I hosted an Around the World birthday party for my husband’s birthday. I invited his family and friends. My husband picked the countries based on the food he wanted to eat. Our countries were: Mexico, Italy, and Thailand.
Decorations:
I made a Happy Birthday banner using Happy Birthday in Spanish, Italian, and Thai. I also included the country flag and earth. For the place settings I included something from each country – individual pinatas (Mexico), customized drink cups (Italy), and elephant napkin rings (Thailand).
Mexico section of Birthday Banner
The pinatas were fun to make but VERY time consuming. We made 14 for the party. I wanted something different than candy so we filled the pinatas with individual packs of peanuts (10), and snack bags of pistachios (4). We put the trap door in the back of the pinata. These were a hit at the party!
Pinatas
For the custom Salute cup, I used the country shape of Italy, put the words Salute on top and created one for each of the party participants.
Italy Cup
I used an applique pattern for the elephant, re-sized it to be smaller, and made a page to print out on card stock. I then cut them out and glued to paper for the ring. I left the trunk of the elephant not glued. I made napkin bundles that included plastic ware and used the napkin ring to hold it together. I sealed the ring with a piece of clear tape.
Place Setting
Food:
Italy
- Homemade noodles served with butter and Parmesan
- Caprese salad
- Garlic Bread
Thailand
- Thai-Glazed Vegetable Skewers p. 101 New Vegetarian
- Carrots, cucumber, pepper with peanut sauce
- Trader Joe’s Roasted Coconut Chips
Mexico
- Make your own Tacos
- Taco flavored Chex Mix (did not use peanuts) served in cones from Smashed Peas and Carrots
Other
- Fruit Salad
- 3 Country Tray with cheese from Italy and Mexico and cashew nuts (Thailand)
Drinks
- Ice water with lemon
- Italian Soda from Trader Joe’s
- Fruit Juice
- Wegmans Raspberry Lemonade Delicious!
Italy and Mexico Cheese and Crackers
Chex Mix in Paper Cones
Desserts:
- Earth cupcakes
- Flag shaped frosted sugar cookies
- Ice cream
Earth Cupcakes
Eclectic Lamb 
Sounds like fun!
What an idea of uniqueness. Your presentation is as always beautiful. Be Blessed, http://projectsbyMtetar.wordpress.com
Thank you so much! It was a fun party.
I enjoy your picture’s. Looks like you enjoyed doing this for him.
Another “Wow!” idea. What a lucky husband!
It was!
Thanks! I like planning parties.
Thank you! I will tell him.
Wow! Great party, love how you planned it all out. Great job!
Thank you so much! I enjoy planning and crafting for parties.
You’re sooo welcome, Mtetar
Love the earth cupcakes…yum.
Thanks, I was happy with how they turned out.
Love the pinatas! Very creative.
Thank you. When we decided on Mexico, I knew that I wanted to do the individual pinatas.
This was a great Idea
Thank you!