Mark is turning 8 this week....where has the time gone? I can't believe it!!! He has been a LEGO lover since he was about 3! Every birthday and Christmas he has asked for LEGO and so this year he has decided to do a LEGO themed birthday party. I've got a few ideas bouncing around my head for a cake (not really a cake though as Mark doesn't like cake) and activities. HOWEVER, if you've ever done a LEGO birthday I'd love to hear any ideas you may have!
His invitation was VERY simply. I had brads on the Modern Label but Mark informed me there are no brads in LEGO (too cute!) The LEGO I just printed off from the computer and then punched it out with the 1 3/4 inch circle punch. Then each of these circles are popped up with dimensionals. These have to be the quickest cards I've made, Mark was thrilled so therefore I'm happy too!!! Hope you like it and I'll see you again tomorrow!
Take care,
Heather
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Posted by: cheap jordan for sale | May 10, 2011 at 09:20 PM
I just had a lego party for my son back in Sept. He turned 6. I didn't really do anything special but let the kids play with legos at the party. I made the invitations and his cake. The invitations are here: http://createdbyjen.blogspot.com/2009/08/lego-invitations.html
and the post about his party with the cake is here:
http://jkluttrell.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.html
I used 3 loaf pans and a mini muffin pan to make the cake. I had white icing that I used food coloring to color. The blue one was chocolate cake, the yellow one was yellow cake and the red one was strawberry cake.
Posted by: JenniferL. | November 19, 2009 at 01:47 PM
Hi Heather, love the invites you made. My 6 year old wanted a Lego party back in August. Here's the invite I made:
http://chavezdesigns.blogspot.com/2009/08/lego-birthday-party-invitation.html
Since my son is the only boy out of 8 grandchildren (ages 3 to 16), the party was a little challenging to plan. He wanted a Lego-shaped cake, so I made 3 mini Lego-shaped cakes (red, blue, & green). Like others have mentioned, we had a "guess the number of Legos in the jar contest". I used my QuicKutz Silhouette to create his name on posters using the Lego font and colors. We had mini sets that we timed the teams to see who could build faster. My nieces all loved the party and wished they had Legos. The colors for the plates and decorations were easy. I bought balloons in Lego colors. My husband and son created the pinata using a box and a Pringles chip container sliced into smaller cylinders and covered in red paper.
Posted by: Anthonette | November 18, 2009 at 12:39 AM
Fun invite, Heather! We're a Lego obsessed family of 6 and have bins and bins collected, the kids still want more... I'd suggest a Lego build off "contest", ie. with a theme (a house, a car etc). You could time it, give prizes etc. Have fun.
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Posted by: Tara Mooney | November 16, 2009 at 10:52 PM
I've never done this, but if he likes ice cream cake you could make one. Just let the ice cream get soft then put it into a loaf pan. Take some more and put it into cupcake tins lined with plastic wrap (I'd suggest spraying with Pam or something like that, but I'm not sure that would work, but you could try) when it is all frozen, pop the "cupcake" icecream pieces out of the tins and put them on top of the loaf (after it is popped out too) The little cupcake pieces would make great "lego bumps" You could use some softened ice cream to stick them on.
Good luck and be sure to tell us all about what you ended up doing.
Have fun!
Posted by: Kristie Maynard | November 16, 2009 at 09:13 PM
great idea for the invites. This is why I wish my grown children were little again, well sometimes. ha ha ha You got some great ideas for the party. Hope you get some help with just having that little guy and all.
Lorri
Posted by: Lorri Vallese | November 16, 2009 at 04:14 PM
I have a Grandson, now 17, who loved Lego's. We had a big tub full, every time he came over he would dump the tub and Lego's would cover my entire living room floor. That boy was hooked on Lego's. We bought him Lego's for years and years. Never thought to have a Lego Party, how inventive, but then, that's you! Have a wonderful day!
Trish in Wisconsin
Posted by: Patricia Hoffman | November 16, 2009 at 02:33 PM
Love the invites....now I want to have a lego party! My son is 3 turning four in a few moths and just starting to get into lego.....fun!!
Posted by: Carrie | November 16, 2009 at 11:39 AM
My son loves legos too :) He just won for our town's halloween costume contest. Cheapest costume yet :)
You will have a fab party and I can't wait to see pics.
Posted by: Courtney | November 16, 2009 at 08:47 AM
Heather, My youngest(he's now 26) was a Lego fanatic too. He was still asking for more Lego at 16. Needless to say we have lots of the stuff in storrage but it never goes out of "style". My 5yr old grand daughter has just asked for "big kid Lego" instead of the huge "baby Lego" she currently has. Needless to say the Lego will soon be coming out of storage again.
:-) I love your invite, so simple but effective. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Sharri Coates | November 16, 2009 at 08:28 AM
Hey - how about an ice cream cake from DQ? Then frost the Ding Dongs the same colour.
Love the Lego party idea - am I too old for that???
Posted by: Linda | November 16, 2009 at 07:27 AM
LOVE IT! And my Lego-lovin' 10 year old would be impressed too! ;-)
Posted by: Marilyn Goodrich | November 16, 2009 at 06:52 AM
Hi, Heather!
Just want to say LOVE< LOVE< LOVE your work == it's very inspiring!
I had a LEGO party for my son when he turned 6 a year and a half ago - 'best party ever'! Couple of ideas we used: jar filled with legos, had them guess the number in the jar - gave out a prize, bought the little $5 Lego cars for each boy and they put them together during the party, then we had races (down a cardboard ramp onto the floor) and gave prizes to the winners, they worked in groups to build the tallest Lego tower - gave out prizes to winners, they also had 'free' time to build whatever they wanted with my son's Lego stash. Prizes were from the discount bin at our local Lego outlet (bags of Lego pieces) and the cake was a regular rectangle cake and I put Legos around the base and decorated the top with Legos, also. Hope this helps with ideas! Have fun!
Posted by: Tonja Romero | November 16, 2009 at 06:46 AM
What fun! Happy Birthday Mark!
Posted by: Abby | November 16, 2009 at 06:42 AM
We had a Lego party (over 10 years ago). The cake was a giant Lego piece (two rectangle cake pieces and then I used "Ding Dongs" for the "nubs" on top. Everything was frosted blue. We made a Lego pinata out of a box ... paper mache and crepe paper. Since both of our boys were into Legos, we had a huge bin of Legos that we just put out and the kids had a ball creating whatever they liked. My father in-law made a bean bag toss (with a lego painted on it). I made colorful bean bags to represent lego colors. Each boy took one home with a small lego. Hope that helps.
Posted by: Kris B. | November 16, 2009 at 06:30 AM