Posted on March 25, 2013 by Kara

“May the FOURTH be with You” Star Wars Themed 4th Birthday Party

This STAR WARS THEMED FOURTH BIRTHDAY PARTY was submitted by Erin Thomas of Between the Sheets Co.

I love how unique and creative this Star Wars themed party is! So many fantastic ideas! Some of my favorite elements are:

The light saber cupcake toppers
The Darth Vader pull string pinata
The Star Wars Pez toss party game
and MORE!

Invites, Food Signs- Between the Sheets Co.
Silver Cupcake Boxes- Wilton
Star Wars puzzle, sippy cups- Target
Photography- AKA Photography

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Cupcake Liners
Sparkler Candles
Cupcake Boxes

Here’s what Erin said about planning the party- “When our first son was born, a really funny thing happened in the delivery room. My husband turned to me, holding our sweet Luke, and whispered, ‘Luke, I am your Father.’ Mind you, we did not name our son after any of the Star Wars movies, but my hubby knew I’d need a quick laugh, and boy did he get one.

While in the hospital, I dreamed up this birthday party for my then newborn son. I’ve waited 4 years to pull off his “May the Fourth be with You” party and what fun we had!

I wanted to have a party where the kids didn’t just sit around and do typical birthday stuff like open gifts and eat cake. So, we made a Jedi Training Course out of hula hoops, soccer cones, a mini slide and fabric tunnels.

Once the kids made it through the obstacle course, they were awarded with their very own, hand sewn, Jedi or Princess robe and Light Saber. The Jedi’s wore brown hooded robes and the princess’ wore white gowns with metallic gold belts and buns made out of yarn and a headband. They looked adorable!

We then played pin the “saber” on Yoda and awarded the kids with a Star Wars sticker. We made a Pez Toss out of antique Star Wars character Pez dispensers. (Think of those games at the county fair…) The kids loved this game because they got to try to rope the characters with their glow in the dark bracelets (another prize!).

We had a lunch break, where we served Jedi Fuel Packs, which were silver cupcake boxes filled with a Darth Dog (hot dog), Princess Lays (potato chips), and Light Sabers (green grapes on a long toothpick on the end of a foil covered wine cork). Jedi Juice was served in individual R2D2 and Darth Vader sippy cups and for the adults, we provided Yoda Soda (Sprite) and Wookie Water.

Once the Jedi’s were fueled up, we served cupcakes, dusted with edible glitter and sugar Yoda’s and Darth Vaders and of course, Sabers.

To end the party, we had the children take a whack at the Darth Vader pinata. Each kiddo got to take home their robe and saber, along with a Star Wars puzzle and their Jedi Juice cup.”

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Cupcake Liners
Sparkler Candles
Cupcake Boxes

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Kara

Star Wars Themed Birthday Party

This STAR WARS THEMED BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Mariana Zago of Docinni was so fabulously executed! I hope you enjoy all the fabulous details and ideas here!

Mariana said this about planning the party- “I felt really challenged when asked to create a “Star Wars” Themed dessert table. My client explained to me how crazy her little boy was for the whole Star Wars Saga, and I felt the pressure to not let him down. I had to go back a few years, remembering when I were a child and used to watch Star Wars myself, but I have to say my memory is not that great, so I went and watched all the movies again. I had to get in the Star wars Universe in order to decorate the table and not miss the important details about the movies. I decided to start with the “creation of the universe”, making a sky full of stars as the background using a piece of mdf and led lights. From there I new I had to make the goodies all Star wars related, so we came up with R2D2s made of chocolate, Darth Vader cake pops, Stormtroopers cookies and an awesome spaceship cake! I even had a whole collection of star wars dolls from the 90′s, sitting on a stand in front of the table. The guy I rented it from made me promise I would take real good care of his “babies”. LOL. The little boy was thrilled with his custom-made dessert table, and I have to say I now belong to the Star Wars Lovers group :).”

