanya Anurag says
August 8, 2011 at 7:01 amNicely done!! What a way to celebrate the special day of loved one 🙂
I am hosting my first link-up party – Tea Time Thursdays @ Kreative Korner. Would be glad to see some of your awesome posts there. Hope to see you at the party.
http://tanyaanurag.blogspot.com/2011/08/celebrating-one-party-time.html
June Scott says
August 9, 2011 at 3:19 pmBeautiful theme, Mariah! Love all the details you put into this – what a bummer you couldn't be there in person 🙁
Erica says
August 9, 2011 at 3:41 pmThis is such a cute party! Stopping by from Wow Me Weekend. A new follower…excited to see more of your creations!
Kelsey says
August 9, 2011 at 9:49 pmMariah everything looks great! You did such a wonderful job! Happy 80th to your g-ma! I would love to feature you on Everyday is a Celebration again. If you are interested please let me know!
Thank You,
Kelsey
http://www.everyday-is-a-celebration.blogspot.com
kelsalexandra(at)hotmail(dot)com
Kristy says
August 14, 2011 at 12:37 pmWow, she must have loved it! This is so cute!
elenareviews says
August 16, 2011 at 5:38 amI love the theme..so unique.
Leslie says
August 16, 2011 at 9:48 amVery cute!
Nicki says
August 17, 2011 at 11:00 pmI am in love with this party!! It's so cute!
Tanya Anurag says
August 18, 2011 at 5:55 pmThanks for linking up at Tea-Time Thursdays @ Kreative Korner. Your post added to the celebration. Party for this week is going on now. Hope to see you there.
http://tanyaanurag.blogspot.com/2011/08/tea-time-thursdays-3-and-features.html
casperboost says
June 27, 2012 at 5:22 pmAbsolutely adorable! I love the watermelon theme, fabric banner, picnic basket, cupcakes… Everything! I am sure your grandmother loved it–very thoughtful and very special. Awesome job!!
http://www.colormycasa.com/category/decorating-a-master-bedroom
Autumn Gregory says
May 13, 2013 at 5:57 pmI am looking to have a Watermellon Picnic Birthday Party for my Son’s 1st Birthday in July !! Is there a place where I can go to get the Printables for the Big Ant on the Stick and Watermellon on the stick??
Mariah says
May 14, 2013 at 3:07 amHi Autumn, I cut those out with my Cricut (a die cut type machine) However, you could also make the big ants by cutting out 2″ circles and stacking them to create the ant shape. Good luck!