When planning for my son's second birthday party the theme of the party was a no-brainer - Giggle & Hoot. Of course Elliott waited until just after the invitations had been sent out to develop a mild aeroplane obsession, so that is currently the front runner for next years theme. I use the word theme loosely however, as it only really applies to the invitations, cake, and a few other treats. That way the rest of the decorations can be saved and used each year.
Elliott's cake was of course Hoot the owl, which he was very excited about. He even recognised Hoot from the moment the caramel mud cake was covered in blue fondant! We only required a small cake since the guests were kept to close friends and family, but I chose to have his cake sit atop a larger "dummy" cake, which is a cake made from styrofoam and decorated as usual (and can be reused indefinitely). This was to make the cake larger and stand out as the centrepiece of the dessert buffet. The dummy cake was covered in seafoam green fondant and decorated with colourful buttons as a reference to the Giggle & Hoot house. It also had a large E in the centre, with a background made to look like corrugated cardboard - what the Giggle & Hoot house is made of.
As well as the jars of various lollies on the desserts table, there was also a plate of sugar cookies which were made to look like Hoot's heart with a blue 2 in the middle. The candy jars were filled with snakes, sour worms, rock candy sticks, Skittles, mandarin lollies (Elliott's favourite), gum balls, bananas, and gummy bears. The jars themselves were decorated with blue and orange ribbons, and had bows tied with large brightly coloured buttons.
The other plates of treats had Oreo pops coated with blue candy melts, strawberry cake pops coated in purple (both tied with thin orange ribbons), and fruit kebabs with strawberry, kiwi, orange and pineapple pieces. Finally, the last things necessary for the dessert buffet were the bags to put the lollies in, and the candy scoops.
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