Since we have two boys with birthdays right near Thanksgiving and Christmas and life gets a little C.R.A.Z.Y. about then, we have made a policy that one boy gets a big party one year and the other boy gets a big party the following year. In their "off" years, they are allowed to have a small party with just a few friends.
This was Andrew's "small party" year. Upon being given a few options, he chose to invite four friends over to our house for a Lego party. I'll be honest. This was a Pinterest party from start to finish. I can take no credit for doing anything original here. We are deep in birthday/holiday season at our house, and this time of year it is all I can do to read and follow the instructions of someone more creative than I. That being said, it was a fun party to put together, and the boys seemed to love all the cool games. So, thanks, random internet people who posted your great Lego party ideas for me to copy!
our resident 9-year-old waiting for his friends to arrive
first activity: guess how many Legos are in the jar! *answer at bottom of post if you'd like to play along!
build your own race car station
the boys hard at work building and naming their race cars
Josh with "Go Go Scooter" and Seth with "Speed Machine" in round 1
the other Josh with "Sensitive Speedy" and Andrew with "Speedster 592" in the semi-finals
Seth and Josh racing "Speed Machine" and "Sensitive Speedy" for the championship. "Speed Machine" pulled ahead for the win!
the boys trying to get as many legos as they could onto their plates in one minute using only straws
Lego skee-ball
table centerpieces: I asked Andrew to make a utensil holder and a vase of flowers out of Legos...
if you look closely you will see what happens when you ask a boy to make a vase of flowers. he will add a scary Lego biker skeleton to the edge of the vase...which will make his mom smile.
the party table...before there was pizza and cake everywhere!
the Lego cake...all I can say is, I tried. (and that I am grateful that 9-year-olds are quite easily impressed!)
the boys providing us with a little armpit/kneepit luncheon music. we had a quartet going at one point. really. you didn't think Andrew's party would be free of armpit noises, did you?
Lego candy! yes, you really can build with it! (not that ours lasted long enough for much building...)
A very happy birthday to our sweet little Andrew!
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Alison, you are SO creative!! Such a cute party! Cool....I mean cool....parties for nine-year-olds are not cute! :-)
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