Skylander party

We had Tryfan's birthday party today at our house - 13 boys and 2 girls (Rhiannon & Sophie). It was full on. Fortunately Grandma Debi arrived yesterday afternoon to help put it on, and then Cat and Sasha stayed for the event, which was quite handy too.
It started out well, with everyone coloring in pictures of Skylander characters while waiting for everyone to arrive.

Tryfs, Harry A, Bruno, Jake, Ned, Aaron, Fin and Harrison doing excellent coloring!

We had a few games lined up which had Skylander themes -- Pin the Eyebrow on Eyebrawl, Stump Smash Balloon Smash, Trigger Happy Gold Hunt, Magic Pop Fizz, and of course play ol' Musical Statues and Musical Bumps.

Rhodri leading kids on the "Golden Trail" to find all the gold chocolate coins they had overlooked.

 It was only 2 hours long, but that was enough! They were really rowdy and hyper after the coloring finished. Here is a little footage of the action during the Stump Smash game...

We had a break for some pizza and vegetables (including a random bowl of iceberg lettuce strips that I served up in my most enthusiastic manner) and then played another game before having cake. Except that the cake was actually just a tower of donuts. I had seen this and been inspired after reading about another mother's version of hosting a Skylander birthday party - so easy! We made the mistake of having too many varieties in the mix though - it would have been better to just have 1 type of donut available.

Anyway, that was pretty much it. We were all very glad when it was over and all the guests had left! But it was a great team effort and we are pretty sure that Tryfan enjoyed it as well.