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Every year we let the kids pick a theme for their birthday party. This is something they help plan and LOVE to do. They usually start planning their party for the next year a month after their birthday! Too funny. Well this year Preston was NO different. He wanted a Wimpy Kid party. I figured by the time his birthday came around he'd change his mind. Nope. Not.A.Chance. I was beginning to fret about how in the world I would pull off a Diary of a Wimpy kid party. Doug and I made the invites:
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We ended up setting up an outdoor movie theater in the backyard. Yes I said, backyard. Usually we have the kids' parties at the park because so many kids want to come and DO end up coming. Doug reassured me that the party would be easier if we just did it at our house. So I eventually gave in and said yes to the ordeal. Let me tell you, we had over 70 kids show up (yes that is more than he had invites for but his always happens). That many kids is a LOT in our backyard. Oh it was crazy! It was hard to get them all in the backyard to because we had the trampoline set up in the front. Lol.
I only had one game to play. I made 60 shrinky dink bracelets. Some kids didn't get to play (the younger ones and a couple older ones too). I bought really cheap plastic containers and traced (with a Shrapie) the stinky cheese from the book. Then I cut them out and baked them. Instant charms. Added a few beads and that was it. I had 2 special bracelets that had different beads on them. The kids that ended up with those bracelets got a Diary of a Wimpy Kid poster. The kids went NUTS when they found out this was the prize. Too funny. You wore your bracelet and if someone caught you saying cheese you had to give them your bracelets. The person with the most bracelets won a Diary of a Wimpy Kid Movie book, bookmark, and stickers. Again, the kids went crazy!
We served cheese, Nachos, licorice, sodas (an entire Aquafina fridge full), cake, hot chocolate, smores (gotta have the hobo fire right?) and popcorn. Melanie let us use her popcorn machine again (Yay!). The party was a hit! Preston is a great kid with lots of fun friends. Thank you all for coming!