I’ve never thrown or hosted a birthday party before, but for my son’s 10th birthday I wanted to do something special for him. Elijah was so excited, I was super nervous. Spoiler: In the end, everything turned out great.
![Happy Birthday Banner](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/4-table.png)
![Elijah Candle](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/42-candle.png)
![Birthday Party Tables](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/15-tables.png)
![Party Hat Station](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/10-partyhat-1.png)
![Birthday Party Table Window](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1-table.png)
![Gift Bag Pinwheels](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1-pinwheels.png)
Keeping with the ice cream theme, I cut out an ice cream cone shape (inspired by Oh Happy Day’s ice cream printable) out of wrapping paper and card stock and glued it to a poster board for a DIY pin the cherry on the ice cream cone. I printed out free clip art cherries and had the kids write their names on them before pinning tapping them to the ice cream cone. The game proved to be pretty unchallenging for a lot of the kids, but I like to think they had fun anyway.
![Pin the Cherry on the Ice Cream](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1-game.png)
![Scoops and Quarts](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/19-scoops.png)
![Syrups Table](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/16-table.png)
![Ice Cream Table Text](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/18-tabletext.png)
![GG Ice Cream](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/58-gigi.png)
![Ice Cream Sundaes](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/57-ice-cream-sundaes.png)
![Ice Cream Leftover](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/60-leftover.png)
![Syrups Leftover](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/62-leftover.png)
So I survived hosting a birthday party in our small home that my son and his friends actually enjoyed. That’s a win in my book! Tomorrow I’ll be back to share details of the party hat station, which was a blast.
![Birthday Party Balloons](https://www.turningithome.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/68-party.png)
Looks like a great time, love the ice cream station.
Thanks mama!
That was the best ice cream!! Good job on your first party!!
Thank you so much!!