a plants vs zombies birthday celebration

Our sweet little guy, Ford, is 6-years-old today!

He is the last of our 4 children to celebrate a birthday, so he's always beyond excited when his special day finally arrives!!

Ford asked for a Plants vs Zombies - inspired birthday party this year! It's been his favorite Android game since his cousin introduced it to him last December.

If you're a fan too, then you'll appreciate all the party details, especially his birthday cake!

We decided to host this year's celebration with a few of our close friends and family at a local Pizza Parlor. It's one of our favorite places to enjoy great pizza and fun games.  I'm a big fan of their exposed brick walls . . . and the private party room that's enclosed in glass is cool, too!

Since we didn't host at our home, I made party decorations that were 'contained' and easy to transport . . .

plants vs zombies centerpieces

red balloons with hanging zombies

buckets for utensils

festive green & white chevron paper straws  

bottles of brain juice!

peashooter PEAS
fun & festive green & white goody bags

 

We had to MOST fun decorating Ford's cake!

I wanted it to look like a 3-D edible version of the game!

I searched on-line for 3-D Plants vs Zombies puzzles, and found a few on Amazon. Here is a link to the one that I bought, here. I used the house, tree, gate, and characters to decorate the cake so that it would look like the actual game. 

The grass was made using "perfect crusting buttercream" and Wilton's cake decorating tip #233. Here's a great video on how to pipe grass, here. 

And finally, I bought the chocolate rocks from Powell's Candy Shoppe! I used them to help define the garden borders . . . and decorate around the house and fence (smile).

Since Ford knows more about the game than I do, he decorated the cake with the Plants vs Zombies pieces. 

It was so much fun watching him and his older sister strategically place each and every PLANT and zombie. 

My favorite part of the whole day was when Ford hugged me for a really LONG time and thanked me for a great day.  It's moments like those that make the day extra special . . . (and all the extra efforts worth it!).

He melts my heart with his affection and loving ways! I am one BLESSED Mom!

Happy Birthday, my sweet Ford!

I love you,  Mom

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