Hi Friends! I’m so excited to share with you my You Are Jaw-some Valentine’s Day party that I created with Oriental Trading. This was such a fun little celebration…I dare say it was a “fin-tastic” time! haha!
A huge thank you to Oriental Trading Company for sponsoring this post. Although I was given resources to create this party, all of my opinions and feelings about (how fun and creative) their products are 100% my own. For more information, see my disclosures, here.
YOU ARE JAW-SOME VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY: THE THEME
As I was envisioning this little celebration, I knew I wanted it to be bright, festive and fun. I wanted the color palette to be shades of blue with bright red accents. As soon as I spotted this shark photo prop I instantly knew it would make a perfect backdrop and centerpiece to the party. I added grey paper behind the mouth and designed a graphic of wood boards with the words “You Are Jaw-some” stenciled on them. You can download this printable (along with a bunch of others) by filling out the form at the bottom of this post. The shark definitely became the focal point of the party. I love its size and colors. It worked perfectly!
YOU ARE JAW-SOME VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY: THE FOOD
The food for the party was, of course, shark inspired and sweet. You can’t have a Valentine’s Day celebration without some sweets! We enjoyed shark cake, cupcakes, ocean jello, Swedish Fish, and Goldfish crackers. I must say I think the cutest food item on the table had to be the shark and fin lollipops. They were so well made and absolutely adorable. I put the sharks on top of the cupcakes to have them jumping out of the blue frosting as well as to top the jello cups. Just a little whipped cream on top of the jello and the shark lollipop made our own version of a jaw-some jello parfait. Then I used the fin lollipops to top the cake. You can see the full tutorial on how to assemble the cake, here. It was so easy to do and I just love how it turned out.
YOU ARE JAW-SOME VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY: THE FAVORS
Each little party-goer took home a You Are Jaw-some valentine filled with goldfish crackers as well as their shark cup. For a little added fun I created a little tag and attached it to the straw of the cups that read, “You are an ex-STRAW special fin-tastic friend!” The kids loved these cute cups. They were a definite hit!
I hope you enjoyed our jaw-some shark Valentine’s Day celebration! You can download the free printables by filling out the form below.
A huge thank you to Oriental Trading Company for sponsoring this post. Although I was given resources to create this party, all of my opinions and feelings about (how fun and creative) their products are 100% my own. For more information, see my disclosures, here.
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Kim Somers says
I loved your Jaw-some Shark Valentine Party and am going to use this theme for my Grandson’s 9th Bday party.
I am having problems printing the “You are Jaw-some” sign for the Sharks mouth. I am only getting a portion of the sign. Can you help this computer illiterate Grandma? Thanks
Alison says
Hi Kim,
Thanks so much for your message! I just emailed you with two different sizes for the sign. I hope this helps with your printing!
I hope your grandson has a wonderful birthday!
Take care,
Alison
Heather Williams says
I’d love to be sent the stencil! Thank you so much! What a cute and creative idea! thank you!