Super Mario Birthday Party

My son is completely obsessed with Super Mario Bros, so I decided to recreate the game in real life. I made the invitations so the 1UP mushroom would pop up when you pulled the tab.

I used yellow plastic plates, hot glue and fishing line to make a coin garland and for the Pick-a-Coin game; yellow and maroon wrapping paper to make coin and bricks blocks out of cardboard boxes; and balloons and white labels for chomps and piranha plants were made from balloons, white labels and mailing tubes.

The backdrop was made from blue fabric with paper cut-outs.

For the snacks and treats table, I painted round boxes to look like the pipes in the game. I also wrapped juice boxes in maroon paper and stacked them to look like brick blocks and made mini coin blocks with card stock. I made piranha plant pops out of fondant, cherry lollipops and brownie bites.

Activity-wise, the kids played Musical Coin and Brick Blocks using the Mario theme song, Chomp Bop with the balloons, and Pick-a-Coin (prizes were inside each coin, which were made from plastic plates).

More pictures at: http://wp.me/p1KmZi-BF

• Desserts

  cake and cake pops

• Activities / Games

  Chomp Bop, Musical Coin Blocks, Pass the Power-Ups

• Party Favors

  stenciled Mario bags, Mario notebooks, stickers and figurines.

• What People Ate

  popcorn, chips,

• What People Drank

  italian soda

• Funniest Moment

  Musical Coin Blocks -- the remaining two players