{"id":591,"date":"2018-06-17T21:21:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-18T02:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neverdonewithfun.com\/?p=591"},"modified":"2019-11-23T12:42:02","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T18:42:02","slug":"build-a-lego-duplo-birthday-blast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neverdonewithfun.com\/staging\/5228\/2018\/06\/17\/build-a-lego-duplo-birthday-blast\/","title":{"rendered":"LEGO-Duplo Birthday Blast"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basically from the moment I found out Baby #2 was another boy, I started envisioning the possibilities for double birthday parties. My boys are both winter babies, with E born at the end of December and Sawyer born at the beginning of February, so my plan from the get-go was to split the difference and go with a mid-January combined birthday party. The timing is good: Everyone (but really, mostly me) is recovered from the holidays and all the kids are bored to death staying inside.<\/p>\n

Of course, I had to give Sawyer his own 1st<\/sup> birthday party before I could move into the world of combined birthday parties. But when Easton was turning 5 and Sawyer was turning 2 \u2013 it was ON. One party, one day of crazy creativity and effort, lots of kids at an indoor playspace so my house doesn\u2019t get trashed.<\/p>\n

But I will always love a good theme, no matter how \u201cscaled down\u201d I promised #DoneWithFun Daddy the party planning would be. There were lots of options, but LEGO was the winner: Easton was (and is) obsessed with LEGOs, and Sawyer loves to build with his Duplos too.<\/p>\n

So, I got to work building a birthday blast, and you can do. There are a lot of ideas I chose, but scale it to fit your needs; in hindsight, I probably could have done less than half these things and it still would have been a great party. I\u2019ll learn someday.<\/p>\n

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LEGO-Duplo Birthday Party<\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n

Jump to:\u00a0 Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Food<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Decor<\/a>\u00a0 |\u00a0 Favors<\/a><\/p>\n

Invitation<\/span><\/h5>\n

\"LEGO<\/a><\/p>\n

As a graphic designer, I always start with the invitation as the primary creative inspiration. After scouring Pinterest and Etsy, I combined a few ideas to make my own design.<\/p>\n

If you want to design your own invitation, there is a free LEGO lookalike font called LEGOTHICK<\/a> that you can download and install. The other font used on the LEGO block is Helvetica.<\/p>\n

Interested in customizing my invitation for your kiddo? Let\u2019s talk<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Entertainment<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
\"LEGO<\/a><\/h5>\n

Location: Pump It Up, Lisle, IL<\/p>\n

Pump It Up is my favorite birthday spot for the preschool age. It\u2019s big, well run, and makes my job as the party planner very simple. The best part, in my opinion, is that when you are in the playspaces, it is your party guests only: There are no outside guests or other parties in your space at the same time. That makes it easier to keep track of your kids and less chaotic overall.<\/p>\n

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