A Mario Party

My son turned two this weekend Yay! Being two he really only has one friend, but I still went all out from cake to balloons  and special wrapping paper.  this year we went with a Mario theme, and you would be surprised just how easy it was.
The balloons, were the easiest part.  Green with white polka dots, for yoshi eggs and white balloons, that I painted to look like king boo.  To paint a balloon is as easy as painting paper the thing is make sure you get good paint or the paint peels off before the party even begins.

King boo was a simple paint job too, he as a curvy eyebrow like the birds we all drew as kids, two oval eyes, and a mouth with triangle teeth.  I added a red tongue and used crayola paint which stuck to the balloon really well.

I also made a banner, and chopper plant.  the banner was so simple, First, I went Avery and designed and printed the letters.  Next, I found a feel banner printed one letter to use as a template.  Lastly, I punched holes glued the letters and tied it all together.

The chopper plant was a red plate with the center cut out, and a triangle cut out of that center for the mouth. Construction paper made the pipe and the teeth.  I have to admit I forgot the lips, but it still looked good.

So as I said earlier I also wrapped the presents in a special way.  One present was a brick, anther was a pipe with a Mario toy on top, the last was a mystic cube.   For the first present I used a paper grocery bag, and a red envelope  that one of his b day cards was sent in.  A little mod podge and with rectangles and you have the Mario cube.  I placed a crocheted Mario Grow bigger mushroom on top.  I cannot give you the pattern do to copyrights laws, but it is for sell in my esty shop.

The mystic cube was wrapped in yellow tissue paper  That I found at the dollar store, and a printed question mark. I cut the question out and taped on to the box.  I also placed a mushroom on top of it only it was a 1 up. I personally love how it turned out.

The pipe was just some green paper I had lying around. with a extra piece across and a Mario; it looked like Mario on the way to world two.  So Fun. I admit that I bought our cake, because I simply do not like decorating cakes right before a party. Since he was two I did not actually do any games; however I will post some ideas at a later date.