Robot Party

 20th April 2013
Austin's 6th Birthday

 My son Austin has loved Robots since he got to bring home the class robot for good behaviour.  I asked him what theme he would like for his birthday, there was no hesitation, ROBOTS please Mum :)

I did a bit of research trying to buy Robot Banners, Plates etc but this little party wasn't going to be easy.  On Good Friday, as a family, we sat outside in the sun and started on our first Robot.  With the help of family and friends on Facebook we managed to get lots of peoples junk out of their garages that became our Robot treasures.
We started with a table full of odds and ends and ended up with what we called Robert Robot.

Finished product

Robert Robot

Invitation 

Decorations

I found at a local junk store Robot Plates, Serviettes and Cups, but Austin had a better idea and thought we could make Robot Cup Holders for everyone.  So the weekend before his party we ate lots of fruit salad and baked beans so we had tin cans and set to making Robot Cup Holders.  These were so much fun to make, bolts, screws, hinges and lots of our treasures hot glued on to the cans then spray painted.

Table settings - Each child had a unique cup holder, plate, serviette, party hat.

Robot Plates, Serviettes and Cups

Robot Lollies 

I got my kids involved in more robot making.  We made a trip to the local Lolly Shop where we got lollies to make our own Robots. We use nerds, Sour Bombs, Chewing Gum Sticks and Gum Balls glued them together and added plastic eyes. These were a huge hit with the kids.

Decorations

I usually buy banner and themed decorations but I couldn't source them anywhere at a reasonable cost so we went around garage sales, markets and asked friends and ended up with some very cool robots that we had robot races with.  I brought an extra Robot table cloth for $2.00 which I cut the robots off for banners in the lounge.  We also found on our travels a robot white board that I wrote Happy birthday Austin onto.

Robot Races 

Games

We played pass the parcel.  On each layer were questions, facts, jokes or things to do about Robots.  This made the game a little bit more exciting since the boys are all growing up :)

The boys and I made a Robot Piñata  Unfortunately it was pouring down with rain so we had to set it up in the conservatory but we still had heaps of fun.

Last game was making robots in a team.  My older boys were Robot Leaders helping the younger kids.  I was amazed at how well they did.  During the week I went to creative junk and filled a bag with junk for $8.00.  I made two Robot Buckets and filled each one with creative junk, cellotape and scissors.

Robot Creations created in 10 minutes.

We also played the Chocolate Game, where you have to roll a six on the dice and each as much chocolate one piece at a time with a Robot head on.

 As a back up game I brought two large Robot Floor Puzzles to have races but we run out of time so we will have some fun with these during the school holidays.

Food 

I made little food picks for the mini muffins with Robots on them, made some robot icing heads for the biscuits, moulded small Robot Chocolates for the Jellies.  Austin put in an order for a blue sitting Robot with lots of chocolate.  This was the most difficult part of the party.  I'm not a great baker and keeping the little head on the Robot Cake was a challenge.  None of the kids saw all the skewers poked inside the cake to hold it together :)

Prizes for the kids

 

 
These Robot (Grabba Pop) hands were a huge success.  Such a great boy toy!

Loot Bags

We all had an amazing time at Austin's Robot Party.  The kids all got on so well and were very tired when they were picked up to go home.  Austin gave them a little thank you for coming.

Robot Pencil, Robot Eraser, Robot Bubble Bath, Robot Stickers, Robot Book Mark, Balloon and lots of lollies all in a Robot Loot Bag

One of Austin's little friends was very excited about coming to his party but had a little accident getting into the car and ended up in A & E.  After everyone had gone home Reuben came around to see Austin which made his day.  They have been friends since Kindy.  Austin was happy to see Reuben was much better and the Drs had fixed him up.

Austin would love to thank his friends Nathaniel, Taylan, Joshua, Lucas, Rebuen, Jamal and Leroy for making his 6th birthday so special xx