Minecraft Birthday Party

 Ethan is still obsessed with Minecraft, so, of course, his birthday was themed around Minecraft. First we had to make cookies to pass out at school. Mommy and Addison made creeper cookies that Ethan took to school to share for his birthday. He said they sang Happy Birthday to him and he came home with a crown on his head that he wore all day. I think it was a great day at school.

      So this year Ethan begged me to let him have a birthday party with friends. Since he has quiet a few friends at school that he talks about and I wanted to meet, I decided that it would be fun to have a birthday party. He also invited all his friends in his primary class, which is a pretty good size class.We ended up with 13 kids all together including Ethan and Addison. We made invitation to pass out in primary and to his couple of friends at school. 

 

 Then on Saturday, Ethan's birthday, was the big day for the party. Mommy was a little to ambitious and had the party from 10am to 1pm. We had plenty to do but the kids actually got tired and ready to go home at the end. Anyway, when they first showed up they had to get a creeper shirt, a sword and write their name on a water bottle. Once they had their creeper shirt they got to start whacking Ender dragon and creeper balloons with minecraft swords. Unfortunately they popped fast and we didn't get any pictures of it, but the early birds had fun killing the balloons, I mean creepers and dragons. Once we had almost everyone there we started out with playing pin the tail on the pig. This way the really late arrivals wouldn't miss much and they could join right in when they got there.

 Then I decided these kids were already hyper and active so we did Minecraft tag. Ethan made the game up that the "it" person was a creeper and everyone was trying to stay away from the creeper or, of course, if you get touched you became the creeper. After awhile we then switched it to if you got touched by the creeper then you joined the creepers team in trying to get everyone else.

 I really wanted to get a work out and get these guys really tired, so we then played, What Time Is It Mr. Zombie. One person is the zombie on one end of the field. The other kids on the other side of the field yell, what time is it Mr. zombie. Then zombie shouts out a number from 1-12. What ever number he/she shouts is how many steps the kids take. We keep asking and zombie keeps telling us a number until they get close and then zombie turns around and says, it is time to eat and try to get someone before they get back to start.

 Once we finished these fun games and needed a water break, the kids wanted to have birthday cake. I had the kids work though to get their cake. In the minecraft game, you have to craft your cake to eat it. So that is what we did. They had to find eggs with the different elements to make a cake. Once their team found all the eggs with the ingredients for a cake they came to me at the crafting table and crafted their cake. Then I handed them a cake to eat. I told them though that we had to wait for all the teams to craft their cake before eating. So when teams finished they would go help another team. I think they liked it. Then we sang Happy Birthday to Ethan and ate our minecraft cakes.

 We were all still feeling a little worn out from running and I also didn't want them running after having lots of cake and water so we then played a quiet round of Minecraft bingo, which then turned into minecraft blackout.

 Next, we had them demonstrate their creative abilities and they got to decorate masks how they wanted. As you can tell from the pictures, some stuck with the minecraft theme and made ender dragons and creepers and some got really creative and made their own scary mask. Either way, it was fun to watch and help out. This is were I am glad we had other adults along, like Pappi. They were a big help in cutting things the kids wanted or helping with the masks in other ways.

 At this point the kids and espcially Ethan couldn't take it any longer. They had to open presents. So we finally let Ethan sit and open all his presents. It was funny though. I didn't tell Ethan before hand that when you invite people to a birthday party they usually bring presents. So he wasn't expecting to get so many presents. Again, not to brag about what he got but to help my memory, this is what Ethan got from his friends:

Ataaya-- a monster truck
Scott Wirthlin-- remote control car
Luke Marshall-- Lego Minecraft set
Jame and Charlie-- Hover Craft Game
Alexis-- Iron Golum stuff animal
Zeyra, Zeydi, Zaydi-- mega block race car set
Jackson Walker-- Kinetic Sand
Micah Lynn- $5 and mini lego set
***dark red are his school friends. James is Ethan friend and Charlie was his little brother.



 Since Ethan got to open his presents and it was almost time to go, we decided it was time for the other kids to find their prizes. Yes, again, I had them work for their prizes and they had clues to figure out to find their prizes. For their prizes they got a minecraft chest/box filled with a creeper cup, green silly straw, and candy that were labeled with different elements in the minecraft game.

After they ate some of their candy and since it was almost time to go, Ethan requested to play minecraft tag again. So we played minecraft tag and when kids got bored, Grammy taught the kids zombie in the middle. A zombie is in the middle of the field and the kids (villagers) are trying to run through or past the zombie to get to the other side. If they zombie catches you, you are a zombie and have to help catch the villagers as they run by again. You play to everyone is caught and is a zombie. During this game is when parents showed up to get their kids. The parents were impressed with all the goodies these kids were taking home: a sword, creeper shirt, mask and goody box. In the end though, Ethan had the biggest smile on his face and kept talking about how much fun it was. It was all fun and worth it.