The pink and gold little pumpkin design
The lettering stacks in four lines. THIS LITTLE is set in small gold capitals, PUMPKIN in tall, thin pink letters, IS TURNING in gold again, and then a large ONE does the talking: the O is a round blush pink pumpkin painted in watercolor, outlined in gold glitter and topped with a little cluster of pink and peach flowers, the N is solid gold glitter, and the E is pink with tiny gold polka dots. A spray of pink roses and greenery sits under the word, and pink and gold dots float all around like confetti.
The birthday girl's shirt reads THIS LITTLE PUMPKIN IS TURNING ONE. Family shirts put a title on top in a long, elegant pink script, then OF THE LITTLE, PUMPKIN and TURNING, finishing with the same ONE, so the shirts read Mama OF THE LITTLE PUMPKIN TURNING ONE or Grandpa OF THE LITTLE PUMPKIN TURNING ONE.
It is a soft, pretty way to do a pumpkin birthday, more garden party than Halloween, and it suits any autumn weekend from early September to Thanksgiving. Many families wear the shirts again for the pumpkin patch and fall photos, and the birthday bodysuit often goes into a memory box with a pressed autumn leaf from the day.
Little pumpkin shirts for every age
Here is the pink pumpkin in each style:
- Grown-up pink and gold pumpkin tees in unisex XS through 4X, made for both parents, every grandparent, the aunts, the uncles and the godparents.
- Kids pink and gold pumpkin tees, youth S through XL, for her older siblings and cousins.
- Toddler pink and gold pumpkin tees in 2T through 5T, for the youngest siblings, and for the birthday girl if toddler clothes are already her size.
- The pink and gold pumpkin baby bodysuit, newborn to 24 months, and its baby tee, for the guest of honor and baby cousins.
The menu includes 24 family titles, such as Mommy, Dada, Mimi, Nanny, Titi and Godfather, along with This Little Pumpkin for her. Use Custom family name for anyone else, like Great Grandpa or Gran.
Planning a pink pumpkin first birthday
A pink pumpkin party takes its palette right from the shirts: blush, white and gold with a little sage green. Paint small pumpkins pink, white and gold, or buy white pumpkins and add gold leaf, and gather them on hay bales or a long table with eucalyptus and pink roses. A balloon arch in blush, white and gold, a gold ONE balloon and a wooden sign reading Our Little Pumpkin make the cake table the star of the room.
For dessert, a pink cake with a gold drip and a few tiny pumpkins on top, a pumpkin-shaped smash cake, pink frosted pumpkin cookies and apple cider with cinnamon sticks fit the theme. Mini pumpkins with a name tag make simple favors guests can take home. A hayride, a pumpkin bowling lane made from a few small pumpkins and plastic pins, or a station for decorating pumpkins with pink and gold stickers keeps the kids busy while the grown-ups visit. If you want a keepsake, have each guest sign a large white pumpkin with a gold marker for her room.
Outdoor parties are perfect for this design. A spot in a real pumpkin patch, an orchard or a backyard with fall leaves gives you beautiful light for family photos.
Dressing the family
The grown-ups look pretty in theirs with light jeans and a cream or blush cardigan, or a denim jacket on a cool day. Big kids pair theirs with leggings or jeans and boots. Put the birthday girl in the bodysuit with a blush tutu and floral headband for pictures, then the baby tee and ruffled leggings for playtime. Little brown boots for the toddlers and a straw hat for Grandma complete the farm-stand look.
Asking guests to come in cream, blush, sage or denim keeps the family photo soft, with the matching shirts drawing the eye.
Pumpkin patch sizing
The final photo on each shirt is a chart in inches. The unisex adult tee is relaxed, so your usual size fits easily, a size down is trimmer and a size up is roomy enough to layer over a thermal. For a first birthday, 12 or 18 month sizes cover most baby girls. The bodysuits, mostly Rabbit Skins, run a little big, so measure one she wears now.
Ordering for everyone
The whole family's order goes into a single cart: add a shirt, set the next name and size, add again. At checkout, the family savings are calculated on all apparel in your cart.
Printing takes us 2 to 5 business days. Standard ground shipping then brings the box in about 3 to 5 more, so order two weeks or so before the party, earlier if it lands on a fall holiday weekend. Need them by a certain date? Send a request and we'll try to help.
More autumn designs are with our fall birthday shirts, and all the other themes are in birthday family shirts.