Jacob Cedric's Pirate Costume

         I really wanted Jacob to wear a costume on his 2nd Birthday Party (he was just wearing polo shirt and jeans on his 2st Birthday). Good thing, world wide web has lots of photos which I could copy (hehe :-) ). 

We prepared 2 costumes  - One is Backyardigans costume (Pablo) which was shipped to from USA by my cousin, Ate San, as a gift (together with other pirates things and balloons [pirate balloons was used here]). But, Jacob don't want to wear it! (We will just have a separate pictorial for this)

 The costume looks like this (courtesy of Google)

Backyardigans costume

Isn't it cute?

And the 2nd costume was a Pirate Costume. I copied a design from the internet and asked our ever reliable dressmaker to make one for Jacob. She just instructed my mom to buy the fabrics from the local market. 
From this look (courtesy of google)

 To these looks:

Pirate Costume

Jacob in Costume

What can you say, huh? I'm sooo in love with the costume. 

For the white shirt, I just bought  polo shirt from Guess Kids. And for the shoes, it's a gift from Jojo's cousin from USA (when my MIL visited them last summer) - a Limited Edition Lebron James Nike Shoes.

For the skull accessories, we can't find an exact embellishment here in Manila, good thing, SM Toy Kingdom now sell Halloween items - I bought a Skull Hanging Lantern (for only P150.00) and used that as an alternative. 

 Cheers!

Jacob Cedric's 2nd Backyardigans Party (Part II)

 Part 1: http://jacob911.blogspot.com/2011/09/jacob-cedrics-2nd-backyardigans-pirate.html

 Here's the 2nd part of Jacob's Pirate Party

Decors: 

       I tried looking for another supplier for Jacob’s party but they quoted me way too high. Maybe because it will be our first party together, so, I decided to contact again Kiko’s Balloons and Services. They’re the ones who made Jacob’s 1st Birthday so fab! But this time, I decided to allot less budget on this. I availed same party package as from last year’s Sesame Street party. The only difference is I opted for tarpaulin than styro backdrops. Reasons why I chose this:

      □ Quite expensive for a 2nd Birthday Party though I really wanted it 

    □ I remembered the crews (during planning stage), since they'll all coming from Manila, they will be leaving the venue just after the party wrapped up! I felt guilty, so Tarpaulin was the best thing.

   I just instructed Ms. Kristine through e-mail I wanted a ceiling long balloon drop-like décor since the venue has high-ceiling. Color combination would only be: red-white-black, since it’s a Pirate Party. And they executed it soo well!

Ceiling decor

Jacob Cedric's 2nd Backyardigans Pirate Party (Part I)

       Yay! At last, Jacob’s party was over – and it was a Blast! I’m so excited to share all the ideas, details and photos from his 2nd Backyardigans Pirate Party! Here are the details, enjoy! 

      Theme: Backyardigans Pirate Party My Jacob is soo into Backyardigans – thanks too Amos (nephew of our friend, Arnel) who gave the DVDs as a gift on his 1st birthday. I, personally thought of having its one episode as his theme for the 2nd party. I was torn between “Heart of the Jungle and “Pirate says Arrr” episodes – but with the venue we rented , Pirate theme fits! 

(Note: 2nd party – it wasn’t a plan to have a 2nd birthday party as big as this [as I promised my husband last year :-)], but my mother requested to have a party (though not this grand) in Laguna since the 1st party was is Manila (Ortigas – click here for 1st Sesame Street Party). 

        Party Planning in Laguna (or Province, in general) or throwing a not so ordinary, unique party in the province is quite difficult to pull off! The suppliers are very limited, or if opt to bring them from Manila, the rate is waaay higher! I’m so glad I had close group of contacts (suppliers), and for second time in a row, they made Jacob’s party truly memorable and special for everyone.

