Star Wars Sleep Over Party- Games & Activities

Details

This party was for a 9 year old boy.

It was held in the winter.
We had a total of 8 boys spend the night.

Games & Activities

As the children arrived at 6:00 pm, each found their seat around the table.  Each spot had a Jedi robe & belt for them to put on.

It was dinner time, and all of the boys were hungry.
After dinner, we cleared the table and got our craft activities going...


First was making light sabers.
Supplies:
-pool noodles- they picked a red or blue
-duct tape- we had a variety of different patterned tape, and allowed the kids to get creative creating buttons, etc.

I recommend planning ahead- we had a lot of trouble finding pool noodles in February, so ended up with shorter light sabers than I would have preferred (at least the boys didn't seem to mind!)

After making the light sabers, we went into the family room for a game we called "Use the Force".
I had blown up white balloons (some with helium, so without) and drew stormtrooper faces on them...

I had taped a blue line across the floor and split the boys into two teams.  Using their light sabers, they had to bat the balloons over to the opponents side of the room, all while the opposite team batted them back.  There was a 1 minute time limit, and whichever team had the least balloons on their side won that round.  We played several rounds of this- it got quite wild!

To calm things down a bit, we moved onto the next craft activity- making pillow cases.

During the game, we cleaned up the dining room table from the light saber making activity, and set up for the pillowcase making...

Supplies:
-new white pillowcase for each child
-a couple sets of fabric markers
-stencils (I found these online and printed them onto card stock, and cut out the necessary design.  This is definitely something to do ahead of time!  I'd also recommend doing a few of each pattern, so the kids don't have to wait too long for)
A few sites I found free stencils on:
here, here, here and here

I was really pleased with how enthusiastic the boys were about this activity.  They really got creative with it and had a lot of fun.  Here are some samples of their work:

Next up was cake and singing to the birthday boy.

Then they changed into pajamas and got the sleeping bags ready in the media room.

We let them pick which of the Star Wars movies they wanted to watch and although it took a while, they finally settled down and fell asleep during the third one!

The next morning, they were up bright & early.  We had breakfast and the birthday boy opened his gifts.  Then they each got changed and just hung out & played until the parents arrived at 9:00.

Add your Star Wars game & activity ideas in the comments below!

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Star Wars Sleep Over Party- Invitations & Decorations

DETAILS

This party was for a 9 year old boy.

It was held in the winter.
We had a total of 8 boys spend the night.

INVITATIONS

We printed the invitations two to a page on cardstock.
The envelopes were each addressed to "Jedi (friend's name)"

DECORATIONS

We had a lot of Star Wars toys that we were able to incorporate around the house... books, action figures, masks/helmets, etc.

The kids' masks fit nicely on the stair banisters.

We picked Black, White & Yellow colored balloons to match the invitations.

Books

I found a Star Wars Subway Art print online that I framed and put on the foyer table, along with a sign-in sheet for parents to put their contact numbers for the night & any food allergies we should be aware of.

We stuck Star Wars quotes on the mirrors and photo frames through out the house.

Here are a few quotes that we used:

"The Force is strong with this one!"

"Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?"

"I am your father!"

"Happy Birthday, Jedi (Name)"

The Dining Room was set up for dinner & crafts...

Games took place in the family room...

The movie watching & sleeping would take place in the upstairs media room...

We made bunting that said "Happy Birthday Jedi (name)! May the Force Be With You!" and hung those from the exposed beams in the media room.  We also had some silver foil star decorations hanging down.

I bought two of the outer space table clothes- one for the dining room table, and one for the wall in the media room.


 I used it as a backdrop to take photos of them dressed up in their Jedi robes with their light sabers.

Another fun find were the Star Wars face masks! 

I found these online by Google image searching "Star Wars Masks".  I used elastic string (left over from the Scooby Doo party craft!) 

The boys had a lot of fun picking out the mask they wanted (I made sure to have plenty of duplicates on hand)

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Food & Goodies (coming soon!)

Scooby Doo Party- Food & Goodies

Details

This party was for a five year old boy.  It was held outside.

Food & Goodies

FOOD

We had some snacks out when the guests arrived.
These included:
-Devil Dogs
-Scooby Doo Fruit Snacks
-Scooby Snack Cookies
-Halloween Oreo Cookies (with Ghost shaped Peeps stuck in the middle of the plate)
-Multicolored Popcorn (found at TJ Maxx and the colors went with the theme!)
-Cheese Doodles
-Roasted Red Pepper Hummus (orange) & Crackers

Some of the serving pieces added fun...

-new doggie bowls for Cheese Doodles

-Halloween plates for the Oreos (we picked up the plates years ago from Pottery Barn)

-Found an old Scooby Doo McDonalds Kids Meal bucket at a yardsale and used for cookies

-The Christmas Tree Shoppe had lots of Orange/Blue/Green trays, placemats, plates & cups on clearance from their summer items.  The colors matched perfectly!

-Dog bone tooth picks

For lunch, Pizza was served.

DRINKS

For the kiddos, we had:

-Blue & Orange Gatorade

-Water

-Cold Apple Cider (the party was in October)

Waterbottle labels

-we had blue & green striped straws for the kids to use

-we wrapped the bottled drinks in Scooby labels.  I made them by modifying Halloween drink labels found on Peonies and Poppyseeds' website.

Gatorade labels

Gatorade labels

Since we also have grown-up family members attend the party (and out-of-towners that stay the night), we also offered a variety of "adult" drinks:
-Soda
-Hot Apple Cider
-Wine (all with a "Dog" or "Monster" theme)










-Beer (again with a "Dog" or "Halloween-type" theme)

CAKE

We went with cupcakes.  I was going to special order them, but then saw that they had Halloween themed cupcakes in purple & orange (and each had a little monster ring on top- perfect!)

GOODY BAGS

The goody bags were little boxes in the shape of the Mystery Machine.

Inside, we put:
-Scooby bouncy ball
-Flashlight
-Magnifying Glass
-Scooby fruit snacks

The kids also took home their stuffed dog from the craft activity.

                             PLAYLIST

Songs to consider for background music... 
some of them are a stretch, but the subtlety is sometimes half the fun!

Scooby Doo Theme (The Hit Crew)

What's New Scooby Doo? (The Complete Halloween Party Album)

I've Got a Dog and My Dog's Name is Cat (Barry Louis Polisar)

Where, Oh Where has my Little Dog Gone?

Dog Days are Over (Florence & the Machine)

Hound Dog (Elvis Presley)

Who Let the Dogs Out? (Baha Men)

Animal (Mike Snow)

The Underdog (Spoon)

Comeback Kid - That's My Dog (Brett Dennen)

Me & You & a Dog Named Boo (Lobo)

Scooby Doo, Where are You? (Tonic Sol-fa)

Atomic Dog (George Clinton)

Every Dog Has it's Day (Toby Keith)

D-O-G (Justin Roberts)

Hot Dog! (They Might Be Giants)

Additional ideas

Things I've found after-the-fact, that I would have liked to use!
(isn't that always the way?)

Scooby Doo Trick-or-Treat Pail

Scooby Doo Punch Ball

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