Two year old Max declared he wanted a “Just Max” party for his third birthday. As is usually the case when having a discussion with Max, you can’t help but find yourself chuckling at his responses. Life is definitely a lot funnier with him in our world! After a bit, Lauren (his mommy) asked, “Why not?” And that, my friends, is how the PHOTOriffic birthday party theme came to life!
In true Lauren fashion, creative ideas started flowing right away. This girl definitely knows how to take a birthday party to the next level. Even more perfect is that she got to mix her love of photography with her love of party planning! The end result was a fun photoriffic birthday party theme that can be used for any age…child or adult!
Planning ~
You will need to decide if you want to use just a few pictures or if you want to use a large amount of various faces. As mentioned earlier, Lauren, (who we call Photo Lo) has an abundance of fun candids so the choice was easy for her. There are so many fun “faces” of Max that she couldn’t use just one or two. I, personally, am glad we used a lot of photos as it was fun to reminisce about the different ones throughout the evening. In fact, there were many responses of, “Bring ET back!”….this stemming from a short period of time when Max wore an ET mask everywhere!
Organizing the photos in one folder on your computer is very helpful. In this era, we tend to keep a lot of pictures on our phones and on social media apps. The most time consuming part is going through those pictures. If you have ever searched for a particular picture on your phone that was taken months earlier, you know this many times take longer than you expect. Once you find ones you think you will use, copy them into the folder you have created. This will prove to be very beneficial as you start creating your party props.
