Cooper's Toy Story Birthday

Cooper had decided several months ago that he wanted to have a Toy Story Birthday Party. He never wavered in his decision, so we planned out a super fun Toy Story Party for him. At his preschool, he was able to bring in a special birthday snack, so we made alien cupcakes that matched the aliens from the claw machine in the movie Toy Story. Those were a hit!

Then, his whole party was filled with Toy Story fun and games! He invited Cameron, Adrian, Gabe, Jaxton, Paxton, and Bruce. As the kids arrived, they got to create their own Mr. Potato Head with all the body parts they wanted. Most of them enjoyed creating silly potato heads with arms, feet, different mouths or eyes.

Then we played "Pin the Badge on Woody." The kids were blindfolded and spun around and then sent to try to land the star badge right on Woody's shirt. That was a fun one too.

Lastly, we had created a pinata out of a regular cardboard shipping box by gluing a color picture of Toy Story Characters on 2 sides, then fringing green and blue tissue paper and gluing it in rows down the sides and top and bottom of the pinata. Nate slipped a rope through it and hung it from the balcony of the upstairs. The kids then each got to take turns hitting that pinata with a mini Louiville Sluggers baseball bat. It was more sturdy than I thought it would be, so it took quite a few whacks. But eventually, it started to split, and then that thing fell apart. The kids hustled to gather the candy and treasures together.

Next of course came the presents. He got some great fun toys from all his friends. Opening presents is the highlight of the whole party, for the birthday boy, just as much as for the guests!

After presents was time for cake. Cooper wanted a Toy Story cake of course. Usually I do a head shot of a character, but Cooper insisted that he wanted me to make Andy's (from the movie) bed with the little toys sitting on top. Hmmmm....how in the world do I do that? Well, I wanted to try out fondant since I've never worked with it before and it was actually a lot of fun. Its kind of like a mix between bread dough and play dough, yet its frosting and tasty. You roll it out on the counter, shape it or use cookie cutters and mold it the way you want. So I fulfilled Cooper's request creating Andy's bed on a hard wood floor with the characters from the story sitting on top of the bed. It was a fun project and I think he loved it!! What a fun party!! Happy Birthday Cooper!