Minecraft Party

Last weekend we were able to have a celebration for our big 6 year old!

He has been really into Minecraft these days so that is the direction we went! Here is his creeper invitation. 

The day before the party we made some cupcakes that looked like Endermen. 

And cupcakes that looked like creepers. I used melted chocolate for the faces and 'painted' them on. It was a little messy and not perfect, but you get the idea. 

For these take home creeper Rice Krispies I painted the melted chocolate onto wax paper and then let them harden before putting them on the Rice Krispies. These were tricky as well because when I was taking the faces off the wax paper they kept breaking into pieces because I hadn't made them thick enough! Oh well, not a complete pinterest fail, they still kinda look like creepers right? 

Here were our goodie bags we put together. 

We bought rock candy to look like the gems, stones, and ore you mine for. 

We made bookmarks and Minecraft themed perler magnets. We also threw in the creeper Rice Krispies, some coloring sheets, and of course some home made Lego crayons. 

For the cake I went super simple and made a grass block from the game. I got this cute grass tip to use with the icing and I am so glad I did. It made a huge difference!

The bottom half of the cake completely fell apart when I took it out of the cake pan so I had to patch it together with icing before adding the top layer. Luckily it didn't fall apart until I cut it so that was good! 

We hosted the party at Bricks 4 Kidz again this year. They have a new smaller location inside an office building which was a bit strange, but we still had fun. We started the party off by doing some Lego spin art. 

And having a free play/build. 

Finley loves building things and then having races to see whose creation is the fastest. 

These huge Minecraft heads were a big hit!

To get things going each guest at the party had to introduce themselves and tell one thing that they liked about the birthday boy. The girls were always so thoughtful and had well composed answers while the boys would simply repeat what was said before them. This part always cracks me up. 

Then we divided into groups and had two stations. At one station the kids got the build their own Lego creeper to take home. 

So cute!

And the other station involved using Lego catapaults to launch Lego pieces at a huge creeper head. 

They had a lot of fun trying to hit the creeper and make it into the buckets. 

Here is Finley concentrating! 

We were very happy that Mimi and Pop Pop were able to join us for the day which not only included the birthday party, but also Finley's last soccer game of the season. 

Next up the kids took turn tweaking and creating these cars that when turned on would crash into each other. 

The goal was to create a design that would end up out lasting and pushing back the other person's vehicle. 

Grammie and Abuelo also joined us for the festivities!

Our last activity was a fun freeze dance. Watching the kids dance was also pretty funny. 

We had the snacks and treats in a separate little party area. 

I found some fun food ideas online and printed some labels to identify the "Minecraft" food. We had carrots, Swedish fish, melon aka watermelon, and blue jello cut into squares to represent 'water.'

Some pretzel sticks for sticks, Herseys chocolate for gold, and twizzlers for some TNT. 

Of course we can't for get the cake! Since Finley doesn't like to eat chocolate cake I needed to make lemon cupcakes which he really likes (he actually ate the cake part and not just the icing for once!).

I ended up decorating the cake with some of his Minecraft toys which made things super easy. 

And we decorated the tables with theses awesome paper Minecraft blocks that Auntie Michelle had given Finley at Christmas time. 

Creeper goodie bags all lined up!

We had a great time and were so glad so many of our friends could make it. 

Happy Birthday again Fin man!