Modern Ninjago 12th Birthday Party

Hey everyone! Today I am sharing a last-minute, modern Ninjago-themed party I threw together for my brother Will's birthday back in August. The Mandolorian party I shared recently was for his party at our grandparents and I was originally just going to reuse those decorations due to great fatigue and not being prepared, but I ended up doing this other theme he also requested on his actual birthday, admittedly the morning of. I am glad I was able to do both parties, but I wish I could have done more. This year was strange where we could not invite people, but we tried to make it special all the same. I made balloon swords for favors (I was just using what I had on hand for everything), I used his Lego figures and my mother's metallic bird for decorations, as well as the same photos and frame from his previous party, I used the same balloons from the Mandolorian party and I made a banner with pens and acrylic paint. My mother made cookie cake and he got to decorate the cake how he wanted. He let me help, too. We (but mostly Will) did a Ninjago-themed cake. 

I hope you enjoyed and that this helps with any last-minute parties (especially Lego) you may throw. Thanks for stopping by!

-Lauryn

"The Mandolorian" 12th Birthday Party Theme

For my brother Will's twelfth birthday party, he wanted a Mandolorian theme. I have done many Star Wars birthday parties before, but since this was kind of a different theme and that was what he asked for, that is the theme I went with. I used a very metallic color scheme with gold and silver as well as browns, black and white. My grandparents got the amazing balloon and cake at our local Ingles. I threw this together the day of using whatever I had on hand along with supplies I picked up at Dollar Tree (the first time I went there since February!). The mini star balloons were from a pack I ordered on Amazon years ago and have used for lots of events since. The other stars (with helium) were from Dollar Tree, as well as the gold balloons and tablecloth. I painted the poster with the Mandolorian symbol and instead of "This is the way", I wrote "This is the 12th birthday." I made the wooden Yoda in a sculpture course, and it was actually a mess-up that I never finished (suffice it to say the weird hat-thing was not supposed to be there and the head is all wrong), but it matched and I wanted to get some use from it. I found an online printable for free Mandolorian cupcake toppers here that I printed onto gold and silver card-stock and made into a banner. I painted and taped on the light-saber handles to the bubble wands. For the other favors, I just stuck glow-sticks and pens with a wood design into Star Wars/Mandolorian packets I made with the same card-stock and drew on with pen. Those favors were from Dollar Tree, too. 

 Thank you for visiting! I look forward to sharing more with you soon! 

-Lauryn