Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rainbow

My oldest's school was having a fund raising event. So for the cake walk I decided this year to get cupcake boxes. Each box holds 4 cupcakes you can get a pack of 3 boxes for $3.50 at your local chain store that sells cake making supplies. I bought 2 sets and that took exactly 1 box of cake mix. Since the fundraiser is the day before St Patrick's day I thought it'd be ok to go with a St Patty's theme, rainbows and pots of gold.

I frosted each rainbow cake blue and then added a cloud. I cut a rainbow sour candy ribbon in half and used it for my rainbow. SUPER EASY! Then I used a large round tip to dab on some gold "coins" and a green strip around the outside. These were the fastest easiest cupcakes to make EVER. I saw the rainbow cupcakes on Pintrest here's the original site that I used. Thanks for the inspiration!  http://monicajoy.tumblr.com/post/1264292112/late-post-but-i-finally-made-rainbow-cupcakes  

Lego Birthday Party!

My 7 yr old had a birthday blast! At the very last minute he changed his mind from an Angry Birds birthday theme (I had some really cool ideas) to a Lego themed birthday party. Ok I can roll with that, I'm nothing if not flexible. So I printed out the invitations. I like using postcard paper because it's one size not too big and not too small. I can fit a lot of info on the front and the back. 

So the day of the birthday. I didn't find a whole lot in the way of games that didn't involve the annihilation of my son's lego sets which he would not have been happy about. And we didn't quite have enough of the same pieces so the whole build a bridge/car/building with the exact same blocks game was out. (That seemed to be the primary game that everyone chose for their lego party.) But since I had been planning building giant Angry Bird sets I had my husband's office save all of their brick shaped boxes. (boy did that come in handy!) 

So my first game was a shuffle board using the wrapped boxes and throwing them into a grid taped on the floor using painters tape. It was a HUGE HIT! The kids loved it! The only suggestion I have is don't get the cheap rolls of wrapping paper. I bought two .99 rolls and one good roll... the good roll was the boxes that held up the best. Or you can use contact paper if you can find it in primary colors. (I did block the people's faces for their privacy. Bear with me my photo editing skills aren't that great today!)

Next we did some free play. I just threw some legos on a table and let them go at it.  

Then onto the chopstick game. By this time I had lost some of the kids interest. They just wanted to keep building. But enough wanted to play. Even with the "Cheater Chopsticks" (regular chopsticks with a piece of paper and a rubber band around them both) it was a tough game. 

Next onto cake!!! I made a Lego cake out of a sheet cake and a loaf cake pan. Then using marshmallows that I cut in half I placed those on top of the icing and then put a layer of fondant over the whole thing. It was one of the easier cakes to make. 

 

But since I didn't know what size marshmallows would look best I bought both the regular sized and the new fist Jumbo sized marshmallows. Well the regular ones were the ones that I needed but then I had to decide what to do with jumbo marshmallows. SO I decided to turn them into lego heads. I used food grade markers and drew faces on them. It was a lot like making pumpkins except no messy insides to deal with and there were A LOT more of these guys!

Then we had one more game. Pin the head on the lego man. Can you sense a theme?  I'm apparently obsessed with these heads! I had the hubs draw a pic of a lego body and then cut out lego faces on construction paper. (Thank you Sis-in-law and Mother-in-law for that little bit of last minute help!) 

A good time was had by all. Even if I do think my 4 yr old cheated at this game! It was all in good fun.