Hello loves! I’m so excited to share Sophia’s Unicorn themed birthday party with you all! I can’t believe she is already one year old. Like every mother before me, I’m shocked by how fast the first year went. I think the biggest transformation is to see your baby going from a newborn to a little person walking around and starting to talk! Time flies by in a blink of an eye, what everyone will tell you is the absolutely true.
Unicorn Themed Birthday Party
When it came to the theme of the party I was really undecided for a while, at first I thought I wanted a princess theme, then star theme and the list goes on and on, lol!
Then finally I saw this unicorn cake on Instagram and I was sold! I love unicorns and how whimsical they are and thought it would be perfect for her first little party. You can see my inspiration board here.
Unicorn Birthday Cake
For the main sweets table, I did a pastel balloon arch with flowers and a curtain backdrop. For the balloon arch, I used this tape as the base, and added the bigger balloons to it. I then used a low temperature glue gun to glue the smaller balloons. Once all glue dried, I added faux peonies from Ikea and other flowers from Michael’s.
On the main table, I had this beautiful unicorn cake and a mix of sweets done by Flora Deserts. The donuts cake and unicorn cupcakes were made by my sister in law!
How to Create a Unicorn Ballon Arch
- Blow the bigger balloons in different sizes but don’t blow them up all the way. You want them to be a little round and if they are too full u won’t be able to attach as many onto the tape
- Blow up the balloons 2 or 3 days before and store them in plastic bags
- Attach the balloons to the tape in different directions
- Get an electric pump (you will thank me!!), I did over 300 balloons in 2 hours
- Use cluster of colors (I suggested a minimum of 3 balloons of each color)
Since the place didn’t have a lot of natural light, I added Christmas lights to the background and used cheap Ikea curtains attached it to a photo background stand.
I then added these beautiful glitter letters to it. I huge thanks to Funky Letter Boutique for making the beautiful “Sophia” script letters for the background. Britaine was great to work with and she customized the letters to the size that I needed. The Unicorn invites and all the party printables are from Sprinkled Designs on Etsy. Linda has so many great options on her site and she worked with me to create all the cute designs!
I had a second table with this rainbow background that unfortunately I was not able to finish. It was supposed to have a cotton candy cake stand, but due to the snow storm the cotton candy did not arrive on time. I still used the second table for water, star shaped peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and her smash cake.
For activities, we had a bead station for the girls to do bracelets, it was a super hit! Everyone loved it. I also made unicorn headbands and star wands.
I have linked all the balloons and tools I used here:
As always, let me know if I forgot to list something or if you have any other questions. Hope you enjoyed her little party!
With love,
Ceres
Absolutely beautiful! Great job!!!
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Thank you doll!!! ??✨
Everything looks amazing!! Thank you for sharing all the info, very helpful! Quick questions, how did you attach the balloon arch to the stand?
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Hi Stace! Thank you for visiting! I didn’t use anything to attach, I basically threw the balloons on top and they stayed! I think you could probably use some fishing line to tie? ?
Amazing!! So talented?????. Do you have pictures of your table set up?
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Hi doll! What table? ?
BEAUTIFUL decor! I am so inspired for my friend’s colorful pastel design! Where did you get the tulle, and how many balloons approx would you say you used? Again, STUNNING!
Sorry- I meant to say for my friend’s colorful pastel bridal shower design
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I got the tulle online, Will look to see from where. I think I used around 150 balloons, maybe less?? Sorry don’t remember the exact number ??
Hi! How’d you get the lights to hang behind the curtains? Did you just use one box of lights? I want to try to recreate this for my friends shower!
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I used tape to hang the lights on the curtains, it was a little tricky but it stayed! ?
Hi Ceres, which curtains and how many did you use? I actually bought the photo backdrop frame but need to get curtains to recreate this backdrop. Thank you!
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I got 3 sets of the cheapest one from ikea. Let me know if you need me to send you the link. ?
Hi! Beautifully done!
What did you use to attach the letters to the curtain?
Thank you!
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Fishing line! ?
Hi Ceres!! Clients keep mentioning that they found us through your amazing blog post!! Thanks again for allowing us the invitations & party signs for Sophia’s 1st birthday! You were an absolute pleasure to work with, & we’re blown away by how beautiful the party turned out!! XO, Linda (SprinkledDesigns.com)
Absolutely amazing!! I am trying a balloon arch for the first time for my daughter’s 5 bday. I’d like to know why you recommend to inflate the balloons two or three days before. And what kind of bags you have to put the balloons into? Thanks!
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I had a lot to do on the day of the party. So I chose to do a couple days before. Regular plastic trash bags! ??
Thanks a lot!!!
Hey can you leave the link to the curtains please?
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Hi Kim, I dont remember exactly what curtains I used since I bought in store. I think it was similar to these ones? http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/90232331/
Hope that helps!
Thank you. How did you get the balloon arch to stay up? Did you use a base?
Wanted to know what did you use for the balloon arch? Was is a photobackdrop?
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Hi Monica! Yes, I linked in the post the one I used. 😘
Thank you 😊
LOOOOVE! Which balloons did you buy?? do you have the direct link! SO pretty!
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Hi Dena! Thank you! Yes they are all linked in the post. Click on the thumbnails to see it 😘😘