Hello! Today I am finally sharing with you the Pineapple party for my sweet lil' Riley's second birthday! Riley has such a fun and (already) wild personality that this pineapple theme was pretty fitting for her.
I had put together a mood board a few weeks ago so if you missed that you can check it out here. I always find that putting together a mood board or even just collecting images on a Pinterest board is super helpful in staying on point with the overall theme and look of your party. I definitely was going for bright summer colors along with gold accents for this pineapple theme.
Oh, and this cake! I am pretty happy with how it turned out. I had this idea to mimic the pineapple texture on the cake so I simplified it down to a diamond pattern by creating a template with my Cricut Explorer and then pressed sprinkles into the diamond cut-outs to create the pattern.
For the topper, I had gotten the idea to spray paint the tops from here and thought it would also make the perfect adornment for my pineapple-inspired cake.
The cake itself was a white confetti cake with a pineapple curd swiss meringue buttercream (you know I had to work pineapple in there somewhere!). I will have to do a follow up and post the recipes and the diamond pattern template for you all so keep an eye out for that to come soon!
The paper honeycombs were a perfect accent to this pineapple theme. They came in packs of 12 and I purchased two colors (yellow and dusty rose) in the 8" diameter and two colors (light blue and gold) in the 5" diameter. I tied them in bunches of 3 and 4 honeycombs and accented them with faux tropical leaves. Using fishing line, I strung up the bunches and hung them from the ceiling. For the honeycombs on the wall, I totally used pushpins (it's what I had handy but if you do not want tiny holes in your wall then you could use some super strong tape or even little Command hooks).
I also re-created the pineapple pops from my mood board and you can find the recipe here. Those are treats that I will definitely make again! Super easy and pretty yummy!
For the DIY pineapple flower vases, I created my flower arrangements in ball jars and then cored my pineapple out so that the ball jar could sit inside of it. This is something you want to do either the day before or even the day of the party as it doesn't have a very long shelf life (and starts attracting those pesky little fruit flies!). I spray painted them gold and set the flower jars inside for a quick and easy DIY decoration.
I purchased the pineapple-shaped cups from Party City along with the giant #2 gold mylar balloon. The plates, napkins, forks and paper straws are all from Target and I found the fabric for the table runner at Jo-Ann's Fabric and Craft Store.
Every kiddo's birthday party should have at least one fun party game! So, we played Pin the Pineapple Top which was a pineapple-themed version to the classic Pin the Tail on the Donkey.
I couldn't find a game that already existed so I covered poster board with pink wrapping paper and used my Cricut Explorer to cut out the letters and the pineapple tops. I printed the pineapple head and glasses on an 11" X 17" sheet of paper and just ended up cutting that out by hand.
It was just a small party with family and a couple of friends and I know Riley had a blast that day. She's quite the lil' party girl! She's still running around here singing Happy Birthday, haha!
Well, hope you all are enjoying the rest of your summer! My oldest, Mia, starts kindergarten next week so that's our next exciting moment around here. And then we are off to Colorado for a wedding. August is going to be a busy month!
