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Create a memorable rubber ducky first birthday party for your little duckling. Below you will find some ideas to help you host a festive just ducky birthday celebration.
RUBBER DUCKY 1ST BIRTHDAY INVITATIONS
RUBBER DUCKY INVITATIONS #1 - Use duck-shaped stencil or cookie cutter and create invitations on bright yellow card stock. Either glue wiggly eyes or draw them on with a marker. On front, write "Waddle On Over For A Splashing Good Time!" On the back put party details:
It's (baby's name)'s Birthday & he's/she's turning 1!
So, quack on over for lots of fun.
Date & Time:
Pond Location:
RSVP To Mama Duck:
RUBBER DUCKY INVITATIONS #2 - - Cut 8 1/2" x 11" yellow card stock into 4 pieces. Type or handwrite party details in calligraphy on piece of textured white scrapbook paper. Cut each finished piece with decorative scissors so they measure 3" x 4 1/2". Glue to piece of shiny yellow card stock. Glue pink (girls) or blue (boys) bow to top center of invitation or punch 2 holes at top and thread ribbon through holes and tie into bow. Decorate corners with rubber ducky stickers and embellish edges with glitter.
RUBBER DUCKY 1st BIRTHDAY PHOTO INVITATIONS - Cut 8 1/2" x 11" shiny yellow card stock into 2 pieces and fold in half. Using decorative scissors, trim edges of photo of your baby either in a Rubber Ducky Costume or in the bathtub with bubbles and rubber duckies floating in water, so photo is slightly smaller than card stock. Glue photo to front of invitation. Put "Splish-Splash It's A Birthday Bash!" above the photo. On textured white or pale yellow paper (finished size will be 4 1/2" x 7 1/2") either type or handwrite in calligraphy the following on left side:
(Baby's Name) is all quacked up over his/her 1st rubber ducky birthday party.
Waddle on over for a splashing good time.
Date & Time:
Pond Location:
RSVP to Mama Duck:
EMBELLISHED READY-MADE RUBBER DUCKY INVITATIONS - buy ready-made Rubber Ducky invitations and embellish picture. Add wiggly eyes, yellow glitter around edges, orange glitter on duckbill and feet.
RUBBER DUCKY 1ST BIRTHDAY COSTUMES
Transform guests into rubber duckies by giving each a rubber ducky hat. To make hats, glue orange felt to top and bottom of yellow baseball hat brim. Or use yellow foam visors with orange foam instead of ball caps. Glue wiggle eyes to 1 1/2" white pom poms. Glue pom poms to hat just above brim. Glue small yellow feathers around eye area.
If you're thinking about dressing your little one in an actual Rubber Ducky Costume, here are some adorable options that you might want to consider.
RUBBER DUCKY 1ST BIRTHDAY DECORATIONS
Create a festive Rubber Ducky 1st birthday party atmosphere with some of the following ideas:
Decorate ceilings with twisted streamers and clusters of balloons with curling ribbons in any combination of yellow, orange, blue, and white.
Make signs that say "Duck Crossing", "Caution, Ducks at Play", or "Welcome to (baby's name)'s Duck Pond" and hang on party room wall.
Cover tables with yellow, orange, blue or white tablecloth. Tie corners with curling ribbon in any combination of these colors.
Decorate top of table with small rubber duckies.
Cut ducks out of yellow foam and decorate bills and feet with orange foam. Hang from ceiling with fishing line.
Use Rubber Ducky plates, cups, napkins, tablecloth, centerpiece, and wall cutouts. Here's a great all-in-one party supply option: Rubber Ducky Supplies In A Box.
Hang Rubber Ducky happy 1st birthday banner and posters on wall.
Display stuffed animals and related duck toys in birthday room(s).
Decorate room with duck-shaped inflatable swim rings.
Attach Rubber Ducky mylar balloons to birthday ducky's high chair and helium balloons in any combination of yellow, orange, blue and white to guest ducky's high chairs.
For a table centerpiece, tie balloons to a large rubber ducky and set it on a piece of bubble wrap.
Make a "pool" centerpiece. Fill glass container with water dyed blue with food coloring. Float small rubber duckies in pool. Tie balloons to container.
Have bubble machine going at front door so guest duckies walk through a sea of bubbles as they enter. After everyone has arrived, move machine to party room.
Attach any combination of yellow, orange, blue and white balloons to mailbox, hang from tree, or tie to car antenna to alert rubber duckies of birthday bash location.
Draw duck footprints with chalk on sidewalk leading to the front door.
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RUBBER DUCKY 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY GAMES & ACTIVITIES
QUACKERS AND CHEESE - Have various cheese and crackers available to munch on.
ANIMAL QUACKERS - Have bowl of animal crackers to munch on or give out as a party favor.
DUCK-A-RONI & CHEESE - AKA your favorite macaroni and cheese recipe.
JELL-O DUCKS - Make yellow Jell-O in rectangular pan. Add extra envelope of gelatin so it will hold together. When set, cut duck shapes using cookie cutters.
DUCK BURGERS - Create hamburgers and cheese in the shape of ducks.
GRILLED CHEESE - Grilled cheese sandwiches cut into duck shapes.
