Minute to Win It Birthday Party

My blogging has been on the back burner lately - after this post, you'll see why!  My oldest son turned 10 earlier this month and we decided to really celebrate!  After considering many different themes (because a party always has to have a theme, right?) we came up with Minute to Win It.  It seemed like the perfect fit for a group of boys turning 10!

I started by creating an invitation (after surfing the web for inspiration) that wouldn't be too complicated to make since we needed 9 of them.  Here's the final product:

I set up the text on the computer using Word and then printed on white cardstock.  Matted it on black cardstock and then using ancient scraps from my stash added the strip across the middle.  Topped it off with Minute To Win It  clip art and that's it!

The next step was planning activities, which was so easy for this theme!  The Minute To Win It website has tons of games listed along with materials lists so you know exactly what you will need.  I also discovered that the clock and the "Blueprint" - the directions for each game played on the show - are on youtube, so we also had those ready to go on my Kindle so the boys could see the directions before we started. We chose to do the following:

• Breakfast Scramble
• Junk In theTrunk
• Face the Cookie
• Ready Spaghetti
• Candelier
• Defying Gravity

Since it was a sleepover, we thought there would be TONS of time to fill so had worried that six games wouldn't be enough.  Turns out that we didn't have time to do them all - the kids had so much fun with the first three that they took multiple turns at each!  We laughed so much at all of the funny contortions and things they said.  Here's my son playing Face the Cookie (the object is to get the cookie from your forehead to your mouth without using your hands in 60 seconds):

After eating hotdogs, chips, fruit and cupcakes; playing Minute To Win It games as well as hide and seek; opening presents; and a video game or two - we decided it was time to wind down,so the boys watched Wreck It Ralph from their sleeping bags.  It was a great movie for the "game" theme of the day!!!

The next morning was a simple breakfast of several choices of cereal, cinnamon rolls, fruit, juice and milk.  The kids cleaned up, played a few video games and headed home.  As a "Thank You" for attending, they each got a mini photo album decorated to match the theme and filled with photos from the party. 

I think a great time was had by all!