And then, after all the Halloween and the Thanksgiving and Christmas and Hannukah and New Year's, it was time to throw a birthday party. My darling twins had turned 11. ELEVEN! Happily, I was still able to get them to agree on a party theme. (I know my days are numbered for this.)
Happily, there were lots of ideas on Pinterest for me to use (my board is here). I started with these cute DIY Pokeballs. They turned out well and were a big hit, but they did NOT take 10 minutes, as promised.
For prizes, I got this huge lot of 144 Pokemon figures, these Pokemon bracelets, and some packs of cards that kids could draw from a bag.
Next up were Pokeball cupcakes,Pikachu pops (the kids helped with those), and other snacks.
Then it was time to decorate. I found the printable birthday banner here. The kids added some homemade artwork, which was a cute touch.
Once our guests arrived (18 of them! in our tiny house on a rainy day! ack!), we started playing some games. First up, a Pokemon Race to see whose floating Pokemon could cross the finish line first.
Then, it was time for a neat STEM activity to Hatch Your Own Pokemon Egg.
We also played Pass the Pokemon (this year's Hot Potato, thanks to a stuffed Drillbur).
Happy birthday, my sweeties. May this be the year that you catch them all.
Love, Mommy
Happily, there were lots of ideas on Pinterest for me to use (my board is here). I started with these cute DIY Pokeballs. They turned out well and were a big hit, but they did NOT take 10 minutes, as promised.
For prizes, I got this huge lot of 144 Pokemon figures, these Pokemon bracelets, and some packs of cards that kids could draw from a bag.
Next up were Pokeball cupcakes,Pikachu pops (the kids helped with those), and other snacks.
Then it was time to decorate. I found the printable birthday banner here. The kids added some homemade artwork, which was a cute touch.
Once our guests arrived (18 of them! in our tiny house on a rainy day! ack!), we started playing some games. First up, a Pokemon Race to see whose floating Pokemon could cross the finish line first.
Then, it was time for a neat STEM activity to Hatch Your Own Pokemon Egg.
We also played Pass the Pokemon (this year's Hot Potato, thanks to a stuffed Drillbur).
Time for cupcakes and birthday singing!
Sadly, we never got to use these very cute Pokemon Bingo cards. I also had Pokemon Billiards at the ready, but we honestly didn't have the space, and by this time the kids were all hopped up on cupcakes and were having Nerf battles and a snowball fight, not to mention all the Pokemon trading. And Beanboozled -- what a game that was. (I regret trying to be one of the cool kids.)
Happy birthday, my sweeties. May this be the year that you catch them all.
Love, Mommy
