Scout was hyped to have a Star Wars party. So in an effort to keep it simple, we did a “drive-in theater” and showed the movie.
Simple, right?
More like chaotic!
First off — Nonnie got Scout this sweet Star Wars get up.
Scout was so stoked on it, and didn’t take it off the entire night.
Then, in honor of movie theaters everywhere — we stocked the snack bar with movie candy and popcorn.
When the kids all arrived, they all got their own car.
And with a bunch of varieties of duct tape, they decorated it any way they wanted.
Then it was pizza time.
unless you are the birthday boy who has an aversion to kid food.
So then you have bread sticks!
Once everyone was settled, Scout opened some gifts.
Once that part of the party was over, I realized that it was much too light for us to project a movie.
Thank goodness Micah is handy, because he just moved the whole set up into the garage.
But while he was in the process (for about 20 minutes) I had to kill a bit of time.
So Scout handed out his gifts to everyone — blow up light sabers and galaxy wraps (black and white blankets for when it got cold).
Both were a total hit!
But as the party got completely out of control because everyone was attacking each other, I made them get back in their cars and watch the two person Jedi fight-offs.
There were two rules.
1. No hitting each other — only sword to sword.
2. No hitting me!
The kids were loving this stuff, as I tried to buy time.
When Scout was called up, I called his opponent out to be Caden.
I announced to the crowd that Scout probably didn’t have a shot because Cade has a real six pack!
I just wanted everyone to know that Cade was a very fierce competitor that Scout was taking on!
See for yourself!
But Scout took the win.
(Doesn’t every birthday boy?)
In the meantime, teething Dash took a ride on Grandma’s hip.
When the party was finally moved into the garage, we got the movie up and running.
The popcorn was popping….
and the candy was the favorite of everyone. Especially these darling light sabers that Missy brought.
She made me look good, because they were definitely the favorite candy of the night.
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I’ll admit that I had visions of this party going much smoother. It isn’t like it wasn’t successful. In fact, I think it was a huge success. But the success came from 13 renegade running around and attacking each other with their light sabers. I had to herd them back to their cars to watch the movie about four times. Not that I cared that they weren’t watching the movie, but with all of that sugar and no parents around — they were WILD! So after about 10 minutes of fighting, I would send them back. And it happened over and over again. Oh well. All I know is that Scout thought it was the greatest time ever. And quite honestly, wasn’t that what I wanted?!
You bet.
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At the very end of the night, I think Chloe was the culprit of getting into the duct tape and decorating Icka.
It was all fun and games until that pretty little outfit had to be ripped off!
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Although the party was a little humiliating when it comes to my original idea — I had three boys come up to me the next day at church and say it was the funnest party they have been to. So on that note — maybe I will keep my party planning up.
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