Two The Moon Space Party

This year our son turned 2 and because he is so fascinated by the moon these days a “two the moon” space party was the perfect fit for our little astronaut!

This year I challenged myself to make and repurpose as much of the party decor as I could and it was so much fun! With a toddler on hand this year, I had to get an early start and work little by little on the party details while chasing him around.

But I tried to include him on the making as much as possible because he loves to make just like mom and dad.

I hope you get some inspiration if you are interested in throwing a two the moon party or space party yourself!

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Space Party Theme

Since the summer our son has been very interested in the moon or as he calls it, “the moon rock”. He loves going on nightly drives before bed to find the moon. That fascination made it an easy choice for this year’s party theme.

Plus, “two the moon” – it was just mean to be.

Space Party Costume

One of my absolute favorite things to do with my kid’s birthday parties is have them dress up on theme and do a photo shoot before their party. The trick to getting good photos of toddlers is bribes. He is being fed crackers in this picture to keep still and happy. 🙂

I love incorporating these styled photo shoot images into the party decor. The idea behind this photo is it his official NASA astronaut portrait before he heads off to space. All we needed for shot was his astronaut costume.

Space Party Invitations

I spent the most time of any part of the party prep designing the invitations for our son’s space themed 2nd birthday party. I wanted them to be unique and incorporate the moon so I designed the invitation to be circular shaped composed of four different pieces held together by a paper fastener.

I purchased these 5 x 5 square envelopes in midnight black I designed the address labels, printed them and glued them on the envelopes so they wrapped around the back.

I purchased this cosmic sky scrapbook paper from Hobby Lobby and used it create the envelope liner.

To make the invitations I first cut the pieces out of white card stock paper using my Silhouette America Portrait 2 Vinyl Cutting Machine

I cut three 4″x4″ circles for each invitation and then a crescent shape for the top piece. It cut the shapes perfectly. It was also helpful because I could cut the tiny hole for the paper fastener exactly in the same place on every piece.

After I had all my pieces cut out, I taped them to another piece of card stock and ran them through my printer to print my design on the shapes I cut out.

The third piece included the party details and the fourth a picture of the birthday boy in his astronaut suit.

I designed the invitation myself but I purchased these whimsical space illustrations from Creative Market to use in my invitations and in my large chalkboard design below.

I used the PNG files and incorporated them into my designs. If you are looking for an easier solution, this set is awesome because it comes with pre-designed birthday party templates including a party invitation, bottle wrappers, cupcake toppers, thank you card, food labels, treat bag topper, and gift tags.

If you want to recreate my invitations and chalkboard design, this space travel graphics set I used, will be a huge help!

Space Party Desserts

We used our coffee bar to display the dessert and treats.

I updated the framed chalkboard with a new design for the party and attached mini battery powered string lights around the frame of the chalkboard.

I covered the tape with stars that matched the stars I used in the photo booth area.

The coffee bar is too rustic looking for a space themed party so I left the concrete counter top but covered the wood base with a metallic metallic foil fringe silver table skirt.

I was going to use a door hanger because the coffee bar is taller than the average table but it was going to take a lot of work to cut it and it still wasn’t wide enough.

At the last minute I order the table skirts and they were the perfect length and height and I got same day delivery. Another plus was it came with a sticky back that held tight (even when a toddler pulled on it) but came off without leaving any tape behind.

I once again left the baking to Brent. He always steps up to the plate and bakes the night away the night before the party. Brent made the moon pies from scratch.

To decorate the coffee bar I put these space figures around the plates.

To create the “space matter” I cut up an old door hanger I had from a party five years ago.

I also sprinkled this iridescent metallic star confetti that I had left over from a party a few years ago.

We made rice krispie treats using these cute space cookie cutters.

Brent made this simple but sweet moon cake and we stuck one of the astronaut figures on top.

The galvanized metal cake stand was one of my splurge purchases for the party.

Space Party Decor

Our fireplace is also too rustic for a space themed 2nd birthday party so I used the other metallic metallic foil fringe silver table skirt (it came in a two pack) to hide the wood mantle.

It was just a little too long but it worked perfectly because the part I cut off was the exact amount I needed to decorate his high chair.

I purchased the star balloons.

The moon was a simple DIY project that my son enjoyed helping me make. It turned out to be a collaborative project. My mom drew the moon and I cut the shape out of a left over cardboard box and then Connor helped paint it white.

I later realized I could have saved us a lot of time and just bought white poster board but it gave my son a chance to participate which he loved. He also liked spreading the glitter on it a little too much. We glittered my parents’ entire front porch making this thing.

I always like to incorporate photos to see how he has grown and changed throughout the year. I printed these photos on our home printer and cut the stars out on my Silhouette portrait.

I attached the photos and stars onto some really old photo holders I had laying around in our craft closet. I also covered the top of he wood mantle with more of the mini string lights and the same door hanger material I used on the coffee bar.

Guests loved walking by and looking at the display of photos of how he has grown.

I was able to use things we had around the house or borrow things so all I had to buy for the snack/drink table was the $1 table cloth and the moon balloon.

As we were decorating we kept noticing the crackers and cheese stars slowly disappearing off the plates.

It turns out our toddler was a little snack thief and kept sneaking them off the table. He thought he was being so sly. It was hard to get mad because it was so funny and cute to watch.

I also purchased these metallic paper straws.

Space Party Photo Booth

Besides the invitations my most time consuming DIY party project was the photo booth. I spent several weeks slowly putting this part together.

All of the stars were cut on my vinyl cutting machine.

It cuts them so fast and cut the little hole I could string the fishing line through. I also cut out all the little stars we attached to the black paper. I already had the yellow and silver card stock paper so the only thing I needed to purchase was the roll of black paper.

My favorite part is the Coldplay lyrics on the backdrop. I cut the letters out on my vinyl cutting machine as well.

This rocket ship was a huge labor of love and is beautiful in its own quirky way. My son and I worked on this for several months, you know because working with a two year old on a project is not a fast process.

He helped me paint it and tape it together and decorate it. He absolutely loved this thing. Was it stable? Not so much. Was it perfect? Far from it.

But a two year old is easily impressed and it made a big statement in the room. I also will forever have the sweet and priceless memories of making this with him.

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I am pretty proud of how I was able to pull our son’s space themed 2nd birthday party without a huge budget. It was thanks to shopping the house and several DIY projects.

We had a great party and our son was over the moon the entire day. We love making him feel special on his birthday and seeing his sweet face so excited and overjoyed at even the little details (giant balloons!) is the best feeling.

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