A Galactic Party!

Six years ago, a baby boy was born and he was strong with the force. Now he is ready to celebrate his sixth birthday:





and begin his training at the Jedi Training Academy:



Young Padawans are invited to learn the ways of the Jedi alongside Ethan instructed by Obi Wan Jacobi and Princess Sarleah:



Jedi training includes weapon handling:







Force training:




Sensory Exploration:



and Thermal Detonator Detection:



Security of the Jedi Academy will be in full force:



For their efforts in learning the Jedi ways, young Padawans will be given a variety of nourishment including (but not limited to), WOOKIE COOKIES, SKYWALKER SALSA, OBI WAN KABOBS, PIZZA THE HUTT, YODA SODA, AND GALACTIC PARTY PUNCH:







Birthday cake will be enjoyed by all:





and gift giving will be appreciated:











After these young Padawans master the ways of the Jedi, their final mission will be to destroy the Death Star in hopes of freeing the Galactic Empire from the evil Emperor:







Young Padawans...MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!

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We celebrated Ethan's 6th birthday party with an all out Star Wars Blast! The kids had a lot of fun and I learned that having 3 girls and ONE boy is a perfect combination. The invitations I made were amazing! I got so many compliments on them and it's great because they turned out to be cheaper than just buying them from the store!



I haven't been in my creative mood for a very long time so preparing for the party was rather difficult. I put off everything until the very last minute, but was able to get it all done just in the nick of time!

I made these awesome pool noodle light sabers, they probably cost me about $1 each to make (if that). With all the "Jedi training" going on in the house, it was best that they were kid friendly. No one cried after training...so that's good. I found instructions on how to make these online. It's really simple. 1 pool noodle cut in half (makes two sabers), black duck tape, silver duck tape. You can actually find shiny silver duck take at Walmart. I used the duck tape to create a "handle" on the pool noodle and VOILA! A kid safe light saber...I wish it were safe around fragile nativities though...I lost Joseph during a battle...*sigh*

I made the death star pinata too. I would have paid for one if I could have found one online, but alas, I only found instructions on how to make one. I hadn't paper mache'd since elementary school. It was rather easy, but very messy and VERY time consuming. It turned out ok. I'm not the best artist around, but for something that was going to be destroyed in a matter of minutes, I think it worked out just fine. I wasn't sure how sturdy it would be so I made all the kids hit it with the foam light sabers first. Then I gave Ethan the whiffel ball bat and he took that sucker down! I learned that one should make individual baggies for each kid when filling a pinata so that everyone will get their fair share of loot. It worked out real well!

Pizza from Little Ceasers cost me $40 and I stored about a whole one in my fridge after the party, and the rest of the food probably cost me about $15...Not too bad in that department. Unfortunately, when I get an idea that I really like, I usually figure out a way to do it and I thought that it would be really cool to get each boy a Star Wars T-shirt for their gift bags. That is where I spent the fortune...let's just say they were $7 plus tax a piece and we had 8 kids here...you do the math.



All in all, it was a rather simple party, just loud and crazy. Ethan had a blast and couldn't wait to get into all those awesome gifts he received! I can't believe my baby boy is almost 6 years old!!! I remember ordering food at Del Taco, 39 weeks pregnant with him, and my water breaking in the middle of ordering french fries! Seems like only yesterday...how time flies!