My nephew turned one last month and I was so happy to get to help out with the party. Themed parties are certainly the way to go if you ask me because a theme can give you direction for everything. Once you have chosen a theme you can more easily make decisions about the location, the decorations, and the menu. My nephew, M, is too young to have any favorite TV shows, movies, or toys so my sister just decided to have a monster-themed party for her little one-year-old monster.

We really went big with the monster theme; go big or go home, right? The best part of this theme is that all you have to do is stick eyes on everything and just call it a monster. Here are some photos from the party:

Olive-eyed monster sandwiches, monster fingernails, monster fingers, and Kool-Aid with eyes, this party was packed with monster food.

Monsters, monsters, monsters. This party was crawling with them. I hope you can be inspired to throw your own themed party!