Vendors and Credits-
Photography: Adriana Carolina
Cake: Edith Sanchez
Tags: Dani Gomes
Desserts: Riki Carolei and Mariana Zago

Items used in this party available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop:
Paper Lanterns
Lollipop Sticks
Mini Cocktail Containers
Gumballs

Posted on September 15, 2012 by Kara

Star Wars Inspired Birthday Party

Any Star Wars fans out there?! Hopefully you will gain a lot of great ideas from this awesome STAR WARS INSPIRED BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Barbara of Just Imagine!

Vendors and Credits:
Candy and dessert table decor and design- Just Imagine
Cake and cupcakes- Melting Pot Puerto Rico
Space Pals clip art- Spring Hill Graphics

Apothecary Jars, Paper Lanterns, Balloons, Gumballs, Paper Straws- available in Kara’s Party Ideas Shop.

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Kara

Star Wars, Lego Birthday Party

You’re going to LOVE these two STAR WARS BIRTHDAY PARTIES I’m featuring today! The first one is a super fun Star Wars Lego Party submitted by Christine Kantaporn of Pure Joy Events, and the next one is a Star Wars Dessert table submitted by Liebesbotschaft {from Germany}. Starting with the lego themed Star Wars party, here is what the talented Christine had to say about it– “A few weeks ago in a galaxy far, far away, 15 Rebel troopers joined forces to celebrate Jedi Camden’s 5th birthday. Everything from the cake to the decorations was inspired by the comic strip invitation booklet that was brilliantly designed by my friend, Melanie of ewehooo. The sunburst motif and gray and orange colors from the invitation were carried over to the dessert table and photo booth. A simple dessert table backdrop was created by re-using the navy blue and gray pomettes from Pom Flair and suspending a LEGO snow speeder from the ceiling. The Jedi pilot cake from PhoebeCakes stood on top of a cake stand built entirely out of LEGOs. We also had a mini birthday celebration for Uncle Frank and baby Haven with cupcakes from Cupcakes Actually and Sweetz Bakery, and fondant toppers made by Lynlee’s Petite Cakes. Doughbabies baked by Dough a Deer were placed on top of oatmeal boxes covered with wrapping paper to resemble LEGO bricks. Mom’s Killer Cakes killed it with the Storm Trooper, Darth Vader and Death Star cake pops. The comic strip style photo booth constructed from black tri-fold foam board and equipped with LEGO Star Wars props was another big hit with the guests. It was Melanie’s idea to blow up the image of the sunburst for the background. Of course the LEGOs were the highlight of the party. Brixalot, a local company here in the Dulles area, hooked us up with 30,000+ LEGOs — more than enough bricks to rebuild the Rebel fleet. It wouldn’t be a party at our place without a creation from my husband, the “Cardboard Master”. Every year, he puts his Mechanical Engineering degree to good use and makes the most incredible things out of cardboard. Paper Star Wars snowflakes, which hung above the snow speeder, were another last minute DIY project. At the conclusion of Camden’s 5th birthday saga, guests took home these mini LEGO Star Wars ship sets. A galactic good time was had by all!” Vendors- Photography: Rebecca Watkins Photography Invitation and Other Printables: ewehooo LEGOs: Brixalot Cake: PhoebeCakes Cupcake Toppers: Lynlee’s Petite Cakes Cupcakes: Cupcakes Actually and Sweetz Bakery Mini Doughnuts: Dough a Deer Cake Pops: Mom’s Killer Cakes Pomettes: Pom Flair

And here is the next amazing Star Wars Party submitted by Liebesbotschaft. I love the lunch boxes, cookies and the action figures in the small glass bottles! This party goes to show that simple party elements can go a very long way.

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Kara

Star Wars Birthday Party for Pottery Barn

My next winning party feature goes to this wonderful STAR WARS BIRTHDAY PARTY submitted by Nicole Wills of Tradewind Tiaras. Nicole was invited to style a party for Pottery Barn Kids’ Star Wars event, to help them launch their Star Wars holiday line! So cool!

Nicole said-

“It was great getting to design something gender neutral/traditionally boy for a change. The showstopper was the backdrop for the goodie table, definitely. I had been wanting to make a fiber-optic star ceiling for my girls for some time now, and this was the perfect opportunity. I wanted everything in this party (or nearly everything) to have at least two purposes. I’m all about re-using, multi-purposing, and getting as much value as possible out of any purchase! It shimmered and sparkled and changed colors and looked fabulous, even in the bright store lights.

