Pumpkin Patch Birthday Party

Yesterday we threw a double birthday party for our girls.  Since they both have October birthdays, I figured a pumpkin patch party was apropos and sounded like a lot of fun to put together.  I was right!  I am very pleased with how everything came together but am certainly not planning on making this an annual tradition cuz it was a TON of work!

The invitation

The decor included 2 decoupaged pumpkins with pictures of each birthday girl, a wreath for my front door, 3D paper pumpkins on the tables, a homemade birthday banner, pumpkin window clings and other dollar store pumpkin finds.  The best part of this decor is that I get to keep most of it up for the rest of autumn now!

We started the evening off by decorating pumpkins as the guests arrived.  We ended up with a full house of guests with most of my family (missed Taylor), Jason's parents, Jessica (and her boyfriend), and my cousin Laura's family.  

As the pumpkin decorating was wrapping up, I got dinner ready to serve.  We had a chili bar (complete with toppings like cheese, tomatoes, avocados, Fritos, rice, sour cream, and onions), veggie tray, chips and dip, pumpkin shaped dinner rolls, caramel popcorn, caramel apple pudding, and pumpkin juice.  I also added stems and leaves to the plates to make them into pumpkins.  I found several orange serving dishes at the dollar store.  My other favorite dollar store find were pumpkin shaped ice cube trays!

After dinner we opened gifts with Leila graciously volunteering to help Ellie open hers.  My daughters are so loved!  It seriously felt like Christmas morning for them!!  We wrapped up the evening with cake and ice cream.  And wouldn't you know it, I forgot to take a picture of the cake but we just got a big ol' death by chocolate cake from Costco and I added some Oreo crumbs and pumpkin candies to the top so that it fit in with our pumpkin theme.

Unfortunately Ellie was not feeling great during the party (I'm really hoping she's getting ready to pop her first tooth) so she was a little ornery.  But she devoured the ice cream we gave her and screamed for more.  Leila also exclaimed several times throughout the day that this was "the best party ever" so I'm considering it a strong mommy win.

Happy birthday girls!