Rylan's 5th Birthday Party - The Details

We had Rylan's fifth birthday party at the house on Saturday (June 20th).  This year Rylan chose Star Wars as his theme.  Luckily that is a pretty easy and fun theme to plan a party around!

INVITATIONS / THANK YOU NOTES

I made both the invitations and thank you notes this year.  I designed the thank you notes so Rylan would have to write some parts of them this year.

DECORATIONS

I put this sign on the front door ...

I always make a banner for birthday parties to match the theme.  This one took a long time with the three layers of pennants but turned out pretty good.

I also did some balloon garland in the screened porch ...

Balloons and streams in the kitchen ...

ACTIVITIES

The main activities were our inflatable waterslide, slip 'n slide, and water guns.

I set up a cornhole board for "Bomb the Death Star" ...

I think the kids' favorite thing was these light sabers I made out of pool noodles ...

They fought the bubbles as well as one another!

Our boys love piñatas so we got a Darth Vadar one ...

FOOD

I had bought some Star Wars cupcakes liners and picks awhile back on clearance and was happy they'd work out for our party this year.

"Obi-wan Kabob-ies":

"Thermal Detonators":

"Ewok Treats":

"Light Sabers":

"Jedi Juice" & "Wookie Water":

Party Favors

The kids all got to take home candy from the piñata, they pool noodle light saber, and a Star Wars Pez dispenser.

We had Darth Vadar, stormtroopers, Yoda, R2D2, C3PO, and Chewbacca to choose from.

I'll post about the actual party soon!