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Ford’s Dino Birthday Bash

July 23, 2018 by Annie Chesson 17 Comments

Whew!

First birthday: ✔

Looks like a dinosaur threw up all over our house: ✔

An awesome time had by all, including the birthday boy himself: ✔

Lots of yummy food and super cute decorations: ✔

We had a dino themed first birthday for our son, Ford, this weekend, and it was seriously so much fun! We had lots of family and friends celebrating with us, Ford had an awesome time and got lots of fun presents, and the adults stayed up and played yard games long after he went to bed. A very successful weekend!

I took lots of pictures, of course 😉.

So the food was all themed – we had raptor claws (Doritos), dinosaur eggs (donut holes), a watering hole (Lavender Lemonade), cupcakes that had little mini dinosaurs on top, and a carnivore and herbivore section. In the carnivore section we had pigs in a blanket, meatballs, and turkey sandwiches. In the herbivore section we had veggie and ranch cups, cucumber, dill, and cream cheese sandwiches, and a savory pesto cheesecake.

Also, check out that masterfully carved watermelon dinosaur head courtesy of Seth. If I had attempted that, I guarantee it would have ended in a bowl of cubed watermelon and a partially carved rind smashed outside in the back yard 😐.

This was his invitation that I made on Photoshop (I deleted our address which would normally go at the bottom). If you want to use this invitation for a birthday party for your little one, I blanked out the detail information (time, date, address, etc…), and made a clickable PSD download that you can grab for yourself!

Click here to download the PSD file of this invitation!

I hope you all had a “roar”-ing good weekend like we did!

Lol. See what I did there 😉

But for reals, absurd levels of cheesiness aside, I hope your Monday is fantastic!

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Filed Under: Extras, Parenting Tagged With: baby birthday, birthday, birthday party, boy birthday, dinosaur birthday, first birthday, first dinosaur birthday

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Comments

  1. Tim says

    March 10, 2021 at 5:07 am

    ha ha love it! I’ll be stealing dinosaur watermelon idea for my son :) Thanks

    Reply
    • Annie Chesson says

      April 5, 2021 at 4:03 pm

      Haha! Do it – it was a hit :).

      Reply
  2. Tim says

    February 25, 2021 at 4:15 pm

    Great post Annie, I’ll be using some of the party ideas for my grandsons 1st birthday coming up, very exciting.

    Reply
  3. Jane says

    August 10, 2020 at 10:20 pm

    It looked like a blast! Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  4. quility weighted blanket says

    June 29, 2019 at 1:25 am

    Congratulations, may god bless your son. The arrangement is amazing, with variety of dishes. Pics are very beautiful, good luck for his future.

    Reply
  5. Kyle Bloomfield says

    June 27, 2019 at 2:39 am

    AWWW. He looks so cute. wishing him great years ahead. The decoration is perfect and all the dishes look so yummy. a dino-themed birthday party looked perfect for Ford.

    Reply
    • Annie Chesson says

      July 1, 2019 at 12:50 pm

      Thanks, Kyle!

      Reply
  6. Hannah @ Own The Yard says

    January 28, 2019 at 6:06 am

    You know how to have fun!!
    Nice games and activities, the best way to keep kids, and parents happy.
    Thanks for sharing!!

    Reply
    • Annie Chesson says

      February 13, 2019 at 12:23 pm

      Thanks, Hannah!

      Reply
  7. Lyla Hassan says

    December 17, 2018 at 12:57 am

    Lovely photos and the arrangements look superb …Thanks for sharing this one :)
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    • Annie Chesson says

      January 5, 2019 at 8:23 pm

      Thanks, Lyla! It was such a fun time :).

      Reply
  8. Albert Craig says

    November 11, 2018 at 11:47 am

    Seriously splendid post with the most lovely images. I am happy to know new points about a great birthday party arrangments with the help of images. I also have suggested it to my all 4 family members. We will try to follow all the things for our baby birthday party. It is really a great post and I hope for the more.
    Albert Craig recently posted…20 inspirational Birthday wishes for Niece – Get todayMy Profile

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  9. celana renang anak laki says

    September 20, 2018 at 3:49 am

    what a great baby party

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    • Annie Chesson says

      September 26, 2018 at 10:06 am

      Thank you so much! We had a lot of fun :).

      Reply
  10. Gloria Diaz says

    September 9, 2018 at 9:19 am

    Beautiful photos, thanks for the ideas!

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    • Annie Chesson says

      September 26, 2018 at 10:11 am

      Absolutely! Thanks for the comment, Gloria!

      Reply
  11. Linda says

    July 23, 2018 at 2:25 pm

    So cute how you named all the food & drink. Love it!!!

    Reply

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