Dragon Training Party

Did you see How to Train Your Dragon 2?  Wasn't it awesome!?!  My son decided he had to have a Dragon Training birthday party this summer.  Here is how we pulled it off.

  I created an invite like a movie admission ticket.  Using free wallpaper images from Dreamworks and text effects I was able to create time invite in my photo suite program.  Dreamworks also has party invites on their site that you can print out.


PARTY DECOR
  Dragon emblem and balloons on the mailbox.
  Viking Hats
  Viking Shields
   Balloon Swords
   Stuffed Toothless toy - Walmart
  How to Train your Dragon gift bag (table decor)
  Red and black table ware & paper party supplies

Viking Helmets were an easy do-at-home project with mostly all scraps that were laying around.

We had one helmet for every dragon trainer.











Next, every viking needs a shield.  First rule of Dragon training - get a shield.

I used an appliance cardboard box and duct tape to make these.  Two circles per dragon trainer.  I made loops of duct tape and threaded it through the first circle and secured it to the inside.












Then I took the matching circle and taped the edge, sealing the armbands inside and make a "metal" edge.

I then created a small duct tape circle for the center of each shield.

The first things our dragon trainers did upon arriving at their training date was decorate their shield.












Here is my Hiccup.  He even made a flame sword himself for his dragon training.


For our guest dragon trainers I got some long balloon-animal balloons and found a YouTube video on how to make a sword.  I think this was even more exciting to them than the costumes.











PARTY GAMES
  Shield Decorating
  Racing Paint
  Dragon Races
  Pinata

Racing Paint was simple and made them so happy.  I found face paint crayons (super easy to use and no mess).  I duplicated the face paint seen in the movie during the dragon racing games.

Dragon Racing

I set up an obstacle course in our back yard using just about anything I could find in my house.

Construction stakes with paper flags, old fence posts as balance beams, toddler tunnel, water balloons, and of course baskets for their sheep.

Each child ran through the obstacle course carrying their sheep and put it in these baskets at the end.  They each had four sheep to put in the basket.








Here are our fluffy little sheep.


Aren't they cute!!














Dragon Egg Pinata was a hit.  It took them forever to break it open.  They loved it!!

Party favors for a dollar at Walmart!

 Toothless birthday cake.  The cake topper was bought online.

The cake is a chocolate box cake, two layers with frosting in between.

I prefer a cream cheese frosting to other kinds.  It's got a great texture and flavor and sets up like a buttercream once chilled.











MENU

     Meatlug Treat - Grapes
     Fishleg Snacks - Goldfish
     Dragon Eggs - Cakeballs
     Dragon Teeth - Apple Slices
     Hiccup Skewers - Ham & Cheese skewers
     Astrid Crunch - Chex Mix
     Gobber Peg Legs - Chocolate dipped pretzel rods
     Nightfury Juice - (Our Journey)

 
The tags were made with images all available on the Dreamworks site.  I used wood texture, metal texture and a viking script all available free on the internet to create the food tags.

Once printed I glued them to cereal box cardboard and bent them into self-standing food tags.

The cake balls were dipped in blue candy melt then rolled in chocolate sprinkles.  They were a mess but my son loved them.

 To end the day each kid got a special Viking bag which contained their pinata candy and some dragon eggs (cake balls) to take home.

The image is a printout available on Dreamworks website.  Be sure to check out their site as they have lots of things there for your little dragon lover.

A pretty simple party that went over HUGE with the 5 yr old crowd we entertained.