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Stunning Butterfly Theme Party For A First Birthday

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3 Sep
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Easy to create butterfly theme party, perfect for a 1st birthday or baby shower. These ideas are easy to recreate and are fun for everyone involved.

With simple decoration, a party to remember is easier to create than you might think.

Butterfly theme party

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I am currently in the midst of planning my daughter’s 2nd birthday party, and I realized that her first birthday party feature is WELL overdue!

I wanted to hold something bright and colorful but also something that displayed her personality. I settled on a butterfly theme party with the color scheme of bright pink and yellow.

We had visited a butterfly farm a few months prior to her birthday and she had been absolutely enthralled by them, plus I am always saying she is my social butterfly, so it seemed to fit pretty well.

I am really excited to share this with you today.

Butterfly Theme Party Invitation

The invitation always sets the scene for the party and I loved this party invitation for the garden feel and the added personalization.

I didn’t want anything that was “full on” butterfly, so this worked perfectly.

Butterfly invitation

Butterfly Theme Party Decoration

Butterflies were included absolutely everywhere in the party decoration. I purchased most of the decorations from Pink Frosting.

I absolutely love their range of decorations for all events, and I purchased beautiful butterflies, lanterns and napkins that worked a treat.

The butterflies are designed as cake toppers, but I decided to place them on the lanterns and scattered around the food table. They looked so realistic, they were absolutely stunning.

I also purchased extra butterflies from $2 stores and placed them on chairs, the pergola, literally anywhere that needed some butterfly sparkle!

Whilst there were still bright helium balloons to add splash of color, the lanterns were great for adding another dimension and pretty flare.

The party table was situated next to an otherwise dull looking wall. A simple piece of sparkly light yellow material was hung in front of the wall and was covered in butterflies. This distracted the eyes away from the ugly looking bricks and worked perfectly for filling in the space.

Butterfly Theme Party

My favorite decoration was the butterfly canvas which was made out of her two foot prints.  

This is something really special to have as a keepsake and it looked so incredibly cute.

Butterfly Foot Prints

I had a special bib designed with a butterfly and a number 1, so she could still be in the party spirit when eating her cake.

It always seems such a shame to cover the gorgeous party dress with a bib, so this was the perfect solution.

Butterfly bib
Butterfly Theme Party
Butterfly Theme Party Paper Lanterns
Butterfly Theme Party Paper Lanterns

Butterfly Theme Party Food

The party food was kept simple with mainly home cooked treats consisting of mini quiches, sausage rolls, chocolate crackles, fairy bread, cupcakes, cookies and chocolate covered strawberries.

I was incredibly excited with my cupcakes as they were my first attempt with fondant decoration and the butterflies on top looked so pretty.

The stand out feature was however the number one cake with a gorgeous fondant butterfly perched on the top.  

Butterfly Cake
Butterfly Cake

She was a cheeky butterfly, just like the birthday girl!

Butterfly Cupcakes
Butterfly Cupcakes
Chocolate Crackles
Butterfly Cookies
Butterfly Fairy Bread

Chocolate Strawberries
Kids Party Food

Butterfly Theme Party Favors

As this was for a first birthday I wanted to keep the party favors very simple.  

I decided to bake chocolate butterfly cookies and wrapped them in clear favor bags with some gorgeous butterfly and pink ribbon.

Butterfly Cookies
Butterfly Party Favors

They were an absolute hit, looked great on display, were easy to organise and tasted delicious!

To ensure that the kids remain entertained throughout the party, be sure to also check out this list of 20 of the best toddler activities and games.

Of course this post would not be complete without showing a photo of the birthday girl herself.

So here is my social butterfly after tucking into a huge piece of her birthday cake!  

16a

The cheeky look on her face just goes to show that she had an absolute ball!

Do you think this butterfly theme party would be a great theme for your little girl? Maybe you have held a butterfly party in the past?

