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Elmo Birthday Party: The Full Party Details

in Birthday, Celebrations

Discover cute Sesame Street Elmo birthday party ideas to help celebrate a little one turning two!

Elmo 2nd #Birthday #Party | spotofteadesigns.com

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Since I was due with baby #2 within days of Brielle’s actual 2nd birthday, we planned to have a party for her a few weeks earlier so she could have her special day. Elmo was the theme due to her recent obsession with the red haired monster. (Is he considered a “monster”?)

Invitations:

#DIY Elmo #SesameStreet #Party #Invitations using punched shapes | spotofteadesigns.com

As previously shared, I was able to quickly whip up these Elmo themed invites for the party using my collection of paper punches from my days at EK Success.

Decorations:

Elmo 2nd #Birthday #Party - DIY Elmo Pom Pom decor | spotofteadesigns.com

It was a rather small party so no need for crazy amounts of centerpieces or decorations. I was, however, finally able to use these red tissue pom poms I’ve been holding onto for a while and turn them into Elmo designs to decorate and hang in our backyard space.

Elmo 2nd #Birthday #Party - dessert table | spotofteadesigns.com

Like any Pinterest fan, I craved to have a cute coordinated dessert table for our party with a yellow, orange and red color palette. I used the high countertop space in our kitchen for my stage. Two Elmo pom poms hung from our pendant lights, which I turned into “party hats” with some wrapping paper. Again, my toddler LOVED that they were wearing hats.

Elmo 2nd #Birthday #Party - handmade party banner | spotofteadesigns.com

In between I strung a “TWO” banner which was repurposed from the “One” high chair banner I used in last year’s Pinwheel First Birthday party.

Food and Drink:

Elmo 2nd #Birthday #Party - dessert table including Elmo cupcakes | spotofteadesigns.com

The main meal consisted of the typical summer BBQ meal: hamburgers, hot dogs, pasta salad and baked beans. But dessert was where I got a little creative.

Elmo 2nd #Birthday #Party - @Elmo cupcakes | spotofteadesigns.com

I did my best to make Elmo themed cupcakes, inspired by this design from Make it & Love It. They brought about our love of Oreos used in desserts and a different size of those Wilton Large Candy Eyeballs I had previously used for my Monster Pretzel Rods last Halloween!

Tip: I decorated these the night before and the black part of the sugar eyes bled a little bit, I think because they soaked up the dampness of the icing overnight! When I use these eyes in the future, I’ll apply them the morning of the party!

Elmo 2nd #Birthday #Party = Elmo cupcakes | spotofteadesigns.com

The kids LOVED them, not only for their likeness to Elmo, but also because they are made of CAKE!

Activities:

With a summer birthday it can be expected that water play would be a big activity. This year I set up “Brielle’s water park” aka her Melissa & Doug Sunny Patch Blossom Bright Sprinkler, Step 2 Water Table and many of the other accessories already showcased in my Favorite Backyard Toys for Toddlers post. The older boy cousins especially loved running around in the sprinkler.

Elmo 2nd #Birthday #Party - craft activity | spotofteadesigns.com

Since we’re a crafty family I also made time for a quick and easy craft for the kids. I picked up these paint with water books from the dollar store and manned the table with little cups of water. Once they completed their “paintings” we hung them on the string to display their Elmo art. They were very proud. :)

Elmo 2nd #Birthday #Party - Colored ice water activity for kids | spotofteadesigns.com

Knowing that all of these kids love ice and seeing what happens when you throw it in water (based on previous hang outs this summer), I picked up two cheap ice cube trays from the dollar store and made a few batches of colored ice for another party activity.

Elmo 2nd #Birthday #Party - Outdoor ice play activity for kids | spotofteadesigns.com

We brought out this color ice array and let them have fun with plastic cups and serving utensils in and out of the water table and little pool. It was a HIT!

Favors:

Elmo 2nd #Birthday #Party - Elmo favor buckets | spotofteadesigns.com

Only our immediate family members were invited which gave a manageable total of 5 kids in attendance. AC Moore had these red beach buckets on sale which were easily turned into Elmo themed favor containers for all her first cousins using the same punch art technique I did on the invite. I designed Sesame Street sign inspired tags which included each child’s name (of course making sure Brielle got an “Elmo bucket” for herself). Each bucket included items like an Elmo coloring book and rainbow sidewalk chalk for the big kids and a pack of Happy Family Yogurt Melts for my four month old nephew.

Elmo 2nd #Birthday #Party | spotofteadesigns.com

Needless to say Brielle had a GREAT time with all her cousins and family in attendance and I was glad to squeeze in a celebration all about her before I popped with number two!

Sesame Street Party printables - turn plain paper fans into the beloved characters! | spotofteadesigns.com

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  1. Saragee says

    August 9, 2015 at 9:56 am

    Love all the great ideas!

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    • Cathy Bory says

      May 23, 2019 at 7:40 pm

      Is there a template for the faces used on the poms? Those pieces look bigger than the ones used for the fans. Or, are the poms small? Thank you so much!

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      • Spot of Tea Designs says

        May 23, 2019 at 8:44 pm

        Hi Cathy! You are correct that the faces on the poms are bigger but unfortunately there is not a template for those. I actually just cut out each shape from cardstock of that color.

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  2. Candice says

    June 4, 2019 at 2:41 pm

    I love this. Your ice idea is so clever and even the little ones can join in the fun. We are hosting a 2nd Elmo birthday for my son this summer. I am setting up a colouring station (which hopefully won’t turn into a disaster) and bought those water paint books for the loot bags. I can’t seem to find much else in Elmo though. I was hoping for tattoos and stickers but, alas, no luck. I did find foil balloons online though.

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