Lego Ninjago Party

First, we sent out the invitations.

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Because of all that was going on in our lives, I took a leap of faith and had the party at an off-site location.  I tell you what, God is good.  It was one of our best parties EVER.  Master Heckles at Sidekicks Martial Arts did an amazing job hosting the event which included lots of fun activities for the kids!  I have no reservations whatsover with recommending them for your next party.

 

Here is the birthday boy jumping over his brother to break a board all of the guests signed.

He has never taken a martial arts class, but has always wanted to.  Master Heckles made sure he and the rest of the ninjas has a full martial arts experience.

(Oh, and I made really cute ninja masks for all of the kiddos.  They wore them for about one minute.  It was making them too warm with all of the running around!  I didn't even get a picture of them!  More about why I didn't take many pictures at the end of this post.) 

 

Sidekicks took care of the food...Joe's Pizza was a hit!

 



Here's the Lego Ninjago Cake I made.

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Cutting the cake with a ninja sword.

You can tell by their faces they loved this!!!

(Thanks to my MIL for catching this great shot!) 

 

Of course we had party favors.

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Inside was a Chinese yo-yo, chinese handcuffs & custome fortune cookies.

 

These were one of my favorite party details!

I found this company, KC Fortune Cookies.

They make the custom fortunes at a very affordable price.

I already have plans to use them for a future event.

 

Remember how I said I didn't take too many photos?

Well, I was a little busy loving on my precious little niece.

She was wearing a cute little ninja outfit

.  It even had the chinese symbols for "I love my Aunt Jami" on the front. 

Impressive, right?!?

 

Hope you enjoyed our party.

A list of my resources is listed below. 

 

Invitations - The Blackberry Vine at Etsy

Party Venue - Sidekicks, Little Elm

Pizza - Provided by Sidekicks thru Joe's Pizza

Lego Ninjago Cake - The Blackberry Vine

Take out boxes, Chinese Yo-Yos & handcuffs - Oriental Trading Company

Custom Fortune Cookies - KC Fortune Cookie

Baby Ninja - KC Clifford (she also makes a pretty good CD, too!)

 

Smiles!!!

 

Will share our Lego Ninjago Party at some of the parties on the sidebar!

Lego Ninjago Cake - Kai

Just some photos of the Lego Ninjago Cake from Jack's party.

 

Hand lettering in the image of the Ninjago font.

 

"7" was on the three other side of the cake.

 

 

Gotta have "Happy Birthday!"

 

Close up of the 7.

 

Stay tuned...the rest of the party will be up soon!

 

Smiles!

 

Will be sharing the cake with my bloggy friends at the parties on the side bar=>

Nerf Party

Are you ready to check out our Nerf party?

It is full of photos, so grab a cup of coffee, (a Twinkie,) and settle in...this is a long one!

(And if you have an extra second...will you LIKE me on Facebook?  I finally added a Facebook page for Blackberry Vine (after much insistence by others.)  It would make my day if I had a few "LIKES" under my belt!)

When the guests arrived, (SEE THE INVITE HERE,) they received their dart pouches and safety goggles.

Find more info on the pouches HERE.

If they didn't have a gun, we had extras at the welcome table, too.

Oh, don't want to forget the sign in sheet.  We always have one at drop-off parties.

Parents sign in their kids with their contact numbers.

Usually, there is never a problem, but it gives everyone peace of mind.

There was also a cute little banner in this room...see it HERE!

Since it is Winter and we're in TEXAS, we never know if we can play outside or not.  The day started off pretty cool, so we set up all of our games inside.

To warm up their marksmanship skills, we had different stations set up.

They rotated through them in groups of 2 or 3, then it was just a free for all.

This tin can challenge was probably one of the favorites.

We had helpers placed strategically through out the party to help with setting the stations back up.

Many times I noticed the boys helping set the cans back up themselves!

Shooting army men off the wall takes some serious skills!

The target test was not as exciting....

Shooting the monster's eyeballs (ping pong balls hanging from thin wires) was a blast!

Thanks to Uncle David for sitting behind the box and retrieving the darts!

So I snagged this picture from my MIL's collection of photos from the day.  For whatever reason, I didn't get a picture of this station.  It was a hula hoop hanging from the bridge above.  We would swing it gently back & forth and they had to shoot through it.

Simple decorations.

Pizza, salad, fruit & drinks were served to our hungry guests.

Then it was cake time!

(and ice cream...the boys don't think it's a party with out the ice cream, too!)

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Once we got everyone all hopped up on sugar, we sent them outside with guns!!!

(Nerf guns of course...this is Texas, but seriously...they're only 6!!)

Forts made from refrigerator boxes.

Having fun!

We don't want our picture taken!!!

