This past weekend we celebrated Finley's 5th birthday a little bit early with a Lego themed party.
Here are the super cute invitations I found online and sent out. I made ours out of regular white card stock paper and folded them in thirds because I couldn't find tri-fold invitations. I didn't end up cutting them into strips either. But I still think they worked just fine!
We hosted his party at Bricks 4 Kidz. It is a fun Lego place where they hold classes, after school activities, and summer camps. With inviting 20 guests we figured it would be best to not host it at our own house!
All I had to worry about was providing a few decorations, the food, and the goodie bags. Finley and I made his name and the number 5 out of his Duplo Legos (seen above on table). Then we also got some balloons and weighted them with some glass jars filled with Duplo Legos. That was pretty much all we did decorating wise :). The place had a happy birthday banner with Ninjago characters since it was kind of a Ninjago themed party.
As the children arrived we had free play. The kids were able to play in a huge vat of Legos and build whatever they wanted. Finley made a cute airplane.
His cute little friend Shan made this super long race car.
Then the kids could race their creations down the ramp! They also had a little kids section with huge building blocks and even a train.
Once all the children arrived each person was able to build their own mini-figure to take home.
We then rounded the children up to sit in a circle. Each child had the chance to say their name and something they enjoyed doing, and then they had to say something they liked about the birthday boy. Finley enjoyed all the attention.
Most of his friends said something they liked about his physical appearance.
And one little friend said he liked Finley's "butt". It was pretty funny. Next the children were broken into groups and had three stations to rotate through.
Station1: Spin Art
Using these Lego made contraptions the kids put paper plates on top of a surface that would spin around and allow them to make cool patterns with the markers.
Station 2: Spinners
At this station the children spun these spinners (tops) and battled each other. They could attach different weapons onto the spinners as they fought.
Station 3: Pin the Beard on Sensei Wu
Last the children had a chance to pin a beard onto Sensei Wu's face while blindfolded.
After the stations were completed the children did a few Lego relay races. They had to do various things like run/walk with a Lego on your head or do a crab walk.
Once the races were over we sat down to eat our snack and sing Happy Birthday to Finley.
I turned some yellow plates into mini-figure heads.
For snacks we had club crackers which kind of look like Lego bricks, grapes, and some homemade fruit snacks that looked like Lego bricks and mini-figs.
I made some cakes to look like Lego blocks by double layering the cakes and adding some huge marshmallows on top.
Then we had cupcakes for the kids topped with brick candy and chocolate mini-figs.
It was a really fun party and very low stress for me which was great! Most of my time and effort went into the food and party favors.
Each child got a little Lego brick looking bag to take home filled with goodies.
Here is a close up of Finley's bag.
Inside the bag we had some crayons shaped like mini-figs, a Lego magnet which you can display your mini-figure that you made on, a Lego necklace, and then a bag of Lego candy.
I also threw in some Lego stickers and coloring sheets to top it all off.
Finley really enjoyed celebrating with his friends and playing with all the Legos! We highly recommend Bricks 4 Kidz! I can't believe my little boy is turning 5. Where does the time go?
