Friday, March 16, 2012

Davy Crockett birthday party

Two birthdays down and one to go! Dash wanted a Davy Crockett-themed party. The invite:
The cake:

Why oh why did I not take pictures of the inside? It was dark chocolate cake with ooey gooey marshmallow buttercream (supposed to be like a campfire s'more, idea from Pintrest) and the milk chocolate frosting on the outside. Delicious. Totally delicious. And Bear Tracks ice cream. Keep the theme alive!

I told Joe he was in charge of the actual party and I would do food. He came through in a big way. We had a good old-fashioned mountain man rendezvous, complete with hatchet toss....
bow-and-arrow shooting...
stick-wrestling...
leg-wrestling...
and cute babies underfoot. Is that not what a real mountain man rendezvous is made of?
With each event they won pelts which they strung on a leather strap and turned in at the trading post for drinks and candy and stick-on mustaches. They also got to wrestle a barr (attack an angry-bear pinata) for candy.
It was hard to find a real angry bear at the party store.

Finally, when everyone went home, this is what they got for a thank-you.

3 comments:

fauxy said...

oh my goodness, i love love love it all you creative, fun people!

Missy said...

I can't take the coonskin cap kit instructions off the fridge because it just makes me laugh. LOVE it.
Such a fun, fun idea.

JessicaLea Texas Kitsch said...

Super cute Party! My nephew saw a coonskin cap at Bass Pro and now he wants to be Davey Crockett! So we are brainstorming it as a birthday party idea, which led me to your blog! Looks like a fun party!