May the 4th (Birthday) Be With You!

It is no secret that we are all big Star Wars fans, so when our little guy turned four, what better way to celebrate than with a May the 4th (Birthday) Be With You Party! Matt collects Star Wars items, so he was pretty excited to bring some of his items out of storage to provide party décor. He may or may not have asked about keeping them permanently displayed in our living room. He may or may not have been promptly shut down. 😆

May the 4th (Birthday) Be With You Partyscape

Our mantle got a temporary makeover with Star Wars paper pennants, and buckets of  themed photo booth props.

Lots of lightsabers, meant a few impromptu battles. 

Masks, old Halloween costumes and some quick quotes glued to wooden dowels made quick and easy photo props.

Gingerbread Men turned Wookie Cookies with the help of a fork, some black icing, and a few silver cake decorating bits.

Lemonade is always an easy drink choice along with bottled water for the kiddos.

I went super simple with the cake and just added some  sugar stars I cut out of fondant, some paper cutouts hot glued to toothpicks, a glittery silver number 4,  and a couple of simple Star Wars toys.

This was my husband's favorite part of the party décor. I removed everything from our living room built in and temporarily replaced them with everything Star Wars.

We ended up with some great pictures of our friends in front of our makeshift photo booth. I took a cheap rolling clothing rack that I had in the garage and taped blue tool over the top. Then, I hung clear Christmas lights in the back so they shined through. Instant twinkling stars backdrop!

Great minds think alike! They looks so cute in their matching shirts.

This metal Star Wars sign was one of only a handful of things that I actually didn't source from our garage. Of course, it made its way into Matt's collection afterward.

Our friends were all such great sports with dressing up and getting into character.

Getting some use out of some character mugs and vintage trading cards.

We kept the food pretty light with fruit, cheese and crackers, Chick-Fil-A nuggets (as requested by the birthday boy) and cake!

Everyone went home with a silver little treat bag full of Star Wars themed goodies.