Angry Birds Birthday Party! Part 3

The cakes were a hit (covered in part 1 and part 2).
Even better were the games we had lined up.

I found a few ideas using boxes and Angry Birds plushes or bouncy balls painted to look like birds and pigs.  These items were then turned into a playable, life-size Angry Birds game.  Unfortunately, my son's birthday is in December.  So, we really couldn't plan on going outside to play.  Our weather is so screwy, that we never know if it is going to be super sunny and beautiful outside, or cold, windy, and snowy.

Anyway, we scaled down the playable game by using the smaller plushes (5"), cereal boxes and the like-sized boxes, and instead of a slingshot, we let the kids have at it.

 

They definitely went after those pigs!

Because my week was super busy, my husband offered to help.  So, I had him do the pinata.  This was his first time doing paper mache.  While it didn't turn out the way we had liked, it still was a big hit!

 We didn't think it would hold up to the traditional pinata beating, so we opted for a more close-to-theme approach.  The pummeled the pig with an Angry Birds ball that we bought at Walmart.

Let's just say the kids love it!  Forget tradition!  This was even better.  It was like playing dodge ball with a very easy-to-hit target.  

Of course the pinata held up to the beating pretty well.  So, to end the pummeling craze, Scott took the pinata in one hand, a plush black bird in the other, and asked the kids "What does the black bird do?"

The kids screamed "It blows up!"
Scott: "That's right! It goes....."

"BOOM!"

We also loaded up Melayna's room with a bunch of green balloons (no helium) and put a sign outside her door that said "Melayna's Pig Pen"

In Tristan's room, we loaded up a bunch of different colored punch balloons and put a sign that said "Tristan's Bird Cage"

And outside our bedroom door, to discourage stray kids, we put a sign that says "Might Eagle's Cave" "Do Not Enter"

We also had a tin can game like this one, but ours didn't look as good.  I ran out of time and was painting these just hours before the party.  We had colored whiffle balls (those light, plastic balls that look like swiss cheese) for the kids to throw at the pig cans.

Up next: Angry Birds Birthday Party! Part 4 (food & favors)