Star Wars Birthday Party

Posted on May 14, 2012

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away

a baby boy was born. He turned one year older

and wanted to have a Star Wars birthday party!

My son is Star Wars MEGA fan! When brainstorming what theme he wanted to do for his birthday party, he immediately suggested Star Wars. Now I knew NOTHING about Star Wars. Boy did I learn sooooooo much in TWO months!

Darth Vader greeted each guest at the front door:

For the invitations I made Jedi Warrior “tickets”. Funny thing is that as each Jedi entered the training center (our home), they presented their tickets expecting to get them scanned. I thought that was sooo cute!! If only I had a barcode scanner.

As guest entered, they were instructed by this:

We needed a cake. I know how to bake. So I made one from scratch. I was inspired by this post which comes comes from Revenge of the Sith (3rd Star Wars movie). I melted some chocolate chips in the microwave, then spread the mix on a cookie sheet lined with foil and lightly sprayed. Then I placed it in the freezer. To make the lava I used white frosting and added Wilton’s red icing color and a pinch of purple to make the red a bit darker. When the melted chocolate cooled, I then broke the chocolate I had frozen into pieces to look like the land was breaking up in the lava. To place Anakin Skywalker and Obi Wan Kenobi, I added little melted frosting at the bottoms of the characters feet to keep them in place.

I thank Pinterest and my son for helping me with naming all the various food and drink items (for more detail photos view album below):

Thermal Detonators: Malt Balls

Death Star Crunch: Star Crunch Cosmic Snacks

Ewok Food: Nigerian Chin chin

Bantha Milk: blue milk in decanter

Vader Veggies: Veggie Platter from supermarket

Light Sabers: Candied Pretzel sticks wrapped in foil at the bottom

Padme Bars: Brownies Muja Fruit: Apple Dipper packs (from supermarket)

Carbonite Jello: Lime Jello in cups

Leia’s Buns: Honey Buns

Sith Punch: Cherry Kool Aid

Palpatine’s Pizza: pan pizza from Pizza Hut

Yoda Soda: Sprite

CP3Oil: Water bottles that I spray painted gold.

These were my ULTIMATE FAVES!! This was in the main area of the party:

Snack bar in the theater room. This kept all Jedi Warriors in one room. If they needed a snack it was right there for them, so no need to walk about.

I stocked these in the snack bar area of the theater as the kids watch Star Wars on the screen:

If ever an of the Jedi’s drank too much CP3Oil, Sith Punch, or Yoda Soda they knew immediately where to go:

The Jedi’s were assigned various tasks. One task was light saber training where the Jedi’s worked on their blocks and strikes. After some intensive training they proved themselves Jedi masters.

The ULTIMATE task was to save the galaxy. The Death Star was major threat!

(Death Star Pinata made by my sister)

It had to be destroyed or it would destroy us! So one by one each Jedi big and small went after the Death Star with all their might!
(The day of the party it POURED!! So we came with an indoor alternative to save mankind from the Death Star)

(Photo Courtesy M. Queen)

….. we smacked it….. we creamed it….we DESTROYED it!! I tell you all the extensive training really helped.
(Photo Courtesy M. Queen)

Here is the complete album from his party. If you are thinking about doing this theme and would like to use the table tents, wall signs, etc. just let me know and I’ll send you the files.

Star Wars Birthday Party

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Burgers and Fries?

Posted on April 7, 2012

~~A while back~~ Ok ok..Years ago, I saw a hamburger cupcake idea in Woman’s Day magazine while waiting at the checkout counter. I thought “Mmmm that’s soooo cute”. Never did I think that I would actually try it. My son’s birthday was coming up and we came up with making Darth Vader burgers (he loves Star Wars). I thought and thought hard on how to pull this off. ”Ha!,” I thought to myself ”the Woman’s Day mini burgers! I can make the burgers black” (making the burgers black is another story…sigh). It would be my luck that the issue I needed was no longer on shelves anymore. Now I could bake a cake without an issue. Making cupcakes, well this was my FIRST time ever. Since I was making this for his class, I had to be sure I could actually make them.

I made a trial batch and posted on Facebook for feedback. The critics in my household told me where I needed to improve for the finale.

After making the cupcakes, it dawned on me that I had no way of serving this to class. A friend of mine peeped me to Bakerella. It was there that I found the fast food tray template.

I enlisted the help of my sister to help me. Making these for an entire class is a lot of work but, well worth it.

Off, Off and away they went to class with my son for his class birthday party. He and his peers enjoyed the treat.

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Tuesday’s Tresses – Valentine’s Edition

Posted on February 14, 2012

It is so amazing how we can take a canvas and create amazing styles. Today, I am not only featuring my creation for Valentine’s Day but also from various members of Cornrows and Pigtails. All I can say is talent, talent, and some more talent. Not only are we celebrating Valentine’s Day but also Black History Month. We are keeping the traditions of our ancestors each time we braid our daughters hair.

Here is what I created in the name of Love Day

Lady A’s style by her mommy and owner of Hartylin Kids. Lady A wanted to be sure you checked out her beads.

Ms. K is loving her current style!

Mommy of Whitney Pointe Photography went for soft curves.

Ms. T’s daughters sported cornrowed pony’s.

Princess H loved her split style with cornrows, and plaits. The heart was the part.

Big sis K and little sis K really brought it in big. Not only did their mommy create a heart hairstyles for them but they also completed the look with matching outfits.