May The 4th Be With You!

{ Gabriel's 4th Birthday Party }

Turning 4 years old is a big deal, especially for Gabriel who loves the dark allure and excitement of STAR WARS and the innocence of Mr. Potato Head and puppet shows. Our brief was to create a fantastic party for the young New Yorker that would encompass both those passions for him. 

For the location we chose the historical Swedish Cottage in Central Park which offers wonderful puppet shows for youngsters, and has a classically rustic party room with large windows. There is nowhere like Central Park for a party but it has it's challenges. Everything has to be carried in by hand to the Cottage as there is no dropping off in the park. As I staggered across the park under the weight of a large "Yoda" cake I had to smile to myself and hope that Gabriel would be pleased!

Inspired by Gabriel's room at home we chose a palette of black, white, peacock blue and silver accents. The simple plates, cups, napkins, straws and flatware in those tones came from our e-Petite Boutique. We also used our chalkboard paper as long runners for the tables, embellished with stars from "somewhere in a galaxy far, far away."

We arranged delectable cookies and cupcakes decorated with Star Wars characters on our sweet table, along with pretzel Light Sabers. Darth Vader is Gabriel's favorite character so we found a large menacing Vader helmet balloon that hovered over the room and we used black and white balloon clusters which offered height and sparkle to the room with their mylar streamers. A life-size R2-D2 sat on the floor and was taller than most of the children!