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This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.

I’ve been meaning to post Cooper’s Woodlands Birthday Party for about a million years but time got away from me. Can you believe that my baby is now 15 months old, soon to turn 16 months!?! Crazy. He’s only days away from the age Locky was when I had him. I look at Cooper and think, how did I have him when his big brother was still so small. To me Cooper is still such a little baby!

Anyway, enough about my reminiscing and more about the his Woodlands Birthday Party! If you haven’t read my blog for long or at all then you need to learn one fact about me. I get completely over excited about birthdays. I’m a bit of a birthday freak and start planning months ahead. Usually adults birthdays I’m not too fussed on but when it comes to kids parties I go nuts. For Locky’s second birthday we celebrated with a very cute and colourful Barnyard Birthday Party which was a total hit and I have to say the cake I made was also pretty amazing! I was proud. The flavour was just delicious and all of my guests enjoyed it so that’s a bonus considering it was the first cake I had ever made.

This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.
I chose a Woodlands Birthday Party theme for Cooper because for some reason I have a thing for forest creatures and woodlands theme. I decorated Locky’s nursery with a woodlands theme in mind. So you see, I love woodlands.

The day was quite miserable and there wasn’t much in the was of nice daylight. It was dark and gloomy so excuse the quality of the photos.

I made most of the items for the birthday myself because I tend to enjoy stressing myself over nothing rather than go out and buy what I need but when you have a vision sometimes you just got to do it yourself I think. Luckily my mum was here to help me with the boys and some of the craft projects in the lead up to the party.
This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.

I wanted to have a lot of earthy coloured food on the table. So I avoided anything too colourful except the fruit that was served. Even the cake was very earthy looking but it was the look I was going for.  To me there was enough colour added with the pops of green and red and the little first creatures and cute plates, napkins and cups around the place.

This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.
I developed this thing for moss around Cooper’s birthday and tough it would be perfect to incorporate it into his woodlands birthday party. After all woodlands is all about forests, rain and why not throw some moss in the mix right? I wanted a big feature. Either a sign saying “one” or a big number 1. I went with the latter option. I whipped up with moss number one which I covered in real moss. I made this number in October and it still hangs in my garage, alive and well and it’s now three months later. The photos just don’t do it justice. It’s really quite beautiful.

This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.
I continued with my strange moss obsession and also made a faux moss garland. This was a very simple project and it just finished off the look and feel I was going for.

This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.
My mum was very sweet. She know how to sew, a talent I do not possess. So she came up with he idea of making cute party bags out of left over curtain material I had lying around. I finished the bags off by using some fabric paint and stamping some orange and green leaves and a cute blue fox on each party bag. I loved this idea because the kids could use the bags to put in special toys or whatever they like in them. One of my friends loved it and said she had been looking for a little bag to store some puzzle pieces that needed a home for her daughter. Each child got a first animal light up lamp which I picked up at a local homeware store for like $3 each! I also included some first animal stickers, some nice cookies (that came packaged) and balloons. I prefer this type of thing rather than giving a bag full of  sweets to small children.

This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.

I made the birthday cake also. I love making and decorating birthday cakes and this was my second ever birthday cake and I was quite happy with it. It’s evident that I’m no professional but my cakes are made with lots of love for my children and I think when you’re creating a birthday party and cake for your child that the most important thing is the love that goes in to it.

This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.
I wanted something different. Something I had never really seen or was not going to be too obvious. I decided to make the cake look like the earth and then have some woodlands creatures sitting on top among a cute little forest that is set in the middle of a cold Autumn’s day. I know, pretty descriptive but that’s what I had in mind! haha. I have no tutorial on making the fondant creatures because I was sitting up at almost midnight making them, hence why if you look below you will see the my “deer” actually looks like a cross between a deer and a fat brown bear! Haha. So as you can see I got even more creative and was making all kinds of new breeds of animal in my over tired and delusional state. Ah, what us mum’s do for our kids!

This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.
Here’s a close up of my forest cake. As you can see I started with the fox, then the strange bear/deer creature and finished with this slightly hideous racoon that looks like he has issues. I was so tired I was actually laughing out loud at how ridiculous he was looking and no matter how hard I tried to make him better he just got worse looking so I called it a day and left him the way he was.

You can see how I made the forest cake topper here. It was so simple and really made a huge difference to the cake. I finished off the entire look by adding little acorns and mushroom I made from fondant.

