My son is a huge Star Wars fan and when planning his 6th Birthday party I used this site to come up with the Training Academy" theme and then came up with a lot of new ideas that I thought I would share.  I started with my invitations. I found a really cool picture of Yoda online and copied him into a word document. Then printed over the picture with the wording I found online for invites.  I printed them on green 5x7 cardstock that I bought with coupon at AC Moore for $2.50 and that came with envelopes. Planning the games were fun. The first game was "choose your asteroid wisely" I bought Star Wars gummies from Kroger ($1.34 per box of 6) and wrapped each package in tin foil.  I specially marked two of these packages so the 2 that were picked were the winners and got special prizes.  Next game was Rescue Princess Leia where we blew up enough balloons so each child had one. Every balloon had a star wars sticker in it except for one. We printed a picture of Princess Leia online and stuck her in one of the balloons.  Then we put all the balloons in garbage bags and when time for game dumped them all out on floor and let kids scramble to save her. Next we played a game called "let the force guide you" where we used my sons card board Anakin cut out and played the traditional pin the light saber on him.  I did find a picture of a light saber online and printed one for each child so they each had their own to use. The unique thing about this game is instead of using a blindfold I used one of my sons Darth Vader Halloween masks and put electrical tape of the eyes so it was the Star Wars version of a blindfold.  Kids loved this. Lastly we played "destroy the Death Star" where we used a disco ball pinata that I found at Captain Party for $10.  It really fit in great with all other decorations and we didnt have to alter it at all.  The reason I selected this one instead of the soccer ball pinata and painting it is bc this one had the simple pull strings.  So the kid that pulled the string that unlatched the trap door was the winner of this game. All the time playing star wars music that we downloaded for free. One of the best parts of this party is that my husband dressed as Darth Vader and came and rang the door bell during the first game surprising my son and all the kids.  He then helped with the remaining games. The last game was to test their bravery which was simply to have them stand with Darth for a picture which was later printed and used for the thank you card. For prizes I found Star Wars puzzles and coloring books at the dollar store and then bought some $1 packs of the generic silly bands from walmart that all the kids wanted. Food: We had "Pizza the Hut" pizza Yoda Soda Wookie Cookies and I made my son a round cookie cake. Put white icing on it with a black border then found a large plastic 3d darth vader cake topper (but was the size of an actual mask) at Captain Party for $1.99.  I didnt do goodie bags bc all the kids got a prize whether they actually won a game or not and there was plenty of candy in the pinata for all.  Decorations I used our Life size Yoda on the mantle and various other items from my sons collections.  We used lots of color coordinating balloons and bought star wars streamer and outlined the room with this all over in addition to yellow streamer that hung from windows ceiling fan and mantle. All in all this party was a hit.  Everyone thought it was so well thought out and original.  The best party for me was how great everything looked and how little it really cost. The most expensive things were the pizza we provided and the costume rental price.  "