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How To Host A Lego Party

May 22, 2013 by Amy 33 Comments

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How To Host A Lego Party: a Lego themed birthday party with invitations, food, and games.

So, um, Trevor turned 5…a month ago. Details schmetails, right?! His birthday theme was a no-brainer this year. I asked what he wanted (knowing the answer), and he immediately said Legos. Done.

One thing I did differently this year, though – we held it at the pizza place near our house. After all these years of hosting parties for the kids at home, I’ve realized it isn’t any cheaper. And certainly not easier. I loved not having to clean the house before AND after!

Anyway, unlike his Word World birthday party last year, and not being able to find any resources, hosting a LEGO theme is the complete opposite. Tons of information out there. So I took what I liked and away I went!

How To Host A Lego Party | Very Culinary

THE INVITATION
First the invitation. I went through several ideas that I liked, but finally decided on this template by Makoodle. They have the printable for the template and the “You’re Invited” stickers. (I had the stickers printed on sticker paper at a FedEx Kinkos and then cut them myself.)

Lego Party Invitation | Very Culinary

Then I bought mini figure Lego packets…

Lego Minifigures

…to go in pillow boxes with the paper invite.

Pillow Box

They. Were. Adorable!

Lego Party Boxed Invitation | Very Culinary

THE FOOD
It will come as no surprise that the hardest part for me was the treats. Not actually making them…but deciding what to make! Should I decorate a cake? Make Lego cookies? Pass out Lego brick candy?

Then I found these Lego brick molds, which apparently a lot of people use to make soap for party favors. But for me, these bad boys were going to make chocolate bricks. And go on top of cupcakes! I bought 3 of them and used one each for yellow, red, and blue. (Note: do not coat these with cooking spray! It actually leaves a film on the chocolate. The candy melts separate from the mold just fine without it.)

Lego Brick Molds

Red and yellow candy melts are true primary colors, but the only blue I could find was a sky blue. (Of course Wilton makes a special coloring dye for their melts to make different colors. Oh, these brands sure know how to make money, don’t they?) The candy melt blue dye mixed with the sky blue candy melts created the perfect primary blue.

Candy Melts

For the actual cupcakes, I thought about doing yellow, red, and blue, but decided it wasn’t worth the work and just went with blue. I bought white cake mix and special gel coloring to create primary blue batter. (Regular blue food coloring won’t create that deep blue you need, so make sure you get he gel coloring!)

Cake Mix

I love how these turned out! I might even make them again just for fun. Who says it needs to be for a birthday party?

Lego Brick Cupcakes | Very Culinary

THE GAMES
Since we held the party at a pizza place with an arcade, playing games was unnecessary. But before we went that route, I had a couple games in mind.

Pile of Legos

1. Give each child a big pile of Legos and set a timer – see how long it takes them to sort all the different colors. Whoever does it the fastest is the winner.
2. Give each child a pile of Legos at the same time and have them build a tower – whichever tower goes the highest without falling over is the winner.

THE PARTY FAVORS
Instead of bags filled with knick-knack favors, I opted to buy these min Lego sets. Clearly more expensive then going to the Dollar Tree, but Trevor only had a handful of friends, so it was affordable for us.

Lego Truck and Plane - Favors

Another year down! Whew. We had one happy boy, with new toys to play with. Trevor’s easy, though – give him a bag of rocks and he’d get excited. But Legos to build? That’s even better!

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Comments

  1. lawrenza says

    November 10, 2015 at 4:28 am

    hello how were you able to type in the invitations ?

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    • Amy @Very Culinary says

      November 10, 2015 at 10:49 am

      I edited the template in Photoshop.

      Reply
  2. kbrown says

    September 20, 2015 at 1:53 pm

    How much food color did you use with the blue lego toppers? How much blue gel did you use to obtain that color blue? Great party ideas!

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    • Amy @Very Culinary says

      September 20, 2015 at 3:07 pm

      Oh gosh, I honestly cannot remember – it was over 2 years ago! Sorry :/ But I know the Wilton food gel box has recommended drops for each color.

      Reply
  3. Ivette says

    September 17, 2015 at 6:14 am

    What size are your favor boxes?

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    • Amy @Very Culinary says

      September 17, 2015 at 6:36 am

      Hi Ivette – there’s an Amazon link to the pillow boxes right above the picture. It will give you all that info. Thanks!

      Reply
  4. Bridget says

    July 20, 2015 at 4:48 pm

    How did the candy lego’s taste using the candy melts?

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    • Amy @Very Culinary says

      July 20, 2015 at 5:06 pm

      Hi Bridget – they basically taste like white chocolate. The dye has no flavor.

