Ghost Buster Birthday Party

We celebrated my son's 6th birthday last July

 and I completely forgot to post it, I blame it on pregnancy brain! 

Anyway during the summer Mason was really into the Ghost Buster movie, so I wasn't too surprised when the idea came up. He thinks that it is just hilarious! So we watched the movie again to get some ideas for the party. 

Here is a peak at the invite...

There is one part in the movie where Slimer pops out of a hot dog cart with a mouth full of hot dogs, the instant I saw that I knew what we were going to be serving...

A local party/event rental store had a hot dog cart! SO PERFECT!

But is just wouldn't be complete without Slimer!

Slime Dogs!

I filled one of the ketchup bottles with green ketchup (aka: slime). Some of the kids loved it, others thought it was gross!

And you can't have a party without a dessert table anymore, so I did a pretty simple one because I wasn't feeling the greatest around the time of the party. 

Slimed ghost cake and cupcakes 

Chocolate covered oreos to match the color scheme

Marshmallow Pops

Slime jello

and ghost cake pops

 

I made silly little faces on each one just for fun :)

We also had some Ectoplasm to drink for those brave few...

I came up with a few activities that tied into the movie for the kids...

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The kids built little Marshmallow Men out of toothpicks, various marshmallow sizes and colored them with edible ink markers.

Mason's Mallow Man!

Next was slime!

The kids loved this one! It doubled as an activity and a party favor. They got to make and color their own slime using a few ingredients. Then we put their slime in a little container with a logo to take home  later.

Favor table

Ghost trap favor boxes filled with sour gummy candies

Proton Silly String Streams

I also made proton packs for all the kids out of gift boxes and other various items. These were the biggest hit of the party!

The proton cans attached to the triggers on the proton packs so the kids could pull the trigger and out shoot the beams.

All the kids suited up and going Bustin'

Around the corner at the park lurked....

the MARSHMALLOW MAN!!! 

It was SO SO SO fun to watch the kids just attack! Silly string was shooting everywhere!

 I think they got him alright!

Well that wraps up the party for the most part. Alot of decorations and ideas were simplified or completely left out because I was just icky, but it turned out fine and all the kids had a blast! But I have to give a HUGE thanks to Jenny of Bloom Designs for all her fabulous custom work on all the party signs and labels! She was so great to work with and her details were amazing!  I hope you enjoyed a peak into Mason's 6th birthday party!

Vendors/Credits:

Party Styling and photographs: Sweeten Your Day Events

Cake, cupcakes and toppers, treats and cake pops: Sweeten Your Day

Hot Dog cart sign, activity signs, silly string can labels, invites, and cake pop tags: Bloom Designs

Hot Dog Cart Rental: Diamond Rental

Ghost Trap favor box FREE printable: CyberDrone 

Ghostbuster costume, adult Marshmallow Man costume, and Slimer: Celebrate Express

Chocolate covered Oreos: Sweeties by Kim

Ectoplasm punch recipe: Recipe.com

Brave themed birthday party

Ever since my little girl saw the movie BRAVE, she has been in love with Merida! So it was no surprise what kind of birthday she wanted this year... It was such a fun movie and I was super excited to make it into a party. There are alot of ideas on pinterest that helped spark some thoughts as well!

For the party there were little Will-o-the-wisps leading to a castle entrance into our backyard.

To create the Wisps I used blue cellophane, twist ties, and a wood skewer to hold them in place.

For the activities I based them off of Disney's Highland Games at Epcot for the launch of the Brave movie.

When guests arrived they spun a wheel to see what family they would represent for the games.

I recreated a wheel by covering a cardboard game spinner with pennants I made using good old photoshop.

Once the kids spun the wheel they got a sash and a button with that clan's symbol.

I printed this poster of all the characters to hang by the wheel.

Clan Dingwall

Clan DunBroch - Avery just turned the wheel to Merida :)

Here where each of the buttons and sashes I made for each clan.

The first activity was archery...

I created a target with a fabric back drop, the arrows could shoot through the center so the kids knew when they hit the bullseye. 

For the next activity I combined Disney's Haggis Flip and Cake Toss games. 

The haggis was made by filling nylons with beans.

For this game we got a board from the hardware store and my sweet hubby cut out the holes. I sketched and painted the triplets on the board and added vinyl names and scores.

Last was the Caber Toss

We used some old cardboard pillars left over from my son's pirate birthday party last year that worked great. They were light enough for the kids to toss but tall enough to make it a challenge.

After the games we all headed inside for some treats...

My sister inlaw works at a movie theater and just happened across these adorable triplet props from the movie just a few days before the party! SWEET! Just LOVE them, they were absolutely perfect for the dessert table!  

 

We stacked the treats on various heights of tree rounds and added greenery to keep with the whole Scottish forest feel from the movie.

 Arrow cupcakes

  Bear Claw Brownies

Celtic Knot Cookies

Cotton Candy Wisps

Scottish Sweet Buns

 

...the triplets absolute favorite!

For drinks we served Witches Magical Mystery Brew

After the refreshments the kids headed over to The Crafty Carver to make bear claw necklaces.

 
The triplet bear cubs were just too cute :)

   Well that is all of it! Thank you for checking out our Brave themed birthday party and sticking through all the pictures! The movie is so cute and we had so much fun playing and recreating some the elements from it! I hope this helps inspire any of you for your own BRAVE celebration.

Vendors:

Party Design and Photographs: Sweeten Your Day Events

Merida Costume and Stuffed Bear Cub Triplets: Disney Store

Bear Claw Necklace Kits: Corps of Re-Discovery

PVC Pipe Bows and Arrows: Backwoods Toys

Castle Corrugated Paper and Cardboard Pillars: Shindigz

Spinner: Oriental Trading

Brave Poster Download: Disney

Recipes:

Celtic Knot Cookies: Sprinkle Bakes - 

I couldn't find all the ingredients for that particular recipe, so I just used a sugar cookie one and it worked out great!
Bear Claw Brownies: Spoonful

Scottish Sweet Buns: C'est Maman Qui L'a Fait - 

English download for the recipe is at the bottom of the post

Witches Magical Mystery Brew: My Recipes