Mr. Potato Head Party 4 year Old A simply silly Mr. Potato Head party, I talked my girlfriend into having this theme for our 4 year old because of how inexpensive and cute it would
be. Invitations: Created invitations using Mr. Potato Head image with the number 4 on his nose they read: One Potato, Two Potato, A Birthday Party Four¯, Name, Pop On Your Shoes
and Hat and Head on over to¯ Address For Spuds and Cake.¯
Food: Of course a grilled baked potato bar with all the fixings was served along with chili. There was also peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the kids who didn't like potatoes. A family member made a super cute Mr. Potato Head cake. Decorations: We used primary color napkins, plates, balloons and streamers and red and white checkered table clothes. We placed different Mr. Potato Head figures on the buffet table. I stuffed an old potato sack and had colorful tooling coming out the top and tied colorful balloons to it and used it as a decoration by the door. We printed fun signs that pointed the way to drinks, potato sack races and Mr. Potato art table. I printed out fun facts that I found on www.grillingbakedpotatoes.com and made little stands for them using potatoes and placed them on the tables to use as icebreakers. Games/Activities: We had a bucket of Mr. Potato Head parts and the kids were blindfolded and raced each other to put their Mr. Potato Head together. The kids laughed at the funny combinations that were made. We also played pass the hot potato with the Electronic Hot Potato game which is a plush potato toy that plays music faster and faster until it stops. The kids really enjoyed this game and needed little to no supervising once they got going. The party wouldn't be complete with out a potato sack race with old potato sacks I had bought off of Craigslist and washed in the washing machine. I was surprised to see how many kids participated in the race so we just kept having small races throughout the party, I think what they liked best was breaking through the steamer at the end of the race that the kids took turns holding for the racers. We handed out blue ribbons that read, Cool, Spud, Awesome, Tator,¯ What a Smash¯. It was beautiful weather so most everything took place outside but we did have an art table set up in case of rain which had coloring sheets of Mr. Potato Head, home-made brown play dough that the kids rolled into balls and stuck Mr. Potato Head parts into, and I also had brown paper bags the kids could use to rip out a circle and then I had a some stickers of eyes and noses and some construction paper for the kids to make their own potato face with. Party Favors: Each child was sent home with a sack which were brown paper gift bags that were labeled Name's Sack of Potatoes and they were filled with a small bag of potato chips, wax candy lips, fake mustaches, goofy black glasses and candy watches. Most of the supplies were purchased from the Oriental Trading Company. This was a very relaxing and fun party to help host.