Tom's Lego Party

Tom preparing to blow out the candles on his cake.

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Tom has been quite adamant that he wanted a Lego-themed birthday party for some while. This is hardly surprising given his obsession with all things Lego! We invited Tom's two best friends to tea after school and they had a great time playing together before we all sat down to enjoy Tom's Lego-themed birthday tea. I think everyone had a lovely time and everyone went home in one piece, so I shall rate it a success. Tom certainly went to bed one happy little boy, which is what it is all about!

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 The sideboard, complete with Lego models and party blowers.

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 I used the Lego man cookie cutter I bought at Legoland to make these gingerbread men. I iced them with ready coloured sugarpaste and then drew on the faces.



 Tom's Lego cake.

I made a sponge in a 9 inch square cake tin, halved it and sandwiched the two halves in the usual manner. I cut 8 marshmallows in half and put them on top of the cake. I used ready coloured icing in two colours to give the impression of two Lego bricks joined together. I wish the seam between the two 'blocks' were a little neater, but other than that I am quite pleased with how the cake turned out.

 A vase full of large bricks decorated the sideboard.

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I made these Lego head 'pops' from marshmallows and covered them in royal icing before drawing on the faces.

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 I printed off the Lego signs onto white card and hung them from the light fitting above the table. I then chose a selection of Tom's Lego men to hang below the light.

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We gave Tom this wind-up torch for his birthday.

It made the perfect centrepiece for his birthday tea table

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A not very good picture of the banner I made, which features some of Tom's favourite Lego mini figures.

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Special mention: I just want to say a huge 'Thank you!' to Mum and Dad P. who did such a great job taking care of Emma so I could pull this tea off. I couldn't have done it without them.

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