Soccer Party Printables

My Oldest Son Playing Around at The Soccer Fields

Last weekend my kids played their last soccer games of the season. They were also the last games they would play with their father as their coach. My oldest is moving on to a challenge league where my husband does not have the skills to coach. My middle son is going to be playing football in the fall, despite his natural talent for the game of soccer. I will miss watching him play. Until next spring I will be seeing a lot of this:

My Middle Son who LOVES football

In a few years, we'll be watching this one play on a team too! 

My Youngest Likes to Play Soccer already!

Tomorrow night is the end of season soccer party for both of my sons' teams, and we are doing what we always do- meeting at a local pizza shop for the all-you-can-eat buffet where we'll hand out trophies and talk about what the boys will be doing next season.  This year I thought I would do something special, since it will be the last season of its kind. I decided to make some cupcakes (because any reason is a good reason to make cupcakes) and a special cupcake tower (tutorial to follow tomorrow). I think the boys will really like it. They love to brag about my baking to their friends, and they really love to eat what I bake, so it's a win-win for everybody!

I made these cupcake toppers for the party and thought I would share them with all of you! You can download and print the soccer cupcake toppers here. If you have never made cupcake toppers, there is a good tutorial here from The Tomkat Studio. For these, you can just cut out the squares and stick them to a lollipop stick.

Before I go, here is a sneak peak at the tutorial I'm going to post tomorrow:

Soccer Cupcake Tower

What do you think?

Mickey Mouse Birthday Party

My youngest son is really into Mickey Mouse. We took him to Disney World for the first time when he was 4 months old, and then again when he turned 2. He watches Mickey Mouse Clubhouse (MMCH) all the time, and has almost every MMCH toy they make. It's something we indulge because my husband and I are also Disney fanatics! When his second birthday came around we didn't even have to decide on a theme. It would of course be Mickey Mouse, but I didn't want to just do the really commercial MMCH theme that you can get at the party store. I started with some ribbon that I found at Walmart. It is black ribbon with alternating yellow and red Mickeys. That was my inspiration for the whole party. Here is what I ended up with:

For the place settings I used white plastic forks wrapped in black napkins and tied with red ribbon. The plates came from Party city and the hats were left over from a previous party. I went with a plain yellow table cloth to have a solid background for the colorful plates and cups.I used the Mickey Mouse cups to hold the goody bags, which were made from red and yellow tissue paper and tied with red ribbon. Each one had a few Mickey Mouse trinkets like paper, crayons, a bouncy ball and stickers, and I tucked a blowout in each cup to finish them off.

I made the cupcake stand (and the cupcakes) myself. (There is tutorial here.)  You can see the ribbon that inspired me on the top and bottom tiers. I used red and yellow cupcake liners and red and yellow colored sugar on the frosting. To make the cupcake flags, I bought a pack of Mickey Mouse stamp/stickers and cut out a paper square for the back. I put a toothpick in between the layers, and voila!

The birthday boy's cupcake

Can you see the little bowl on right side of the picture? I bought 4 little bowls that matched the black/red/white/yellow color scheme at Homegoods for $10. I filled them with black, yellow, red and white M&Ms. I bought each color separately and then mixed them up in a bag before filling the bowls. It really added a nice touch, and was easier than picking out colors that I didn't want from a regular bag of M&Ms.

For the dessert table, I made a bunch of other goodies, including Mickey shaped sugar cookies and mini cupcakes! I used more M&Ms on this table for color.

For lunch we served Mickey Mouse pb&j's, fruits, vegetables and chips and dip. We also had some mini Hebrew National hot dogs that are always great for parties! Here are the Mickey PB&J's.

The other side of the room was decorated too. We used all of my son's little Disney stuffed animals to decorate the mantle along with a Mickey Happy Birthday banner. We made sure to set up all of the MMCH toys in the living room for the kids to play with.

Here is a picture of the birthday boy before the party with his presents from us and his grandparents.

All in all, the party was a huge success! I can't wait to decide what we're doing next year!