A Very Minion Birthday!

My big guy turned 3 on Tuesday! Tuesday is one of our normal preschool days and we had previously worked it out so we would host on his birthday for a small party. We had the letter S and the idea was to do Silly Minions and S is for Swim. 

But after a beautiful Memorial Day, Tuesday morning was a rainy mess. It down-poured at the exact start of the party. But we had backup plans galore! We started with a Silly Minion  craft which was kind of like Mr. Potato Head on paper. 

 

It went pretty darn well I think. Even though 4 out of 6 kids really don't know anything about Minions they still enjoyed picking out what theirs would look like. 

During the party we were pretty busy so we don't have any pictures of the other activities. But we also read 2 stories about birthdays/parties. We played with yellow and blue spaghetti noodles with spoons to find sea creatures. (It was still somewhat S themed too remember.) We had a dance party with balloons and then also played hot potato with the bananagrams banana. Because, as you may know, Minions love bananas. 

Then it was time for snack. I am SO SO glad I stuck to my guns and planned "preschool snack" and not "party food." Sure we gussied up the table more than normal but we still kept it pretty darn low key with a little bit of party fare. We had: Minion shaped Cheese Nips, Bananas and Minion Brownie Bites.

There were also juice boxes and bottled water as beverage choices. Because Edith has a juice box when she get's to Gru's house.

Just a box of brownie mix baked in a mini muffin pan. (and a few regular sized too) Frosted and then given a mini-marshmallow eye with a mini chocolate chip. They were really inexpensive, easy  to make and tasty!!

The local cheap grocery store brand bottled water just happens to have blue and yellow labels as a happy coincidence. It's where we shop anyway but I think it pulled the table together even more.

The big stuffed animal Minion was holding the treat bag bucket. You can kind of just make it out behind the bah nan ahs! sign.

I am not even kidding when I say literally, as the last guest was getting into their car, the sun came out. So after a lunch and a rest we made good on the chance for the birthday boy to swim. He just loves the water!

We had a pizza party dinner and of course a Minion Cake! He loved his cake and did a really good job blowing out his 3 candle. 

It was a WONDERFUL day spent with family and friends. We were so excited to celebrate our C.