DUCK-SHAPED COOKIES - Make favorite sugar cookie recipe. Using duck cookie cutters, cut dough into duck shapes. Frost with yellow icing and add chocolate chips for eyes.
DUCK FEED PAILS - Fill small galvanized pails with goldfish, Honeycomb cereal, Chex cereal, and Cherrios. Label pails "Duck Feed." Or give each baby their own pail with a mixture of these munchies and label each pail with "(baby's name)'s Duck Feed."
YELLOW DUCKY-ADE - Put lemonade in punch bowl. Intensify color with lemon-lime Gatorade. Float clean, mini rubber duckies on top.
DUCK PUNCH - Combine 1 large can pineapple juice and 1 liter of 7-up or Sprite in a punch bowl. Add a few dollops of pineapple sherbet right before serving.
1 box Betty Crocker Super Moist yellow cake mix, water, vegetable oil, and eggs called for on cake mix box
2 containers (12 oz each) Betty Crocker whipped fluffy white frosting
Yellow food color
3 orange wedge candies
2 nonpareil candies (1-inch chocolate rounds topped with white sprinkles)
2 chocolate chips
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees (325 degrees for dark or nonstick pans). Grease bottoms and sides of 1 (8-inch) round cake pan, 1 (9-inch) round cake pan and 1 (10-oz) custard cup with shortening or cooking spray.
Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Pour 2/3 cup batter into custard cup; pour 2 cups batter into each cake pan. Bake custard cup 20 to 25 minutes and cake pans 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove cakes from custard cup and pans; place rounded sides up on cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
Spoon frosting into large bowl. Stir in enough food color until desired yellow color. Using serrated knife, cut rounded top off 8-inch cake. Place 8-inch cake, cut side down, on serving plate; spread 1/2 cup frosting over top. Place 9-inch cake, rounded side up, on frosted cake. To "crumb-coat" cake, spread thin layer of frosting over side and top of layered cake to seal in crumbs. Freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes.
Reserve about 1/2 cup frosting. Frost side and top of cake with remaining frosting. Place custard cup cake, rounded side up, 1 inch from edge of layered cake for head. Directly opposite head, place 2 orange candies, side by side, for tail shape. Frost head and candy tail with reserved frosting.
Add nonpareil candies to head for eyes; add chocolate chips to center of eyes, attaching with small amount of frosting. Cut rounded side of remaining orange candy to within 1/4 inch of flat side. Using sugared fingers, press cut halves of candy to make them thin to form upper and lower halves of beak. Push 2 toothpicks through beak and insert under eyes.
RUBBER DUCKY 1ST BIRTHDAY CAKE - Here's an adorable Rubber Ducky Cake Pan that would be perfect for a first birthday. They also offer cute little ducky cupcake holders if you would like to opt for individual "cakes" for each of the little ones.
RUBBER DUCKY BATHTUB CAKE - Bake 2 rectangle sheet cakes and cool. Transfer to cake boards. Cut out center of one cake leaving a 3" rim and freeze. Frost uncut cake with white frosting. Place frozen cake on top of frosted cake and frost the 2 cakes together to create the "bathtub." Put birthday message along 3" rim. Fill center with "water" made from vanilla pudding tinted blue with food coloring. Or make blue Jell-O in pan using an extra envelope of gelatin, so it will hold together. When set, scoop into "bathtub. Top with rubber duckies.
RUBBER DUCKY SHEET CAKE - Make a white sheet cake and frost white. Add an edible sugar cake art image of a rubber ducky scene to make your cake look spectacular.
RUBBER DUCKY 1ST BIRTHDAY CAKE - Make a sheet cake. Frost light blue. Make white "bubbles" on cake with either white frosting or Fondant. Add rubber duckies.
3-D DUCKY CAKE - You can either make the 3-D ducky cake according to the decorating instructions with the pan or use the cake as a topper on a sheet cake while piping white frosting onto cake to create "bubbles" or use Fondant.
RUBBER DUCKY CUPCAKES - Make white cupcakes and frost with blue frosting. Top each cupcake with a yellow Easter Peep or a mini rubber ducky.
RUBBER DUCKY PHOTO CAKE - Take a picture of your baby in rubber ducky costume and have bakery put it on the cake.
For some more fun rubber ducky cake ideas, check out our visitor-submitted RUBBER DUCKY CAKE photos and how-to tips.
RUBBER DUCKY 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY FAVORS
Use some of the followiing rubber ducky 1st birthday party favor ideas to create your party favors:
Use cellophane bags with duck print or decorate clear bag with rubber ducky stickers. Fill bags with rubber ducky, duck-shaped soap and sponge, duckie bubble bath, duck-shaped sunglasses, Goldfish crackers, and duck stuffed animal.
RUBBER DUCKY 1ST BIRTHDAY PARTY IDEAS FOR PARTY SUPPLIES
Here's some wonderful and Adorable Rubber Ducky supplies including ideas for partyware, invitations, favors, and lots of decor!
Check out these great Fun Rubber Ducky Supplies - Includes lots of fun options for rubber ducky partyware, candles, cake pan, balloons, and lots more decor!
