L’s eight birthday party has been the cause of much discussion in this house lately. He is the only one of my four children to have a summer birthday and rather than go and party in a sweaty playbarn or hall, we do try and have a party at home, in the garden and pray that it doesn’t rain. I wrote a post earlier in the year about my horror at the amount of money that people spend on children’s parties and I have found that a smaller party at home really helps to keep costs down as well as being more enjoyable. Last year we had an Olympic themed party and it was amazing, so this year had a lot to live up to. L and I had a fair few conversations about the theme and the recurring theme was Lego. Now we quite literally have a house full of Lego, so I did some research on Pinterest and gathered some ideas and Lego it was.
I was lucky to have been approached by the lovely people at Delights after I wrote my party post about doing a review of their themed party supplies and it turns out that they have a brilliant range of Lego City products and they sent us a box full to review.
- table cloth
- paper plates
- paper cups
- napkins
- party bags
- invitations
- pencils
- stickers
- ‘Put the shark in the water’ game
- Jumbo Letter Banner Kit
However, the star of the day was the game – Put the shark in the water which was a huge hit. Basically this is a poster of a Lego City scene and it comes with eight numbered stickers and a Lego man blindfold and the winner is the person who puts the shark on the right part of the poster. I pinned the posters to the shed and the children had great fun trying to put their sharks in the right place. It was my lovely son who managed to miss the poster altogether and place his sticker on the wrong wall!
Delights have the most incredible range of themed party ware and if you are having a party I would definitely recommend that you take a look at their website.
Games
Apart from Put the shark in the water, we had a range of Lego games and they went really well and if the kids needed a break, they were told to sit and build a Lego model for a few minutes and it was lovely to watch them all building away and chatting to each other.
We had the fantastic Lego and Spoon Race where the children raced from one end of the garden to the other balancing a piece of Lego on a large spoon.
The amazing Lego Straw Race – which was one of the favourites. Each child was given a straw and a bowl and in between them was a shallow tray of small Lego pieces. The object of the game was to transfer the Lego pieces from the tray to the bowl by only using the straw as quickly as possible. The person who had the most in their bowl after a minute was the winner.
This was a great game, but you do need to check that the straws are narrow and that the Lego pieces can’t go up the straw and choke anyone.
Next up was Lego Toss. I threw this together the night before by folding different coloured pieces of pare in half and then making four different sized circles. I glued the circles onto a piece of card and then gave each ring a score. The object was to throw three pieces of Lego and the person with the highest score wins.
In addition, we had a Lego treasure hunt where I hid lots of Lego characters around the garden and they had to find them. A Lego tower building competition to see who could build the tallest tower in a minute and the always popular Space Hopper Race (not Lego themed but always good fun).
Cake
I tried to make a Lego cake for R a couple of years ago and I iced it with buttercream which really didn’t work so I decided to be brave this year and try sugar paste icing for the first time. I used my 10 inch square tin and made an 8 egg/400g everything else sponge and I used buttercream in the centre and around the outside. I really struggled with the icing and ended up having to put it on in pieces so it came out a little bit scruffy, but it looked like a Lego brick and it tasted good.
Party Bags
Thanks to the party bags, pencils and stickers that I had been sent by Delights, I didn’t have to worry too much about party bags, but I did manage to pick up a Lego brick mould on Amazon for about £4 and I melted some white and milk chocolate and made some chocolate bricks.
I had a roll of cellophane left over from Christmas and so I wrapped four bricks up in a piece of cellophane and fastened it with a piece of curling ribbon and popped one in each party bag.
It was a lovely day and although it took a little bit of organising, I was pleased and everyone went home happy, saying that they had had a good time and L says that it was the best party ever, so that will do for me.
We were sent a box of Lego City party supplies by Delights to use and review at this party but everything else was paid for by us. All opinions and images are our own.
That sounds fab! Some great ideas for games and the little chocolate bricks look brilliant. I always like to match up my theme for birthdays too.
What a brilliant idea! I know we will have a lego themed birthday one day as my 2 year old is already obsessed so I may be pinching some of these ideas!
Wonderful Lego party! The Lego game, party game chocolates, Lego cake, and Lego bags are amazing I must say. I like the games named as Lego straw race and Lego spoon race. As this Halloween I am planning to arrange a themed party for my kids so these games can be a nice idea for fun. Since Halloween party cannot be complete without such fun and exciting games and activities so I will surely add these games in my Halloween party schedule. I hope it will be great fun.