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!

Elmo Party

1. Elmo Party Invitations - http://blackberryvine.blogspot.com/2010/02/elmo-party-invitation.html

2.  Food table for Parents - included trays from Jason's Deli

3.  Elmo Cake - Thanks to the trusty Wilton Elmo Cake Pan

4.  Elmo Cupcakes - Simple yellow cake cupcakes, white frosting with edges rolled in multi-colored non-pariels and topped with plastic Elmo rings

5.  Elmo Cut Out - made out of plywood with jigsaw.  Cut out place on Goldie for toddlers to show their faces for pictures.  This was a BIG hit for all of the parents as well!

6.  Kid Table - Covered in butcher paper, blocks & crayons.  We wrote "H" & "2" on it as well as they were the sponsors of the party.  Included toddler/Elmo friendly snacks:  cheese goldfish, pretzel goldfish and Alpha-Bits.  We also decorated the table with live goldfish in several fishbowls.

7.  Games - (not shown)  Several blow up pools:  One was Ernies bubble bath.  It was full of bubbles and rubber duckies.  We also put butcher paper on the fence with lots of tubs of finger paint.  The kiddy pools came in handy in cleaning up all of those toddlers!

Camping Party

1.  Invitation - http://blackberryvine.blogspot.com/2010/02/camping-party-invitations.html

2.  Campfire Cake - http://blackberryvine.blogspot.com/2010/02/camping-campfire-cake.html

3.  Merit Badges - Kids earned merit badges as they completed each activity.  Made these using the Cricut.

4.  Emergency S'more Kit - includes marshmallow, chocolate bar, graham crackers and directions for
making in the microwave.  This was one of the items in their good bags.

5.  Goody Backpacks - individualized each cotton backpack with campers' initials using wonder under & fabric paint.  Some items included were flashlights, Emergency S'more Kits, insect tattoos, prizes won playing activities & candy from pinata.

6.  Thank you cards (not pictured) - http://blackberryvine.blogspot.com/2010/02/camocamping-thank-you-cards.html

*** UPDATE***

7.  Camo Cookies - Initials & Trees - http://blackberryvine.blogspot.com/2012/11/camo-cookies-trees.html

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Bird Crafts liked my party!!! yeah!  Thanks so much! smiles!!

Thomas the Train 3rd Birthday Party

I made these signs out of plywood using my jigsaw...

Used my Cricut to cut out the letters and used Modge Podge to seal onto the sign.

These are the invitations...paper pieced with a slit cut in back for "ticket."

Party favors - homemade cookies I iced myself...wrote on train whistles "Thanks for coming to my party!"