It was supposed to be outside, in my parent's side yard, but, as luck would have it, the weather wasn't looking too promising. We ended up making the call to move the party to inside the country club, and it is a good thing we did since it poured down rain during the party!
We invited quite a few people, since we would have the entire yard to run around and play, and when we moved all those people inside, the room got small QUICKLY! All in all, I was really happy with how it all turned out, and most importantly, Cal had a blast. Can't ask for much more than that!!!
Right around Cal's 3rd birthday (ha!) I got the idea that I should do something with FORE and golf for his fourth birthday. Cal loves golf (as does his daddy!) and I love a good play on words- hahahaha! The party kind of took off from there. I saw a party where they gave each kid a set of clubs and thought it was the most perfect favor...but then I couldn't find the clubs anywhere and once I did, they were WAY more than I anticipated paying! After doing some mega research, I found them at Wal-Mart, marked down for end of the season... phew!
Here are some pictures...
I found an adorable shop on etsy to make the invites...
Since we had to move to plan B, the club let us use this little putt putt set they have. I got the grass from Home Depot and had a little putting section set up.
For centerpieces, I put golf balls into vases and tied a ribbon around them. The same person who made the invites also made the food tents and the favor tags. I gave all the food "golf" names ("club" sandwiches, orange "slice", potato "wedge", "Mulligan" Mix, "chip shot," caddy crackers, etc etc...).
A friend of mine on FB, used to run a small business of making and selling pastries, etc. She stopped doing it a while ago, but just does it for fun now. Her son was in a golf camp this summer and she posted pictures of the cupcakes she made for the camp. They were adorable so I asked her if she could make from for our party, and she was happy to!
I hung little white balls from the chandeliers to resemble golf balls (that might be a stretch.... but hey...we were working with plan B)
The party was a 4:00 and we arrived at 3:50, with the hopes of taking a few family pictures before everyone arrived. Well, at 3:54, people were at the door walking in! So, we didn't get any family shots, but that's okay!
Cal was so excited to see all of his friends arriving!
The putt putt on the side was a safe place for the kids not excited about the bounce house-- which was like a free for all wild house. The kids in there were WILD and Cal was right in the middle of it all!
A view of the room before it got too crazy... it really isn't the biggest room, but it worked out perfectly for us.
I tried to get a pic in the bounce house, but it was not easy!
These kids were so so SO sweaty! Cal's hair was soaked! The AC in the club couldn't keep up with us! We ended up opening all the doors to get some air flowing and that helped, but these kids were just playing so hard, they were all sweaty.
Sweet Ava and Abigail showed up too-- they were taking it all in...
I was trying to keep the flow of the party going, so I pulled the plug on the bounce houses (I also didn't want kids to eat and then get back in to jump....) and we sang to Cal. He was grinning ear to ear... makes me so happy.
After doing cupcakes, I gathered all the kids together to do a pinata. Cal LOVES a pinata-- I mean, LOVES one. This was a must have at the party. I looked for a golf ball pinata, but couldn't find one so we used a star. And I had the kids hit it with a golf club (I mean, obviously!). They did such a good job sitting and waiting to be called on to take their turn.
When the pinata (finally) broke, it was like a feeding frenzy on the floor! The kids dove on the candy and scooped it all up in their little hands.
After the pinata, we brought out the favors, just to have them ready in case people were starting to leave-- again, just keeping the flow going!
I thought these turned out so cute. I wrote each kid's name on the caddy with a favor tag that said "thanks for swinging by my party!" These were a big hit with the kids!
I was able to grab one picture with my momma-- isn't she cute?!
And then I got a few more pics of Cal and his best buds...
Cal and Ava-- she didn't mind his sweaty mess!
Cal and Brad-- they were both sweaty messes! But look at those smiles! I love these boys!
And Cal and his cousin, Jackson!
