It's hard to believe that Jack's party was over a week ago..we have been so busy, that it seems like it was just yesterday! Here are some more party prep photos!
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I put little Lego faces on yellow solo cups...Jack was ok with this - he thought they looked more like smiley faces. Oh well.
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Jack's silverware holder and the smiley faces!
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I purchased two pounds of Lego candy on Amazon. You could actually build with the candy!!
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I filled clear little bags that I got from target. I took a picture of a bunch of Legos, pasted it into a word document, add "thanks," printed the page off and we had instant Lego candy thank yous!
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I looked everywhere for blue straws. Finally found these at a party store...
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So, I printed off little Lego heads, cut them out and taped them to the straws!
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Sam helped out at the party, so I made him a Lego tee shirt to wear that day.
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I also made jack a Lego tee for his birthday!
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For another thank you, I created some Lego coloring books.
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I printed off a bunch of Lego coloring images from the Lego web site.
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then sewed the cover and pages all together...perfect coloring book and thank you!
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I wanted to make Lego lanyards, so I bought some heavy ribbon and lanyards hooks.
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I sewed the end of the ribbon, so the boys could wear their lanyards.
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I then used my crop-a-dile to punch a hole in the Lego card that came with the Lego kit. Each boy got one for a prize!
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The Lego head banner hung up.
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I also made a large Lego banner. I bought the plain banner at Memory Bound.
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Then copied pages from Jack's Lego book called
Standing Small. The pages fit perfectly on the 8x11 banner.
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On the back of the banner I copied other pages from the book.