DIY Lego Tray

My oldest is OBSESSED with Legos! He has so many and they were all over his room (we told him they had to stay in his room because they were getting everywhere in our house) and all over his floor!

So for his 7th birthday I decided to get creative: I love going to Antique stores with my parents and they always have handmade "Lego Trays" but they are always over $20 at the very least. There had to be a cheaper, better way for me to get this gift of my son. So we went to our local Goodwill and luckily they had an array trays there! I found a breakfast-in-bed type of tray where there were legs that extended and it was clean-ish and functioning. Bonus was the price: $3!

So then we went to our local Walmart and bought 2 Lego base plates for about $8 each. Now if you are adding up the numbers, yes it was over the $20 I didn't want to spend at an Antique store but those trays didn't stand up like this one does so I was willing to pay a little more for it.

So after cleaning the tray with multi-surface Windex, I followed the directions to use Gorilla Glue for the Lego bases.

And then used Lego pieces to make sure the bases were together the right way because putting them side by side would have left it impossible to build in the middle where they meet. There was a very small amount of space in between needed to make it smooth and build-able. Then I placed 2 huge glasses on top and allowed it to dry for 24 hours! 

Now our son has a Lego Tray of his own that he can keep his current project on and free from the cats, his little brother and the evil vacuum that loves eating Legos. 

Happy Mommy-ing!

PAW Patrol 5th Birthday

Handmade sigh saying "Welcome to Junior's 5th Birthday PAW-ty!"

My oldest LOVES Paw Patrol! Obviously that was the theme he decided on for his 5th birthday. In our group of friends we are the only ones with older kids, so we didn't do any games seeing as it would just be my kids playing. But I did all of the decorations or modified the store-bought ones to create something new. 

Turned store bought banner into 2 vertical banners for either side of our bay window 

Decor by the stairs and our PAW Patrol kids table

Marshall is our son's favorite, could you tell?

Our living room all decked out with hanging streamers

My son has a lot of Paw Patrol toys so we utilized what we had instead of buying centerpieces and stuff, I took his toy cars and place them around the house as party decorations and it worked out great.

Pups and trucks as party decor

More pups

Decor above the stairs

From the living room to the kitchen

Kitchen decor

Super Pups reminding everyone to Be a Hero, Wipe your Paws

I made sure the all the party food was properly named in proportion to the theme and it turned out great! He loved it!

Food labels made from construction paper and stickers

The party table

Used the Paw Patrol bus to hold the plates, napkins and forks. 

Pup-proni Pizza

Dessert! Pup-cakes!

When serving chips and dip, use a wine glass for the dip and put that in the bowl of chips 👌

Not really water from the toilet! I mixed together Crystal Lite Lemonade with Kool Aid Blue Raspberry Lemonade (with 1 cup sugar as per the Kool Aid packet) and filled up the jar with water! So Good and easy!

As a party favor for a puppy party and the fact that we had babies, we gave them teething toys and gave the parents small tissue packs with the Paw Patrol on them.

Party Favors!

Also big hit when we've got the Paw Patrol crew to call him through the Nick Jr. Club! Such an awesome thing, he was so excited - definitely made his special day more special! The best thing was at bedtime he hugged me and thanked me for his Paw Patrol birthday party 🤗👍 

Happy Birthday Big boy!

Both boys eating party snacks

Baby boy dressed up for brother's party, complete with a PAW Patrol cup!