While I like creating birthday posts so that we can look back on them in future years, I'm also going to share some details of our Moana birthday party for any random Googlers out there who might happen to stumble across this post. Much of what's on Pinterest related to Moana parties revolves around decorations and food. I don't care much about either of these because a) the kids couldn't care less about decorations or fancy themed food and that's really who the party is for and b) it gets expensive. What I cared about was how to keep the kids busy and entertained during our party, which had to be 100% indoors because - January! So here's what we came up with, most of it was pretty simple but all the kids seemed to enjoy it, especially my birthday boy and his very eager little brother.
Keep the kakamora in the air! Super easy: decorate some brown (or gold because that's the closest thing you can find) balloons, hand one to each kid and challenge them to keep the ball up in the air and off the ground for as long as they can. Scary faces are optional;)
Pin the tail on Heihei - Enlist your super talented and artistic sister (or friend) to draw Hei-Hei, cut out some feathers, blind fold the kids and boom. (Isn't Heihei awesome? Seriously, I think my sister should open an Etsy shop and sell these kind of party games!)
Coconut bowling - "Consider the coconuts, consider the trees, each part of the coconut is all you need..." Combine any kid bowling pins and a coconut from the grocery store and you're all set to play. I recommend asking the kids to start with the coconut on the floor and push it rather than drop it to make it roll. Luckily no coconuts or family room carpets were damaged by this game.
Find the Heart of Te-Fiti - I bought some modeling clay from Michael's and followed a YouTube video to create our very own heart of te-fiti. Then the kids took turns hiding it around the house. The hider would let the other kids know if they were getting "lava" or "ice" (hot or cold) as they searched. Or, if you're Little P, you would tell the kids "coco" when they got very close ("because hot cocoa is hot Mom!")
Personalized Maui fish hooks - Once again, get your artistic sister (or friend) to trace out the shape of Maui's fish hook, then trace and cut the hooks out from cardboard (Amazon prime boxes that arrive at your house full of gifts are perfect for this project). We set the kids up at the table with crayons and a couple Moana sticker pages and let them go to town. Out of respect for the other kids' privacy I won't post it here, but we got a great picture of all the kids holding their hooks up and smiling:) Plus - party favor!!
Nope, not done yet. As a special treat this year we bought a pinata. No Moana connection here, although we did decide to name it "Neigh Neigh" and called it Heihei's cousin! I had the kids hit the pinata from youngest to oldest order and, perfectly, it started splitting when Little B (the oldest) finally had his turn.
Finally I let them all help make some tamatoa slime, a Pinterest idea. Although slime is supposed to be really popular with kids, none of them were that excited about it and I can't say it did much for me either. Oh well, never hurts to have something sparkly at a birthday party.
And finally cake! Once again, credit must go to my incredible sister and her artistic abilities, which my parents gave 100% to her:)
We finished the day off with family, watching the Eagles playoff game and enjoying pizza and more cake. Little B happily spent the game in front of the fire building Legos from his friends, unwrapping family presents, and then building more Legos and Playmobiles. He is happy to be 7 and we can't wait to see what the coming year brings for him. You are rocking life so far Little B and we love you!!
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| Closing out the day with mommy-son cuddles - just like 7 years ago:) |
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