I had a plastic cupcake stand with a hollow core, and I immediately thought of filling the center core with glow sticks so that it would look like a lightsaber. I diffused the light by rolling the glow sticks in waxed paper. It looked spectacular! But the scalloped edges on the clear plates did not look spacy. Or Star Warsy. Or boy. At all. That problem was solved with some cardboard cake rounds, glittery silver wrapping paper, and a glue gun. Temporary plate caps to make the cake stand look like a sleek space station? Check!

On the top of the cake stand was the cake, a small round ball, painted black and dusted with sparkly edible glitter to make it look like the deepest space. It was topped with an edible, sparkly silver cake topper. Pralines and Cream flavor.

The middle two tiers housed the “galactic” sugar cookies–planet and shooting star shapes. Many people asked if they were real cookies. Absolutely! What fun are fake cookies? Sheesh.

I also made peanut-butter planet pops for the lowest tier. Think Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, but in a cake pop style. I had three planets with rings originally, but the rings melted off two of them on the walk from my car in the parking lot to the nearby door of the mall! Phoenix weather is still brutally hot. Note: I’m perfectly awful at making cake pops of any sort. But I decided that lumps and bumps on my pops were not imperfections, but rather the roiling, gaseous clouds of the atmospheres. I totally meant for them to look like that. ;-)

Chocolate pretzel lightsabers, glowing meteorite rock candy, and sparkling shooting star lollipops rounded out the dessert offerings.

I made glittery “Stellar Play Dough” for the children to play with–a hit at any age.

I knew I wanted to play with light as well as color when I designed this party, so I conceived of this celebration as a nighttime pajama party. The darker night hours would show off the glow sticks on the cake stand and the dessert table labels, as well as the fiber-optic star panel. And what better time to have a star or Star Wars themed party, complete with a viewing of the movie? A nighttime party was absolutely perfect for this event, so that’s what the invitation reflects. I added glittery red laser beams and burned a little bit of the invitation (laser beam scorches) to add some extra spice and interest to the card.

Dual purpose items in this party:

–From Pottery Barn Kids (items that could be taken from your child’s bedroom, or used to redecorate your child’s bedroom)–Desk, kid-sized table and chairs, Star Wars pillows, red and blue rug, rocket lamp, Star Wars lunch bag.

–Fiber-optic star ceiling–Initially created for this party, but will be an enthusiastically welcomed feature in my daughter’s bedroom. (I think I’m going to record my seven-year-old’s exclamation “You are the BEST MOM EVER!” and make it her ring tone when she’s 15.)

–Play Dough containers–recycled jam jars. I liked the diamond pattern on the glass for this event.

–cookie cutters–of course I use those many times! For play as well as cookies.

–Garland–I made this for the party, but with a punch I already had, using glittery wrapping paper I’d already bought for the cake stands and a punch and silver string I already owned. And I’ll give them to my daughter to decorate her Christmas tree in a couple months.

–cupcake stand–these can be used again and again, especially if you can adapt them to your needs like this one!

–Meteorites–I created the glow by resting the rock candy on top of Aquabrites floral lights I originally bought for my daughter’s Cornish Fairy party ( http://tradewindtiaras.blogspot.com/2010/10/fairy-party-diy-magical-twinkling.html ) and have used many times since.

–Glittery A prop–bought for this party, but will be used to decorate my daughter’s room afterward.

–Shooting Star lollipops–used a vase I had on hand, extra styrofoam I had on hand from the giant paper flower backdrop I made for the Secret Garden baby shower (tutorial starts here: http://tradewindtiaras.blogspot.com/2011/08/how-to-make-paper-flower-backdrop-part.html ), and fake ice that was left over from the Neapolitan Ice Cream April Fool’s Day Party (http://tradewindtiaras.blogspot.com/2011/04/neapolitan-ice-cream-april-fools-day.html ).”

Custom rhinestone headband: tradewindtiaras.com

Star ceiling kit: http://www.starceiling123.com/

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