Stampin' Out The Work Week has a fun theme this week. In honor of my oldest son's birthday and reading month, I present to you... A Wimpy Kid Birthday.
My son wanted to do something special for his birthday, so we gave him permission to invite two friends over for a Wimpy Kid themed afternoon this coming weekend. Invitations were kept simple. We printed the information on a piece of blue paper with the "stick figure" style image that you find on the first book cover. From there we decided to keep it going.
Our birthday party fun will include a game of Wimpy Kid Scrabble before the pizza arrives. Then we'll jump into some Wii games & just having fun in general. The final event will be popcorn and a movie... The Diary of A Wimpy Kid of course
For the birthday treat at school, we made brownie cookies and topped them with the "cheese touch." It was nothing more than a flattened vanilla tootsie roll with golden yellow and green food/icing coloring added to accomplish that aged cheese look.
A very simple button was worn to school declaring that my son was indeed the "Birthday Kid." I printed this from our home computer and added a little color by hand.
His brother and I continued the theme with our homemade birthday cards.
Decorating for the weekend party goes beyond balloons, yet it's not too involved either. Foam versions of our main character and a paper birthday banner add just enough of a wimpy birthday kid touch to make the day festive.
When our son's buddies go home, they'll have one of a kind thank you bags to take with them. A quick straight stitched bag with a small piece of canvas on the front, adorned by the wimpy kid, will hold all the goodies. Candy bars with a simple paper wrapper, "cheese touch" popcorn, a decorate your own button kit, bookmarks (what book themed party doesn't have bookmarks), "Diary of" journals that we created (an in progress rough draft sample shown), and of course a pencil for all the writing and drawing that will go inside the journal.
For the birthday treat at school, we made brownie cookies and topped them with the "cheese touch." It was nothing more than a flattened vanilla tootsie roll with golden yellow and green food/icing coloring added to accomplish that aged cheese look.
A very simple button was worn to school declaring that my son was indeed the "Birthday Kid." I printed this from our home computer and added a little color by hand.
His brother and I continued the theme with our homemade birthday cards.
Decorating for the weekend party goes beyond balloons, yet it's not too involved either. Foam versions of our main character and a paper birthday banner add just enough of a wimpy birthday kid touch to make the day festive.
When our son's buddies go home, they'll have one of a kind thank you bags to take with them. A quick straight stitched bag with a small piece of canvas on the front, adorned by the wimpy kid, will hold all the goodies. Candy bars with a simple paper wrapper, "cheese touch" popcorn, a decorate your own button kit, bookmarks (what book themed party doesn't have bookmarks), "Diary of" journals that we created (an in progress rough draft sample shown), and of course a pencil for all the writing and drawing that will go inside the journal.I love it when a theme comes together!
Enjoy the wimpy photos. Feel free to comment with any questions you have on the projects shown. As always, enjoy stampin' out your work week!
HAPPY FRIDAY!
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Wow girl! Theme party caterer Mindy at your services!!! Excellent job :O)
ReplyDeleteThis is awesome Min! We did a diary of a wimpy kid movie game night before but nothing this cool :)
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