Brayden's 7th Birthday

Brayden loves Mario Kart on the Wii and thought it would be super fun to do this theme! I have printables from Beth Kruse Custom Creations (www.bethkruse23.etsy.com) for the banner, water bottle labels, cake toppers and stickers used on the french fry boxes and trohpies. I had planned on sewing up all the props for the photo "booth" but ran out of time. Good thing I found some from this etsy shop! www.cre8tesbyrachael.etsy.com I made Brayden's birthday shirt, as well as the cake and most of the rest of the items. The background was from blue wrapping paper and clouds I cut on my Silhouette. Stars are balloons from the dollar store and the King Boo's are paper lanterns I hand drew faces on. I love how it turned out! I especially love his cake!!! Yay!! Also, a shout out to Jessica of Made by Jessica (https://www.facebook.com/pages/Made-by-Jessica/142473549191022) for helping me out with the cookies after our first vendor dropped out!

• What People Ate

  grapes, pizza, cheese balls (fireballs!!), popcorn, pirate booty, apple sticks and pretzel sticks

• What People Drank

  apple juice and water

• Best Moment

  The best part was all the kids trying their best to punch through the cellophane paper on the pinata! Finally, we poked a little hole in it and then it exploded everywhere!

• Funniest Moment

  When my husband went and got all the soccer gear (he is a coach) and they ran to play a game of soccer in the middle of the party!

• Most Touching Moment

  My son giving me the biggest hug and saying "thank you" for making his party so awesome.

• Best Dressed

  The lil man of course! Sporting his "7" Luigi shirt

• Desserts

  cookies and cake

• Party Favors

  gold trophy's with Mario fruitsnacks

• Activities / Games

  I made cardboard box "cars" and the kids raced them around the park. I also made a pinata that was shaped like the question mark boxes in the game. Instead of whacking it with a stick, they punched up on it just like Mario does!

• Budget

  The park costs about $75 to rent and I'm pretty sure I kept under $200 for the rest of it!

• Beth Kruse Custom Creations

  Decorations

  http://www.bethkruse23.etsy.com

• Becca Gould

  Dress designer

  http://www.facebook.com/vintagebebeprops