Lego Firefighter Birthday Party - Invitations

Today is my birthday, which has now come to signify the time of year when I realize I haven't planned a thing for Indio's birthday and it is less than a month away (poor thing). My favorite time-sucking best friend, Pinterest, and I stayed up late last night gleaning all the ideas from pretty pictures that cannot possibly be taken from anyone's real-life for a firefighter theme. Early in our research Indio saw a Lego fireman* cake, proclaimed it was the cake for him (as of that day and hour) and left us behind so he could run around the house requesting cake. Adding Lego to the theme was brilliant - lots of people have done Lego themed parties leaving a trail of ideas, templates and general craftiness in their wake.

Scribbled on scraps of paper are the guest list and party layout; pins of inspiration are on the board; favors are in the works; Lego molds are on order. Better yet, the invitations are created and printed. I've got lots to still do, but this kind of laser focus and productivity is almost unheard of, right?

Not one to keep a secret, here are the invitations:

[Front]


[Back:]


I used an old version of PaintShopPro that we have kickin' around on the computer to mash together my downloaded graphics and text to make up the invite. It came together pretty quickly and printed just dandy on cardstock. Done and done. I am pleased.

Front graphic . Lego freebie (seriously, Lego has put out a lot of cool, free things)
Lego Font . Lego Thick
Other Font . Century Gothic

Also out there are many downloadable invitations and templates:
Invite
Blank minifigure
Links to invites, coloring pages, etc.

For more of my birthday party hopes and dreams, check out my Lego Firefighter Pinterest Board.

*Not surprising as Indio loves the book: Lego City Fight This Fire. So much so that Daniel and I could probably recite the text verbatim AND Indio calls himself "Rookie", based on the main character, with anyone familiar to him rounding out the rest of the cast. Daniel usually gets to be Chief, I get to be Spanner...you get the idea.