This year, I did it on the Children's Day in his school so that to minimise the trouble his class teacher might have. Thank God I got his teacher's permission to do so on that day.
So the preparation was really trilled but tiring. The theme of the birthday party was 'Science'. I was able to squeeze the creativity juice out of me to do the decorations.
I made a anti-gravity Florence flask chocolate cake for him. It was my maid who helped me baked the cake. However, the cake didn't taste good but it sure looked great.
Anti-gravity Florence Flask cake
Besides the main cake, I baked some other cupcakes too. I made some Braint Cupcakes and some Elixir Cupcakes. They are mostly decorated with simple slightly tinted buttercream. The elixirs were made in fondant. I placed the cupcakes in the paper cupcake stands which I bought from Mr DIY.
Brainy Cupcakes
Elixir Cupcakes
Because it was a Science theme party, I also made some tadpoles in jellies and eyeball jellies. I soaked some basil seeds to let them become gelatinous. I then put them into the cooked jelly mixture before the jellies cured. The jelly mixtures was then pour into their respective glass chicken essence bottles which I salvaged all these while. Unfortunately, I didn't take a closeup photo of it.
As for the eyeballs, they were made of jelly too. I used the sphere shape ice cube tray to make them. I tinted a little jelly with blue dye and poured just a little into the cavities. As soon as they cured a little I carefully placed a small piece of chocolate chip in the middle and then I poured in the milk jelly mixture to fill in the cavities fully. Let them cured in the fridge.
I also bought some gummy worms for the table. A magnifying glass was out as a decorative item next to the gummies.
Next was the Chromosome Pasta to ease the kids' hungry tummy.
To tie the things together, I placed two Pom Poms next to the main cake. The Pom Poms successfully gave a pop of colour. And they were put one one each side of the cake just to get a symmetry look.
As for the back drop, I simply folded a piece of plastic (same as the table runner) into half and used some sticky tape to hang it up. I also printed out some letters on triangular shaped paper and hung them up just like it in the photo.
Besides the dessert table, I also prepared some photo props for the kids to take photos. The kids were happy.
I am thankful that everything went well and my son was super happy too. Well at least, when he looks back next time, he will have some memory of celebrating his birthday with his friends in the school and with the grace of God, his mother was the one who made the things happened for him.
I love you, my son!
