The great cardboard birthday fort-building extravaganza has come and gone and the reports are excellent. The guest of honor wore blue and a good time was had by all.
After weeks of scavenging cardboard boxes from friends and neighbors, we finally had the goods to make a kick-butt fort. Add in some camouflage accessories, a dirt cake and my brother with his crazy games (clothespin tag?), and you had some nine-year-olds losing their minds. Oh, and there were a few suspiciously grown-looking men hanging out and building stuff, too.
I don't know how to manipulate photos once I have them uploaded and I'm too exhausted (teething baby) to try to figure it out, so these are not in order. But here you go:
Baby G has a mini-fort. And pizza.
I have been told more than once that my face is easy to read. The proof? This is a gift for James that I apparently didn't like:
Dirt cake seemed apropos for a bunch of boys. Borrowed the idea from Mama Manifesto.
Outside fort wall:
Inside the garrison:
A planned community:
And there you have it: the Fort Building Spectacular. Good times, good times.
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8 comments:
Dude, my kids would totally die and go to heaven for this kind of party.
Looks like a blast. This was a terrific idea.
That looks so fun, so creative.
That is one heck of a party! And you are seriously pretty even when you don't like a present!
This is just the best idea! I have two boys. I will tell you know that I WILL steal this idea sooner or later.
Secondly, your face in that photo reads, "what the H is that?" So maybe once you learned what it was, you liked it? :)
Personally, I think that looks like a pretty fun party for kids of any age. (Although in my case, you'd probably have to come up with some bigger boxes.) :)
If it makes you feel any better, it doesn't look like James is exactly over the moon about that present either!
It does look like so much fun! Next time can I be invited to his birthday party?
That is such a brilliant party concept! I don't have boys but I'm stealing it anyway.
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