Yesterday was Brady's 5th birthday party. His actual birthday isnt until Tuesday, but seeing as how school starts on Monday we held it early. He wanted a karate themed party. Now, if any of you have ever had the pleasure of searching for karate themed birthday items you know there is NOTHING available! So we had to get a bit creative. We used Kung Fu Panda decorations & balloons. I got each kid a different colored karate belt to wear. The first game was "karate chop." I got a large piece of styrofoam from JoAnns and cut it into pieces. Then I painted it brown to look like boards. Each kid got to chop a "board." Then we played "pin the belt on the uniform." I made a huge karate uniform out of posterboard and we played a twist on the old donkey classic. Next was the "dumpling relay." I filled two bowls with cotton ball "dumplings" and the kids had a relay race to pick them up with chopsticks and bring them back to the waiting diners. Finally, we had a Kung Fu Panda pinata that the kids got to karate chop the heck out of. It was totally crazy but such a blast! I think Brady will remember this party for a long time. The craziness isnt over yet, though! Tomorrow is the first day of school. Saturday we move into our new house (yippee!) and next week we do it all over again for Carly's birthday. Phew!! Here's a look at Brady blowing out his candles...
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