Maddie's Mad Science Birthday Party— Customer Feature

A EWEHOOO! CUSTOMER FEATURE— I just love hearing from my customers about their super fun birthday parties. So much creativity! Maddie, one of my Mad Science Birthday customers, recently turned six and her mom, Luci, threw her an explosive party— that didn't break the bank!

Luci ordered my one-sided Mad Science Party Invite and jazzed it up with some sparkly card stock!

Everyone loved the "Dr. Who?" Game.

Luci decked out the party table with polka dots and bright colored plasticware from the KALAS Collection at IKEA. You can get a whole set of this fun plasticware for about the same price as you'd spend on paper products. Maybe even cheaper! And it's reusable. Very green idea Luci!

Luci found this adorable Mad Science fabric at Spoonflower.com. Love what she did with the chairs!

Homemade Mad Science Cake. Yum!

These adorable Lab Coats were custom made by her friend. You can get your own at Inventive Threads.

Luci had the great idea to give each Mad Science party guest an experiment book to take home, so she asked me to design one for her. This custom printable Mad Science Experiment Book is now available at my shop!

Where to get your Mad Science Materials:

• Petri Dishes: Amazon.com
• Test Tubes: Steve Spangler Science (empty water bottles work too!)
• Colorful Safety Goggles: Amazon.com
• Mad Science Party Collection Printable Labels: My Shop
• Mad Science Party Collection Printable Experiment Book: My Shop

Click here to see the whole Mad Science Printable Collection!

Looks to me like the girls had some explosive fun!

Thanks Luci for sharing Maddie's party!

I'm linking up with these fun blogs today seven thirty three, great fun 4 kids, a creative princess, and Kate's nesting spot, 

Another very cool Mad Science birthday party!

Another very cool Mad Science Birthday Party!

See? This is what I love about blogging. Sharing creative ideas and inspiration.

This past March I posted the invitations I designed for (my son) Wesley's Mad Science birthday party last year. Then, a few months later Christine Kantaporn from Northern Virginia, was planning a Mad Science birthday party for her daughter and found my invites online. She emailed me and asked if she could use them for her party. I was so flattered she liked the design and gladly shared the invite. I love sharing creative ideas and I think it's totally awesome that she took the concept and ran with it. Check out her creative spin for her daughter Caitlyn's Mad Science birthday party on her blog: {fp} following phubie. 


Thanks Christine! You made my day!

Reliving my March Madness (2009)

Couldn't let the month of March pass me by without sharing last year's birthday festivities. You know, kids' birthdays these days have gotten a little out of hand, if you ask me. Parents (myself included) tend to go overboard for their kids on their "special day". I don't know, maybe it's because we didn't get all the hoopla when we were kids so we want to lavish it on our own now. I have to tell you, the only birthday I remember as a kid was when I shared a party with Karen Foster at Dapper Dan's and I cried when they placed the clown ice cream cake in front of us and sang happy birthday. Why did I cry? I don't know. I cried a lot as a kid. Still do, but I digress.

Anyway, last year I joined the ranks of parents who over-do-it for their kids on their birthdays and threw a homemade "Mad Science Lab" party for Wesley. Many hours went into the planning and preparation for this scientific extravaganza. And I know I was more excited about it than anybody!

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CHECK OUT MY ENTIRE MAD SCIENCE PARTY COLLECTION HERE!

INVITE FRONT

INVITE BACK

 

Family Fun Magazine was a huge inspiration for this party! I made lab coats from men's t-shirts. Each kid got to wear a pair of goggles, an oversized bow-tie and could get their hair moosed-up like Einstein. Their name tags were fun too. Adapted from the "Captain Underpants" books,  each "Professor got to follow the silly instructions to figure out their official names. I laughed out loud thinking up the names. Here are a few samples:

YOU CAN BUY MY "DR. WHO?"GAME HERE!

Needless to say, every experiment I meticulously planned and demonstrated for the kids failed miserably to the point where one neighbor kid asked, "Are there going to be any experiments that actually work?".  But it was fun! Boy-oh-boy, was it fun! Luckily, my hubby, arrived home early from his swim meet and saved the day recreating all the experiments correctly. The Beaker cake was a hit and the grand finale lift-off of the U.S.S. Wesley rocket entertained the entire neighborhood in all it's carbonated glory. My all-time favorite though, was the "Build-a-bot" activity. I collected cans and miscellaneous hardware for months leading up to this moment. All the parts fit together with magnets (hand-glued on by yours truly) Each kid got to make their own robot. They loved it! Success! Check out more pics on my Flickr page.

So I'm done with the boys' birthdays this year. I was going to do a big Indiana Jones blow-out for Jackson, but I thought better of it and we just did the family thing instead. To tell  you the truth, they didn't know the difference. Whewh! And there's always next year!