Kid Two is turning 7 on Sunday and requested a Minecraft party. I'd prefer a swim party. I mean, we are in Arizona and Grandma lives just down the street and has a great pool. But alas, he had his heart set on Minecraft.
Since I know nothing about Minecraft, it was Pinterest to the rescue. That, and asking Kid One & Two questions about the games they've really only been playing a week or two.
Decorations
I kept it simple. Black and green streamers and balloons, black table cloth, green plates, and traditional birthday banners.
Craft
I modified a creeper shirt idea I found here.
Supplies:
-Green Shirt
-Cardboard
-Spray Paint
I bought green shirts from Dollar Tree for each of the boys. (A quick tip about Dollar Tree shirts; watch out for holes.) I cut a stencil of a Creeper face out of a piece of cardboard. When the boys came for the party, they chose a shirt (there were a few different shades of green), laid it on the grass, placed the stencil over it, and sprayed it with flat black spray paint ($1 at Walmart). They then out the shirt in the back of a chair to dry. The spray paint dries very quickly. We made Kid Two's shirt the day before and washed it to check the results. The excess spray from the paint washed off leaving a clear creeper face.
Games
I wanted to play water games so we could be outside. From what I understand about Minecraft, you can do pretty much anything and tie it back to the game
Dynamite Toss-We did a water balloon toss but said the water balloons were dynamite since that is in the game.
Fill the Creeper Trap Relay: I guess, in Minecraft, Creepers can be trapped in water. We used bowls and played a game I found here. Basically, you have two teams. The team members stand in a single file line. The first person scoops up some water from a bucket (or in our case, a kiddie pool) they then bring the bowl over their head and dump it behind their back. The next person in line has to catch the water in their bowl, then pass it in the same manner to the next person in line. The last person in line dumps whatever water got to them into a bucket at the end. Whichever team has more water in their bucket at the end wins.
Mining Gems: I found mining games like this one here, but thought I would change it up to make it a little more messy and fun. Instead of mining through dirt, I had them use their hands to search for white stones through shaving cream. Each plate of shaving cream concealed 10 stones. The first boy to find all 10 stones won the game.
Cake
I used 2 square pans to bake chocolate cake. Make sure to oil and flour the pans well so the cake is easily removed. I then made a double layered cake with green frosting, but I didn't cover the bottom. The green frosting on the top and the brown cake on the bottom apparently looks like a Grass Block from the game. We did spell out his name with chocolate chips on the top, which didn't look too great.
Party Favors
We made up little bags with thank you cards we found here, chocolate rocks (which look like real rocks), smarties, and suckers. We gave them to the boys as they left. I love taking care of thank you cards right away.
So his party was very lightly Minecraft themed, but enough that he enjoyed it. Do you do theme parties for your kids?
