Sesame Street Party  For my son's first Birthday party, we decided on the Sesame Street theme. I made the invitations, and had my son ride in a wagon with Elmo. The wagon swayed back and forth and behind the card, my son was again pictured with all the Sesame Street Characters. Everybody loved the card, and I was happy to receive a lot of nice comments.  I am a graphic designer, so I decided to do all the decorating myself.  I started a month before, Believe me, I am glad I did!  I made 3 standees:  Elmo, Zoei and Ernie and I placed them all over the party.  I also printed faces of the sesame characters and stuck them on the walls. I made balloon decorations too, that had a sesame character hanging from the string. I thought these decorations would keep the young kids excited, since they resembled hanging mobiles and were very colorful.  Outside was the Sesame Street Sign that said Jaime's Sesame Street party, with loads of balloons with colorful ribbons at the entrance. The table centerpieces were little pots wrapped in Japanese paper with ribbons and balloons inside it.  We had a special appearance from Elmo himself, and a Sesame Street puppet show, we hired a party organizer for this, and the kids loved it! When the cake was brought in, it had a picture of my son and Elmo in the wagon, and sesame street cupcakes all around it. During the party, we had 2 piñatas:   One of Elmo and one of Big bird, it was filled with candies and coins.  The kids enjoyed the scramble for candies and were given sesame street bags to place their loot inside. The give-aways were a beach pails with a shovel, rake and spade and sand shapers.  We included mini sesame street puzzles, and candies inside the pails, and also had a colorful ball inside. This was all wrapped in a net, and I attached little sesame street beanies on the outside. My son loved the party, and even if it was his first birthday party, I am sure he enjoyed, you could tell from all the smiles he gave that day...we will never forget how happy he was!!!