This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.
In the couple of weeks leading up to the party I purchased some forest creatures and painted them to add as decorations to the table. The best part about doing animal themed parties for little ones is they love looking and pointing out the animals. The boys played with the wooden animals I painted for weeks after.

This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.
Lastly and my favourite part of the entire party was the backdrop. How I loved the wall behind the table display!! I wanted to really go all out. For Locky’s barnyard party I made a big cardboard barnyard that was kind of the feature of the table. For Cooper’s I wanted something that covered the entire wall! I wanted something that was easy enough to make and that represented trees. I cut out a whole bunch of triangles and hot glued them to some white and green twine I had in my craft collection. I then used small clear tacks to hang the large garlands from the wall.

This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life. This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.
Cooper is usually a really happy and easy going baby but he was a little overwhelmed by all the attention that day. He was happy enough but just not his outgoing self. He knew something was up, that’s for sure.

This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life. This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.
I got no photos go Locky and Cooper together so that was a huge bummer. It was such a busy party and I just forgot and did put down my camera soon after guests started arriving.

This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.This beautiful and unique Woodlands Birthday Party for a one year old was a total hit! Most of the items in the party are handmade, and a lot of cute crafts and DIY projects went into bringing this fun and whimsical party to life.
What do you think? Do you like the Woodlands Birthday Party theme also? I think Cooper’s party is a little different but I like it. I can’t wait to put the next party together in June for Locky’s 3rd Birthday! Don’t ask me what theme it will be because I have no idea but hope to be a little more organised this year (I say this every year).

Tell me all about the party themes you’ve done for your kids parties or for yours?!
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  1. Bethany at The Southern Couture says

    February 2, 2016 at 3:16 pm

    OMG!!! Everything is so adorable from the triangle trees hanging in the background to the moss number. I love the mossy looking #1 on the cake too. Everything just fits together so perfectly. I am totally crushing over this.

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  2. Carrie @ Curly Crafty Mom says

    February 2, 2016 at 6:03 pm

    This is seriously SO, so cute! Can you come plan MY kids parties? I love the trees hanging and the presentation of the food. Just perfect!!!

    Carrie
    curlycraftymom.com

    Reply
  3. Charlene @ Teacher by trade Mother by nature says

    February 2, 2016 at 10:29 pm

    What a GORGEOUS set up! I have been waiting for this post. So happy you are sharing it with us! I love the background (triangles), simple yet VERY effective! Everything looks great…well done Mama!

    Reply
  4. Lisa says

    February 2, 2016 at 10:45 pm

    Absolutely adorable! Every single bit!

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      February 10, 2016 at 10:01 pm

      Naww, thanks Lisa. I loved putting it all together for my little man 🙂

      Reply
  5. Chelsea @ Life With My Littles says

    February 3, 2016 at 10:10 pm

    Oh my gosh, this is PERFECT! Everything is so cute and the food looks delicious! What a great party!!

    Reply
  6. Felicity says

    February 7, 2016 at 2:19 am

    What an awesome party theme! Very talented as usual Maria! 🙂

    Reply
  7. Kristin Bergthold says

    February 8, 2016 at 5:56 pm

    This is such an adorable party! I love all the thoughtful details, but especially the green tree backdrop.

    Reply
  8. Sandra says

    February 9, 2016 at 8:58 pm

    Awesome party you are very creative! Will you please share this at Celebrate Your Story Link Party? We’d love to have you join us. This is the link: http://www.thesweetsensations.com/polka-dots-valentines-day/. Have a great Valentine’s Day!

    Reply
  9. Mila says

    February 10, 2016 at 1:49 am

    Can stress enough how much I love this idea. I don’t have kiddos, but I have to pin! 🙂

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    • Pastels & Macarons says

      February 10, 2016 at 11:28 pm

      Thanks Mila! Thanks for pinning! Kids parties are SO much fun!

      Reply
  10. Cassie @ Little Red Window says

    February 11, 2016 at 2:17 pm

    This is a seriously adorable party theme! I love the green triangle “tree” backdrop!! Thanks for sharing with us at The DIY Collective Link Party! Come back next thursday and link up again! – Cassie @ Little Red Window

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      February 15, 2016 at 8:04 pm

      Thanks Cassie! I love the backdrop also 🙂

      Reply
  11. Lara says

    February 11, 2016 at 11:17 pm

    Awww I love this! I did a woodland theme for my 1 year old daughter last year. I love all your details. Loved the tree background.