I'm sharing to you all, Jacob's invites for his Backyardigan's Pirate Party.
Made this using MS Publisher (I'm not good with Adobe :( )

It's a 2-page invites. 1st page covers the party details, Take note of party starts @ 3pm - I recommend this line for your invites, too! Quite effective with our last party (Jacob's 1st Birthday).
Not all guest will be receiving a 2-page invites, only those who doesn;t know how to get to the venue).
I opted not to put Jacob's face on the 1st page of invitation, because I planned it to be used as sticker together with the Jolly Roger as his party seal - clever,right??
I'm so excited na for his party!

Backyardigans Pirate

Invites Party sticker seal

Cheers!

2nd birthday Party: Backyardigans Pirate Update

It's been a while since I post here in my blog. I've been busy for the past weeks with travel, work and business. 

And now, in less than 4 months until Jacob's 2nd Birthday - here are some of the details I have done for this special party - his 2nd!

Date: 11 September 2011 (Sunday) - This is his actual birthday! 

Theme: Backyardigans Pirate Party - Jacob is soo hooked with Pablo and the gang, so I decided it would be soo much fun to throw a party with them as the theme - but with a twist! It is a pirate party, too!!

Jacob loves the Arrr! Pirates episode - he even dances with the all the songs played in the episode.. And this is Jacob's fave song -

Venue: Panguil River eco-Park, Laguna

It's my first choice for the venue but for some reasons we had to consider offer from my mom's friend who is willing to lend the venue for free. But it's quite a hassle if we have to provide every thing - including tables and chairs. So we decided to rent this place for the party. (blog here)

Already settled downpayment. 

Advantages: 

• fits our theme well! And I love the hanging bridge! It's like you are " walking on the plank" in pirates' lingo (language)

• Very spacious! Perfect for kid's party - I love the ceiling, too!

• Rental is good for 1 whole day, I know , right?! Very affordable and we have more time for the preparation and party itself!
• With sound system and linen included 

Disadvantages:

• Quite far from Manila - I hope our Manila friends will attend Jacob's Party
• Linen available is brown - I hope they could provide more and colorful colored linens by September

Printables - already made the designs. For printing.

Invitations - DIY by Me> for printing

Other details, will be posted. I just have to attend to some things. Will update!

Jacob's 2nd Party is now Rollin'

I feel like I'm running out of time for Jacob's 2nd Birthday. More changes happened for the past weeks. And good thing, It's now officially rollin'..

Venue: from the cool nature Eco-Park to a spacious covered building, Jacob's 2nd Backyardigans Pirate Party is On!

Price: free (my mom is a good friend and her client is the owner)

Where: Laguna

This place used to be the Siniloan's Pagcor Bingo Place, but now an empty building. It is really a not-for rent place, but because me and the owner are good friends, he lend the key for the party!

Last day, we went there to check out the place - on how we're suppose to decorate it, etc. And my call, 

Perfect for Jacob's 2nd Birthday Party!!

Venue (stage)

ceiling

restroom

 Gate/Entrance/Parking Lot

For the invitations: I already made a layout for this, it's not final but I'm happy with this. 

Our expected guests are are 200 adults and 50-70 kids! It's really a huge party to throw! Whew!

Budget is not yet determined.. :) 

Will update soon!

Jacob's so into Backyardigans - Considering as Party Theme

When I first learned about it when a client asked about Backyardigans design. I googled and said to myself " Who are they?".. And last Jacob's Party, he received lots of DVDs as gifts - including Backyardigans.. He all watched the DVDs except for the Backyardigans - but after sometime, he got bored, so I played it..

Poof! He likes it.. At first, he's just staring at the TV, but after few minutes, he started to march as if dancing to the tune! I'm just so impressed.. They caught Jakey's attention.. Giggling over the episode "Secret Mission" when Pablo, Uniqua and Tyrone says "Dunt Da da.." or "waa waa wah.."

Here's a clip of the opening song which makes Jacob dance and march.. 

Now that Jacob's turning 2 on September, I'm considering this as his 2nd Birthday Party Theme.. Whatcha think? (TIA for the opinion). Moreover, I asked our production to make Jacob his Backyardigan Kiddie Stool. 

Sample photos here: 

Backyardigans