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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
We had a great birthday party this weekend for my youngest daughter, who turned 9. She originally wanted a Harry Potter
theme but luckily I talked her into
Minecraft for something new.
I followed the same formula from her sister's party: Keep them entertained till everyone arrives, do a craft or two, eat and then another activity. This seemed to work well for our little event and I think everyone left happy.
But as usual I over planned and over crafted. Weeks before our party, I set up my daughter with a secret Pinterest board, taught her how to use the iPad and let her imagination be our guide. This results in a massive amount of left overs that I'd like to pass on rather than throw away. Read on for the fun we had at the party or skip to the last set of photos to see what I'm giving away.
Once the kids arrived, they got a choice between an Alex, Steve or Creeper mask for their photo with the birthday girl. These photos will be printed out and mailed to our guests as part of their thank you cards.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
They then sat down to search for some words until all the kids got there.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
Or if they wanted to build, I have some extra blocks on hand.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
I had also called for back up help as my older two daughters and husband
were at a robotics meet today. Once my neighbor's daughter arrived we got the kids
started on the fun Minecraft activities I had preset on a craft table.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
We had them make
torches with LED lights that they got to take home.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
They had the option to create some bead art with a big tray of Perler beads.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
The last craft were fun pop top refrigerator magnets. With gemstones to jazz up the pigs, cows, Creeper, Steve and tools, of course.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
Once each child had made at least one or two items, we took a break from all the crafting (pun intended!) to head to the food table for some yummy lunch and grass homemade cake.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
Lunch also included a drink station -
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
And a dessert bar -
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
Along with some nutritious options like chicken, raisins, strawberries and graham crackers. I'm not sure the Cheetos as carrots, Twizzlers as TNT or the Cookies as cookies count as nutritious, but they are a reminder that it's a kid's birthday party and not everything has to be nutritious on this special day!
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
Once all the cake was eaten and all the crafts were completed, everyone settled in for a few games of Minecraft Bingo (with prizes) until the parents started to arrive for pick up.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
The Giveaway
It was a lovely event, but in true Arab stereotype I over-made the food and the crafts. While I'm not worried about the food going to waste with a teenager in the house, I have a lot of left over paper items that I would rather not throw away.
A number of items came from my
Buy Nothing community and I would love to pass it forward to you, rather then have it end up in a landfill.
If you are interested in these party items, please Like the
A Crafty Arab Facebook page, and Share a link to one of my Crafty posts with your friends.
It can be any post on my wall.
After you are done, please comment Done below so I can enter your name into the drawing. Unfortunately, due to shipping costs, this giveaway is limited to US residents. I will pick a name on Friday, January 29th. You will receive these items -
The Nether Portal with paper overhang, sign and purple and black streamers to assemble one yourself.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
Six red rectangle eyes, (new) black balloons and black streamers to recreate the Spider trying to get into Portal.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
Background printed paper of "dirt" for photo prop. PLUS the Creeper, Alex and Steve
masks from the first photo above.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
Ten printed and scored torches. Sorry, the kids used up all the LED candles.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
Ten plastic bags with generic "Thank you for coming" stickers.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
Ten Steve bookmarks.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
White streamers and face to create Ghast (we used a 12x12 empty box to transform our hanging display). And last but not least, the Happy Birthday banner with black baker's string, ready to hang.
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| Minecraft Party Giveaway by A Crafty Arab |
I'll throw in a few other goodies too (including the sample Perler beads premade for the party), so don't forget to Like
A Crafty Arab, Share and comment!
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