Real Party Feature - Angry Birds Star Wars
by Elise Easdown, Managing Director of
What's on 4 Little Ones Australia.
There was never any question as to what my
soon to be five year old son was going to choose as his birthday party theme
this year. He had become Angry Birds and
Star Wars ‘obsessed’ and when the two came together in a marketers dream he was
hooked!
Naturally the first thing we searched
together for was the cake. I had decided
that every second year I would outsource the cake to a cake maker. I find it makes for a much less stressful
lead up to the birthday experience and I was more than happy to have someone
else create the Star Wars/Angry Birds cake as I had no idea where to start. I returned to my trusted cake maker and decorator
here in Brisbane, Mommy Bakes
Brisbane as she had made my daughters Peppa Pig cake last year, which was amazing. You can see that blog here.
I gave Ella from Mommy Bake the basic idea that
we were after a cake that incorporated Angry Birds and Star Wars and that it
was to feed about 25 guests. Ella was excited
about the challenge and I was relieved to hand that part of the party preparation
over to her. The chocolate cake itself was divine with layers of yummy
chocolate frosting.
The invitations were a template I used from
Kids
Party Invites and had the details altered by Joni at MPlusPR which included adding the photo of my son’s face to the template. I then printed these onto photographic paper,
attached a magnet on the back and delivered them in a bright orange envelope,
my son’s favorite colour,
It
wouldn’t be a party without a Light Saber and my clever husband got very crafty
with some coloured pool noodles and black and silver electrical tape. It took about. 1.5 hours to make 15 pool noodle
light sabers but it was well worth the effort.
At the party we had structured games with the light sabers and then the
kids had free play in the playground.
They kept them well entertained for over an hour and were very safe and
durable.
I focused the food around Star Wars themes
such as Vader Veggies, Princess Leia’s pinwhee Buns, Padawan Potatoes etc. They were a great talking point!
I had cute food labels, food toppers and a
banner made from Sweetheart Party
Designs. These added features really helped bring the
theme together. For the party favours I obviously
allowed children take the light sabers home and a little sweet treat of jelly
beans also made by Sweetheart party Designs.
Overall it was a fantastic theme and I’m
looking forward to what next year is going to bring. May the force be with you!
Elise Easdown, mum of two little ones.
