Emma had a Percy Jackson birthday party today. Who is Percy Jackson? Apparently you have to read these.
This series of book is all the craze for kids in the 10-14 range i would guess. Emma loves them and when I asked her what kind of party she wanted she came up with this. The only problem in doing this party was that I had to come up with everything on my own. It's not like I could walk in to a party store and buy the matching cups and plates. And in my searching online I only found reference to one other party. But thankfully there were some very creative PE teachers out there that had posted some games that had to do with the books.
So today for Emma's party we played "Quest for the Golden Fleece". This entailed me buying a $2 sheep, spray painting it gold and hanging it from a tree. Chris wrote a bunch of clues and they were divided into teams and sent on various quests to find the golden fleece. All the quests had to do with things from the books. The kids seemed to love it.
Emma's team acting out a scene from the book for one of their quest.Another game was "Capture the Flag" this is exactly as it sounds. Apparently this is one game that they play in the book. Fortunately the weather was perfect for us today and we were able to have a great game outside.
Then there was all the blue food. Percy Jackson and his friends really like blue food. It has someting to do with them being half gods. I thought it was that they got more power when they ate blue food but then someone told me today that wasn't true. OK. So we had blue cupcakes with blue frosting and constellations on top. Blue jello jigglers, blue koolaid, various blue candies, blue tortilla chips.
When everyone left they were given an amethyst bead on a necklace because they survived the party. In the book the kids at Camp Half-Blood get a bead for each year that they survive. I thought that Chris and I should have gotten a bead for surviving the party as well. I think I got the best gift of all though when Emma told me she had a really good time at her party and the games were super fun and "cool".
16 comments:
Yeah! I am happy for you,and Emma that it was such a success. Really though, have you ever thrown a party that was not a success? Surprisingly all that blue food looks really good!
Looks like you had a fun party and boy did you luck out on the weather! It was a great day for a party!
You are so creative! Emma is so lucky to have you as a mom! What a great party!
Really cool Darilyn, right down to the last detail! Your table looked great and I can't believe what nice weather you had for it. I checked the link since I had never heard of the books, it looks to me like they are trying to make learning about mythology fun! What a great idea, (note of sarcasm here)too bad it's a NEW idea, they could have started with stuff like this years ago if you ask me. But that's just the teacher in me.
WOW! You are awesome parents! You even did research for Emma's party. It sounds like anyone would have had a good time
This must have been Emma's birthday or else you like to just throw parties! Happy Birthday Emma! You have a cool mom.
Lauren had a great time. You are the best party planner I know.
You are a super amazing mom! Some day I'm going to have to do something cool for my kids' birthdays like that! You are quite the hostess with the mostest.
It looks like great fun, and Saturday's weather couldn't have been better! Happy birthday!
D you are the ultimate party queen! You get a crown with that title too.
I love the blue treats, and a gold sheep? Where to do store that for later? Very fun, your kids friends will know you as the "Cool Mom".
You did such an awesome party for Emma...what a great mom you are, and the blue treats look delicious!
That is an awesome party for sure! I am going to ask Rylie about those books. I don't know that I've ever heard of them. I love all the blue food!
Thanks for the post! My son wants a demigod party as well and we needed some ideas!
GREAT IDEAS! I found your blog on Google. My son also wants a Percy Jackson party and YOUR ideas are amazing. Now I know what to do and how to do it. SO thank you from a random Percy Jackson Loving mom!
Will you post your golden fleece quest clues?
Great party ideas. Intricate planning.
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