When the parents came back to retrieve their children, we passed out these little party favors...dollar store Nerf guns and Twinkies.  Yes, that right...Twinkies.

If you haven't heard, Hostess has filed bankruptcy for a 2nd time.

My children, along with most of the guests, had never even HEARD of a Twinkie.

I thought I'd do my part to save the company and to enlighten the children.

When was the last time YOU had a Twinkie?!!?

Smiles!

May link up our fun Nerf Party to some of the super fun parties in the side bar=>

Indiana Jones - The Party

It's time to share our Indiana Jones Birthday Party...

Are You Ready For Adventure?!?

Come on in!!

Get your hats and blow dart guns...

Dart guns are PVC pipe wrapped in tan duct tape.  This size shoots Nerf suction cup darts beautifully!

I always have a sign in sheet at drop off birthday parties....its an easy go to in case any of the archaeologists get a piranha bite or upset stomach after eating monkey brains!!!

Here's the set up...see the banners?  They say "Happy," "Birthday," "Haden."

As the archaeologists came in to the backyard, they began blow dart practice.

The Pankot Palace Buffet waiting for diners!

The Sands of Egypt with a table to decipher clues.

The Temple of Doom...crossing the stones to get to the treasure box containing clues was tricky!

The Snake Pit Challenge

An obstacle course set up with a hanging hula hoop, a balance beam over Piranha Pass, nets to cross under, tunnels to cross through and snakes to manuever past in order to escape!

Lots and lots of SNAKES!!!

Piranha Pass had live PIRANHAS!!!!!

(Ok, they were minnows....but still the hit of the party!!!)

Going through Snake Pit Challenge...crossing Piranha Pass...

Climbing to the top of the challenge....

After they completed the Snake Pit Challenge, they received their personalized satchels which included a clue.  They worked together to put the clue together to start their adventure.

They were sent to the Sands of Egypt were they dug through the sand to find more clues.

What is that??!?!  A skeleton?!?!  Very cool!!!

Getting ready to cross the stones...picking the wrong stone will cause the earth to collapse underneath...

(Ok, fine.  The earth won't really collapse, but the eggs under the wrong block will crack...they wanted to step on the wrong stones just to feel the eggs crack!  How did they know what were the right stones?!?!  They had to spell INDIANA!)

Finally!  Safely across the stones!  The treasure chest held chinese handcuffs, gold coins and clues.  Thank goodness they had plenty of room in their stachels for their goodies!

Here is one of the clues.

Would you like to see them all?

Clue #1 - Clue #2 - Clue #3 - Clue #4 - Clue #5 - Clue #6

Piranha Pass was the next stop.

River Rocks held down clues...it was scary with all of the piranhas and snakes!

(The clues were kept dry in ziploc baggies.)

Pankot Palace Banquet was next...eewwww...GROSS!

The Banquet included Eyeball Soup (frozen green grapes and plain yogurt,) Monkey brains (red jello,) and Sanke Guts (Spaghetti, food coloring and more plain yogurt.)

They really had to dig around in this to find all of the clues!

After a toast to the birthday boy, they all cooled off with a glass of Pankot Punch.

(Pankot Punch Recipe - Blue Hawaiian Punch with green ice cubes made from Kool Aid frozen in small plastic cups...this way the ice lasts longer and also gives the punch a cool "glowy" look!)

Uh-oh!!!  They punch was spiked with a mysterious serum that causes boys to turn into girls and girls to turn into boys.  YIKES!!  Where is that antidote?!?

After popping black balloons, they found the antidote (wax bottles) with the next clue wrapped around them.

They wasted no time drinking the antidote!

The clue led them back to the front where the treasure chest pinata was waiting,..

they filled their stachels with the loot!

They finished the party with cake and ice cream.

Every archaeologists went home with their own treasure chest.

A great adventure was had by all!

Happy birthday my precious boy!

Here are links to other Indiana Jones Party related items:

The Invitations

The Satchels

The Treat Boxes

The Cake

This was truly one of the most fun parties I've hosted. Thanks to all of the other blogger moms out there for their inspiration and ideas! You are amazing!

Find inspiration for your own Indian Jones Party at the following sites:

Tip Junkie

Sippycups are for Chardonnay

Party Wishes

I'm Topsy Turvy

Paper & Paint

Disney Family.com

The Busy Bird

Roots and Wings

Green Jello

Other Kids Pack Lunch

The Frog and Snail Society

Mom's Toolbox

More Than Mulberries

A Lemon Squeezy Home

Bella Deeva's

Em-agination

Embellishing a Fabulously Flawed Life

If you have an Indiana Jones Party post that is not listed above...let me know!  I'd love to add it to the list to share with others!

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