Minecraft Birthday Party Plan

I was exhausted but getting closer to actually having the birthday party ready to roll for 16active  kids!  My son had a long list and would you believe that this is what we narrowed the list down to!  He said that he wanted to do all things Minecraft.  I started a pinterest board here.

We started with Pin the Tail on the Enderdragon which I looked forever for and found this one after we already printed the other one.  I was a little sad because we printed a large poster and the tails from this one don't fit on ours unless we go back and print them on the poster paper.

We made a box like a Minecraft head to put over the kids heads like a blind fold but the kids preferred to use the paper grocery bag because it didn't tip as much.  They had a blast and each person's name was on the tail so they compared how everyone did.

Because we had so many kids we decided to do four stations which means that I split the kids into 4 groups which helps to cut down on the crazy.  I made activity books with lots of free printables that I found all over online including coloring sheets, mazes, crosswords and these neat color by number squares (here). 

The books were different colors for the different teams and had the Minecraft logo, the child's name, the team name, and the order of their stations (the schedule).  This was team Gold and their schedule.

The first station was Minecraft elements which are cubes made into elements.  There were paper cubes to cut out and put together with tape and glue sticks.  There were some here and some here.

There were wooden cubes that were painted gray that the kids could paint or glitter glue any color they liked.  We put them on small plates and sent them home next to their goodie bags if they were too much of a mess.  My son's wasn't painted that much and was mostly dry by the time we left.

The cubes were really easy to make.  My husband took a spindle from our old deck railing and cut it so that it was in cubes and I painted them so there was a base color to work from.

The second station was make your own Minecraft skin which for those of you mom's like me who don't know the Minecraft lingo, it is like a square mask but I decided not to cut eye holes.  Here is a blog that actually used sticks but my husband and I felt that would make it less mask like and more like a weapon they could use so we went without sticks (it also made it cheaper). I made ours a little smaller because it seemed a more reasonable size and I could make the cubes small and square and they fit down this block in an even number.

I got ready by making the squares from old cardboard boxes and the cut up cubes from colored construction paper that I had around the house.  To try to stay organized, I put it in egg cartons so that I would have 12 colors for each group.

I made way too much but I was worried that they would use everything and the last group would have nothing.  They made very different masks based on their interests.  There were little guides on the table if they wanted to make something specific or they could make their own.

The third station was the Minecraft games including Creeper toss which was square holes cut into a stand up cardboard that was painted green and the kids had to throw the soft balls through and try to get points.  Turns out we kept it in the basement for two years and I have no pictures of it.  We did a large piece of painted cardboard and folded the cardboard backwards instead of this sample found on the internet here.

We also had Minecraft bowling which was kids bowling pins that we already had that I labeled with the different Minecraft things and the kids loved it.

We had another game we didn't use where we took songs from You Tube and played a musical spots like musical chairs but with Minecraft spots on the ground.  You could easily use some of the many elements or food labels if you wanted to make these too.

The forth station was a Minecraft world with a long roll of white paper and little stickers that were in Minecraft designs and markers so that the kids could make up their own Minecraft world.  I put all of the stickers in egg cartons too so that we would have one per group.  I just printed the design that I found online on return address labels that we already had and cut them into cube shapes by making strips.

We also did Minecraft Bingo at the end of the party after cupcakes until the parents were there to pick up their kids so that we could keep them contained near the door and in chairs.  It has always been a party favorite each year so I decided to go with this one.  It was nice because there were 20 cards and we had a bunch of kids coming so I knew that it would be enough for everyone.

I was hoping for everything to go well and get lots of pictures but that is always hard to do while trying to keep tons of children under control.  It was great and all the kids had a blast but I didn't get nearly the amount of pictures that I would have likes to share.

Before the party, I use paper grocery bags for the goodie bags and decorate them with the kids name and pictures from the theme.  It is super cheap and easy to hold all of the things we are sending home.  At this party, they decorated square cookies like Minecraft blocks and they could eat one and bring one home (or both if they decided) after we had pizza at the beginning.  Some were very well thought out and others were crazy but everyone had fun.  I label the plates first and wrap in foil to keep in all the sprinkles.  I label the plates first and wrap in foil to keep in all the sprinkles. 

They also got their book with activities, bookmarks (here and here), a few of my son's favorite candies, and all the crafts that they made at each station.  I like sending them home with their own work instead of junk purchased at the store that they won't use again.  Most of the kids really enjoy it and leave with more things that they can do at home. My one crafty thing was a TNT labeled party popper that my son asked for because we had some leftover from a 4th of July box, I said yes.  I printed the papers here.

I hope that this helps you come up with a few things that are helpful to make your own Minecraft party.  I mostly come up with ideas that work with things that we have around the house so that I can make the most frugal but fun party that I can come up with.  I hope that you can find some fun things around your house to turn into Minecraft fun!!