Last year, Emma had asked that we throw a Princess Leia/Star Wars themed birthday party for her and of course with a BIG Star Wars fan in the house (dad) how could we possibly say no?!
Here are some shots of our big girl (71/2!) at her party last October :)
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| Princess Leia herself! She was also dressed up like this for Halloween. |
One of my newest favorite thing to do for my girls' birthday parties is a dessert/
treat table. Its a great focal point for the party and who doesn't enjoy treats at a party?!
I took the colors from the characters to make up the tissue paper accordions
as a backdrop. So much fun!
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| star wars themed dessert/treat table |
At the time Emma was really into playing the Lego Star Wars game on
XBox so naturally she requested her Princess Leia cake look like the one from the game.
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| Princess Leia Lego cake made by The Cake Mama (me!) |
| You're gonna laugh about how I came up with the idea of using the cookies below for my Wookie Cookies: I was at Superstore in the frozen section looking for punch for the party. At the end of the aisle I saw these:  and INSTANTLY a light bulb flashed above my head. I grabbed a bunch of boxes of these and cut the beak off the penguin and voila: Wookie Cookies! I added some white and milk chocolate to make the "belt" he wears across his chest.  |
| Star Wars Wookie Cookies |
a Star Wars party just isn't a party without pretzel light sabers!
are you a Jedi or Sith?
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| Star Wars pretzel light sabers |
Emma's friends were invited to dress up as whichever character they chose.
I think it's safe to say she had a great time at her party. We also made a R2D2
pinata that was virtually indestructible! (would you believe it was
made out of a paper bag recycled from Target lol!)
I had so much fun putting this together for Emma. She is a sweet
and sensitive soul with incredible talent. She is so loving and I know
we can all expect great things from her! Thanks to everyone who
came out to celebrate our 7 (going on 8) year old!
MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!!
