Birthday party savings!

We had Austin's birthday party over the weekend. As hard as my pregnancy is getting, it was important to have a nice party for Austin so he had something special before the baby comes. 

I had lots of help with the preparations between my student aides at school and hubby, so I just had to shop and make the cake. 

I also spent very little by making everything myself. The most money was spent on pizza, but even that was still reasonable. The entire cost of the party was around $80. 

Austin chose a Mario theme. I found great ideas on Pinterest for fun and simple games.  

Mario bingo:  Free online printable and one of my aides prepped the entire thing. We used pennies around the house as the markers. 

Stomp the Gumba: I had several students blow up the ballons and then cut out the faces from a printed pic and glue them. We tied string to the balloon and then to each kid's ankle and they ran around the yard while trying to pop the balloons. 

Fireball toss: I printed and laminated the piranha plant and taped them to these buckets from Dollar Tree. The kids tossed cheese balls into them. 

Piñata: my awesome hubby made this from scratch! 

For the decorations, I just made a birthday sign. One of my aides traced the characters on the projector and colored it for me. 

The goodie bags were made with punches. I put some chocolate gold coins, a Mario notepad, and stickers in them and then the kids also put their piñata candy in them as well. 

I made the cake from scratch. I piped the grass and road and put a few of Austin's Mario toys on top. Super easy!

I'm so happy at how it turned out!