I can't believe that my baby boy is 6! He wanted to have a fighter jet party this year and we had fun getting things together for it. We originally tried to have it at the park, rented a pavilion, but the weather kept us inside. Luckily, I had a back up plan - the fellowship hall at church. Grandma and Grandpa bought the Prince a Top Gun leather bomber jacket that he wouldn't take off during the entire party - too cute!!
For the invitations, I found some cute notecards at Target on clearance (LOVE IT!) that were blank inside. Printed the party details on vellum, inked the edges and attached with brads over a red star that I cut using the Cricut machine. So easy and quick, and I think they turned out very well!
For the party, I found inflatable Thunderbirds (Air Force, of course!), lots of silver star decorations and red, white and blue, of course! Below are some pictures of the decorations and the cake. I made the signs on painted cardboard, cut the letters using the Cricut machine and glued them on with mod podge.
The cake was made by Donut Palace and was delicious!!! I was pleased with how it turned out.
I had several activities for the kids to do. Each child got a set of dog tags that we put their name and birth date on (dog tags that you could write on with permanent marker from Oriental Trading). Each child got a balsa wood airplane that they got to decorate (color with markers, and put on star shaped foam stickers). We then helped them put the planes together and they got to fly them and try to land on the "runway". Used a piece of cardboard and attempted to paint it to look like a runway . . .
I had several activities for the kids to do. Each child got a set of dog tags that we put their name and birth date on (dog tags that you could write on with permanent marker from Oriental Trading). Each child got a balsa wood airplane that they got to decorate (color with markers, and put on star shaped foam stickers). We then helped them put the planes together and they got to fly them and try to land on the "runway". Used a piece of cardboard and attempted to paint it to look like a runway . . .
The kids had fun flying their planes. We then made paper airplanes and had a contest to see whose would fly the furthest. The dads had fun making their own planes, too! Next up was musical chairs (with Top Gun music, of course). The final activity was Pin the Propeller on the Plane. For this, I painted a plane onto a piece of painted cardboard. We drew and cut out propellers and ran them through the Xyron sticker maker to make them sticky and the kids had fun seeing who could get the propeller in the right place.
Last was cake and presents and then the kids did get to play outside for a few minutes on the playground at church. Goodie boxes were red, white and blue boxes I found on Oriental Trading with sunglasses, pencils, airplane pencil sharpeners, stickers, candy, and notepads with fighter jets on them. The Prince seemed to enjoy the party, which is what matters. I was exhausted when it was over!
