7th birthday party - Lego style!

Happy 7th birthday Nathaniel! Since he loves Legos, we decided to have a Lego themed birthday party. Also, since I've discovered Pinterest, it was very easy to pull a few neat ideas together. This was the first year I hadn't done the "buy the party stuff at a party store" thing, so it was fun doing it myself (with some help from family, of course!)

The cake was made by Steve's mom - I take no credit for doing it whatsoever. She did a super fantastic job. The "maxi-fig" as she called him was made from rice krispy treats with fondant over him. The blocks were cake with marshmallows cut in half on top.

These are supposed to be candy Legos, but looking at the picture, it looks more like a game of "Hungry, hungry Hippo"! I took 3 Musketeers bars, cut them into pieces, put mini-marshmallows on top and then dipped (or rolled, rather) in melted candy dots.

These are the treat bags I made for the kids. Easy, peasy! Just took a bag and cut circles out of construction paper and glued them on there. I also cut out a mini-fig from construction paper and had them coming out. I also put some candy Legos (aka hungry hippos) in the bags with actual Legos.

The balloons were fun. I put candy in some, then had the kids pop one. In hindsight, I would have not filled them with Helium (they didn't float anyway because of the candy, and they shrunk really fast) and would have had at least two for each kid to pop. This was one of the highlights of the party.

I also filled some balloons with confetti which made a neat sound when you shook them. Those I did fill with Helium and sent one home with each kid.

Nathaniel with the mess after we filled the balloons with confetti.

Jello Jigglers made with mega-blocks. Not a big hit at the party, but I liked them.

Lego Bingo!  Again, not a big hit, but I sure did have fun making it. I just took pictures of Nathaniel's Legos and printed them. Then, I made a grid with word, taped the pictures on and color copied them, mixing them up each time.

The food table! I also put Legos in a container and had the guests, young and old(er) guess how many were in them. 

You can see some other Pinterest ideas on the picture as well, the Saltines made with ranch dressing and red pepper flakes and the canvas quote in the background "A morning without coffee is like sleep". We love our coffee!

Happy birthday Nathaniel! I can't believe you are 7 now. You are the sweetest little boy a mom could ask for. I love you!

Yup, he likes Legos...