Star Wars: The Force is Strong

I love, love, love to throw any and all parties throughout the year, but my son’s birthday party is my absolute favorite one. I’m a total DIYer, so I plan at least a year in advance so I can get everything done, but 2020 had different plans, and it threw a wrench in all of my parties, so since we couldn’t have a party last year for our son due to COVID-19, I wanted this year to be special. I typically host HUGE parties, but we opted for two micro parties with close friends who share our precautions with still being safe.

The first party had 7 friends, and the second party had 3 friends.

The kiddos played for a while, and then participated in two fun activities before we had lunch (or dinner). After lunch (or dinner) we finished up the remaining activities before cake and ice cream sandwiches. The parties ended with a candy filled Yoda piñata that all the kids had fun trying to break.

• What People Ate

  "BOW"ba Fett Pasta (homemade bowtie pasta Mac & Cheese). Tie Fighter Wings (chicken strips). Carbonite Gel (Jello Jigglers). Edible Ewoks (Teddy Grahams). Obi Wan Kabobies (veggie kabobs). Lightsabers (grapes on a stick).

• What People Drank

  Water, Izze juice, Hint Water, Apple Juice, Beer, Iced Coffee

• Desserts

  Cupcakes and ice cream sandwiches

• Party Favors

  Plastic bucket filled with Mandolorian themed bath pouf, Baby Yoda hand sanitizer, Star Wars face mask, blow up lightsaber, silly straw, vinyl Star Wars stickers, twirly pop, Star Wars pencil, Star Wars Mandolorian ring pop, Star Wars Jelly Belly jelly beans, Star Wars gummy snacks, giant bubble wand made to look like lightsaber, Baby Yoda cake pop

• Activities / Games

  Build a Droid: a cute picture frame made to look like R2D2. I packaged each set of pieces into separate bags, and included the amount of glue dots needed. Each set also included detailed instructions for each step. Jedi Agility Training: a course of "lasers", dodging Stormtroopers, bouncing thru hoops. Bubble Wars: each child was given a small bubble wand to battle the stream of bubbles from the bubble machine. Destroy the Death Star: each child was given a can of silly string to spray at and destroy the Death Star. Jedi Master photos: once each child finished the activities they got their photo taken and received their official Jedi Master vinyl sticker. The photos were then placed in the frames they made earlier. Baby Yoda Pinata: a fun end to the party with lots of candy.

• Cupcake Cafe

  Cupcakes and Ice Cream Sandwiches

  This is my own business. I made all of the cute cupcakes, and the Millennium Falcon shaped Ice Cream sandwiches.

• Confetti Sprinkle

  Party Decor

  This is also my own business. I handmade all of the invitations, activities signs, food stickers, Darth Vader balloon tower, balloon garland, party favors.

• John

  Setup/tear down

  This is my amazing husband, he makes my visions come to life in our front yard!

• Hayden

  Decorating Help

  This is my son, he loves to help, and put his personal special touches around the party

• Sharon and Celia

  Food Prep, clean up

  This is my mother-in-law, and my husbands Godmother. My MIL takes my ideas for the food, and brings them to fruition. Sharon and Celia are always right there to help wherever they can, and they always clean my kitchen to help lessen the stress after the party. They are amazing!

• Eme

  Face Masks

  My friends sweet mom. She handmade all the the face masks for the kids that were in their party favor buckets.

• Savannah and James Co.

  Vinyl Stickers

  I found this amazing small business on Etsy. Maddie makes the most beautiful vinyl stickers. They are high quality, shipping is fast, and Maddie is the sweetest!

• Mama's Cold Brew

  Iced Coffee supplier

  This is my friend's business! Now, I am not a coffee drinker, BUT, this one I could drink all day every day!

• Brenna with Baked By Bee

  Yoda cake pops

  Brenna is a dear friend of mine, and a fellow cake decorator. I do not make cake pops in my own business, so I went to the best person I know who makes beautiful ones, and boy oh boy did they turn out so cute!