We had his party the Saturday after his birthday. We were not sure how good the turnout would be because holidays make December so crazy, but he had a good group of kids show up. We hosted the party at our house, so the Toy Story decorations were mixed in with the Christmas decorations I also had up. We had a lot of fun getting ready for the party... the whole family participated.
Andy was our artist and graphic designer. He made this drawing of Woody for our "Pin the Badge on Woody" game. I was really, really impressed. After the party I couldn't throw it away - so it now resides on one of the doors upstairs.
Charlie helped me pick out and assemble favors for his guests. Each guest got a water bottle, stickers, a silly band, a lollipop and a deck of cards.
Ephram's job was to place the balloons around the room. Actually, this was not an official job, but it is what he ended up doing. Whether we wanted them to move or not. Good thing he's cute.
And I handled the rest of the decorations and set-up.
Charlie was so excited when everything was ready. He couldn't wait for his friends to get there!
Before we knew it, party time arrived and his guests started showing up. After coloring pictures at the table for a few minutes, we started with Pin the Badge on Woody. Ephram really wanted a turn too. The kids had fun trying to get their badges closest to the right spot.
Then we were ready to start the team games. The kids were divided into teams - Team Buzz and Team Woody. Each kid had a badge to wear with their team name. As we played the team games, we gave the kids stickers for winning or just for participating. Sticker collecting ended up to be a big hit.
The team games started with some Shake 'N Go car races.
Then we moved into a block stacking contest. The team with the highest stack at the end of 3 minutes won.
Then there was the Silly Potato Head game. Charlie had helped me put all the parts in the wrong places of two Potato Heads. Each team raced to see who could fix their Potato Head first.
And once that was done, the teams each tried to create the silliest potato head combination they could think of. There were lots of stickers after this... and lots of giggles too.
While we had been in the piano room doing the block stack and potato head games, the other adults had hidden a bunch of toy soldiers in our family room. I sent the kids on a quest to rescue all of the soldiers. The picture is a blur because the kids were so excited and so fast that the camera couldn't catch them! Once they were done, we traded their soldiers for a sticker and a party hat.
And then it was cake time! I could tell a very long story here about how it took 3 tries that morning to get the right cake. But instead I just told my short story.
It was a cute cake...
And the kids all loved it! They spent about 10 minutes after cake being incredibly silly...
And then it was time for presents! Charlie got a lot of really neat gifts, and we took pictures of all of them... but this post already has soooo many pictures, so here is just one with Tanna.
After presents we played a memory game with a bunch of Toy Story figurines until the kids lost interest. (We played it about 10 times, I was impressed that 4-6 year olds would be interested in it so long!) So then we played Hot Potato with a Mr. Potato Head... and then we played Buzz, Buzz, Woody (like Duck, Duck, Goose) until parents came to pick kids back up.
Those badges sure were covered in stickers at the end! The kids were comparing how many stickers they had and what kind of stickers they'd received. I had no idea that the stickers would be such a big hit... memo to myself for future parties!
It was a very fun party. The kids all left with their favors and a balloon, a sticker-covered badge and big smiles on their faces. But the most important smile to me was :
1 comment:
Super cute and great games, Dzana!
You guys make great parents.
Pete Kastner
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