Austin turned 6 this year and asked for a Star Wars Party. Tyler and I got a little carried away one night with planning and ended up with 15 kids and a pinterest success of a party!!! It was really was so much fun to put together, and the kids did great. I definitely was exhausted by the end of it. Our good friends provided dinner for us that night and I counted my blessings of all the amazing families we know here in Texas and their amazing kids that made this birthday party epic!
The food! My only original idea was the Chewbacca Chips! haha. In case you can't read the sign there was Yoda Soda and Vadar Veggies
Ewok Treats-Teddy Grahams, R2D2 Nuts and Bolts(Trail Mix), Tie Fighters(Oreo Wafers with a mini marshmallow in he middle), and Fruit Sabers.
Storm Trooper Cupcakes!
We put the kids through a Jedi Training course. I made "no sew" little Jedi robes for all the kids when they came. I love our R2D2 trash can!!
First game was "Don't Eat Yoda" - also known as Don't Eat Pete. We played this while all the kids showed up.
Here's almost the entire bunch. We started the obstacle training course on top of the tree house where Tyler gave them instructions. Then we let them down the slide one by one to begin. The kids were so patient since they could watch everything going on below while waiting their turn.
Our lone Princess Leia crossing the tree stumps!
Walking across the balance wall to the Lava Pit
They had to jump in the lava and avoid popping the Lava Bombs
Next challenge was the Lazer Beam Maze. We just taped yarn that they had to make their way through.
We used our cornhole game and turned it into the Death Star. They had to throw a bean bag through the hole before they moved on.
Next was crawling through the tunnel
Then they had to throw the Flying Discs into the basket
Then they hopped on their speeders and made their way through the asteroid belt all the way across the driveway and down our brick path where they retrieved their lights saber (Pool Noodle)
Lots of Speeders!
Once they got their Light Saber they had to make their way through this balloon pit. They had to hit all the white and black balloons(Storm Troopers and Vadar) and not hit the green ones (Yoda)
Once everyone completed the course Tyler taught them some blocking and attacking moves with their light saber. Here they all are practicing what they learned.
They also meditated and gained some words of wisdom from the Yoda Master about controlling your emotions.
Then we just let them loose in the backyard and let them mess around for a while. We had some ping pong balls on golf tees stuck into a pool noodle cut in half to practice their Nerf shooting. There was a lot of Light Saber practicing going on...
Then we came inside for cupcakes and food which we promptly kicked them back outside to eat.
The crazy crew!
That's a big smile on his face covered with chocolate frosting
After the presents were opened we had a surprise visitor! Darth Vadar!!! The kids grabbed their sabers and they each got to fight Vadar one on one to pass their final Jedi Training Test.
So much fun!!!
