I spy...a sweet 3 year old guy!

My baby is officially 3. Okay, okay, so he's really not a baby anymore and he often tells me that he's a "big boy". But really, he'll always be my baby. Enough with my digression...Porter loves the game "I Spy with My Little Eye". Based on that idea mixed with a detective/spy theme, I designed birthday invitations that were "Confidential" and "Top Secret". The custom-designed logo stated "I spy with my little eye...a sweet 3-year-old guy". Guests had to decode the invitations with glasses that were mailed to them. The back of the invitation had fun little "I Spy" statements to get guests excited about the party. The envelopes were even lined with the logo.

Front and back of invitation:
The envelope liner:

My photoshop version of the invitation showing how the invitation read once decoded (colors are a little off here but you get the idea):




































You can purchase the printable invitation here: https://www.etsy.com/listing/97951911/decoder-i-spy-birthday-invitation


The front door "welcome" sign:









 Pretzels shaped into a magnify glass (they also looked like a "P" for Porter).


The amazing (and delicious) chocolate cake by friend, Brandie Davis of More than Cakes:


I took photos of items in our backyard and created an "I Spy" scavenger hunt, complete with binoculars. The kids loved this part much more than I anticipated!



After the kids completed their mission, they received a spy package of mustaches, disguise glasses and magnify glass (all purchased at www.orientaltrading.com):






Since Porter's birthday is around Easter, we had to pass out the popular Cascarones (egg shells filled with confetti):
 I found a "3" sparkler for the cake that was perfect:

 Attempting to blow out the "candle":


 I had games and craft projects for the kids:







I like to do a guest book every year for Porter's birthday. This year I designed a monkey (we call our son, our lil monkey) holding "balloons". Guests used their thumbprint to create the balloons.
 





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