FEATURED: ROWEN'S SHARK PARTY

We've been bugging our crazy-talented friend, Shara, for pictures of Rowen's Shark Party since we walked through the door of the party... and had our mind's blown. Modern, clean, fun, creative touches EVERYWHERE. Crafty in the coolest way, clever menu, fun games for kiddos...so good.

Shara used two slightly different colors of crepe paper and twisted them to create "water". She hung all the sharks from string so they would appear to float on top of the waves. Genius.

 One of our favorite things of the party was this shark wreath! Shara spray painted a foam wreath core gray then hot glued plastic sharks (here) all around to simulate a shark attack feeding frenzy!

The fins on the mantel were pin-on fins for the kids to wear. Shara made them using stiffened felt and a template found here.

 I mean... really

Cake topper here

 Menu:

Shark Bait sandwiches (tuna salad)

Shark Fin sandwiches (cheese triangles)

Slow Swimmer Salsa and Sea Algae Guacamole with Fins (blue tortilla chips)

Shark Teeth (Bugles)

Whale and Goldfish crackers

Vegetarian Shark Food (crudites)

Watermelon Shark fruit salad (carved by Shara's husband after she showed him pictures on Pinterest and convinced him it would be easy! Ha!)

Sea Dogs (hot dogs)

Great White Sugar Cookies

Fish Kabobs (gummy fish and shark candies on a stick)

Life Preservers (mini sugar donuts with red gel icing)

Jaws cupcakes (vanilla cake with vanilla whipped frosting and gummy sharks

Shark Attack cupcakes (blue velvet cake with coconut cream cheese icing and fondant fins)

Chum Punch

Shark Infested Lemonade

 Shara's favorite things about the sharks hung from the ceiling were the shadows they created when the light was turned on. The slight movement of the sharks and the big shadows made it look like there were actually sharks swimming around the room.

Party Activities: 

Shark Dress Up Bucket- shark, sailor, and captain costumes, beach ball, surfboard, sunglasses, flower leis, blow up shark, beach paraphemalia

Air swimmer remote-controlled helium shark (Amazon)

Pink the Fin on the Shark (Amazon)

Make Your Own Shark Game craft station

Let's Go Fishing Game

Finding Nemo Movie

 

Ari LOVED this activity... we still have his shark on the fridge!

 Favor buckets: "shark tank" bubbles, "under the sea" coloring book, shark stickers and tattoos, bag of shark and fish gummy candies, shark squirter toy, fish stamps, sunglasses, and glow bracelet

Invitation, favor tags, and thank you notes here

Gummy fish kabob!

Big Birthday Boy Rowen!

Thank you for sharing your party with us, Shara! We loved every minute of it (oh and so did our kids!!).