Recently my big guy turned nine.  

We ALWAYS do a pool party for his birthday.  EVERY YEAR.  This year I BEGGED him to let me do something NEW, but alas, the pool party won out again.  But instead of doing a beach/tropical/pool theme, we went with star wars lego.  Which of course is something that you can't "FIND" in store.  So, I searched the internet (I love thee GOOGLE!) and found tons of cool ideas.  I also purchased the star wars cookbooks which helped me plan some FUN food!  I also copied the "labels" in the back of the book and decorated with them.  :)  

Here is a peek at his party…

I made the food labels with images and the star jedi font.  The starbucks coffee was something I found online.  I made new labels for the "yoda soda" and pulled off the plastic drink label taped it on top.  For the "jedi juice" we bought kool-aids and I created the labels, cut them to size and then put packing tape over it completely (so the ice wouldn't make the paper bleed) and taped them on.  SUPER EASY!  

Travis made the "death star pinanta out of a disco ball.  He also created light sabers for the pool out of noodles and tape.  And finally we had some watergun ewok targets (also from internet).  

 

THe kids had a great time.  Austin loved his party!  I am already moving on to planing our next one for our little guy!  :)