Need some ideas for a different theme? Check out the ultimate guide to easy girls party ideas. You will have a ton of inspiration for different themes, games and more.

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Catherine Holt is the founder of Smart Party Planning. She is a stay at home mum with a passion for celebrating life’s little moments, with creative yet budget friendly ideas. Catherine often has a camera in hand capturing everyday events and is a self obsessed chocoholic! She loves connecting with other mum's on the blog and sharing party planning tips and tricks. Get all the answers to every aspect of party planning with her eBook today! If you want to hold a party with that ‘wow’ factor and have it tailored to the person you’re holding it for then this eBook is for you. Let Catherine take the stress and headache out of organizing your next party or event.

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  1. Margaret - Barossa Valley says

    September 6, 2013 at 3:32 pm

    What a fantastic party for a 1st birthday. Everywhere is so colourful and the food looks delicious but so simple to make. Your daughter is soo lucky to have such a creative Mum. Thanks for sharing your ideas.

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    • Catherine Holt says

      September 6, 2013 at 3:40 pm

      Thanks very much Margaret, it was a really beautiful day. I hope that these simple ideas can be tailored into your parties too 🙂

      Reply
  2. Jacqui Odell says

    September 9, 2013 at 8:53 am

    This is so cute! My daughter’s room is done in butterflies. I think our next project will be the foot print butterflies! So neat! Thanks for linking up to Party Time on Moms & Munchkins and we hope to see you next week.

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    • Catherine Holt says

      September 9, 2013 at 9:18 am

      Thanks Jacqui. Butterflies certainly makes a cute theme for a little girl. Oh you should definitely do the foot print butterfly….it is adorable and such a lovely memory to have of their tiny feet 🙂

      Reply
  3. Cheryl says

    September 13, 2013 at 2:03 pm

    Everything turned out so beautifully! I love that craft idea with the feet. So sweet!

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    • Catherine Holt says

      September 13, 2013 at 2:10 pm

      Thanks so much Cheryl. I love those feet too. I keep looking at them and can’t believe how much she has grown in just one year!

      Reply
  4. Marie Capasso-Spruck says

    March 26, 2014 at 1:41 am

    I absolutely love all that you did – i’m currently planning my little girl’s first birthday which is also going to be butterfly themed as well, what exactly is chocolate crackles & fairy bread, – how do you make it ?

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    • Catherine Holt says

      March 27, 2014 at 9:12 am

      Thanks Marie. The butterfly theme was perfect for a first birthday and my daughter loved it. I’m sure your’s will too! Chocolate crackles and fairy bread are SO easy. Check out these links to find out more: https://smartpartyplanning.com/fabulous-fairy-bread/ and https://smartpartyplanning.com/chocolate-crackles-copha-free-2/

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  5. Rewa says

    February 21, 2018 at 8:12 pm

    Hi Catherine, I am currently planning my daughter’s 1st birthday, which happens to be butterfly theme. I absolutely love the personalized butterfly canvas with her 2 footprints. I would like to recreate that for my daughter. Can you tell me how you went about doing that? Her birthday is in 10 days!

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    • Catherine Holt says

      February 21, 2018 at 8:38 pm

      Oh how exciting Rewa, I hope you have a wonderful time with her.

      My daughter’s 1st birthday was before I started blogging properly, so unfortunately I don’t have any tutorials or anything, so I will try an explain as best as I can 🙂

      Basically the wings were made out of her feet and the body was self drawn. I started with the feet. The left foot is the right wing and the right foot is the left wing.

      I simply painted the bottom of her foot and then placed it in the middle of the canvas. This was a two person job to hold hands etc out of the way! After the first foot was done, we cleaned it, and then painted the second foot (leaving a small space between the feet to draw the body).

      Once the feet were finished, I drew the body in the middle, and once the body was dry I added the little face. The writing on the bottom was a complete after thought. If I was to do that now, I would stencil it to make it a lot neater.

      Does that help at all?

      Reply

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