Background
Birthday Sign and Treasure Hunt
Cake and Cupcakes
For the cake, my son showed me the picture of the mask he wanted me to recreate (Toa Nuva Tahu’s). I baked the cake in a metal mixing bowl and then cut the sides off of it to make it more oblong than round. I did a base coat of frosting and then used some (rather old—please ignore the “wrinkles”) red fondant to create the mask. I used fondant (and a small paring knife) to free-hand the little masks for the friend cupcakes (I don’t like giving kids a piece of the big cake—too messy).
We ended up not eating the birthday cake that night. I have to include a picture of what I found the next morning after my 2-year-old had gotten to it. You snooze, you lose, I guess.
Wow, that looks a lot of fun. Being the mom of older daughters, I wasn’t familiar with Bionicles. Now I am in the know!
Very informing! I am sure I will need to know this for later! Great post Trina!
Go Trina! Thanks for the ideas. They look great! Now I just have to wait for my boys to get into Legos…
My son is a Bionocle FREAK! This is a great party! Love all of the details.
Saw this link on "One Pretty Thing" & had to come check it out. I'm the mom to three boys who ALL love Legos & Bionicles. I'm really not sure if I should show them this post or not. 😉 My oldest turns 13 this summer. I may have to go with it. Thanks for sharing the details!
Thank you… thank you… thank you!!!! I have been all over the web looking for easy ideas for my son who will be 11 in November. I started looking for ideas early because I figured it would take me forever to find something "themed" just right for him.
He LOVES Bionicles and is about to make me crazy trying to get me to understand them….LOL! I am so glad I found your blog. Thanks for the ideas! I'm so excited I can't wait to tell him!
You are a wonderful mother. My 5 y/o is totally obsessed with bionicles and has been for over a year. He wants a Bionicle 6th Bday party so bad but I just don’t think I can put it together. I love what you did. I don’t have the guts to attempt the cake…maybe the cupcakes…but my freehanding is on a 2 y/o level. We’ll see. Maybe if he’s still obsessed when he’s turning 11, I’ll have developed the guts…and skill with Fondant!