Saturday August 3 2013 (Toy Story Birthday Party)

TOY STORY BIRTHDAY PARTY

This year the boys decided they wanted a Toy Story birthday party so of course I put one together for them. This post is mostly pictures of the party and things that were at it. I will post some blogs with how to's for some of the projects that I did for their party when I manage to recover from it!

This is the invite I came up with for the party, No I did not send out a blurry copy that's just for privacy purposes. I decided to go with the simple Etch-A-Sketch to make it simple but bold. I printed them on photo paper then attached them to card stock so they would fit easily in the envelope. I also attached directions to the venue on the back so that less people would get lost.

It's a party in a car! Luckily our car has lots of storage space, especially when you lay down the back seats.

Here are the Birthday Boys! I made the shirts and the felt crowns for their special day. Of course they will keep the crowns for playtime and the shirts make great play wear.

Here are some pictures of the entryway before the guests started to arrive

Some army men were zip-lining above the gift table and the "goody bag" room was filled with what else but the party favors! Big thanks to my mom who helped me to decorate!

The focal piece of the party was the dessert table with the hand made banners hanging above it. I don't have a fancy cutting machine so I cut everything out by hand.

A close up of the dessert bar. The sign on the left says "You are so sweet for coming to celebrate our birthdays with us, so please take something sweet home with you!" The one on the right is a 'Dessert Menu' we had Jessie Hats, Woody badges, Buzz ships, Mr. Potato Head mustaches, Alien cake pops, Toy Story Ball cake pops, Slinky Dog Puppy chow and Woody's "Hot Shmoes" cookies.

Some close ups of the desserts. The aliens and Toy Story balls are a little shaky, but that's unfortunately what happens when you make them at 11pm with only a couple hours sleep the night before. At least it all tasted good!

Our first activity was the obstacle course which the munchkins had to complete in order to rescue some oversized Toy Story soldiers!

We had to zig zag through the cones

crawl through the tunnel. Then jump over some pool noodles, crawl through a rope web and walk a line of bricks (most of which we didn't get pictures of because the parents were helping the munchkins)

At the end we had to knock down some cans in order to save the soldier!

We also had a Buzz Lightyear Ship piñata that I put together.

The kids all took turns hitting it. We went from littlest to biggest just to make sure everyone had a fair chance. We tore the top off though so daddy got to smash it open while mommy was holding it.

The birthday boys and their piñata spoils.

All of the kids got to decorate their own Hamm the piggybank with stickers and markers before we had cake.

The birthday boys got to blow out their candles on the cakes that mommy made for them.

We played pin the parts on Mr. Potato Head.

The end results.

Here is a close up of the goody bags.

Here is the contents of the goody bag. A Galaxy in a bottle, a Toy Story Themed T-shirt, a 'Reach for the Sky' Kite, a snake in a boot, some toy story themed stickers, a toy story themed kleenex pack that the oldest munchkin insisted on and although you can't see them in this picture there was also a soldier in a soap, toy story balloon and a sheriff's badge with their name on it.

Here is a close up of the soap and Snake in a boot.

Here is a look at the shirts that were in the bags.

Some of my favorite moments from the birthday party. the Mater LOVES his cake pops and the Rooster was going so non-stop that we barely got any pictures of him that aren't blurry!

Overall it was a fun party and I know the boys had a great time and loved having all of their friends over to share it with them!