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Quinn’s Toy Story Birthday Party

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My littlest turned five this past weekend.  Yep, my fifth child officially turned five at 5:55pm on Saturday.  Moms always say they can’t believe how fast time goes when it comes to their children aging.  That’s because it’s absolutely true!!  Time flies and before you know it, your baby isn’t a baby anymore!  Enough of me crying about it…. Let’s get on with the party!

Quinn loves Toy Story!!  He calls Woody “Buddy” and I won’t correct him.  I love that he loves these movies because I love them too!
I transformed my family room into “Andy’s room” wanting all the guests at the party to feel as if they were a part of the toy world.  One of my favorite friends, Cheryl, used her vinyl cutter to make me these cute clouds to mimic Andy’s wallpaper.  (Let me know if you want her info, she can do amazing stuff with vinyl!)
We also had a hook up with getting furniture boxes to make our western town.  Thanks to Lara’s husband, Nick for supplying those!!  My kids were in charge of designing them.
I’m hoping you’ve all seen at least the first Toy Story movie!!  If you have, the decorations will make sense.  If you haven’t, go watch it!  😉
I used my ottoman (that is currently halfway through a DIY redo) and used painted cardboard to make it look like a big chair.  When each child came, we traced their shoe, had them write their name and taped it to the bottom of their foot so we could see it in the picture.
Here is Quinn testing the chair out before everyone came.  He took a picture with each guest once they arrived.
Found the cutest Toy Story themed Polaroid film online to use!!
I affixed the photo to a card I made.  The pictures and the footprint went home with each guest along with the goody bag.
Still trying to make all the kiddos feel small like toys, I found these over-sized coloring book pages and jumbo crayons for a gathering activity while waiting for everyone to arrive.  I even found a huge pencil to write names on the color pages!


We played games!!  This game was “Pin the mustache on Mr. Potato Head.”  One mustache was a little off the mark!


This game was “Zurg Blasters.”  We found this cute Zurg ball shooter on a recent trip to Disneyland and I thought he would make a perfect game!  My husband made a bullseye out of cardboard and I painted it and gave each color a point value.


Here, the kids are playing “The Claw” game.  I dyed cotton balls green (dropped green food coloring into a spray bottle with water and squirted the cotton balls).  I called them Little Green Men and had each guest see how many aliens they could grab with the claw while blind folded.  We had some intense competition on this one!


Here were the prizes for the victors!


We sure worked up an appetite during the games!  And where else would we go to eat but at Pizza Planet!!  We had juice boxes and Al’s favorite snack, Cheetos.  We were given this food warmer from our softball league and so I put it work warming our pizza!


We also had a salad full of fruit planets and stars.

Here is the pièce de résistance!!  My Woody and Buzz themed cupcakes!  Woody’s were, by far, the favorite!  Both were yummy and gone before days end.  I also had jars full of Army men and sheriff badges for a cute touch.
Of course, I had to have an Al’s Toy Barn to house the goody bags!  Each one had a slinky, a few Army men and a Toy Story tattoo.  Simple but fun.

Quinny, you’ve not only got a friend in me, you’ve got a Mama who will love you to infinity and beyond!!  Hope your birthday dreams came true sweetheart!

~jollygoodfellow_

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  6. I love it! I love all the little details. Pinned and tweeted. We appreciate you being a part of our party. Please stop by on Monday at 7 pm. Happy Saturday! Lou Lou Girls

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  17. What a perfect party for an adorable little boy! Love his big smile – momma's done it right! We are so happy you linked up with us at Thursday Favorite Things.

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  18. Quinn's Toy Story Birthday Party was truly adorable! I love this concept. I admire how cleverly you saved loads of money by using this party theme. This year I hosted grand party for my son at one of the best NYC venues but next year I would also host such simple party at home.

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  20. This is so cute! I wondered where that big chair came from! What a creative way to make it look like a giant chair. Interesting about “Buddy” because my granddaughter has always called Woody, “Buddy Cowboy” too!

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