Lego party

Have I ever mentioned that I am a first class procrastinator??  I know I have and I have also mentioned how my poor JP who is number 6 child always gets his birthday party a pretty long time after his actual birthday.  His birthday always falls during lent (and we don't party during lent since I don't like having parties on Sundays, too stressful). Easter always comes around and before I know it, it's summer and my baby boy (who never complains) finally crosses my mind and then its scramble time to have his party before boy number 7 has to have his.

Enter. Lego. party.  Super easy to come up with ideas and one thing we have around here is legos.  This was a simple party, nothing hard to make and only 12 boys total were invited. We even had time to relax after everything was cleaned up.  For the next couple of days I will post the how to's on some of the projects in case you are inspired to have a lego party for your birthday kid. Almost the entire party was done indoors because we expected 90% chance of rain.

WARNING: This post is going to be pic heavy.

my usual cake table presentation minus the cake... again no cake at one of my parties... I have told myself that this will not be a recurring event but I just could not get inspired to design a lego cake knowing that it has been done so many times.

one of the games... guess how many are in there?  777! yeah

lego mini figure marshmallow pops

easier than you think

simple cupcakes in lego colored wrappers... template and tutorial will be posted in a few days

fondant cupcake toppers, too easy for a tutorial

homemade shrinky dinks upcycled from plastic container to make name tag straws

free and fun, tutorial also coming

more party favors for the partiers, lego blocks soap

and yes, I will show you how easy it was to make, but you need a mold

party bags, easy but I will still post the how to

 mini figure crayons

 super inexpensive

 but you do need a mold

cake table banner 

 back in December, I found Lego party packs that were little cars and plane kits for kids to build so I bought 4 packs of 3 each... which is why there were 12 children invited.   

 after they built the cars, we had lego car races on the left side of the front porch. A sheet of melamine purchased at a hardware store with electrical tape used as lanes.  The melamine will eventually go up on a wall in my studio to scribble all my ideas on.  As soon as the games were done, the boys were all back to racing on this board so I am calling this one a winner

 this game was fun and I might pull it out of my idea bag next time its pouring outside and my kids are bored.  You have to pick up a lego block by sucking it up with a straw and moving it to your plate.  The person who moved the most blocks in 2 minutes wins

a smile, a beautiful smile....this is the reason any mom does the work to put on a party. and I love smiles