I can not believe Mikey is seven. WTH? When did that happen? It blows my mind that Hunter is approaching the age Mikey was when Mike and I met. Where does the time go?
That being said, Mikey chose to have a Super Mario birthday party this year. We gave him a choice between having his party at a park or at peter piper pizza with the condition that he would have less budget left over for presents. He chose Peter Piper. I was pretty overwhelmed with Hunter's Party, My SIL's baby shower and a huge family reunion we were in charge of, that I was really hoping Mikey's party wouldn't seem last minute.
I got these invitations on ebay. The seller sent me the proof and it said "MICKEY is turning 7"...as in the mouse. Thankfully it didn't take very long to get that fixed!
The spread. I got a bunch of ideas from this blog.
I found lanyards that were custom made to look like pit-passes for each kid. They were really cute, I wish I had a close-up. You can see them on the right in the picture below.
The Hats were Walmart purchases for $1.50 a piece. I bought white felt and used acrylic paint I already had to paint the letters.
The mustaches I ordered in bulk from a party supplier online. I also ordered gum coins (scattered on the table) from them.
The Mushrooms were a last minute find that I was so excited for! I can't take any credit for the idea, I was so happy that I found them before the party! Here is a tutorial on how to make them. The top of the mushroom opens up and the base is a pouch. I had 10 tokens in each one for the kids. That way they could keep track of their own tokens and tickets! Again, it was super inexpensive because felt is like $.37 at Walmart!
The silverware was leftover from Hunter's party. I just removed the shark napkin ring and replaced it with pictures of mario characters. (princess peach, yoshi, the star, etc). I seem to always forget pictures of the tiny details...
The Birthday Boy
Mike drew the ghost face with a sharpie and we found out that sharpie's are not very permanent on latex. Whoops-y. We tried to make them look like Boo! (the ghosts that chase you)
These balloons were supposed to look like the 'chain-chomps'. I even had them attached to a paper chain! I just couldn't resist!
We love our Jake!
Preston and Tanya representing!
The Thomas siblings (minus Paul)
These boys loved playing "b-ball" but what was even more hilarious than watching them was watching Nick and Julia "help" them make baskets. (If you know Nick or Julia, you know that it turned into a competition between the two of them, and the toddlers were forgotten about)
Ski Ball Love
You know you miss it...
I had to get a picture of all of the men gathered around the shooting game. Glued.to.the.screen.
CAKE! (Don't those candles look like Yo-Gabba-Gabba?)
Waiting to eat cake!
Apparently some people can't wait any longer and just dive in with the serving utensil...
Emery and Pauline. Emery would absolutely not wear a mustache unless another girl wore one. So my mother in law finally convinced her to put one on for a picture. She is such a girly-girl!
Presents!
Mikey's uncle got him this semi-auto nerf gun. You should have seen my house after the party. There were three grown men and a 7 year old having a full fledged shoot-out with various nerf guns and the bow and arrow Nick and Jess got Mikey. It felt like it was raining Nerf bullets for awhile. I am still finding them to this day.
Hunter trying to be like his older brother. He takes Mikey's nerf gun and will say "Freeze".
Jake and Ju playing with Boo.
Jax showing off his ticket purchases. Better watch out for Jacob! (Hardy-har-har.)
So all-in-all, it was a great party! I was so glad I could make Mikey feel special for his birthday! Happy birthday my big seven year old!
1 comment:
So adorable! You're going to regret setting the bar so high for birthdays Dana...especially with baby number three coming up! I can't wait to see what creative theme you pick for mine:)
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