So, one of the crazy things that happened in the last year was Max’s 4th birthday party. I figured it was about time that I threw the kid a birthday party now that we were in an actual house that could hold more than 6 people at a time and he would remember it.
Max was, and is still, obsessed with Robots. I would like to blame The Backyardigans along with Star Wars and the Daleks for this craze of his.
So how does one plan and create a robot birthday party? You troll the internet for ideas that you can
The list started out huge, of course. I had this fantasy that I was going to hang fabric – something sparkly and shiny and cover the table and floors in textured shiny vinyl…but Reality left a voicemail and said NOOOOOO!
So I contained myself with nice, simple decorations:
Thanks to 2 fabulous webpages Wendolonia and The Hostess Blog, I was able to create an invitation for the party and decorations.
(I am so grateful to those who are for craftier than I when it comes to the computer and Photoshop.)
There were lots of snacks and a robot birthday cake.
Betty Crocker has a “pattern” and video on how to cut and decorate your sheet cake into a tasty robot cake. It was a bit rough. I am sooooo much better with fabric than I am with cake. But Max loved it and that is all that matters.
BTW – Did you know that there is spray paint for your baked goods? Silver Spray paint to boot! (Where does that expression come from anyway?)
5 comments:
Macduff uses it in IV.3, but it doesn't give insight into the origin. (http://shakespeare.mit.edu/macbeth/macbeth.4.3.html) Must be older than Shakespeare?
Great looking party! :) Here's you're "to boot" info ... http://www.word-detective.com/091400.html
new webpage to stalk! thank you Alice!
I should not be surprised that it was in McB - considering Shakespeare seemed to have invented half the english language :)
A Star Wars and Doctor Who nerd at age four -- a kid after my own heart!
(Though, as a slightly older nerd, I must point out that the Daleks are not technically robots. There are creatures in those buckets, you know)
This looks cool, Marietta! And you're absolutely right -- if Max loved it, that's all that matters.
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