Star Wars Food

This will be forever known as the party where I went a little overboard. Whoops!

Dylan's birthday is July 6th which is a Friday. That Saturday was reserved totally for party prep. We had a lot to do! In addition to just getting the house cleaned and ready for party people, we had all the shopping to do as well as any food prep that could be done before hand.

We cleaned in the morning and went Dylan went down for his nap, my Mom, Cade and I went out for errands. I think it was almost 5 hours later that we arrived back home. In that time, we went to the party store, the office supply store and spent a very long time at the grocery store. Of course, there were also a couple of baby feeding stops. When we got home, it was time to eat a bite for dinner and get to work. 

Mike was in charge of one key party decoration. When we got home, he had his project completed. He had set the bar very high for party decor!

Mike's Creation
R2D2 Trash Can

My Mom spent all night making the cake and I spent all night making Star Wars sugar cookies (a lot of cookie cutting and dying of the dough to get them right). The next morning we set right to work. Unfortunately, a good amount of the food needed to be done right before the party so the decorations were put in place. We had a Happy Birthday banner to hang, Star Wars table cloth to put down and I spent some time making signs for the food. I loved how they turned out (as you'll see in the pictures).

While Dylan rested up for his party, I showered and got ready and then my Mom, Dad and I frantically put together the food we had so carefully planned almost all within an hour of the party's start. I was still making things as guests arrived and had to instruct them not to eat anything until I got it all set out and photographed. Aren't I a good hostess?

And without further ado, here are all the fixin's! It was so much fun to plan this and I was just thrilled with how everything turned out!

Boba Veggies
(Do you see the shape of Boba Fett's mask?)

Light Saber Pretzels in Darth Vader Mug

C3PO Cake
My Mom did an AMAZING job!

Ewokookies
(Also known as teddy grahams.)

Han Salsa
I got most of my ideas online but this one I came up with on my own. Yay me!

Yodamole and Trooper Scoopers

Padme Popcorn

Dylan loved his cake too which is the most important audience to impress.

Cookies!
R2D2, Darth Vader, Chewbacca, C3PO, Yoda, Storm Trooper

Jawa and Boba Fett too!

Princess Leia Roll-Ups
(Another original idea of mine.)

Death Star Pasta Salad
Complete with wagon wheel (death star) and star shaped pasta.
My original creation as well.

Storm Trooper Pops
(Jumbo Marshmellows with Edible Marker)

Jabba the Hummus
(Possibly my favorite)

Darth Cheeseball
I was throwing this together after folks were arrived.
I wasn't thrilled with how he turned out but oh well!

The Spread!

Yodamelon

Watermelon balls accessible from the side.

Darth Maul Dogs

So what do you think? The guests were almost too impressed because no one wanted to dig into the food! I finally convinced them to do so and it almost all disappeared before the crowd dispersed.

While I love how this party turned out, I'm a little worried that going a bit overboard for this party might not bode well for me in future years. I'll have to tone it down a little for the next one. This was a lot of work!