Emmett's Bluey Birthday Party

I hosted Emmett's first friend, birthday party today--a week after his birthday.  Since I was unable to host it last Saturday due to Ella's gymnastics meet, I chose to schedule this party over MLK weekend which I thought could be a problem with people going out of town.  Luckily, everyone who we invited were able to join us with the exception of two friends.  Since Emmett is still such a fan of the beloved TV show, Bluey, it made for an easy choice for the theme of his party.  Since I have hosted so many children's birthday parties over the past decade, I decided to keep it simple and just reuse a ton of my ideas for decorations and games, but with a Bluey twist.  Since it was all new to Emmett, he was happy with everything that I had planned and the party turned out to be quite a success.  Emmett had such a great time hosting so many of his friends from church, preschool, and Kindergarten for games, presents, and dessert.  In addition, since we were blessed with a beautiful, sunny Saturday, the children were able to go into our backyard to play at the end of the party since we finished up with everything twenty minutes early.  I'm so glad that Emmett's first friend party was a success and that our birthday boy felt loved and celebrated!

Emmett standing next to his welcome sign and balloons outside our front door before the party began.

The dining area in the kitchen all decked out and ready to go.

The fun decorations on the fireplace in the family room.

As Emmett's friends arrived, we started out with everyone coloring a Bluey picture of their choice.

Emmett coloring with his favorite twins at his side, Evie and Issac.

We next played several rounds of "Hot Potato" except with a stuffed, Bluey animal.

We then had the children try to throw a Bluey ball into a cut-out poster from three different distances from the room.  Emmett won this game.

We then played several rounds of "Keepy Uppy" which is a game played by Bluey and Bingo on the TV show that involves keeping a balloon in the air.  We just altered the game a bit by adding many balloons to the game.

We then played our own version of the game, drop the clothespin in a jar, except we used a miniature Bluey figure instead of a clothespin.  We played this game from three different heights, to increase the difficulty.

After finishing the games, Emmett opened up all of his gifts from his friends.  He received so many wonderful and generous presents.  Here is Ella helping Emmett read a card from Jordan, a friend from preschool.

Emmett opening up a Baby Yoda RC toy from Maisie, one of his friends from his Kindergarten class.

Emmett starting to open up a gift from Brooke, another friend from his Kindergarten class.

Emmett talking to Evie while opening up her present.

A group photo of all of the kids after gift opening was complete.

From left to right:

Raylan, Carter, Auggie, Jordan, Emmett, William

Issac, Evie, Brooke, Maisie, Layla

Emmett waiting for us to sing "Happy Birthday" to him.

The entire group enjoying their cupcakes and ice cream.

Emmett and Jordan making funny faces while eating their dessert.

Logan and Ella went outside with the children to play with them at the end of the party.  A group of boys decided that it would be fun to chase Logan around and attack him.  Here is a funny picture that I took of Logan fighting off the group of boys before their parents came to pick them up.