jaws party.

Before Ryan's shark party, (if you missed it, click!) there was Evangelina's Jaws-themed party.

I can't claim all of the fun ideas you'll find in this party - Tanya saw *this* party and we adapted what we saw for Eva's spread.

Tanya snapped a few quick photos in the most awful apartment lighting, but I hope you'll enjoy a look anyways:

That giant motorized shark was the star of the party, even if it was hard to keep him still enough for a photo. When he wasn't bobbing over the food table, he was swimming across the room, over the girls' delighted heads.



The backdrop was a roll of wrapping paper that Tanya found at Michaels, and hung sideways so it didn't look quite as "surf & sky."  We still had to endure a few "hey, did you guys hang that sideways?" comments. ha. The ruffled banners were modeled after the original Jaws party, and made out of 2 colors of crepe paper. I love the look!  The tutorial can be found here. What I love is that I can roll them up and store them for a future party. Which I did. I used them again for Ryan's shark party.

We served up sea water,



life preservers, (the girls found it amazing that lunch was served with long strings of licorice)



and other fun foods like cheesy triangle "shark teeth," grape tomato "shark eggs," and carrots-in-shot-glass "anemones."



My favorite things were these "shark attack" cake pops. They were adorable!

All of the food labels were made to look like beach cabanas. I used a silhouette file that was meant as a circus box (this one.)

This party was so much fun! Evangelina's dad was a hoot, dressing up in a full-sized shark costume, but he was also amazing with the girls, helping them create their own shark tooth necklaces.

Yep, that is one giant shark tooth. And yep, I look nuts. And yep, so does Jason. haha.

I've known Tanya and Jason since high school, where he was voted most artistic of our senior class. Even so, I was amazed to learn that he made the party hats himself:

So cool, right?

I hope you enjoyed this look into Eva's Jaws party!

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Shark party...rah!

I have a TREAT for you today.  I helped out with not one, but 2 shark parties in the last little while, and I'm sharing the more recent one with you today.

It's always fun to work with Marlyn (of Montreal Confections) and we put together a shark party table for her 10 year old son, Ryan.



I love the watery darker blue tablecloth that Marlyn picked up, and the grass mat that she hung for the backdrop.  I talked with her about layering, and she picked up my tips like a pro.  The pop of the white runner is key to keeping the table looking clean, and the netting and ruffled banners add extra interest to the backdrop.

The cake is stunning, and the most eye-catching thing on the table. It's my favorite Marlyn-made cake so far.

I mean, CRAZY.  She made the shark panels ahead of time, and will teach us how to on her You Tube channel someday soon. I'll come back and add the link once it's up.



Cookie cake toppers are my new fave. We did the same on Thomas' BBQ cake a few months ago and I love how it looks here too, with the buoy "0."

Gummies to match the table...

Some questionably dangerous water...



The cupcakes are so fun, with hand-stamped wrappers and two-tone ruffled icing.  I think I see a shark lurking in there...



Did you notice how the cupcake display worked to frame the cake? I love how that turned out, and so different from the last time Marlyn and I used these cupcake cubbies (remember Jessika's woodland party?)

The surfers who mysteriously disappeared left behind but their personalized boards...



We stuck the cookie-surfboards into a styrofoam block that I covered with paper to match the party. The brown sugar sand covered the top of the block.



The cookie favors are so cute!  I created a wavy border to hide the base cookie, and added a bag topper with just the tiniest pop of red to match the rest of the party. The sign was found online - I printed it out and tucked it in behind the waves.



An out-of-the-bag look at these amazing shark cookies. Marlyn swears they are the easiest thing to make! She'll have the tutorial up for these today - I think they are fantastic!

I hope you've enjoyed this peek into Ryan's shark party! The beach is now closed.



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