Monday, July 12, 2010

Super Mario Birthday Party

As promised last week, here are the pictures from my son's Super Mario birthday party. Above is a picture of the cake that Aunt Susan made. She took inspiration from this cake.

Here's a close up of some images from the cake. All the figures were made with gum paste.

Decorations

I created images from the Super Mario game with poster board. The concept was for the yard to look like the actual game.


Fun & Games

I put my brother to work and had him paint the kids' faces with Super Mario Themed images.

Just like the game, I had gold coins everywhere. A week before the party I froze coins in a large ice-block. Everyday I would add some water and coins to a plastic tub I had in the freezer. I gave the kids toothbrushes and spoons to scrub and chip out the coins. The game was a big hit. Some kids sat there for a solid half hour trying to get the coins out.

I was kind of lazy this year when it came to the food, we ordered pizza instead of cooking. We ordered pizza from Zachary's Pizza which is a Chicago deep dish style pizza. Sorry there's no pictures. I must have been to busy eating at that time ;)

22 comments:

  1. fun details! i'm sure he'll always remember his super mario party!

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  2. the party seems so fun with bright colors and smiling faces around.

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  3. oh, gold coins game, who doesn't love gold coins? I would sat there the whole day waiting for the ice to melt.

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  4. Great party! The ice cube game was a great idea to help beat the heat! The cake was awesome...I would have hated tocut it up. :)

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  5. that cake is amazing, good stuff. I wouldn't want to cook after that effort either :)

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  6. this must have been really the Mega party... a full success and this cake is the insanity;)

    greet Marion

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  7. wow! so awesome!
    what a fantastic job on the cake!!

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  8. This is amazing!! Will you do my party this year? =P I'm still a kid at heart!! =P

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  9. the coins in ice sounds like a great rainy day activity! :)

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  10. my husband would like this for HIS birthday!

    beautiful cake. i need an aunt susan.

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  11. this is just awsome... I love the ice idea xDDD

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  13. I love the gold coins in the block of ice! What a fun summery activity! :D


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  14. OMG I am such a geek at heart and i freakin want this as MY party!!!

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  15. that is incredible! i will have to make sure my girls don't see this post because there's no way i could recreate that.

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  16. love that cake!

    happy bday to your son!!

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  17. Amazing cake!!! So inspiring. :)
    Years ago I got some Zachary's Pizza. Incredible stuff!!! Artichoke hearts and feta cheese on the one we had!

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  18. Fantastic Party !

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  19. Wow, this cake is so awesome! :)

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