My lil' Donna is turning one. We had an owl-themed birthday party because with her wide, never blinking eyes she basically looks like an owl. And they're cute. We made cookies with a $1 owl cookie cutter. We made the cake with a 6" and 8" cookie pan. We home-made a pinata and decorated paper lanterns like owls (not my idea, there's a million online so I'm not posting photos of that). It was super cute, fairly cheap, and my daughter (who just started walking!) walked around with a big grin on her face - she totally knew it was her day. :)

Got this idea from something similar on pinterest, but we did it a bit differently so I thought I'd post..

Not that hard - mix flour and water as a glue and glue strips of paper to balloons. Let dry for 24 hours then use hot glue gun, tissue paper and scrap paper for decoration.

My little sister Kristen posted these pictures - cookies decorated by her and my brother and the crepe paper by my mother-in-law Lydia who is a middle school secretary and crepe paper hanging genius!

Brenda Fleming | New Mexico Art