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| I'm THREE! |
This year’s theme was a no-brainer for us. Mr E has always loved Despicable Me 2, and
after his minion cupcakes last year, has been asking for a minion birthday party
since.
I really don’t know what it is about this time of year, but
it feels like his birthday comes from nowhere.
Lacking free weekends and with only a week to go, I had to pull the
party together! My lunch times were
spent raiding the dollar and local party shop for anything yellow and blue or could be
turned into a minion. And there wasn’t
much sleep in the lead up… yawn… Zzzz.
Whaaat? Oh! Still writing here… Whew!
I sure am glad it’s over… for another whole year. {Eloise will skip a 6th birthday
celebration as we will be at The Happiest Place on Earth instead}
Good v Evil
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| Purple "Evil" minion and Yellow "Good" minion |
I found
these hats on a Girls’ Day Out at The Rocks Markets. Unfortunately they didn’t stay on their heads
for very long. Eden’s shirt “Big Trouble
in a Little Shirt” was on clearance for $3 {and so the minion personality}
Gru’s Lair
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| Party Rules according to Gru {my design} |
As I said previously, decorating was inexpensive thanks to a good dollar store; $1 for streamers, $4 for a bag of 25 balloons, and $2.50 for a yellow lantern. The most expensive item was a minion tablecloth and banner for $9 each.
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| I found free minion goggle printables to create these minions |
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| BA- NA-NA (My minion) |
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| I placed a few minion friends (thanks McDonald's) around the house too. |
Salsa &
Salsa
The menu was
inspired by El Macho’s restaurant from the movie. Luckily Mr E’s favourite dinners are also
Taco Tuesday/ Thursday (depending on which day we have it but not both. That’s overkill). Mr H was excited to finally have his taco bar
at a birthday party. It was surprisingly
easy and tasty too.
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| The menu |
We Like to
Party
The minions
love to play games! We played Pass the
Parcel and had the most awesome piñata ever.
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| Pass the Parcel Each layer contained a lollipop and minion goodie (sticker sheet, paper goggles or party blower) The grand prize was real minion goggles! |
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| Minion Jaiden showing off his goggles |
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| Seriously, how cute is this piñata? |
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| Get it Eden! |
They also
had some play time in and outdoors.
Unfortunately it was cold, but fortunately the rain held out on us and
it only sprinkled lightly.
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| Jumping castle! |
Cake
He’s not
perfect but Mr E knew exactly who he was and that’s all that matters,
right? I spent most of Friday baking the
layers and Saturday, my aim was to decorate however I didn’t get to it until
about 9:30pm (post- The White Album concert and a few cocktails). 2 hours later and he was done. And less than 24 hours later, he was
devoured!
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| Make a wish! |
Unfortunately there are no photos of us as a family due to Eden deciding "no more photos" and putting his arm over his face. As soon as the camera was put away "Na-na-na-na! You couldn't get me!" Sigh.
You’re One
in a Minion!
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| WHAAT? The party's over? |
Our guests
took home a little minion “surprise” (Despicable Me 2 character figurine), a
Lipstick Taser (coconut, mango, banana and vanilla- flavoured chapstick), Freeze Ray (water squiter), a minion tattoo and
sweets. Again, inexpensive thanks to a clearance at Toysrus, buying out the $1 bins at Kmart, and of course, chocolate in bulk at Costco.
At the end
of the day, we asked Eden if he enjoyed his party. His reply “it was awesome!” That means we can call it a success!
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| Thanks for coming! |
