Manic Mama Miles: Peyton's 1st "Sailabration" Decorations

For Peyton's 1st birthday "Sailabration", I started with the backdrop. I took the largest boxes I could find (two men's suit boxes) & broke them down & taped them all together.

I then had some $1 plastic tablecloths from the Dollar Tree. I took two of them & taped them to the cardboard piece.

I used two because you could see still through the first one.

I had also bought some tissue paper from the Dollar Tree & used it to make waves. I taped it around the back & then used flat push pins to attach it to the cardboard. I also took white tissue paper & bunched them up & hot glued it to the backboard for clouds. I hung white poofs from Party City as additional clouds.

In addition to the backboard, I used two bookshelves from baby Peyton's nursery. I kept one up & laid the other down as my "boat" centerpiece.

I wanted the main colors to be navy & pink, so I used a pink tablecloth & tableskirt.

Recognize the sail? Yep, it's leftover fabric from my no-sew curtains from Peyton's nursery. I took three pieces of wooden dowels & hot glued them together. I then just wrapped the fabric around the backsides of the dowels & hot glued them to make the sail. It was super easy. I wasn't sure how to keep the sail upright, but luckily, the bottom part of the sail reached across to the back of the boat & could rest on it. The main part of the sail, I just used clear shipping tape to tape it to the boat so that it would sit upright.

In the boat, I set the life preserver that I made a long time ago for an "Ahoy! It's a Boy!" baby shower. In front, I set the oar & picture frames from Peyton's nursery.

I also used on the crates that I use for most any party. I set it upside down & put other decor from Peyton's nursery on it, as well as pictures of baby Peyton.