I’m slowly getting the parties I’ve done over the last few months posted on the blog…eventually I’ll be caught up, I just know it!
I had such a wonderful time creating this fun 40th birthday party for a client’s husband. She didn’t want a specific theme, just the colors black, red and silver.
The party was held in their beautiful backyard where we had a seating tent set up and a live band playing poolside. Food was catered from a local mexican restaurant and there was a crepe bar for dessert (as a request from the guest of honor), which I got no pictures of, bummer!
To direct guests to the backyard where the party was, I made this fun directional chalkboard sign and attached some balloons to it.
The tent was decorated with bistro lights and clusters of tissue poms and paper lanterns were spread throughout the seating area.
Centerpieces were created by using glass jars filled with matching colored candy and then adding the fun 40-themed printable circles and paper fans.
As guests entered the party they were greeted by a table which included the beautiful cake and a guestbook to leave Eric birthday wishes.
The live band playing poolside was my favorite – they were so fun and played both 80’s music and today’s hits.
These black, white & silver paper fans would be perfect decor for a 40th birthday party!
Vendors:
Cake – Jill at Sprinklebelle Cakes
Printable party circles – Debbie at Wants & Wishes Design
Tent, tables and linen rentals – RSVP Rentals
you are amazing!
Thanks Netti – luv you!!
Your party turned out sooo amazing! I love how you layered the bubblegum ball s (especially the silver ones:) It’s always so fun working with you! Can’t wait til the next party we work on together.
Debbie
Thanks so much Debbie! I love working with you too! xoxo
what a beautiful party! love the tent and the poms hanging from it. i love these colors together! great job Holly!
Andrea, thanks so much sweet friend!!
hi
love the centerpiece! can these be downloaded to pri nt?
Hello Holly:
I love this decoration, please give some ideas on how did you do the center pieces and what did you use to fill them.
I’m planning to celebrate my husband’s 40th bday party and he want the same theme .
Thanks
B
Hello that looks awesome. I have a question what did you put in the back of the fans to cover the glue? And what did you put on the back of the big circle to cover the stick holding it?
I used the large printable circles on both sides of the fan and since I used hot glue, you couldn’t really see the glue where I placed the sticks.
Hello…I was wondering how to make the fan-like circles or were they bought somewhere?
Here’s a tutorial on how to make the paper fan rosettes: https://catchmyparty.com/blog/diy-how-to-make-a-backdrop-out-of-paper-rosettes
hi I would like 2 of large centerpieces for his cake table to put on each side of cakes
Hi Deb, I don’t sell the centerpieces, but here’s a link for where to purchase the printable circles: https://www.wantsandwishesdesign.com/product/printable-the-big-o-30-40-50-60-birthday-full-party-collection-as-much-fun-as-two and a link for how to make the paper fans: https://catchmyparty.com/blog/diy-how-to-make-a-backdrop-out-of-paper-rosettes so that you can make them yourself! Have fun!!
Hi this theme is fantastic I’ve been searching for a theme for my husbands surprise party and this fits the bill as he is a man united fan the colours match perfect. I have just purchased the printables but have a question approx how tall we’re your glasses vases to carry off the size of the 8″ circles thank you for your advise lisa
Hi Lisa, my jars were all different sizes but ranged in size from about 10″ to 16″ tall. Hope that helps & good luck with the party!!
Hello Holly,
I have a question about the centerpieces. When I went to order the full collection it did not ask for the age of the type of party that I will be having. Is this asked for later?
Hi Cristina, I don’t know what you ordered since I don’t sell the printables. You will need to contact Debbie at Wants and Wishes where you purchased them.
This is great ! What type of sticks did you use for these?
Laura, they’re small wood dowels that I painted black – about 16 inches long and 1/4 inch around.
Hi Holly,
I love the pictures of this party. I was searching for some kind of red, black and silver 40th party idea for my husband’s party. I was wondering if you could answer a few questions for me? Do you remember what sizes of the paper lanterns and the paper poms you used for the center of the tent? Where did you get them? Also, What were the silver, black, red and white candies that you had layered in the vase? I was wondering if they were sixlets? Thank you for you help.
Hi Vickie,
Thank you for visiting! I know I used a large paper lantern for the center of the tent, which was probably about 24 inches and then I used different sizes of poms and lanterns ranging from 12 inches to 16 inches. I got my lanterns and poms at my local party supply store which is called Zurchers. You could check to see if they have these items online – they do have a website. And yes, I did use sixlets in some of my jars along with large gumballs and sour balls. Good luck with the party! If you have any other questions, let me know!
How much candy did it take to fill up the center pieces – I am not sure how many bubble gum and sour balls to get. Online, it seems like they are sold in 2 lb bags – around 120 per 2 lbs.
Hi Jennifer,
Unfortunately I can’t give you an easy answer – it’s really hard to tell because it totally depends on how big your glass jars are. The gumballs are about 1″ around and the sour balls are a little smaller, about 3/4″ around if that helps at all.
Hi Holly,
This looks awesome, you are very talented!!!! I wanted to know what kind of paper you used to make the fans? card stock paper is too thick and the fans do not come out too neat. Also, where did you get your glasses from? thanks so much for your help.
Thank you Hema! I did use cardstock for the fans – I used a paper scorer which makes the creases for you so the cardstock folds nice & neat. You can get a Martha Stewart paper scorer at a craft store or on Amazon for about $24 (or less if you have a coupon!). My glass jars have come from different places – Homegoods, TJMaxx, Michaels crafts, Hobby Lobby. Hope that helps!
Thanks Holly. Made perfect fans with the paper scorer.
Another quick question: what kind of paint
Did u use to color the sticks? Thanks so much!!
Hi Hema, I just used black spray paint to paint my sticks. I placed them standing upright in some styrofoam and sprayed them all together 🙂
I was wondering where you ordered your gum balls from? Thanks
Hi Tasha, I bought mine at my local party supply store, but depending on how many you need I would try amazon.com as well as https://shoptomkat.com/
Where can I find these printables? You did a beautiful job decorating!
Hi, I wanted to ask you about the sticks. Where did you get them from.
I love the way you’ve organized and hope to get a few ideas from here.
Also, I have huge mason jars and plan on using three for the cake table. Would a one pound bag of gumballs
Fill one mason jar. Thank you so much
Here’s a link to the online shop where I purchased the digital printable files: https://www.wantsandwishesdesign.com/product/printable-the-big-o-30-40-50-60-8-centerpieces-as-much-fun-as-two-20-year-olds
And here’s a link to a tutorial on how to make the paper medallions: https://www.mypapercrush.com/2014/01/how-to-make-decorative-paper-medallions/
Hello holly where did you purchase your wooden dowel sticks from I’ve having a hard time finding 16 inches long
Hi Keivela, I purchased them at either Michaels or Hobby Lobby, I can’t remember. I just measured and they are 12 inches long, not 16 sorry!
Hi Holly, You did a fantastic job! Just so professional. Thanks for all the awesome information. I am trying to plan a 40th Birthday Party for my son and this information is very very helpful. Thank you again!
Love these ideas! I’m thinking about planning a 40th party with the same theme…red, black, silver. I was thinking of requesting that all the guests either wear red, black or silver, and putting that on the invitation. I just can’t decide if that would be silly or not. I personally think it would be fun. But not sure what others would think. What are your thoughts?
Oh I totally think you should have everyone dress in red black or silver and put that on the invitation, that would be fun!!