Micah's Lego Star Wars Party

Micah's birthday is in August, and since we move every July, he never knows anyone to invite to a "friends" party.  This year, we decided to let him have a half birthday party instead!  I made the invites on the computer and had them printed as 5x7 photos.  They turned out great!

Thank goodness for Pinterest!  I don't know how moms planned parties before it! 

The guests got Jedi robes when they arrived, but most of the kids didn't want to wear them, which surprised me.  My two were all over dressing up...which only makes sense since Mom and Dad were dressed up too!

Yay for old choir robes!

The first game we played was "Jedi Training" (aka- Obstacle Course). 

Micah dashes for the rings, determined to be the fastest Jedi!

Then they had to find the Princess Leia that was trapped in a balloon and rescue her.  It didn't take them long to find her, but man did they have a hard time popping that balloon!

They each got a lightsaber and practiced battling asteroids (keeping balloons in the air with them).

Once that asteroid was taking care of, they went on an asteroid hunt (searching for hidden Hershey's kisses).

Jedi Master Jeremy explains the directions.

Freeing Han Solo from the frozen carbonate (in this case, ice) was next.  I gave the kids a variety of tools to use and a big hint that there was a sink in the next room.  Micah was the only one who got the hint though and while the other kids hammered away at the ice with a potato masher and poured a bunch of salt on top, he ran it under hot water and got done the fastest.

After that came everyone's favorite party game- pinata time!  They got to destroy the death star that Micah and I paper mached.

Finally, they played a few filler games while I quick helped get food set out.  They shot a Darth Vader cutout with nerf guns, played Padawan, Padawan, Jedi (Duck, Duck, Goose) and worked on their precision skills by dropping the kisses from earlier into a bucket.

Yes, that's a flashlight taped to his nerf gun.  So he can shoot in the dark!  His idea.

The menu consisted of:

• Palpatine Pizza
• Han Burgers
• Endor Trail Mix
• Wookie Cookies
• Lightsabers
• Bantha Milk
• Yoda Soda

 

Lightsabers = Pretzel rods dipped in candy melts with tinfoil wrapped around the bottom.

And lastly, cake and presents!

The girls will be so disappointed, he got all the candles out.  ;-)

Red frosting...whose idea was that?!?!

What a great day!  We will definitely be sticking with the half birthday party thing.  It was a fun way to brighten up wintertime, and Micah felt so very special to be able to celebrate with his friends!