Octonauts Birthday Decor: Porthole Door Wreath

We're getting closer and closer to Owen's birthday party! Only 1 more week! I've shown you the invites. Now for the first DIY project I did for this party (and I did a lot). I wanted to make something for the front door so that people would be taken on an Octonauts adventure from the moment they walked through the door. So I made a Porthole, of course!

What You'll Need:
duct tape
pool noodle (I got mine from Dollar Tree last summer)
orange ribbon (and lots of it)
pin/small nail/tape
1 piece of scrapbook paper that looks like water

Steps:
1. Bend your pool noodle into a circle and secure it with duct tape. I found that this was much easier to do with two people. My husband held the pool noodle in place while I duct taped it together. This will be your 'wreath' base.

2. Secure the end of your ribbon to the pool noodle using your pin/small nail/tape. Honestly, I used a small nail because it was the only thing lying around the house that I had. And it worked. Now begin wrapping the ribbon around the pool noodle until the entire thing is covered. I ended up using about 2 ½ rolls of the orange ribbon I got from Wal-Mart.

3. Tape your scrapbook paper to the back of your 'wreath'. I found a piece of scrapbook paper that looked like reflections of light under the water at Michael's.

That's it. I think it turned out pretty good. Hopefully everyone that comes to the party can tell what I was trying to do here. lol

Octonaut Party: Invitations

Shoot! I am so sorry. I post every single day at 6:30 pm and here we are at 8 pm and I haven't posted yet! Have you ever just had one of those days? Seriously. It's now March and I am officially in Birthday Party Planning Mode. My son is turning 4 on the 24th and this year, I have done something absolutely INSANE! I have decided to have 2 parties for him. What? I know, right? Crazy.
The first party (on the 22nd) is for the kids we have met in this past year in our neighborhood. These are my son's first official friends! I'm so excited. I've only ever planned parties for family, not actual kids. I hope it turns out well.
The second party (on the 29th) is just for family. We've decided to have the parties in our basement and having 30 people (if everyone shows up) in one space seamed very excessive. Hence the 2nd party.

For the invites, I saved the image of the GUP A from this website. Then, I took 2 pictures (one of the beach and one of my son) from the vacation we took a couple months ago to Myrtle Beach and Photoshopped all 3 of these things together. I added a talk bubble and all the details for the party. I think it turned out great. I actually used the same invite and just changed the dates and times for the second party. Here's what it looks like: