Make invitations using colored card stock, a one inch hole punch, and 3D foam tape. You can also download these invitation printables. Find them for free here. Put Lego bricks in the bathroom soap dispenser. Hang a Lego party lantern over the festivities. Learn how to make one here. Cover a tissue box with wrapping paper, cut a few holes, and put plastic cups in them. These are terrific for displaying snack foods like pretzels, candy, and more. Brighten things up with super easy Lego bunting. These can be made with card stock and a circle cutter (which is pretty much a must for anyone throwing a Lego party). This one can be ordered for $16.52. Transform snack food containers into Lego-rrific holders for ice, popcorn, and other goodies. The coolest part is that after the party these can be used to store your kid’s Lego bricks. Learn how to make one here. Download a Lego birthday crown template. This printable is on Etsy for $4.
Make utensil holders out of Lego bricks. A black marker is all you need to make dollar store bought yellow cups Lego themed. You can make your straws Lego themed, too. Download the free printable. Instead of turning off the TV, put on a Lego movie. Netflix has many Lego movies available to stream. Color garage sale frames and use them to display Lego images. The blue frame above is displaying the original patent for Lego, which can be downloaded here for free. Use cardboard to make a Lego photo booth. Set up a “Decorate A Mini-Figure” station. Craft a Lego piñata and fill it with candy AND Lego bricks. Plastic spoons, Tupperware, and Lego bricks are all you need for this fun game. Hide Lego bricks in the backyard and have an Easter Egg-style hunt. Put a Lego twist on a classic birthday party game. Find the free template here. Play beanbag toss Lego style. Learn about this game and others here. Construct a Lego marble run to test your guests’ hand-eye coordination.
Want a two part activity kids will love? Start by handing out “Build Your Own Race Car” kits. You can buy the materials for 10 Lego cars on Ebay for $39.99. Once your guests have built their cars, take them into the backyard (or another room) to race! Cover juice boxes so they look like Lego bricks. Find the template here. You can even make water bottles exciting with personalized labels. Personalize and download a template on Etsy for $5. Give cheese and crackers the Lego treatment. Make everything awesome with Lego sandwiches. Review the recipe for these peanut butter and honey Lego sandwiches. Lego pizza is delicious and super easy to make. Serve Lego shaped ice cubes. You can buy these cool trays on Etsy for $8. Blow your guests’ minds with adorable Lego cake pops. To find the recipe click here and scroll down. You can make Lego men cake pops, too. Find the recipe here. While some contend birthday cake is best, it’s hard to imagine anyone complaining about these Lego cupcakes.
You CAN make a really impressive cake with these molds, though. Find them here on Amazon for $33. Put the perfect candles atop whatever you serve. Buy these for $9.50. Lastly, send your guests home with these Lego themed goodie bags. Use your circle maker to cut the circles, then affix them to colorful bags, which can be bought in a pack of thirteen here for $7.99.Lego Crayons DiyKids CrayonsUpcycle CrayonsBroken CrayonsLego Crayon MoldReusing CrayonsMold CrayonsCrayons GiftCrayons RecycledForwardUpcycle your old and broken crayons! This is such a fun way to re-use worn down old crayons that kids don't want to color with anymore. Forgot your username or email? Related to lego party favors32 Kids’ Goodie Bags That Are Actually Good7 February, 2014 For better or worse, goodie bags are a birthday party staple that seems to be here to stay. That doesn’t mean you have to load up your kid’s friends with plastic junk, though. Here are 32 fantastic suggestions for goodie bags that aren’t stuffed with little plastic toys from Oriental Trading Company or tons of candy.
Read on for ideas from GeekMom and our readers who shared their wisdom in our original post about goody bag alternatives. One year I used boxes of Crayola crayons as balloon weights! Each kid got to take home a weighted balloon and a dollar-store coloring book. For my daughter’s last birthday, we did a sundae bar and bought dollar store sundae glasses for each child. One of her friends had a screen printing party and the kids had to bring their own shirts and pillow cases. Last summer I found very nice $2 boxes of sidewalk chalk at Target and ribbon tied a sheet of .50 stickers and voila! A useful and fun outdoor project! Custom coloring books made from clipart to go with the theme of the party (magical creatures, dinosaurs, pirates). Painting cheap tiles with ceramic paints. Customized sets of Yu-Gi-Oh cards made to feature the kids attending the party (using a free online template). I picked up a number of interesting items over several months (books, folding fans, decks of card, refrigerator magnets, etc.)
The kids each got a bag containing two random items, with the instruction to swap until they had something they liked. This was incredibly entertaining for both the middle school aged party attendees and all of the adults in attendance. We also do crayons that I pick up at school supply time for super cheap. As a kid who loved to draw (and eventual artist), I have always loved crayons and always see a use for them in our house. Last year, my 4 year old had a Spider-Man birthday so I raided Oshkosh of their $5 T-shirts for boys and girls picked one our for each attendee (plus a few extras). I tied them each to a very long string of yarn with their name on the end and hid them throughout the yard. With the strings all tangled up, it looked like a spider’s web. Flower pots paired with seeds or a small seed kit can create a party favor that lasts months after the birthday party. You can even add a few items related to the party theme, and paint and personalize the pot if you have the time.
For a favor a little over $2, you can dress up watercolors with a ribbon and stickers or a printed label. Large bubble wands are also cost-effective and easy to decorate with a party theme — and can double as entertainment as an outdoor birthday party winds down. Tea cups for a tea party – decorate them. Chocolate coins and a “real” money pouch for pirate party (for a treasure hunt during party). At my son’s third birthday it was a Thomas party at a train store. The goodie was a wooden train they painted. For my older kid who turned 8, we did T-shirts that they decorated with fabric markers. For his 4th birthday, it was jungle theme. So, hubby and I made safari belts with pockets that contained magnifying glasses, cheap compasses, and some plastic pretend camping things. For his 5th birthday, we had a space party. With only 5 kids invited, we made a bit more effort and created rocket jet packs out of postal tubes. Inside we put glow sticks and glow stars for your bedroom walls.
I am going to let the kids decorate their own crowns and take those home as party favors. For my daughter’s upcoming birthday (fairies and kings theme), the kids will make terrariums (fairy gardens) in glass jars. I also made a simple cloak with faux velvet for each of the boys coming and bought fairy wings for each of the girls. We did a scavenger hunt for the items that went in the goodie bag. We made the kids run all over the park to find the objects like small frisbies, a bubble wand, small balls and a couple of candy stops. It was fun and they got some exercise. We buy $5 Amazon gift cards to give to folks, suggesting that they purchase 5 songs. My favorite that we have done is kites! We got a bunch on clearance at Target the year before. I’m sewing the loot bags so they can be reused, and putting things in them like pieces of amethyst. I got a good deal on a bulk pile of Audubon Jr. Nature Guide type books for around 50 cents apiece. My eldest chose Wonder Woman for her 7th birthday party theme.
It was the same thing I had chosen for my 7th birthday. Instead of goodie bags, I went to Michael’s and got blank T-shirts in blue ($2.50 each) and then printed out a Wonder Woman as Rosie the Riveter saying “Girl Power” image and ironed them on the T’s. The T-shirts then became the “thank you gift.” – Natali The past few years we have done a pool party and as each kid arrives, they get a pool toy as a favor. I can usually get rings or diving toys for 3/$1 in the dollar aisle in Target. What we’ve done for my children’s parties is create thank you notes ahead of time — something like “Thanks for coming to my party! Hope you had a good time!” or something. The kids have a blast decorating these with stamps and stickers, etc. Then we attach those to a little Lego set, a mini-fig or a small book. (Once, when my daughter was 3, we just attached them to balloons! Seemed a little cheesy but the kids LOVED it.) When all of the party guests were fifth grade Webelos Cub Scouts, ready to move to Boy Scouts, everyone got a real (but low end) $4 compass.