My daughter Bug wanted to have a Minecraft sleepover birthday party this year. As of this writing, there are no licensed Minecraft items for birthday parties - no plates, napkins, treat bags, balloons, cake toppers - nothing. So, I scoured pinterest and the web, found some ideas and came up with a few easy projects of my own, too.
Bug decided to make the invitations herself. She used paper blocks that I cut to create a creeper face. I used clip art and created the detailed inside.
I purchased a six pack of small green fabric bags with handles at Hobby Lobby. I used scrabble tiles and fabric paint to stamp the face of the creeper onto the bags.
We put the Creeper Peeps in the treat bags along with a square puzzle eraser and two Rainbow Loom Minecraft bracelets that Bug created - a creeper one she designed on her own and a Steve bracelet (see below) she made using this youtube tutorial.
...but we also played pin the tail on the pig, using a block pig I made using multiple colors of pink and a square punch.
Lastly, Bug wanted some kind of Minecraft cake. I took inspiration from this cake and came up with a similar design that used dairy-free chocolate cake, homemade rice krispie treat blocks, and blue finger jello. Making a dairy-free frosting that was the right consistancy and flavor for my taste was a challenge (and one I didn't expect), but it turned out pretty tasty. For the topper, I used a fold-able paper cut out from Cyberdrone at DeviantArt which I altered slightly before printing by putting her face (pixelated, of course) over Steve's.
We had tacos for dinner and then served Twizzler bites and "window" pretzels to keep with the square Minecraft theme for late night snack.
Bug decided to make the invitations herself. She used paper blocks that I cut to create a creeper face. I used clip art and created the detailed inside.
Next up were the treat bags.
I purchased a six pack of small green fabric bags with handles at Hobby Lobby. I used scrabble tiles and fabric paint to stamp the face of the creeper onto the bags.
I then used the edges of a foam paint brush to darken the painted area.
Voila!
Next up were the Marshmallow Peep Creepers, which I wrote about here.
We put the Creeper Peeps in the treat bags along with a square puzzle eraser and two Rainbow Loom Minecraft bracelets that Bug created - a creeper one she designed on her own and a Steve bracelet (see below) she made using this youtube tutorial.
Game wise, they kids brought tablets to play Minecraft,
...but we also played pin the tail on the pig, using a block pig I made using multiple colors of pink and a square punch.
Lastly, Bug wanted some kind of Minecraft cake. I took inspiration from this cake and came up with a similar design that used dairy-free chocolate cake, homemade rice krispie treat blocks, and blue finger jello. Making a dairy-free frosting that was the right consistancy and flavor for my taste was a challenge (and one I didn't expect), but it turned out pretty tasty. For the topper, I used a fold-able paper cut out from Cyberdrone at DeviantArt which I altered slightly before printing by putting her face (pixelated, of course) over Steve's.
Of course we used square green & black plates and green cups.
And no party is complete without a mustache straw!
We had tacos for dinner and then served Twizzler bites and "window" pretzels to keep with the square Minecraft theme for late night snack.
I think everyone had a good time and everyone went to sleep before 1am!!
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