Birthdays. Lego Birthday Party.

A few years ago before I discovered blogging, Logan was REALLY into Lego's, so it only made sense to have a Lego themed birthday party!  I searched high and low for ideas and my party is a compilation of all the things I found. 

This was by no means a way-out-there party or anything, but my first attempt at an At Home Party and although it was no less than 94 degrees that day (with 200% humidity - I'm not kidding!!) I think it went over well!  I hope you find inspiration here!

First, I free handed the number 7 on a large cardboard box that I had broken down.  I then glued one-inch square tissue paper unto the number, using a pencil as my applicator.

Next was my homemade lego pinata. 

I took two cereal boxes, cut out a large rectangular hole in the front of both

 and glued them together (so that the candy will go into both boxes). 

Then I cut a hand-sized hole at the top (for filling the candy). 

At this time, I also added a handing apparatus - a thick plastic cord.

Then I paper machied the whole thing with newspaper and watered-down glue.

I took little candy cups from Michael's and painted them red then covered the whole thing with red crepe paper and glue the candy cups in place.  Voila - lego!  (Apologize again for no instructional photos - as I said, it was before I discovered blogging!) 

I had a "Guess the number of Lego's" in a jar with cards to complete. 

The winner kept the jar. 

That was sitting on a table of lego scenes that Logan had put together.

The snack table was just a few munchies.  I attempted the Lego pops mentioned here.  Mine turned out NOTHING like hers but the kids like them anyway ;-)  I stuck those in cups filled with Legos.

I setup "Construction" tables, where the guests could build. To have enough legos, I purchased a bulk of Legos from ebay for the party.

The eating area had various "homemade" legos on it for decor.  Capri sun boxes, shoes boxes, all shapes and sizes - wrapped with wrapping paper, and small milk jug caps spray painted and glued on.

The cake topper I made with one of Logan's lego gifts.  I found candy lego's at a local bulk store so I used those as decorations around the bottom. 

They were also added to small bags for the take-home treats.

I downloaded pictures of Lego men from lego.com and printed them on sticker and magnet paper, as well as printed coloring pages for all the kids to do before the party started.  

Everyone got to take a few home. 

I also made an iron-on transfer of the number 7 and created a t-shirt for Logan to wear on his big day.

I downloaded various lego men fonts and used them for the invite envelopes and made this sign for the house with one of the Lego fonts.

I used this photo as my invitation and mounted it to cardstock.

The giveaways were homemade lego keychains, a small lego set, lego candy, and a photo thank you card with a picture of life-size Buzz and Woody lego men.

I hope this gives you some ideas for your next Lego birthday party!!

Good Lego Birthday party sites:

http://74limelane.com.au/blog/2010/11/19/friday-freebie-a-very-lego-birthday/

http://sheisdallas.com/how-to-throw-a-lego-party/

http://meaningfulmenagerie.blogspot.com/2011/08/lego-birthday-party-for-alexander.html

http://www.likemerchantships.org/2009/02/ultimate-lego-birthday-party.html

http://www.creative-party-themes.com/lego-party-ideas.html

http://www.make-your-own-invitations.com/lego-birthday-invitations.html

http://cleof.blogspot.com/2010/07/lego-birthday-party.html

http://www.livinglocurto.com/2010/06/lego-cake-pops/

http://rootsandwingsco.blogspot.com/2010/03/super-awesome-lego-party.html

http://yellowfence.blogspot.com/search/label/Lego%20Party

http://personalizedpartyinvites.com/birthdaypartyinvitations/tag/free-printable-lego-invitations/

Enjoy! 

p.s.  Bowling Party posting soon!!

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Craft. Landscape Pumpkins.

I totally stole this idea from someone at Walmart.  A woman was talking to her friend in the Halloween isle while I just happened to be buying some goodies for the Pumpkin Carving party (which you’ll see more of in a later post).  She mentioned how she purchased several of those Halloween trick-or-treat buckets for $1 each and cut out the bottom and placed it over her landscape lights.  Brilliant!!  After throwing a few of these buckets in my basket, I promptly went home and did just that! 









You get a little peak of this in the other picture but I thought I'd give you a closer look.  This was a wedding present from my dad's wife - she made it.  It was beautifully potted with Ferns for 'hair' and had TONS of moss all over her.  This was the perfect fit for our Garden-themed wedding and I still love it 10 years later.  She now sits proudly on our front porch for all to enjoy.

Years ago, I saw this sign in a magazine and said to my husband "I can make that!" and so I did.  Plywood, pencil, paint, saw, and wire were all I needed.

I love Halloween.