Legos and Lightsabers (Lego Star Wars inspired) Party: Part 3

This post is about the favors, food & drinks, and decor at the party.

Click here for Part 1: Dessert Table and Invitations
Click here for Part 2: Games and Activities.

For the table settings, I combined licensed Lego Star Wars merchandise from Party City with several DIY touches. For the centerpiece, I used a giant Lego head flanked by giant Lego bricks (made using the same technique as the Lego bricks for the dessert table backdrop). I used black construction paper to create inexpensive place mats, adding a Lego border to tie in with the theme. I even rolled the napkins like lightsabers and wrapped them with paper napkin wraps that I created--tutorial and template for the napkin wraps to follow. I used large building blocks for the place card holders. 

I like to tie the theme into every element of the party--even the food and drinks! Among other things, we had Yoda’s swamp dip, Darth Maul-E salsa, and Jabba “the Pizza” Hutt. 

Drinks, including Vader-ade, Solo-han Blanc and Chew’s Brews for the adults, were served at the "Creature Cantina", while the children enjoyed Yoda Soda. 

The Creature Cantina was a hit with the adults, especially since we had the catchy tune (and other Star Wars theme music) playing during the party!

Party Favors: I love to make favors part of the fun at the party, rather than just things to take home, so many of the items from the games and activities, such as the R2D2 droid craft, Lego box filled with Legos for the Starfighter, pool noodle light saber, lightsaber bubble wand, Jedi robe and certificate all went home with the children, as well as a Lego-shaped bag filled with a Lego Star Wars coloring book, Lego mini-figure crayons and Lego candy. 

Vendors:

Here is a lit of my fabulous vendors/resources for this party:

Photography by Kathie Tam                                               

Cupcake Toppers, Cake Toppers and Sugar Cookies by MJ Tabush Sweet Designs 

Cake Pops by Fayes Cake Pops     

Plastic plates, appetizer cups, licensed merchandise, paper lanterns, darth vader standee from Party City         

Thanks for stopping by! May the force be with you! :-)

Snowflake Holiday Party

We hosted a holiday party for our friends this past weekend. 

Snowflake-themed party printables from Bird's Party served as the inspiration for the party...

and for my made-from-scratch snowflake cookies! :-)

Take a look...

I made the wreath using a variety of picks and ornaments from Michaels. 

We asked all the guests to bring a new, unwrapped gift to donate to charity. 

I'm planning on dropping these off this week with my son. I think it will be a great way to teach him about helping others. 

Everyone had so much fun with the photo booth at the Spiderman Party that it has become 

a party staple for me! 

I decorated with peppermint and candy cane trees and peppermint toparies, which were inspired by some of my very favorite party people at Anders Ruff and Pizzazzerie. 

The dessert buffet was very much scaled down from the Spiderman party since this was an adults-only event (I find that adults really don't eat as much sugar as their kiddos!) Also, in an effort to be a little cost conscious, and because I'd been dying to experiment a little, I made all the desserts myself! 

This was only my second time experimenting with making my own sugar cookies with royal icing, but I was quite pleased with the results. 

The double chocolate fudge cake pops were such a hit that I had to make a second batch the day after the party for some of the guests who stayed over! :-)

I made cupcakes from scratch and even made fondant toppers to top them with! Working with fondant has always intimated me, but these were surprisingly easy to make. 

Okay, yes, I did buy (not make) the rock candy! :-)

I used a snowflake-shaped silicone muffin pan to mold the home-made peppermint bark 

into snowflake shapes.

We also served a full dinner--also homemade!

 But the bar was really the star of the show! :-)

I sent everyone home with a home-made pumpkin, walnut spice bread. 

Tutorials on the cookies, fondant toppers and peppermint bark to follow soon.