DIY Super Mario Birthday Party
I recently turned 25 and decided to throw a party! Nintendo is having a big moment in both gaming and cosplay so I decided to make my party a Super Mario birthday party. Besides just dressing up and having a Mario Kart tournament, I thought it would be fun to decorate and make a themed drink or snack. I don't usually throw parties so I wanted something that wouldn't be too hard. So I headed to Pinterest, created a board of ideas, and got to work on my DIY Super Mario Birthday Party!
Decorations
I made a quick photo booth using my photography backdrop and air filled letter balloons.
Adding two strips of electrical tape to gold star balloons instantly turned them into Super Star Power Ups.
I used a bunch of our Super Mario accessories for photo booth props
Themed Food and Drink
For me, food and drink are the most important part of the party so I got a lot! I wanted to come up with a few themed things for everyone to choose from. Originally I was going to label them all but I made a game of getting friends to guess how everything fit with the theme. The easiest to guess was Princess Peach's Peach Rings
A bowl of cheese puffs became Fire Flower Fireballs
I chose green paper cups to look like Warp Pipes and yellow paper plates to look like all those coins Mario is always collecting.
Limeade Recipe:
I made an alcoholic limeade name Luigi's Limeade. It's super easy to make and basically involves following the instructions on the frozen juice cans. I forgot to take a photo of my own so enjoy this lovely limeade stock photo in its place lol.
Source: Big Bear's Wife
Ingredients (makes 2 gallons)
- 3 cans of frozen limeade concentrate
- 1L bottle of Vodka
- 1L bottle of lemon lime soda or Sprite
- Water
Directions
- Open limeade cans. Follow directions on back to defrost. My cans were't frozen solid so I didn't defrost them so I wouldn't have to use ice. They came out of the can like slushies
- The cans say to mix 4 cans of water for each can of limeade. Instead mix 2 cans of water, 1 can of vodka, and 1 can of soda. So in total you'll need 6 cans of water, 3 cans of vodka, and 3 cans of soda.
- Mix and serve! That's it!