I decided that I would post parties I put together for my little cutie clients over here on the Dragonfly Buzz. Here's a great one that was also chosen as a “Featured Party” on the Catch My Party website.

This Ninja party was for a special little guy who had a pretty rough first year. His parents wanted to give him a party that represented his true warrior spirit!! They also wanted to incorporate a lot of Japanese elements alongside the Ninja theme. We had so much fun coming up with some great ideas.

Upon arrival the guests were met with fresh sushi, made onsite by M's Sushi Private Catering. That was a completely unexpected surprise for the guests. It was really delicious. They also offered chicken teriyaki for non-sushi eating guests, along with salad and fruit. For the adults there was also an assortment of Japanese beers and Sake. The kids had apple juice to simulate the popular apple soda in Japan.

While the guests were eating they were entertained by a Japanese Taiko drumming band, by the name of Hikari Taiko. They are so amazing!! I just love when the guests are surprised with the unexpected!!

There was an amazing dessert table with an extremely detailed cake made by Rockwell's Bakery in Villa Park, CA, along with ninja cookies and candy sushi made by Kiki’s Custom Sweets.

The table centerpieces were made of green bamboo, red ginger, and a single papyrus shoot in a cylinder vase wrapped in origami paper with an origami design on the front. Sitting next to the vase was a little pagoda from Calibonsai on Etsy. Each guest spot had an origami ninja star napkin, black plastic chopsticks, and a box of Japanese rice candy. Sidenote, after the party I took all of the origami from the vases and made them into swans and hung them on a string for the birthday boy.

The kids had their own table with red, black, and white balloons, a few pagodas, a goody box, a drink cup, a Japanese headband, and a little card for them to figure out their Ninja name!! The goody box supplies and kids chopsticks were all from Oriental Trading Co.

Lastly, the guests signed their name on a zen rock. All of the rocks were collected and kept in a vase.