After we had our twins party in July I had to move my brain onto Lilly and James' party. I know most people would think I am crazy but I love to have fun themed birthdays for the kids. So I started trying to think of ideas that would work for both James and Lilly. I really wanted to have something girly for Lilly but I wanted James to have a good time too. I finally ended up with Never land. We mixed parts of the Disney fairies with Peter Pan and Jake and the Neverland pirates and came up with a great day for the kids.
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| Lilly all dressed as Tinkerbell and wielding her sword |
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| James loved is Peter Pan hat. |
For starters there was a dress like a pirate or a pixie station for the kids to get into the mood. For the boys we had pirate bandanas, eye patches and spy glasses. For the girls we had fairy wings and magic wands. To be honest a bunch of the boys wanted wings so we just let them. I had plenty of extras so it didn't really mater who took what. So we let the little guys run around in their fairy wings.
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| My twins putting their wings together like Tinkerbell and her sister to see if they glowed. |
We had one art project inside the house. We were making fairy jars. I found the idea off of
curbly.com and thought that even the little kids would have fun painting the jars. I knew that they would not turn out perfect but they would sure be fun to look at in the dark.
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| Pretty simple set up for a craft |
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| James painting his jar beautifully! |
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The rest of the party activities were outside. I knew we were supposed to have nice weather so I wasn't too worried about everything being outside. Plus all the kids love to play so we might as well just go outside. My general idea was to have different areas of neverland set up in out front yards. Luckily we have our parents house right next door so make a bigger play space. Since we fenced our yards in together during the summer it was perfect.
The first neverland set up was pirates cove. My cousin made some fun signs for our areas. We had a simple captain hook ring toss and a stack of foam pirate swords. They were meant for when Captain hook came out but of course the boys found them right away and were sword fighting long before the guest of honor came.
When captain hook came he fought the kids and then handed out pirate treasure to the kids who wanted some. We had a treasure chest full of little trinkets like rings, necklaces and gold doubloons. After all the fighting was done Captain hook sat down for some pictures. Captain hook was played by my father. I can't believe he even shaved his beard to look more like captain hook. That is a dedicated grandpa right there. He hasn't shaved his beard since I was 8. It was awesome. James was thrilled that captain hook came to his party, which really was the best part.
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| The birthday girl and Captain Hook |
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| Peter pan and Captain Hook Epic battle in shadows |
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| Captain hook handing out prizes |
Our second area was Tiger Lilly's village. We had a teepee set up and a small craft project. The kids had a wooden necklace that they could decorate however they wanted. We had directions for picking Never Never Land Indian name. The kids picked an activity and their favorite animal. If I remember correctly Nicholas was Playful elephant. They had a lot of fun playing in their teepee and stringing beads on their necklaces.
The last area was pretty simple. We had a bubble station for mermaid lagoon. Who doesn't love to play with bubbles?
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| This is Lilly's bubble face. She makes it anytime someone is blowing bubbles. |
It of course wouldn't be a birthday party without some cake. I
tried to make a cake that looked like never land and had things on it
for Lilly and James. (Boy girl parties are not as easy as I had hoped)
So here it is along with pictures of my little cake monsters enjoying
their moment.
What a fantastic day. Now on to Thanksgiving and christmas parties.