      Reply
  5. Ivy Sam says

    July 8, 2015 at 11:51 pm

    Splendid ideas and very fine execution of it all!

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    • Amy @Very Culinary says

      July 9, 2015 at 7:16 am

      Thank you!

      Reply
  6. arlene says

    June 2, 2015 at 8:42 pm

    How did you mail the pillow boxes?

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    • Amy @Very Culinary says

      June 3, 2015 at 5:32 am

      I didn’t…I handed them out, since all of the guests were local friends/classmates. But you could mail them in padded envelopes. Be a fun surprise when they open it!

      Reply
  7. Heather says

    September 9, 2014 at 5:32 pm

    Can you tell me what I need to do to format the child’s name to be “filled” with white and traced in the black/yellow?? thank you!

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    • Amy @Very Culinary says

      September 9, 2014 at 5:51 pm

      Oh Heather, I wish I could! I fiddled with it in Photoshop, which is a graphic design program.

      Reply
  8. Laurie says

    May 23, 2014 at 5:57 pm

    Great ideas. One question, did you have a problems with the Sharpie coming off if the plate when you put food in it?

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    • Amy @Very Culinary says

      May 25, 2014 at 8:36 am

      Hi Laurie – I didn’t use a Sharpie for anything.. and what plate? Confused :/

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  9. ES143 says

    May 10, 2014 at 11:51 am

    HEY , AMAZING JOB!!!! how did you get the name like that with the yellow in the background i’ve tried everything !!!! thanks so much

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    • Amy @Very Culinary says

      May 10, 2014 at 3:21 pm

      Thanks! I did it in Photoshop, which is an image editing application.

      Reply
  10. sharlene says

    January 7, 2014 at 10:47 am

    I need to do lego cupcakes for this friday party. Where did you get the mold for the candy legos? Please let me know ASAP as I am running out of time. PS I do cupcakes and only got the order last night! Thanks in advance!

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    • Amy @Very Culinary says

      January 7, 2014 at 10:54 am

      I bought everything online at Amazon. Good luck!

      Reply
  11. Berit says

    September 3, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    I am having a hard time figuring out how to download this invitation and be able to add text and proper font. Can you help me with that?

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    • Amy @Very Culinary says

      September 3, 2013 at 8:23 pm

      I downloaded the invitation from the link provided above and saved the .pdf to my desktop. I had to find the font online…Googled for “Lego Font” and then created the name in Photoshop. Hope that helps!

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  12. stacey brandon says

    August 26, 2013 at 9:34 am

    Good Morning!

    I love the lewgo invite and want touse it for my son’s party

    How did you download the invitation from the website and get the font correct etc. I am having the hardest time

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  13. Mom says

    May 24, 2013 at 9:18 am

    Wow! What a project. This must have been so much fun for the invited kids and parents, for sure.
    You get an A+ for this one.

    Reply
  14. Cassie | Bake Your Day says

    May 23, 2013 at 4:28 pm

    This is adorable, Amy! I absolutely love it!

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  15. Courtney @ Neighborfood says

    May 23, 2013 at 7:53 am

    Oh my goodness. My adult husband would go nuts for this! So fun!

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  16. Joanne says

    May 23, 2013 at 5:34 am

    I just fell in love with this party idea. And am wondering if I could possibly convince the.boy to have a lego-themed party for his birthday next year. No matter that he’ll be turning 27…

    Reply
  17. Heather says

    May 22, 2013 at 7:09 pm

    Those are such great ideas and so well executed Ame! I also love the idea of taking the party to a pizza place.

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  18. Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking says

    May 22, 2013 at 6:18 pm

    How cute! My husband is 30 and he stills loves his Legos, hah! Maybe for his 31st? ;)

    Reply
  19. The Tablescaper says

    May 22, 2013 at 8:14 am

    Such great ideas. Love the up close photos. My children are way past Legos but I love the ideas. They help spur me on!

    – The Tablescaper

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  20. Lisa@The Cutting Edge of Ordinary says

    May 22, 2013 at 8:03 am

    Adorable idea Amy!

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  21. j says

    May 22, 2013 at 7:33 am

    WOW! I want one. (But I’ll resist the temptation to send my mom a link to this post with the note:

    Dear Mom,
    If you’d really loved me, you’d have thrown me a Lego party.
    Love, j

    p.s. It’s not too late.

    Reply
  22. Erin | The Law Student's Wife says

    May 22, 2013 at 5:51 am

    So cute!!! I don’t have kids, but why do I feel like my husband would get a kick out of this too? Your son is one lucky boy, and a very happy (belated) bday to the little man!

    Reply

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