Minecraft Halloween Costume

I was DELIGHTED last year when in October, my son wanted to be Steve from Minecraft. You have to understand, the previous 4 years, he always wanted to be some version of Sonic, and quite frankly, I was running out of ideas on how to make another version!

I found a number of ideas on Pinterest, but this one really inspired me!

http://www.instructables.com/id/Easy-No-Sew-Soft-Foam-Minecraft-Armor/

I found a bunch of boxes at work that I could use to make the body and arms. I painted them blue and let them dry.  I then raided the blue and gray paint swatches at my Home Depot and I glued them randomly to the boxes, My hubby cut out the head and arm holes next,,,the final step was finishing all of the edges with black duct tape.

My son already owned the Steve head and the diamond sword, so the costume was complete! All he needed was jeans and a light blue shirt.

He turned out to be a pretty cool Steve and got a TON of compliments!

A Minecraft Birthday Party

 My son is a huge fan of Minecraft. So for his Birthday last year, we had a Minecraft birthday party at a campground. I tried using all the printables on Pinterest, but they were not printing correctly. I purchased posterboard with "ghost lines" and made my own labels for snacks...

 

 We used my son's Minecraft swords for additional decorations. We had a lot of pretzels for snacks! The brick ones were labeled, "Trap Door." Veggie Straws were labeled, "Sticks." I used gold covered chocolates as "Gold," I purchased the confetti poppers and labeled them "TNT." Red grapes were labeled, "Redstone." I found some cheap lime green plastic cups at WalMart and I made creeper faces on them with the help of electrical tape and my son,

 The cake was easy! Simple rectangle cake, then I had my son use Hershey candy bar pieces to create another creeper.

 Overall, I would say it was a success! He was a happy boy!

 A big hit was the Steve head he received as a gift...

 They would wear it and then the battles with the swords began!

It was a very memorable, very fun birthday!