Ninja Time!

I am behind on my birthday posts! Since my son got his black belt this year, he decided for his 9th birthday he wanted a ninja party. When I started researching ideas for birthday party ideas for ninja parties, there wasn't as much information as I usually find for parties. I did find some ideas on Pinterest. I didn't have a lot of decorations either, so I used my son's LEGO Ninjago sets as decorations.

I have decided that I like having cupcakes for birthday parties. It's cheaper than purchasing a cake. It's easier to serve at the party. You can also make any kind of topper for your cupcakes to match your theme. I just found a little ninja on Google I could use as a topper. I laminated the little ninjas so they didn't wilt.

My friend, Mrs. C., make some ninja cookies for me.
I found a couple of cute ideas on Pinterest. I purchase small water bottles, took the labels off and wrapped it in black duct tape. I added a mask and drew some eyes on the mask. Voila, spy water.

I also found the rice crispy sushi treats. I purchased the prepackaged Rice Krispy snacks. I used Fruit Roll-up tape to wrap the rice crispy treats and Mike & Ikes in the middle.

I purchased a ninja mold on Amazon.com to make some candy ninjas. Nevermind the Red Dye #40.

I made some origami bowls to hold rice crackers and Chinese noodles.

For games, the boys had to complete their ninja training.

First, they had to open the ninja pinata. I purchased a soccer ball pinata and spray painted it black. I added a ninja mask. They used a sword to to break open the pinata. I found some ninja bags at a novelty store in the mall. I put chopsticks, chopstick holders, sword pens, ninja stars, ninja pencils, and candy inside the favor bags.

Second, I made some origami ninja stars so they could throw them into different size bowls. Each bowl was worth a different amount of points.

Lastly, they had make their way through the laser beam hallway. I taped crepe paper all over the hallway. They had to make their way through the "lasers" without breaking any of the paper.

It was lot of fun. We ended up having two different parties, one for family and one with friends. We didn't get around to playing games with the family. We make some origami animals, but I wish we would have played a few of the games with the family.

Cannot believe he's 9. I can't believe he's almost a decade old. Yikes!

Happy Birthday, Son!