Cameron has never had a friend party, so I felt it was about time. He loves LEGOs, so this party pretty much just planned itself. Well, not really - I DID put a lot of thought and effort into it. I made the LEGO invitations and found the LEGO font online for name tags.
Here was the set-up before the crowd arrived: (Front yard - LEGO pinata and big "Legos")
In the backyard - more big "Legos" and a "Pin-the-Parts-on-the-Lego-Dude" game.
A "Lego" table and favor bags with each of their names on them to keep all of their small parts in one place.
I planned a treasure hunt with clues for each team - red, blue, and yellow. Around the yard I had placed 8 bowls with a colored lego piece for them to find and collect. Once they collected all 8 of their team's pieces, they had to put the pieces together for the final clue to the treasure. This worked out very well, the kids had a blast, even though we were fighting against some pretty ominous, dark coulds. Given how much fun the boys had with this activity, I think I would have done more than 8 clues, but with the storm coming in, it was just the right amount for us.
Here was the set-up before the crowd arrived: (Front yard - LEGO pinata and big "Legos")In the backyard - more big "Legos" and a "Pin-the-Parts-on-the-Lego-Dude" game.A "Lego" table and favor bags with each of their names on them to keep all of their small parts in one place.
I planned a treasure hunt with clues for each team - red, blue, and yellow. Around the yard I had placed 8 bowls with a colored lego piece for them to find and collect. Once they collected all 8 of their team's pieces, they had to put the pieces together for the final clue to the treasure. This worked out very well, the kids had a blast, even though we were fighting against some pretty ominous, dark coulds. Given how much fun the boys had with this activity, I think I would have done more than 8 clues, but with the storm coming in, it was just the right amount for us. The treasures were hidden in the pile of big Legos - Lego Minifigures that we found for $1.00. The boys thought they were super cool as each one is random and you don't know what you'll get.
I had worked for several days on this LEGO pinata. And, I'll tell ya' I was a little bit worried after the first day that it would resemble a potato more than a LEGO brick. But, as it turned out, it resembled a six-eyed Sponge Bob with a unibrow. But, I think the kids got the idea.
Again, we were racing against the clouds and had to hurry the pinata along. Being a homemade pinata it didn't have the structural integrity of the professional ones and broke open pretty easily by the 4th kid. Leon was working the rope and keeping it out of their reach which was probably the only reason it survived as long as it did. Oh well, it needed to be put out of its misery anyway.
After the pinata we had to bring the rest of the party inside as the weather quickly turned CRAZY. We did the "Pin-the-parts-on-the-Lego-dude" which the boys thought was funny.
We brought all of the big Lego blocks inside and had a tower building competition between two teams. It would have been more challenging outside, but they had fun anyway. We had them first build the "tallest" tower they could (had to stand on its own for 5 seconds), then a bridge, then a pyramid. I think they had more fun knocking them down as they did building them.
Okay, so the cake is pretty typical, but what else would you do for a Lego party?
Leon borrowed this spinner from work and we thought it would be fun for them to spin for their party favors. We found a Lego party pack of mini kits for $1.60 per kit - a VERY good deal. We had also purchased some smaller prizes like bouncy balls and squirt guns and I had gone through my house and gathered up all of those small, useless toys that I was happy to get rid of and made a "Prize Box." If they spun the "Bonus" then they got to pick a prize from the box and spin again until they got one of the Legos. I'd have to say this was one of their favorite activities. They could have sat and spun the wheel for two hours if that was all there was to do. 
Oh, I forgot to mention that when the kids were first showing up, we had them guess how many Lego candies were in the jar. The one with the closest guess got to take the whole thing home. That was a crowd pleaser, too.
What a crazy bunch! Happy Lego Birthday, Cameron!
Again, we were racing against the clouds and had to hurry the pinata along. Being a homemade pinata it didn't have the structural integrity of the professional ones and broke open pretty easily by the 4th kid. Leon was working the rope and keeping it out of their reach which was probably the only reason it survived as long as it did. Oh well, it needed to be put out of its misery anyway.
After the pinata we had to bring the rest of the party inside as the weather quickly turned CRAZY. We did the "Pin-the-parts-on-the-Lego-dude" which the boys thought was funny.
We brought all of the big Lego blocks inside and had a tower building competition between two teams. It would have been more challenging outside, but they had fun anyway. We had them first build the "tallest" tower they could (had to stand on its own for 5 seconds), then a bridge, then a pyramid. I think they had more fun knocking them down as they did building them.
Okay, so the cake is pretty typical, but what else would you do for a Lego party?
Leon borrowed this spinner from work and we thought it would be fun for them to spin for their party favors. We found a Lego party pack of mini kits for $1.60 per kit - a VERY good deal. We had also purchased some smaller prizes like bouncy balls and squirt guns and I had gone through my house and gathered up all of those small, useless toys that I was happy to get rid of and made a "Prize Box." If they spun the "Bonus" then they got to pick a prize from the box and spin again until they got one of the Legos. I'd have to say this was one of their favorite activities. They could have sat and spun the wheel for two hours if that was all there was to do. 
Oh, I forgot to mention that when the kids were first showing up, we had them guess how many Lego candies were in the jar. The one with the closest guess got to take the whole thing home. That was a crowd pleaser, too.
What a crazy bunch! Happy Lego Birthday, Cameron!
