Celebrating SEVEN with Legos {and water play}

My oldest child turned 7 this month. SEVEN. Holy cow. I may have mentioned this when I posted about his invitations but I still can't believe I have a seven year old. It still seems like yesterday he was holding his tiny hand around my finger and I was in awe of the love I had for him and completely scared out of my mind at the realization that I was a mother now. While I miss my little baby, really 2 was my most favorite age with him, I love watching him grow and learn and he still amazes me. And some days I'm still surprised that I'm a mom and all that that entails.

The last two years he wanted a Transformers themed party so when he requested Legos I was excited - yay, something new! He still LOVES all things Transformers but like most boys his age, enjoys Legos too.

Here were his invitations

 We invited 10 boys from his class two months before the party. I knew it was risky because we had no contact information for any of them and I know how papers can get lost in the shuffle, especially at the end of the school year. So I gave him the choice - invite only boys from class and no one may come or he could invite a few girls we could get in touch with. He chose boys only, three rsvp'd no and the rest didn't rsvp or show up. Fortunately we had a new neighbor move in with a boy the same age and my dad and family (5 kids) just happened to be driving back home from a trip and we were {mostly} on their way home so the party wasn't a bust.

Onto the party!

I made a Lego banner by tracing a Lego head image onto yellow cardstock and painted faces on, he liked the sunglasses ones the best. I got the idea for the banner here. I also freezer paper stenciled his shirt to have a Lego man face on the front and used a Lego font I downloaded to make the 7 on the back. The same day I made the banner the kids made the green and purple Lego faces. More about the big Lego man in a minute.

 I found a big yellow bowl and yellow buckets at the Target dollar aisle, painted faces on {the black acrylic paint washed right off}, had red and yellow plates, cups and napkins and got two packs of crazy straws from the dollar store. The construction cones were $2.50 at the Target dollar aisle and the kids can use them for outdoor play and with their cars and things so it's double use. Using an empty pepperoncini jar, legos and cardstock we had a 'guess how many Legos are in the jar game' with a prize for the winner. There were more snacks but we kept it indoors because a couple hundred flies think my backyard is their home.

Using this tutorial I made a Lego block pinata, it was a big hit. I filled it with sandwich bags of candy, kids were happy. It was easy enough but paper mache takes a hot forever to dry so do yours several days in advance. Also, newspaper soaks up paint like nothing so you may need more than one can to get you covered.

 I got the idea to make a Lego man from this blog but made it into a 'pin the sunglasses on the Lego man' game. Think the kids figured out how to find the Lego face? ;)

 
 

I made a Lego block cake, using half of a 9x13 cake and 6 cupcakes, lined up 6 blue & green candles in the middle and a number 7 front and center. The rest of the cupcakes were frosted and I put them in cupcake wrappers and finished them up with the toppers I made, a three block and a four block because 3+4=7. Cheesy? Maybe.

Cake, soda and water play makes a happy kid. With a birthday in July it's guaranteed to be a wet one around here. Either a thunderstorm will roll through or there's water balloons, water guns and a slip & slide {or pool} in the backyard.

 Michael thought it would be fun if the girls had Lego face shirts too.

Delilah turned ONE this month. I'll have her birthday & pinwheel party pictures up soon.

Lego Party Planning

My son will be turning seven this summer. Seven. Oy. He has had a Transformer themed party two years in a row and he's finally ready to change things up. He decided on Legos. This year he got his first set of 'real' Legos and our family has played the Lego video games on the XBox. There's just something about those cute little Lego pieces that draw me in! ;)

I've been searching the interwebs for all things Lego party and found some great inspiration for fun cakes shaped like Lego heads or blocks, printables for purchase and several fun and colorful parties. My biggest source of inspiration was from Amber at I saw that going differently in my mind. First it was her invitations, then the pinata and the Lego man game, and the banner...and well if we were neighbors I would knock on her door and ask if I could pretty please borrow her party decor because it's all so fabulous. You should check out the action shots of her son's party, it looks like they had a blast!

These are the invitations I made. I used a free Lego font I found online along with images I found and put it together in Publisher. Once the invitation information was printed and cut I matted them to cardstock. Then I used the Lego font again and made a circle with LEGO in it the same size as a circle punch I have and glued those on too. Because I'm a little OCD I had to check a real deal Lego and make sure I put the circles the right direction.

Michael was ecstatic over them. He saw the front part earlier but once he was in bed I finished them up so the back was a complete surprise. Making decorations and such for the party will be the easy part. Hoping guests actually show up since we invited them two months early is what makes me nervous. I will be getting more paper this week and hope to finish up the rest of the decor so I can start planning and preparing for my baby's first birthday party two weeks later. I *think* I know what I want to do but haven't quite pinned it down yet.

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