Birthday Dragon Training

Jaxton has been into the movie "How to Train Your Dragon" and was set on having a dragon themed party! It turned out quite well and I think everyone had a great time learning how to fight and conquer dragons!!

Jax painted herbal tea over his white invitations to make them look old and feel stiff. When they were dry, we burnt the edges with matches. Then we mailed them off!! On the day of the party, all the kids got their own round shield to paint however they wanted. These were the same shape of shields that the vikings in the movie held. They also each got a viking hat to wear, made out of regular party hats, cardboard, and tin foil. So right off the bat, they were all VIKINGS!!

But, these vikings needed to learn how to fight dragons!! That's what they were here for, right? So they had to go through some extensive training courses. We had an obstacle course they had to conquer, with a balance beam, climbing over, under, and all around to get their energy up!

Then we played "Viking Says," a spoof off of Simon Says. The Viking, also known as Nate, had the dragon warriors copy him in various dragon fighting moves! The last game we played involved the kids' painted shields. We dropped empty plastic eggs (Dragon eggs) at the kids from the balcony and they had to use their shields to protect themselves. They loved it!!

Finally, they were ready to fight a real, green dragon filled with sugary fierceness!! We made a homemade dragon pinata out of a brown grocery paper bag filled with candy and goodies, rolled and stapled shut. More crumpled brown bag pieces were added with duct tape to create the shape of a dragon's body. We covered the body with fringed tissue paper in rows all the way down his body on both sides, then added tissue paper feet, eyes, and mouth with fire coming out. We punched a skewer stick through his sides and made cardboard covered with tissue paper wings for him. The kids got to fight the fierce dragon with a sword! You can see that Jaxton made his wing fall off!!

Next came presents, and then cake! How to make a dragon cake? Any idea in the whole world can be found online!! I found this idea and it worked out great!! Next time though, I'll use something edible so we can eat the dragon!! We just molded a dragon shape out of tin foil and used some hot glue to add feet to him. We covered him with frosting and added cardstock wings. Waalaaa! There we have "Toothless," the main character of the movie "How to Train Your Dragon."

We now have 9 experienced dragon fighters in town. If ever anyone sees a dragon in Fort Wayne, Indiana, they know who to call! Happy Birthday Jax Man!