The Very Hungry Caterpillar Birthday

With much joy I get to plan a child's birthday twice a year!!  Having a boy and a girl makes it double the fun!  For my son's second birthday we settled on the theme around the book by Eric Carle "The Very Hungry Caterpillar."  Months before the party my son requested that story to be read over and over.  We even watched the cartoon made from the story.  So choosing the theme was not difficult! 

I should mention, the daffodils are a tradition that we started from the first birthday of our son.  My husband loves daffodils and now it simultaneously reminds us all of our son's birthday.  Here is what our Birthday Party looked like:    

The sandwiches decorated by veggies and cheese made into butterflies, lady bugs, and beetles.   Three varieties of salsa with different chips. 

The cake was ofcourse-the Caterpillar itself.  Fruit on wood kabob sticks/skewers.  Stained glass Jello which is not photographed.

For activities:  My lovely sister read the story by Eric Carle "The Very Hungry Caterpillar."  She read it in English and retold it in Russian.  We have three languages within our family :-)  Russian, Spanish, and English...so it's very interesting at time!  The kids enjoyed the traditional "pin the tail on the donkey" activity: which they loved!  We also did "grow animal capsules" and the kids guessed which animal they had before they fully formed.

I hope this will give you some ideas if you're planning a party around "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" story.  May your birthday celebrations bring you joy and happiness!