Monster Party!!

My boy turned 4 yesterday. {Insert sniffles here} After much debate we settled on Monsters as the theme for his birthday party. Being the over achiever that I am, I set out to make a ton of stuff for the party. We had 25 adults,18 kids and 2 babies at the party. Too bad we also had RAIN! I had grand plans of a beautiful tablescape set up under our tent outside, children running their energy out in the yard or jumping in the bouncy house, and 2 organized games being played by all but 5 minutes after guests started arriving it began to pour and everything had to be moved inside. So much for grand plans. The kids still had a blast destroying playing in Nate's room and the family room so that's all that matters, right?? Without further ado, pics from the party...

Natey's party shirt that I made (and Liz helped me finish. THANKS!!)

Meet  melon monster. Don't get too close...you might lose a digit!

Juice box wrappers, candy dipped pretzels & wooden spoons and blueberry ice cream all made my me. Vanilla ice cream and rain soaked mini beach balls, not.

Kiddos decorated their own monster masks as they arrived.

Favor cones!

Monster hand puppets on parade!

Yes, I made them. Yes, I'm crazy. There, I saved you from asking.

The two games that didn't officially get played because of the lack of space in the house. Grrrr. At least the kids played the beanbag toss a little bit.

All in all, everyone had a great time. I got a little ambitious on my projects so I didn't finish a couple of things that I really wanted to do. I did love how everything came out though. Happiest 4th Birthday my big boy! I hope you enjoyed it 'cause next year this tired mama is having your party at Germy Chuck E. Cheese!

Since I always want to know where stuff came from, I will break it down for ya!

Invitation: Made and designed by me, Picture edited for maximum awesomeness by Lisa (Salt and Light Studio)

Nate's shirt: Made by me with simple felt which was sewn onto the shirt

Monster melon: Me, with inspiration from HERE

Juicebox wrappers, Pin the eye on the monster game made by me with monster images (also used on the invite) from: Babystar Design

Monster Puppets and favor cones: Made by me with the help of my hubby! Now's that's teamwork!

Cupcakes: Me. Sprinkles and candy eyes were from Michael's Craft store

Little paper cups and wooden spoons for ice cream and cupcake wrappers: Shop Sweet Lulu and inspiration for them: One Charming Party

Monster Beanbag toss game: Amazon.com

Masks, beach balls and monster suckers: Oriental Trading Company

Super cool monster stickers: Fishcakes by Voz Perkins

Inspiration for monster party ideas: J. at your service and Kara's Party Ideas