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!
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.)
Then I bought mini figure Lego packets…
…to go in pillow boxes with the paper invite.
They. Were. Adorable!
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.)
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.
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!)
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?
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.
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.
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!
lawrenza says
hello how were you able to type in the invitations ?
Amy @Very Culinary says
I edited the template in Photoshop.
kbrown says
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!
Amy @Very Culinary says
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.
Ivette says
What size are your favor boxes?
Amy @Very Culinary says
Hi Ivette – there’s an Amazon link to the pillow boxes right above the picture. It will give you all that info. Thanks!
Bridget says
How did the candy lego’s taste using the candy melts?
Amy @Very Culinary says
Hi Bridget – they basically taste like white chocolate. The dye has no flavor.
Ivy Sam says
Splendid ideas and very fine execution of it all!
Amy @Very Culinary says
Thank you!
arlene says
How did you mail the pillow boxes?
Amy @Very Culinary says
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!
Heather says
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!
Amy @Very Culinary says
Oh Heather, I wish I could! I fiddled with it in Photoshop, which is a graphic design program.
Laurie says
Great ideas. One question, did you have a problems with the Sharpie coming off if the plate when you put food in it?
Amy @Very Culinary says
Hi Laurie – I didn’t use a Sharpie for anything.. and what plate? Confused :/
ES143 says
HEY , AMAZING JOB!!!! how did you get the name like that with the yellow in the background i’ve tried everything !!!! thanks so much
Amy @Very Culinary says
Thanks! I did it in Photoshop, which is an image editing application.
sharlene says
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!
Amy @Very Culinary says
I bought everything online at Amazon. Good luck!
Berit says
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?
Amy @Very Culinary says
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!
stacey brandon says
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
Mom says
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.
Cassie | Bake Your Day says
This is adorable, Amy! I absolutely love it!
Courtney @ Neighborfood says
Oh my goodness. My adult husband would go nuts for this! So fun!
Joanne says
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…
Heather says
Those are such great ideas and so well executed Ame! I also love the idea of taking the party to a pizza place.
Georgia @ The Comfort of Cooking says
How cute! My husband is 30 and he stills loves his Legos, hah! Maybe for his 31st? ;)
The Tablescaper says
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
Lisa@The Cutting Edge of Ordinary says
Adorable idea Amy!
j says
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.
Erin | The Law Student's Wife says
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!