Blastoff!
Since this blog is ABOUT & FOR Gabriel, I thought I'd revisit his 3rd Birthday Party from last month, originally blogged on DeLish:
Now I do not have
the typical 3 year-old. And I am so thankful for that. Why? He never
asks for
anything in any store, not the grocery store, not candy, nor…the toy
store.
Seriously. Yes, he loves his toys. Yes, he has his favorite snacks. But
he is
seemingly content with what he has. And, on the same token, he didn’t
make any
specific birthday requests. Don’t get me wrong, he loves Sesame Street
&
Donald Duck, to name a couple of popular kids’ themes but he is also
adventurous. He has fun at the aquarium, the zoo, the farm, the science
center…
just about anywhere we take him.
So
with that in mind, so far I can create a birthday out of an amusing idea
&
turn it into a wonderland. For
Gabriel's 2nd birthday last year, I created a Blue Bird theme
to coincide with his love of birds &
nature. This year, for
Gabriel’s 3rd, we blasted off to the Planet G…, Gabriel’s Aeronautic
Space
Academy was a one-day astronaut training camp for his little cadet
friends
since he loves stars so much.
uniform
Every
birthday boy needs the perfect uniform… I made his
tee (there’s also a dangling “3” sewed on beneath the astronaut body)
Gabriel
did not want to take this off that night!!!
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Rocket
Booster!
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Rocket Man
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the invitation
Signage
I am always saying I get lost
in the details &
yes, again I did. I want the children to have a good time & remember
it.
What I do remind myself (constantly), is kids do NOT look for
perfection. And I
am very thankful for that… Here is some of the signage I whipped up…
Thank you to Hostess
{with the Mostess} for the paper plates as a wall hanging
background idea. All else was from the deep black hole that is my
mind! Ha! All
crafted by me. The Space Shuttle signs are printed from NASA's actual web-site
& the GABRIEL banner is from Oriental Trading Co.
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Happy
3rd
Birthday Gabriel!
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A
friend has a latex allergy so a little smattering of balloons was
perfect for G… Every
child’s party needs some balloon-age!
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Space
capsule
I asked the
guests to sign inside this book as gabriel's "space" time capsule
Food!
I
printed out Name tags & affixed them to Giant nut & bolt robot
erasers
I found to match my theme & color scheme (love when that happens!)
The
Moon Cake
So
for the cake I created a moonscape, complete with a little astronaut G, a
shuttle, American Flag & Planet G flag + 3 candles (a “3”, a star
& a
“G”) & oreo cookie craters. The cake was shared with family later
but for
the party, we used it for “happy birthday” & to blow out the candles
then….
And this was my hubby michael’s brilliant idea… swapped it out for
carvel flying
saucers!!! They were a huge hit. Huge.
flying saucers
Asteroids
area
51
Tang
station
What
is a space training party without tang?!
And
wow, was it a huge hit!!! We had to buy more because my hubby wanted it!
Food
served but NOT pictured:
Rocket
Fuel
Soda
& apple juice boxes
Planet Pizzas
We
ordered a bunch of pizzas, freshly made & delivered from a local
pizzeria.
YUM.
Vegetation
Carrots,
celery, broccoli & cauliflower served with hummus to dip.
Space junk
Chips
& pretzels
Birthday
boy traveling on an
Games
& Fun!
The
kids were greeted with their space folder (confidential!)…
It
contained An astronaut name badge & a space shuttle coloring book
They
were immediately pointed to a craft table for:
Space Crafting
Creating
their own planet
Coloring
Getting
glow sticks
Grabbing
a “telescope”- a repurposed paper towel holder
Shooting Star Toss!
I
drew this game on foam picture-board then cut out the holes. Bought
yellow
& orange bean bags separately. The kids had tons of fun throwing the
bean
bag “stars”
Space
shuttle pinata
Piñata
swag
Includes milky ways, glitter star bouncy balls,
flag
mints, plastic paratrooper men, robot finger puppets, robot pencils,
lollipops
& more candy!!!!
Games not shown:
Tandem Planet jump
I
affixed colored, cut planet printouts to foil stars, swapping Pluto with
the
planet g & had the children two-legged jump from planet to planet.
Again,
this easy game went over so well, the children lined up two & three
times
to do it!
Alien hunt
Guess
the number of rubber aliens in the jar
I
just forgot to take out the jar. Oops.
These Area 51 guys:
Photo id
We
didn’t get a chance to hang it, nor the time. Oops.
Completion!!!
Checklist
Favor
Giant
robot eraser
Foam
space shuttle glider
Certificate
of completion
I am pretty sure everyone had a great time!!! We
sure did!!!
And wow,
Gabriel received the most throughtful gifts. What an amazing birthday!!!
Thank you all for looking!!!
<3 Lishie
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