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      February 15, 2016 at 8:08 pm

      Thanks Laura, it’s a great theme 🙂 I love it also. I bet your daughters birthday was fabulous also! 🙂

      Reply
  12. Rebecca says

    February 14, 2016 at 4:25 am

    Maria,
    Cooper’s party is adorable! I love it all, especially the forest tree background, so simple but what a statement! Love it so much I had to go back and look at the nursery, so sweet, everything was perfect!
    Visiting from French Country Cottage Friday party, would love for you to visit me!
    Rebecca

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    • Pastels & Macarons says

      February 15, 2016 at 8:18 pm

      Hi Rebecca, Thanks so much. I had a lot of fun putting his party together 🙂 Glad you like Locky’s nursery also! I have a thing for woodlands as you can see. haha.

      Reply
  13. Ashley ~ 3 Little Greenwoods says

    February 15, 2016 at 9:23 pm

    Absolutely adorable! I love this birthday party theme and how you added so many special touches.

    Thanks so much for sharing your creativity at the The DIY Collective this week! Please come back next week to show off your latest project!

    Have an awesome week!
    ~ Ashley

    Reply
  14. Marni@ HaberdasheryFun says

    February 17, 2016 at 7:22 pm

    Love this!! So cute. The green really pops in our pictures.

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      February 27, 2016 at 9:14 pm

      Thank you 🙂 Yes, the green is fun 🙂

      Reply
  15. Whitney says

    February 17, 2016 at 8:47 pm

    This is one of the cutest kid birthday party ideas I’ve ever seen. That cake! And those fox cups! Love it all! And your photos are beautiful, gloomy day or not. 🙂 Thanks so much for sharing.

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      February 27, 2016 at 9:15 pm

      Hi Whitney, you just him me with a wealth of compliments. Glad you like it! I had SO much fun putting it all together and can’t wait to do it all again this year for my boys!

      Reply
  16. Molly says

    February 18, 2016 at 5:17 pm

    Perfection! I love everything about this, fantastic job!

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      February 27, 2016 at 9:16 pm

      Thanks Molly 🙂

      Reply
  17. Virginie @ That Cute Little Cake says

    February 23, 2016 at 3:57 am

    Super cute !!! sharing on my FB page

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      February 23, 2016 at 12:56 pm

      Thanks so much for the share! You have a lovely blog and Facebook page! Followed you FB page 🙂

      Reply
  18. creativejewishmom/sara says

    February 25, 2016 at 11:28 am

    You did a fantastic job with this, love all the little details and especially that it looks handcrafted, not all produced on a silhouette…..the backdrop is brilliant, and love the cake. I actually make almost all of my cake decorations as simple paper cutouts, now I need to follow your example and make some fondant creatures, a great addition. As for that late hour crafting for the little ones, can totally relate, in my case it can become an all-nighter!
    Would love for you to join my linky party, Craft schooling sunday (which opens for you on Saturday) you would be a wonderful addition, and while you’re there check out my cakes, link in the navigation bar.
    all the best!

    Reply
  19. Jennifer Knights says

    June 9, 2017 at 6:43 am

    I love this theme. Curious as to where you picked up the adorable hedgehogs.

    Reply
    • Pastels & Macarons says

      June 18, 2017 at 2:23 pm

      Hi Jennifer! So sorry for late reply. I actually picked them up at my local florist! But I was searching on Amazon and you can find so many different ones on there! Here is a link to all of the ones I found that are super cute! http://amzn.to/2sGWFMW . This is an affiliate link which means Pastels and Macarons make a tiny commission if you choose to buy anything. But it is at no extra cost to you. Refer to my Affiliate Disclosure policy if you wish to read more on this. Let me know if you find ones you love 🙂 These little guys sit in my garden now, happily living by my lavender 🙂 Thanks! Maria.

      Reply

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Hi there! Welcome to Pastels & Macarons! Most of the time you'll find me creating, caring for my two toddler boys, socializing or dreaming of my next project! I'm definitely a creative type and I love sharing it all with you right here. Join me as I share crafts, DIYs, recipes, home inspiration, travel stories and fun printables for you and your kids!

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