Landon was super excited to deliver his invitations...
At first Landon wanted to dress up as his namesake, Lando Calrissian. I bought the blue and gold fabric and was about to make the costume when Landon informed me that Lando doesn't wear that. Apparently he was picturing this Lando (the Skiff Guard)...
and not this Lando...
So we settled on Obi Wan (since I was already making a brown robe and I found some scraps of tan felt in my box of fabric and brown pants from his Robin Hood costume...which were a little small considering that was Halloween 2008!). Don't worry, Uncle Dave. We still have the fabric and now I have a little more time to perfect the Lando costume...hopefully to be worn this Halloween.My friend let me borrow these cool posters since she had just done a Star Wars party for her son.
Basically the idea for the party was for the kids to go through Jedi Training. When the party guests arrived, they got to choose a green, red or blue lightsaber (made from half a pool noodle and 2 inch pvc pipe and coupler that I spray painted silver). Get ready for Jedi cheesiness at its best (most ideas came from here and here)...The first activity was "Which Star Wars Character Am I?" I printed out cards with the pictures (because most of the kids couldn't read!) and names of some Star Wars characters and as the kids came, I pinned a card on their back. They had to ask the other kids questions like "Am I a Jedi," "Am I a droid," "What color is my light saber," etc. to guess what character was on their back. It was probably a little too hard for kids this age to think of questions to ask so there was lots of hinting from adults :)
The next activity was using their Jedi mind powers to "Pin the Lightsaber on Yoda." Obviously some had a little bit more of the Force with them than others...
Next, they honed their lightsaber skills by keeping a balloon afloat using their lightsabers...
Next up was the obstacle course. I was worried this one wouldn't happen since 15 minutes before party time, the weather decided to turn ugly and we had a downpour for about 10 minutes. Luckily it didn't last long and cleared up by the time we needed to go outside. That meant I wasn't able to set up like I wanted to but oh well, it worked! They had to jump through the Black Hole (hula hoop covered in black plastic), use their lightsaber to blast through the asteroid shower (bubbles), make their way across the plank over the Sarlacc Pit, and finally defeat Darth Vader in a duel (had I not procrastinated, Darth Vader would have been life size, but we had to make do with a pint-sized, 2 inch action figure).
After they completed that, they were presented with a Jedi robe. My original idea was to make everyone their own robe, but I couldn't ever find enough cheap fabric. Walmart had this brown fabric for $1/yard but only had 7 yards. Each robe takes 2 yards so I just ended up making 2 different sizes for the kids to take their Jedi picture in (which will be edited and made into thank-you cards, hopefully to be done SOON!).
We finished off the party with presents (lots of Star Wars lego sets and no duplicates!), cupcakes and Yoda soda.
After they completed that, they were presented with a Jedi robe. My original idea was to make everyone their own robe, but I couldn't ever find enough cheap fabric. Walmart had this brown fabric for $1/yard but only had 7 yards. Each robe takes 2 yards so I just ended up making 2 different sizes for the kids to take their Jedi picture in (which will be edited and made into thank-you cards, hopefully to be done SOON!).
The final task was to "Destroy the Death Star." Making this piñata was the biggest pain of the whole party planning. We did the first layer of paper maché one night and then I added a second layer the next day. I hung it on the basketball hoop outside to dry which was a mistake. It was in the sun and evidently the balloon expanded and ripped through the paper while it was still wet. Of course I didn't find it until it was hardened in its ripped apart state so I immediately began blowing up another punch ball balloon and started the process again. I was scrambling the next day after it dried (the day of the party, of course) to finish the decorating part of it so it didn't turn out as well as I had hoped but it was still pretty cool.
Even the littlest Jedi took a swing at the Death Star...
The destroyed Death Star...
We finished off the party with presents (lots of Star Wars lego sets and no duplicates!), cupcakes and Yoda soda.
11 comments:
What, no wookiee cookies? Otherwise (wait for it), it looks like the force was with you.
The kids still talk about Lando's star wars party (and how they can't wait to come back to play with him and his legos :-) ) Nicely done! It was great fun.
Oh my awesome. Yoda soda. That's perfect. Love the light saber cake and pretty much everything else you did. What a fun mom you are!
Looks like fun, wish we could have come
Wow... Once Eddie is old enough to remember things, don't tell him about this because I can't imagine myself ever putting that much effort into something that would just stress me out. Maybe we'll send Eddie to Aunt Kirsten for his big birthday parties. :)
Wow! That really outdid the star wars party we did when Braeden was 3. My Darth Vader pinata never did break it was still too wet or something.
Great Job!
What fun ideas! You are now the party Master! =) Good job. I need to start planning an eight year old birthday for September. Hopefully it can be that good.
When I first started reading the post I was thinking "what a cool mom you are" but as I read on I started thinking "what a nerd you are to know all that Star Wars lingo"!!! I'll just assume it was Rob that gave you the info and we'll salvage your reputation!!!
fun stuff, kirsten!
Looks like so much fun! I so wish Spencer could have come!
I must be extra tired or something because that Yoda soda thing made me laugh SO HARD! You are such a cool mom to do a fun party like that!
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