♥Laker’s School Party for Chase’s 5th Big Day♥

September 23, 2010– was truly a day filled of  l♥ve, blessings and pure happiness! It’s Chase’s 5th Birthday! Hurray! 🙂

Lakers Basketball Theme Cake

For Chase’s 5th birthday, we decided to make it a school party along with his 25 schoolmates plus 3 of his friends (Gabe, Enzo & Paulo)! It didn’t stop us for making a theme party, we lovingly made it into a Lakers Party! ♥

Details…

• Invitations – DIY (Do it Yourself) custom invites! Using my secret weapon (haha…powerpoint), I came up with a .jpeg file and had 30 3R copies printed from the photo stores. I gave them out four days in advance prior to the game day! 🙂

NBA Kids/Lakers Birthday Invitation

Preschoolville Play Area turned into a Party Placee 🙂

The party was planned at 11am just in time for their snack time. Fortunately, they had a group activity at the main room so the tables and chairs were available for set-up.

Useful Reminders:

Preparing for 25 plus kids is not easy…and given the limited party time, we wanted to make sure that the kids can actually enjoy some other things we prepared for them, like the Chocolate & the Beverage Fountain .

• Important to ask permission from the teachers/school admin…like if you wish to invite other guests, which I did! 🙂 Since we will not hold any party for Chase other than the school party, I decided to invite few of our friends and some of Chase’s friends as well. 
• Prepare Lunch Box Food with individually wrapped cutlery sets  — all home cooked, prepared with ♥ & certified Kids’ Approved! 🙂 …Spaghetti, Cheesdog, Chicken Nuggets
• To have that party set-up effect, we brought tables (and covers) for the Adults Buffet Table and another one for the Cake & Give-aways (just to make kid’s feel the school party spirit!)
• Since, I have invited Adult guests…I prepared a simple meal too. Also, I brought along throw-away items (plates, glass, cutlery sets) 🙂 
• Spaghetti
• Chicken Wings
• Sicilian/Vegetable Salad — Ceasar Salad with a twist of Mangoes & Grapes
• Pizza Hut Pizza
• Prepare for delays & hassles! :-)…I was dropped off at 10:15am, to set-up the Food Table, Cake Table, Utensils/Plates area (from the school play table) & Gifts Table (also from the school) & then do add some birthday banners and balloons! But the food only arrived 11:15am! 
• The school staff helped set-up the kids’ dining area –according to class/level plus requested extra two chairs for additional kids’ guests
• I borrowed two tables from the school for the Chocolate and Beverage Fountain just to make it more accessible to the kids. 🙂
• We did not really made the 11am call time for food, so while waiting for the food to arrive from home, armed with games prizes ( mini gum balls and candies)…I requested the teachers to host simple games…they did! 
• Longest Happy Birthday
• Question & Answer or Guessing Game hosted by Chase 

Chase with his Bowl of Candies for Game Prizes

Buffet Table for Adult Guests and Cake/Give-aways Area with my DIY Balloon Decors

at 11am, while waiting for the food, the kids played games hosted by Teacher Rej

Our very own Chocolate Fountain made with melted Truffles! Yum! 🙂

Kids having fun at getting their own drinks from the Beverage Fountain

Chase with the Prep (Kinder 2) Cheerleaders! 🙂

Chase with his guests & friends not from his school 🙂

Chase with the Preschoolville Teachers 🙂

Another well-♥ birthday moment…Opening of Gifts Time! 🙂

Chase with his presents from his friends & his new favorite toy from his Grandpa Tats & Grandma Nans–Ultimate NERF! 🙂

For more School Birthday Party Tips, please check out Gabe’s School Party.