Cam's DIY Boy Cat-Themed Birthday Party

This year, Cameron asked for a cat themed birthday party. I wasn't exactly sure at first how I was going to do that. I was really expecting to have an Avengers party. We went over his past themes before we settled on this one:

1. Fish theme
2. Cars theme
3. Thomas theme
4. Angry Birds theme
5. Ninja turtle theme
6. Ninja theme

Obviously normally it is whatever he is into at the moment and also normally a licensed birthday theme (lol!). This was not exactly a normal request for a 7-year-old boy, but I decided if that was what he wanted, that's what we were going to do so I go to work!!

First, I knew we needed decor. I found a template for this awesome banner here and go to work. I just used construction paper from Dollar Tree and some string I already had on hand. I purchased the letter stickers from Hobby Lobby.

Next, I got to work on figuring out the decor and favors. I wanted there to be a few small items for the few kids we had coming to take home with them. 

I ended up purchasing a few cat toys at Walmart to put along with the centerpiece and I also went to work gluing yarn on Styrofoam balls I found at Walmart. (The Styrofoam balls I found at Walmart were cheaper than the ones I found in the craft section.) I also got my yarn (except for the ivory yarn I already had on hand) at Walmart. I had an idea to put them in a small hurricane vase from Dollar Tree. 

I also picked up some cat food dishes from Dollar Tree to use for decor. I ended up finding some really cute cat figurines, paw print balloons, and the paw print stamps at an online store called Party Palooza. Best price I found, and they shipped pretty quickly. (I apologize for how yellow-ish these photos are. Wrong white balance setting on my new camera. lol)

The kids didn't end up taking any of the favors, but I think that is due to the fact that they are older than Cam. They might've just though they were decor also. Wasn't a priority that day to make sure all the favors were gone. :)

I normally get Cam a special shirt to wear on his birthday and I really wanted to do that again this year since I skipped it last year. The one I purchased from SiblingSpecialtees was purr-fect (as Cam would say!). It did fade a bit when I washed it even though I followed the directions that came with it, but it still looked great for his day. Here he is with it on... this is one of his new go-to "smile" faces...

When Cam and I first starting planning his birthday he saw cat photo booth props that he really wanted me to buy from the Printable Prop Shop on Etsy. So I did and planned out how we could have a photo booth. I just used a yellow plastic table cloth and taped paw prints to it. I got wooden rods at Walmart (BIG shopping trip to Walmart was involved here lol) in the craft section and just used a piece of regular Scotch tape on the back of the props.

The day of his party, it was super humid and rainy so we had to improvise and have the photo booth inside. Not ideal at all but it worked out fine and everyone thought it was super cute! 

I happened to be super busy the week of Cam's party, so I asked my Mom if she would make Cam's cake. She did and it was based on this pin on Pinterest. It turned out very cute and Cam loved it! And I loved my Mom for making it. Brought back the days when she'd pull out all the stops to make me some awesome cakes (but that's a story for another day!). 

M, my step daughter, is super artsy, so I asked her to draw a picture on our little white board.

My stepson, C, wanted to draw Cam a picture so we put this up on the fridge for decor also. :)

I am posting this in hopes that it can help someone else. Every post I saw online for just a regular cat birthday (NOT Dr. Seuss or Pete the Cat) was for girls. It's cool that boys like cats too and I hope this helps someone else plan a perfect cat party for their son also. (If that's you, be sure leave me a comment!!)