Star Wars Party on a Budget

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I have always found the throwing birthday parties for the kidlets to be extremely stressful and expensive. We recently gave Koko a Star Wars party for his 11th birthday. He chose a Star Wars movie night.

Our party budgets, as a rule, are small. We don’t do elaborate parties. The only “big ticket” item at parties is the themed cake or cupcakes (whatever the birthday kidlet decides they prefer).

So for Koko’s 11th birthday decorations, I found some free online printables to use as his decorations. His Happy Birthday banner came from Libby Grove Designs and the food labels from Claire from Frugal to Free.

Koko and I sat and made our list of snacks to eat at during his party. The main idea was that it should all be easy to eat without having to lug plates or bowls around.

And so, for dinner, he decided that traditional South African Vetkoek and curried mince. These mini vetkoek were dubbed Hansburgers. Get it???
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For the drinks, he chose the Sparletta Sparberry as the C3PO OIL and Sparletta Apple Rush for the Yoda Soda.
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The other snacks that were a hit was the Simba Chips as Ewok Snacks and the Popcorn as the much anticipated Yoda.
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Princess Leia Buns were Romany Creams, which was a brilliant stroke of luck.
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Death Star Donuts were represented by chocolate covered donut ginger biscuits. These were blinking delicous!

I tried to make Lightsabers by dipping Pretzel Sticks into melted chocolate, but didn’t buy the correct chocolate *face palm*. At least the kids still ate them and pretended to sword fight with them.
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Koko and I had also made Quick-make, no-bake brownies at his insistance, but didn’t have a label for those. These are divine and were polished off quickly. The red blobs on the serving dish is the chocolate I wanted to use for the lightsabers.
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And last, but most definitely not least, are the gorgeous and absolutely delicious Wookie Cupcakes made by the very talented The Gourmet Sugar Fairy. These are exactly what Koko wanted.
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This party was everything Koko wanted. Movies, a handful of his closest friends, food and drinks. He had the best time. You don’t need to spend thousands on a party to make your child’s day special. It’s the people and the atmosphere that count the most.

Keep an eye out for our Shimmer and Shine Party on a budget coming next month!

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Freebie Friday Linkup: Star Wars Resources

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Download these amazing and free Star Wars printables! from
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This printable set has everything you need to celebrate the release of The Force Awakens. Plus, you can download these Star Wars Printables for FREE!

Bookmarks – Bookmarks from Family Shopping Bag
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FREE Star Wars party printables and more from Printabelle
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Any Star Wars fans out there? My family has lots of them, not only fans of the movies, but they are also very involved in the Star Wars novels as well. Based on all that Star Wars love, I’m sharing with you a free printable Star Wars party set!

The free set comes with a sign/card, cupcake toppers, lightsaber decorations and gift tags!

Free Star Wars Themed Pre-K Learning Pack from Year Round Homeschooling
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May is just around the corner and that Star Wars day is coming right up! Get ready to celebrate the force with this brand new Free Star Wars Themed Pre-K Learning Pack!

Star Wars Kinder and 2nd Packs from Royal Baloo
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The boys are all really getting into Star Wars. They’ve found some cartoons on Netflix, and now Star Wars is one of the few things they talk about. With Star Wars Day approaching I knew I needed to do an update to the Star Wars Pack!

Free Star Wars Pack Update from 3Dinosaurs
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Star Wars Pack contains 37 pages with some of the following:
(part 4) Describe the Character, Acrostic Poem, Dot the Letter, Trace the Letter, Dot the ABCs, Dot the Numbers, Spinning Adding, counting and Tally Money, Fill in the Missing Numbers, Addition & Subtraction, Star Wars Word Problems (Part 5) Cut & Paste Counting, Mini Book, Make CVC Words, Roll & Cover, Roll & Cover Multiplication, Roll & Cover Subtraction, Making CVC Words, Making Words with Blends & Digraphs, Making Words, Measure Chewbacca.

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