A Dinosaur Slash Dragon Dance Party

My son recently turned five. I suggested a dinosaur theme, which he quickly turned into a dinosaur/dragon theme. He explained that since it was going to be a dance party, that dinosaurs and dragons are friends and should dance together. Thus, it was so. We decided that he would be a dragon and his guests would be dinosaurs. Once that was that, I went into party planning mode and had a blast sorting out the details. I selected Book People for the party because of their awesome pricing, perfect space and most importantly Staci Gray, an awesome local child performer who comes with the package. We love Staci Gray. Here's a link to a video of my guys singing her famous bubble song after we saw her for the first time last year. I have o figure out how to get that from Facebook onto Youtube. Anyway, the party was perfect! Before I share a few pictures, details, and a short video, I have to share my favorite cell phone pic from the party of mini MaternalNag (way too cool for school) and mini me (if cornball had a flag, I'd be proudly wavin' it). 

I call this one "Zack was totally a dragon at his party and Amsden was not impressed."

Now, on to the crafty photos and deets...

I made Zack's dragon wings (from a tutorial I found online), a few mask hats and dinosaur feet for all the guests out of foam board. I bought masks from Oriental Trading Company and Zack's tail and feet from Etsy. I didn't get a great photo of them, but I bought dinosaur and dragon cupcake toppers on Etsy as well. Now on to the pictures. 

The Costumes

Austin is safe with Zack The Soccer Dragon watching over it.

No template. Freehand, yo!

I used one package of small foam board for the feet and one big yellow sheet for toe nails.

Dinosaur feet before.

The Goody Bags

Iron ons for muslin drawstring bags, dino mugs, dragon stickers, homemade kid-size bookmarks plus a special treat added by Book People later.

The Party 

Seriously. Chalk wall at Book People wins.

 

Staci Grey Performs. The cupcake at the top of the tower if obviously homemade, free of all food allergens and is Zack's.

The Aftermath

Dino Dad and Dragon Mamma exhausted after monster bash. Shirts bought (l) and designed (r) on Zazzle.com.

Good times!