All the worldly things...: Zenon's Nerf Battle 7th Birthday Party

Zenon wanted to have a Nerf themed birthday party for his 7th birthday. Andrew and I were going to try to convince him to pick a more simple theme. We were planning our wedding and had so many DIY projects for it, and to top that off, we had also just moved a month and half before his birthday.

Whew! We had so many things going on back then. I think I channeled my event coordinator skills and prevailed!

I changed my mind about it though and Andrew agreed that we had to do this theme now because we had so many boxes from our move that we could use to make forts, etc. We had to take advantage of the opportunity. talk about recycling and reusing! looking back now, I'm so happy we did it.

Our very good friends were able to help us with the venue. We even ended up with an amazing bonus -- a private "movie theater" for the kids! Since the Lego Movie just came out and it was all the craze, we picked this movie for after the party.

The kids went crazy with all the Nerf guns we had and the massive amount of ammo we had ready for them to use that they had ignored the huge firetruck bounce house we had setup outside!

We encouraged guests to bring their own Nerf guns aside from the ones we already had to make sure every kid had a Nerf gun to use.

There were 11 kids who attended Zenon's birthday which is amazing considering we only had 1 kid attend the year previous. This the challenge that every parent has to deal with when you have summer babies!

Here are some pictures of the big event!

The birthday invitation!

DIY birthday banner and Nerf banners.

DIY birthday banner and camo cake from Walmart. The cake isn't the best but it turned out very must and tasted pretty good.

Give-aways! Tons of candy and random toys including crazy straws inside!

Table setting. We bought small red and blue tin pails and glued Nerf logos we had printed out and stuffed all the candy and small toys we could in it for give-aways! They turned out pretty sweet! We also glued Nerf logos to the camo paper cups.

We found vests at the Dollar Tree. We got lucky that they had them at that time and luckier that they had 2 designs available. We were able to divide the kids into two groups to play a "Capture the Flag Nerf Battle"! The kids had so much fun! Behind the kids table were all the parents tables and behind those was the "game area" where we set up forts, etc. This set up allowed the parents to sit down and relax while still able to watch the kids run around and play. Some of the parents even got in on the action and started "shooting" at the kids with the extra Nerf guns!

DIY sharp shooter game using the box our dining table was in and some painted soda cans.

The box was pretty big wasn't it???

Tiny trophies for the kids!

The forts and the tunnel in the middle. All our moving boxes that we spray painted!

Kids hiding in the box tunnel!

DIY signs. So much ammo!!! The safety glasses were 3D glasses that we were able to ask for for free from the local Cinemark. They were brand new and still sealed in individual bags! Thank you!!!

Another DIY sign, this time for the banana split bar! Yay for ice cream!!!

Piñata!!!

So much candy!!!

Did someone say private viewing of The Lego Movie and popcorn???

The birthday boy!!!

As if that didn't spoil him enough, we also went to the local water park the day before his 7th birthday. His actual birthdate last year was a Monday so we had his party the Saturday before.