Robot Party

Having a robot party for my son's fourth birthday was more my idea than his. When he was a baby I found some cute robot party things on clearance at Target. So they had been sitting around awhile. Luckily, my little guy was on board, and a party theme was born.

We began by looking out for robot parts...saved some boxes and had leftover silver spray paint from a previous project. Purchased some dryer vent thingys (a technical term) from Home Depot, and a few zip ties and hot glue sticks later and we had ourselves a homemade pinata. Also doubled as a cute decoration.

Decided to hang the crepe paper streamers in a new, fun way. I love the way they turned out...so festive.

Also pulled some foil out of the drawer for a table runner.

We had fun making these little robots out of cans we had saved from recycling, and some nuts and bolts I got at the dollar store. I decided to fill the smaller ones with goodies.

Found these cute sippers in the Walmart party section for $.97. I'm telling you: CHECK the Walmart party section! You never know what treasures you will find there. The kids thought they were fun to drink out of, and were so excited to go home with them at the end of the party.

Also, a good tip: try using a cute wrapping paper in place of a tablecloth or plastic cloth at a kids table. Easy clean up! I've even used wrapping paper for runners on larger party tables.

The robot cake. He turned out so cute, and really simple to make. The buttons are M&Ms, Tropical Twizzlers for the antenna and arms, and round chocolate cookies for the wheels. I was worried that we wouldn't have enough cake so I made the #4 cake last-minute.

A glimpse of the cute little robot table runner I made. The flowers are from Sam's club...I always check there first because I know they will be cheap and will last for at least a week. Plus sometimes they have fun colors like blue!

When I choose a theme, I always check to see if there are any cute free printables out there. I found these for the bottles here .

Some photos of the spread. My hubby (the grill master) made hot dogs for the kiddies and tri-tip for the adults (much too good for children). We supplemented with fruit, grilled veggie kabobs, and chips. It was all delicious.

Party success! Birthday boy with the pinata. I have to say though that the homemade pinata didn't work exactly as planned. But the candy came out eventually after a severe beating;)

Happy party planning!

Lindsey

Mary Poppins Practically Perfect Party

My sister's twin girls turned 4, and happily are obsessed with Mary Poppins. We chose to do a fair themed party with other Poppins' tributes.

Here are the birthday girls wearing their Mary Poppins hats.

An overview of the spread. The garland is made of tiny kites.

Food, glorious food! Spend less on decor and splurge on the soda in the cute bottles! It was worth the extra money, and a fun for kids and the adults.

Corn dogs for all! Big and small! We also placed dishes with red candies around, including a tub of red vines. Free, accessible candy puts a party over the top for kids.

Candied apples, just because they are cute. And really simple to make. Here is the recipe. Why do kids go so crazy for food if you put it on a stick?

Is a fair experience complete without popcorn? The note says, "Thanks for 'Poppin' by!" My sister and I are so punny.

Kind of a closer look at the mini-kite garland. This was my favorite decoration, I think. I used red and white scrapbook paper to cut diamond shapes, hot-glued tails of trim, then hot-glued them to the string.

The gold coins are "tuppence." As in "feed the birds. Tuppence a bag." Guess you have to have the movie memorized like we do.

Simple cupcakes, but sometimes simpler is cuter.

For activities, we had chalk sketching and races using cute swim noodle horses my sis fashioned. Wish I had gotten a picture of them! But there's a tutorial if you want to take a gander.

My little guy loved the apples. Even dressed to match the decor. My kids know.

The party was practically perfect in every way, even if I do say so myself!

Happy party planning!
Lindsey