Kirby

It's been ages since I've posted anything, and to be honest, I've been exceedingly busy. I've been so wrapped up in getting my oldest son's birthday party set up that I don't really have anything to blog about...unless you want to hear about Kirby.

Well, I'll tell you anyway.
Kirby is a little pink puff ball that is the star of several video games and a cartoon called Kirby Right Back At Ya. My boyos love him. Me? I don't really get it, but I'm old (I've been told by my boyos).

My oldest boyo decided he wanted a Kirby birthday party this year and being the awesome mom that I am, I agreed to it before really looking at what's available and, as it turns out, there's nothing available.

Nothing.

Not a single party item other than a cake topper. Not the cake, just a sheet you lay on top of the cake.

My first thought was "Well, shoot." When I gathered my wits I started scouring the internet for anything I could use. I promptly ordered a cake topper from this wonderful woman. She even personalized it for me. How cool is that?! The cake turned out pretty good.

I didn't find much to work with, but managed to get enough for some games and party gifts along with some decorations.

We did Pin The Mouth On KirbyI should mention here that I am not an artist. At all. So don't judge too harshly.

We played Kirby Trivia.
Yes, that's a homemade game board. I made around fifty question cards, separating them into categories. Each color is a different category.
Here are the game pieces.
I had my boyo pick out his favorite Kirby characters then printed them and laminated them. Using pieces from our Clue Jr. game for stands and the dice, we had our selves a great game!

I found something called Papercraft and, I admit, I kind of went crazy with it. This page and this page are my favorite places to get papercraft. Here are some of the ones I did.
This is King DededeThis is WaddleDoo and WaddleDee. (Who made these names up?)
This is Kirby and Ice Kirby.
I told you I went crazy with it. It is the most frustratingly fun thing I've ever done. Don't knock it until you've tried it at least once.

I think my oldest boyo had a great time yesterday at his party. He got to have his best friend *waves at best friend* and his sister *waves at sister* over for a couple of fun filled hours. I sent the best friend and his sister home with a few party favors. I printed out a Kirby coloring book, printed out some Kirby stickers and made an iron-on trasfer for each of them.

We work hard for our kids to have a couple hours of fun. But we aren't just working hard for that are we? We work hard so our kiddos will have lasting memories of a great childhood. ;)