Well, what a birthday it was this year for my twins! A lockdown birthday, without any friends or family, without a sleepover like they love with their friends and just a day with us…..like it has been every day since lockdown!
Making It Special
I wanted to make the day special for them, but how did I manage it whilst on lockdown?
Decorated The House!
You should have seen their faces when they saw this in the morning. We managed to do it in the evening once they were in bed, which meant a late night for us, but it was worth it! It was such a big surprise and we’ve never done anything like this with the balloons before either.
I purchased the balloon arch from Amazon, and with 106 pieces it took about an hour to put together. We used a balloon pump, but found the ballon tie useless! The balloons get added onto a strip of plastic with holes in, and once threaded along the full length it creates a bundle of them like this. We then used command hooks on the wall to hold it onto the wall like this.
Presents!
The girls 100% understood that people might not be able to send gifts or cards to them this year, but they had some lovely friends and family who had thought of them and got them presents! They had them delivered or dropped them off on the doorstep, which was so lovely.
Hot Tub!
Last year the girls saved up and purchased a Lay Z Spa hot tub and had many many fun times in it last summer. We boxed it up over the Winter, so we kept it boxed up from last year until their birthday! I thought it would make the day really exciting if it was the first time they went in it!
Tasty Food!
My kids love their food, and even more so on their birthday!! So we started the day off with waffles, strawberries and cream,
Tuna toasties for lunch time, and a yummy BBQ for dinner!
Cake!
We have to have cake! They put in a request of a cameral cake…….So I made Caramel Cake, with Swiss Meringue Buttercream and Crushed Up Crunchie on the top!
Love From A Distance
Their Grandparents popped over and sent them their birthday love from a distance. It was really sad as they always have their family with them on their birthdays. We would have had a lovely day together. But at least they got to see them, and sent some ‘air hugs’
One of the neighbours wrote on the driveway too, a lovely Happy Birthday message.
Movie Night
We finished the day with a movie night all together, the girls choice of Jumanji rented from Amazon Prime, with sweets and popcorn! Then a late night and lay in the next day!
They both said it’s been a wonderful birthday Mummy, and thank you very much for making it wonderful
That’s all I needed to hear
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Oh wow that looks like. a lovely lockdown party – happy birthday to the girls! Both my children had/will have lockdown birthdays this year.
Thank you, it’s a very different birthday for them isn’t it, but I’m sure they will remember it!
Preparing when they were in bed was definitely the right idea. It makes it more of a surprise. I’m trying to work out how to do a lockdown party myself for one of my daughters.
They couldn’t believe their eyes when they came down!
I am glad they had a wonderful birthday – it must have been so strange but so special too!
Yes it was a very strange one for us all, but we had a lovely day together
Oh I love this post! I also love that your kids bought themselves a hot tub. This is the sort of thing that I expect my girls to do. 🙂
I think it’s great they saved up for something they really wanted, it gives them so much fun too
Wow, it looks like they had a fab day! I’m super jealous of that hot tub!
Yes it’s nice to be in it!!
Oh your home is just beautiful and you look as though you had a wonderful time
Ah thank you! We all had a wonderful day together
Gorgeous girls! I absolutely love the decorations you put up for them, and I like the idea of an afternoon in the hot tub. Hopefully next year they can have a party with all of their family and friends x
We have so many big birthdays next year, it’s going to be extra special after this year!
Happy Birthday to your lovely twins! Their party was so beautiful! You are a good mother and I admire you for that.
Ah bless you, thank you very much
It looks like you had a wonderful lockdown celebration! Lots of special ideas to make it really fun. Cake looks fabulous by the way.
The cake was super yummy!!
A huge happy birthday to your twins! They look like they had so much fun despite being in lockdown, i’m slightly envious of their fun day!
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It was a fab day for them, hopefully one to remember!
Awwww this looks wonderful! You made such an effort! What amazing tips for anybody else that is throwing a lockdown birthday!
Thanks, it was was a fun day for them!
What a wonderful post – and what wonderful girls you have. You made them feel really special – even in lockdown! I’d be really proud of myself for that – well done you! Love the idea of the hot tub – I knew The Range sold them but didn’t realise how affordable they were. x
Ah thanks, they had such a lovely day and they loved every bit. Simple things hey