A Rockstar Birthday Party

Here are some photos

from Charles' Rockstar Birthday Party:

We used the ticket invitations.

I had them printed at Costco on 4x6 sized photo paper and cut them out.

I set up a table with bandanas, sunglasses, and t-shirts (to decorate).

I also cut out cardboard guitars for them to color.

We also had lots of tattoos to apply!

The goodie bags...

Microphone cupcakes

With these, I baked the cupcakes in the cones

(unlike these ones).

They weren't as cute as the others, but were close enough!

There was a lot of junk food!

Some fun games...

including pin the sunglasses on the rockstar!

A very happy birthday-boy!

A crazy big sister...

who provided much entertainment!

The birthday-boy enjoying one of his gifts.

Overall, I think everyone had fun...

and Charles had a blast

(which is what's most important)!

Pin the Sunglasses on the Rockstar

We saw a game idea of "Pin the Sunglasses on the Rockstar" and thought it would be fun to play at Charles' birthday party.

Unfortunately, the only posters at Walmart were of Justin Bieber or the guy from Twilight (Ramona and Sienna would have been okay with those, but not Charles!)...

So we were forced to make our own rockstar poster.

I found a graphic of a rockstar online and stuck Charles' face on it!

I enlarged it, cut it out, and glued it to a piece of white poster board.

I will use the sunglasses shape (shown below) to cut out a bunch of glasses out of black construction paper or card stock.

Silly Sienna trying on the sunglasses;)

This game was really easy to make, and I'm sure a similar one can be made for almost any party theme.

And Yet Another Version...

I decided to redo the invitations for my son's birthday party...again:) I really liked the ticket idea, but wanted to simplify them. Here is the newest version. I think this version is more fun and appropriate for his age.

Go here and here to see the other versions.

Rock Star Party Invitations

So...

I've been looking for Rock Star party ideas...

And I noticed that a lot of people did fake concert ticket invites.

I thought it was such a fun idea...

that I re-did the invites!

Here is what I came up with

(V.I.P. access of course!):

I also found this cute idea for microphone cupcakes!

Hope that I can talk Charles into doing this for his party!

image from http://www.parenting.com

Happy New Year!

2010 was probably the worst year ever for me...

so...

Here's hoping for 2011 to be the best

(or at least better, which won't be hard)!

I already know one fun thing that will happen this year.

My baby boy, Charles, is turning 7,

and it's his turn for a party!

I decided that having a big birthday party

for all three kids every year is too much

(at least right now).

So, the kids and I agreed that each year they will take turns

on who gets the big party.

Last year, Ramona had her big 8th birthday tea party...

This year, it is Charles' turn!

He has been thinking of themes for a while

and finally decided on a Rockstar party!

Here is the invitation that we started working on today:

We will cut them out

and attach the guitar pick with some string or twine.

The party isn't until March,

but we couldn't wait to get started on the invitations!

I will post more about the party when it gets closer:)

If anyone has any fun Rockstar party game ideas,

feel free to share!

Here's hoping for a wonderful 2011 for everyone!

Hey...I just noticed that Charles is turning 7 in 2011...

Which makes for a lucky combo of numbers: 7 and 11!

Super Awesome!