Two reasons we especially love this dinosaur themed 3rd birthday we’re sharing today. For one, we’re celebrating Ashley of Woodlark‘s son Elliot, who’s DIY nature-themed second birthday we featured last year (see it here). The year before that, you all took a peek at his wood + white nursery space. Oh, how he’s grown! Second, as Ash and her little guy love all things nature, she made use of lost of DIY projects, vintage items, and things they already had for a truly homemade 3rd birthday. See all her photos + get the details on the DIY projects for this dino party, below!

Ash and Elliot do nature studies every week, so when he requested a dinosaur theme, she already had loads of inspiration.

Ashley found this amazing dinosaur tracks poster from Creek and Main Co on Etsy and created a DIY poster frame with wooden dowels, which you can find more details about (and instructions) on her blog. The other posters are prints from vintage children’s dinosaur books, and Ashley also made a fossil “specimen frame” using real fossils for the final piece in the gallery wall. Get the DIY tutorial for that one on her blog too!

Dinosaur bone sugar cookies in “dirt” (AKA crushed cookies), dinosaur eggs, and pteranodon nests (AKA chocolate eggs) all filled the dessert table, along with a cake and cupcakes by SusieCakes.

Ashley tells it, Nature is a huge part of our lives, and placing the focus on the science and discovery aspect of the prehistoric time period seemed very fitting. Something that was important to me was to make as much as I could by hand and to buy minimally by repurposing items that I already had.

She created a dinosaur tracks activity where they all used dinosaur figures to make footprints in clay the clay, as well as a “dinosaur evacuation” that had them all digging for bones.

Happy 3rd birthday, Elliot!

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For more details on the dinosaur DIYs and activities in this boy’s birthday party, pop over to Woodlark.

Design & Photography: Ashley of Woodlark Blog / Wood Frames: Vintage / Dinosaur Tracks Poster: Creek and Main Co / Hanging Poster Frame: DIY / Fossil Specimen Frame: DIY / Cake Topper: DIY, Pteranodon Figurine: Papo / Cake & Cupcakes: SusieCakes / Cookies/Nests: Homemade by Ashley / Trays: Vintage / Gold Leaf Plates: Meri Meri / Dinosaurs for Kids Table: schleich

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Just when you think you’ve seen allll the cute rainbow cake, this darling duo comes along and blows the rest away. (Kudos to you, Amriel’s Cakes.) Actually, this entire twin birthday party styled by Michelle Rogers, featuring a sweet lil’ alpaca named Fable, is full of charming spring party ideas that little girls will cherish. And the images from Nola Fontanez Photography? Perfect Mother’s Day gift to mama Madison, we’re sure!

Super cute lil’ boho woodland setup, right here.

Flower crowns, check. Lovestruck Blooms was behind all the spring florals.

And all the desserts had a rainbow twist.

Twins Taytum + Oakley and their new baby sister, Halston had a blast frolicking and picnicking and spending time with mama…

Would make such a perfect Mother’s Day celebration, too.

This floral-lined bassinet, eee!

Flower power!

The best of friends, these three.

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So so sweet!

Photography: Nola Fontanez Photography / Design & Styling: Michelle Rogers / Florals: Lovestruck Blooms / Cake & Desserts: Amriel’s Cakes / Vintage Rentals: Thrifted Sister Events / Signage & Laser Cuts: Creative Amme / Paper Party Goods: Ellie & Piper Co / Girl’s Accessories: The Daydream Republic / Fable the Alpaca: Little Horse on the Prairie / Popsicles: Pacific Organic Pops / Model: Madison Fisher

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It’s not every day you hear the word ‘luxe’ to describe a 3rd birthday party, but this Parisian tea party by mama Angel and Wrap It Up Parties is so perfectly polished and elegant and it’s obvious from the Nicole Jansma snapped that birthday girl had the best time ever. You’re never too young to appreciate a lovely cup of tea in a beautiful space, if you ask us.

Toni Patisserie dreamt up the prettiest cakes and sweets, that we think would be so special for a feminine baby shower, too!

A little sprig of eucalyptus is always a fave for place settings.

And these wreaths, not to mention all the floral arrangements by Splendor of Eden? Pretty, pretty!

Darling birthday dress, check.

Yep, this Parisian party is a match made in heaven for this little dolly. See more photos in our gallery below!

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Thanks to Nicole Jansma for sharing today! Mamas, peruse more Parisian party ideas here.

Photography: Nicole Jansma / Venue: DL Loft / Planning: Mom, Angel Sadofsky / Partial Planning & Styling: Wrap It Up Parties / Florals: Splendor of Eden / Desserts: Toni Patisserie / Menus & Tags: Minted / Mini Cake Domes: Talking Tables / Film Processing: The FIND Lab

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Morning, mamas! This 3rd birthday party Sunny Kim created and photographed for her lil’ artist Emma is pretty much the cutest celebration there ever was. Just read that ‘artist bio’ right up there. Extra super darling, right? Sweet Emma paints each and every week, so putting together an entire gallery in honor of year no. 3 wasn’t too crazy of a task. They even displayed photos she took and of course, everyone in attendance had the chance to make their own little masterpieces as well.

That’s one talented little gal, right there!

The gallery featured painting, color, photographs, and nature-inspired categories.

Prettiest spring balloon arch!

How sweet are Em and her lil’ bro Greyson, BTW? More photos in our gallery below!

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Happy birthday to this talented artist! Find more deets about the party on Sunny’s blog.

Photography: Sunny Kim / Floral: Echo Floral / Photobooth: Her Balloon Art / Garland: Listen & Breathe / Decals: Oh Hello Friend

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Mamas, how about a little Monday pick-me-up in the form of a super colorful and festive llama-inspired birthday? Mom and event designer Francesca of 50by50 Event Design combined the birthday girl’s love of llamas with her Mexican roots and love of art, and voila, a Frida-llama-fiesta was born. Oh how we love creative themes! Thanks to Hazelnut Photography for capturing the deets!

Fun sign for the art table, yes? Each kiddo had a customized art box with their very own apron to keep their clothes clean. They painted terracotta pots and river stones to look like cacti, and had wooden llamas to decorate.

Francesca says, I started with the traditional Peruvian pom-pom and tassel llama theme and decided to replicate a piece of Frida’s art by replacing her with the Frida llama. From there everything fell into place. I handmade over 200 paper cactus to have the feel of the exterior of Frida’s home. We made hundreds of pom-poms and tassels to really make the space festive. I hand painted every terracotta pot and charger plate with Aztec and Peruvian symbols.

Cute llamas, check.

Wouldn’t this theme be spectacular for just about any summer party? Maybe even a baby shower, too?

They went with lavender for the dessert wall since Frida used color so much in her personal journal. And did we mention the cake…?!

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To top it all off, they had a Peruvian taco truck, a petting zoo, photo booth, and face painting. AMAZING work, Francesca!

Photography: Hazelnut Photography / Cake & Desserts: Elise Cakes / Llama Cookies: Olivia’s Homemade Sweets / Cactus Cookies: Sugarberry Sweets / Custom Plates, Cups & Napkins: Zazzle / Custom Artwork of Frida Llama: Colin Roberts / Invitation Design, Paper Cactus, Tassels, Pom Poms, All Labeling, Drink, Goodie Bag Design: 50by50 Event Design / Face Painting: About Faces Entertainment / Petting Zoo: Nettie’s Party Pals / Catering: Little Llama Tacos / Tabletop & Rentals: 50by50 Event Design & Town & Country / Tassel Photobooth Backdrop: 50by50 Event Design / Photobooth Rental: Brass Street Photobooth / Cactus Pinata: Cactus Pears

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