Yo Gabba Gabba!

My baby is TWO!  We had a wonderful party, and of course I photographed the details to share with you here! For those of you not familiar with Yo Gabba Gabba, it's a show about a DJ (Lance Rock) who brings a boom box full of little monsters (and a robot!) to life using the magic words "Yooooo Gabba Gabba!!".  The show is non stop music and teaches life skills and how to handle problems in a fun way!  Lyla has been a Gabba Girl since she was about 9 months old! (I know, I know...too much screen time!  But a mom has to have her hands free some of the time!) Since she is now two, and it's STILL her favorite, a Gabba party was the only option!  I scoured pinterest, gabbafriends.com, and even came up with a few of my own ideas!  Enjoy!
We set the tone with these etsy inspired invitations!  (Can you look at that face and not smile?  I dare you.)

Now, on to the party!...
Here is a view of our fireplace!  I made a "2" with details from the gabbas out of cardboard and card stock.  The party hats are also card stock.  I used empty boxes to make stands for the gabba's to sit on and wrapped them with paper to resemble the characters.  One of my favorite projects was the Gabba bunting. It's all felt!  I also made some last minute boom boxes by covering a shoebox lid with foil and embellishing with cardstock!

 The idea for cup stacking came straight from the "Cool Tricks!" segment of Yo Gabba Gabba!  Lyla loves to stack cups at our local museum, so I added a "Muno" eye to each of them to keep them on theme!

 One of my other favorite projects is the Brobee toss game!  Brobee sends all of his fruits, veggies,etc to the "Party in his Tummy"!  I made felt bean bag food to toss right into the Brobee!

Foofa is Lyla's favorite Gabba!  I made a "Pin the Flower on Foofa Game" (which I totally forgot to have anyone play at the party!)...but look at the cute Foofa inspired blindfold!

 I ordered Yo Gabba Gabba temporary tattoos from amazon, and made a cardboard Toodee!  I used the same wrapping paper and cardstock from my other projects.  I also had a plain foam koozie on hand, so I decorated it to look like Toodee and hold the tattos.  

 Lyla loves to color, and I needed a "Plex" activity!  I decided to make a Plex inspired crayon box and table accent!  I also printed "Yo Lyla Lyla!" coloring pages with all of the characters on them!

I think the biggest hit of the party was the photobooth!  I all ready made a plex and muno head for our Halloween costumes!  Lyla had a foofa mask and a DJ Lance Hat, so I just made some Brobee and Toodee accessories to finish off the Gabbas.  I also laminated and printed a thought and speech bubble so that party-goers could write their own birthday messages!

The balloon drop was a last minute idea!  It's so easy, though, and I knew Lyla would LOVE it!  I used a plastic table cloth, some tape, and 50 balloons!  We did a countdown, and it was a big hit! 

 The streamer canopy was another last minute idea, but it ended up being one of my favorite details!  It's just a hoola hoop tied to the ceiling fan and 3 rolls of streamers in pink blue and yellow!  I wanted to keep the party "girly-ish", so I used these fun bright colors seen in the "Yo Gabba Gabba!".

The last activity during the party was watching a Lyla video montage ( I know, I know... but I love it!).  We did one last year at her party, and we picked up right where we left off!  You can see the video a few posts back!  (Look how nice everyone is...watching pictures of my baby for 6 minutes straight).  <3

The food table was another fun way to incorporate the Gabba characters! I also included a "guest book" for everyone to sign!  I got a "Party in my Tummy" board book from half priced books for $2, and had everyone sign their name!  
Dazzleberry Lemonade (or raspberry lemonade, as it's listed in most stores) is Muno's family's favorite drink, so it was a must!  I also made my own Gabba water bottle labels.  

 Here's a shot of the entire buffet table! The tablecloth was inspired by another mom blogger, this is the tutorial I used!  I used 4 table cloths total to make this new sew ruffle table cloth (1 for the top, two for the ruffles, and 1 as a base for the ruffles to be taped to)!  It is one of my favorite details! I love it even more because it was less than 3 dollars! :)   I used cardboard to make the back drop and stapled fabric in a fun chevron print.  It's hard to see, but I also included pictures of all of the Gabba character's homes on the display as well as big prints of my little cutie!  I used the winking picture on her invites, and I thought it would be a good way to incorporate some pictures of Lyles at the party as well!

Finally, the food!  We had "Toodee's Tortillas" (& salsa), Brobee Bites (which are veggie chips- in all the colors of Brobee!), "Foofa's Fruit Salad", Muno Sticks in a upcycled Muno canister, & "Plex Mix"!  Dustin also made hot dogs, but I didn't take a picture! :(

The cake was lots of fun, too!  The frosting was sooo delicious, with a yummy funfetti cake!  It's a replica of DJ Lance's boom box! 

Here are a few pictures of our guests enjoying the festivities! 

There's a party in their tummies....!

Thanks to my sister for running the Tattoo parlor!  "Kat's Tats" was fun! :)

Lyla playing the Brobee game! (She's allowed to get reallllly close!)

Racing and Reading!

Kaleese is Lyla's best little friend, and she slept through the whole thing! lol

Of course, these two found their way outside, but who can blame them?  It was a beautiful day!

Opening Presents...this girl is going to need a bigger room!

Photobooth fun! (Yep, that's me & Lyles rocking our two year nurse-iversary!)

Saying Goodbye to the Texas folk!

Whew!  That's a Gabba Party!  Happy Birthday, baby! Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated with us!  We are so lucky to have each of you in Lyla's life. <3