An incredible Minecraft Birthday Party can be put together in minutes with these simple themed ideas! Over twenty five different resources to throw your best party yet!
Minecraft Birthday Party
Are your kids into Minecraft? I've really, REALLY tried to be. They call me every few minutes while they are playing to show me some two story house they built with a pool, or shout "come quick Mom! It's a creeper!!!" and then some pixelated supposed zombie thing crosses the screen.
Maybe that's my problem with Minecraft. My generation had Atari, Mario in it's infancy and that worm game.
Since that time it's been a never ending quest for my generation to fight for our posterity by offering better graphics, more realistic looking games and games with increasingly more difficult skill level.
So why go back in time?
I just don't get it. But maybe that's the great thing about having kids--I'm not meant to "get it" anymore.
But I can throw one great Minecraft Party for them. With my son turning eight, I knew we were going to have a Minecraft Party. Have you looked at the stores? There aren't any Minecraft decorations to fall back on as a quick and easy solution for a party. So it was time to fall back on option #2--the DIY version.
We searched and scoured the internet for great ideas and while we borrowed some ideas from other sites, we did come up with a few of our own new ones too. Okay, 25 different resources to be exact!
CREEPER BALLOON GARLAND
Creeper balloons: We blew up balloons in blue, green and black and strung them on a garland. We then cut out Minecraft figure faces and glued or taped them to them.
MINECRAFT BANNER
A simple and easy banner, we cut out scraps of construction paper into even sized squares. We then hot glued the tops of the banner to a ribbon and made a garland. Afterwards, we took lettering and spelled out "Minecraft Party."
CREEPER JUICE
Covering a pitcher with a ribbon of scrapbook paper was simple and easy to do. Write "creeper juice" and stick whatever you want in it. We made lemonade and cut up fresh fruit.
HEROBRINE CAKE
Okay, so this is NOT my proudest of cakes. (See picture in collage above). But when I posted it on Instagram I got a few nods of sympathy. THANK YOU! We made a 9x13 inch chocolate cake (we followed the Hersheys recipe) and frosted it with the Hershey's Perfectly Chocolate Frosting, saving ½ cup for later use. I then made a separate Hershey's cake but halved the recipe and put that into squared brownie pans and baked them. When I pulled them out I let them cool then cut them into small cubes. I made this buttercream recipe for one and kept a teaspoon of it white and dyed the remaining green with my Nature's Flavors natural food dyes. I then dipped the tops of the cubes into chocolate, white, or green frosting and pressed the cubes into the top of the chocolate cake until I assembled a Herobrine cake.
MINECRAFT OUTDOOR PARTY IDEAS
All out party with great easy games, a fabulous "cubed" invitation and plenty of party food and crafts to keep the 11 year olds satisfied. Plus, how to host a secret "creeper" attack. Parties 4 Ever threw a wonderful outdoor Minecraft party!
INDOOR MINECRAFT DECORATIONS
This indoor Minecraft birthday party from Kara's Party Ideas is over the top! No detail was left undone. I love the TNT and the brewing stations. Even if a party like this is out of the question, just ooh and aah over the pictures.
Updated Link Courtesy Kylie Made by a Princess Party Styles: https://www.madebyaprincessparties.com/2013/07/minecraft-birthday-party/
AMAZON MINECRAFT DECORATIONS
Lo and behold, there actually are some decorations available to purchase for a Minecraft party. While some of the prices are alittle over my budget, there are some fun items you might want for your party from Amazon. Although I don't quite know what to think about the above creeper heads. But it could work for Halloween.
SIMPLE MINECRAFT PARTY
This simple and easy birthday party is no fuss! I love the perler beads craft activity and the simple and easy finger food and cupcakes. Great ideas for throwing together a very simple and easy Minecraft Party.
GIANT MINECRAFT BIRTHDAY CAKE
Wowsa! Not only did Sarah of Living Hot with Coupons use four, yes four!! cake mixes and lot's of manpower hours to make this gorgeous Minecraft cake, but she also designed a killer Minecraft party to go with it!
MINECRAFT T-SHIRTS
I loved Keitha of Keitha's Chao idea--make Minecraft shirts! A simple and easy idea for a Minecraft birthday party craft, plus she included lot's of great links to Minecraft printables. Get your printer warmed up and ready!
CREEPER CAKE SQUARES
These simple and easy Creeper cake squares from Candy Bar Cupcakes are made with a simple chocolate cake, cream cheese frosting, Color Mist and a fruit leather. Why didn't I see these before?
MINECRAFT GHAST PINATA
Simple step by step instructions are included for making this incredible looking (but easy!) Minecraft Ghast Pinata from Domestic Femme.
SIMPLE MINECRAFT PARTY FAVORS
These printable sleeves fit right over a candy bar and feature figures from Minecraft. There is a pig, sheep and cow, along with TNT. A great party favor for each guest to bring home with them.
GOODY BAGS--MINECRAFT THEMED
These themed goody bags included a plastic creeper sandwich container filled with a bead sword, tattoos, a granola bar and candy. Love it!
MINECRAFT PARTY INVITATIONS
These printable Minecraft party invitations are a hit! I love the look and think they would be perfect when delivered with a water bottle wrapped with a creeper. Great job!
SIMPLE MINECRAFT PARTY GAMES
I fell in love with these Minecraft games as soon as I saw them. Mama D and Da Boyz sure knows how to throw together some simple party games. Try this Pin the Tail on the Pig game, bingo, or cube assembly craft.
MINECRAFT MAGNETS
These would be a great game for kids to play, or as a gift or party favor if your budget allows. Kids will have a blast arranging and rearranging the magnets into different designs.
MINECRAFT COAL
What to use this for? The possibilities seem endless! While the author originally used it as Christmas coal, you could also make "Minecraft Coal" and use it as a snack, a thank you for coming to the party, or attached to a birthday invitation.
MINECRAFT TNT GAME
Coke and Mentos is a popular game with kids, so why not make it resemble TNT? We loved this fun and inexpensive game idea that any kid would love to experiment with. She also came up with a great Digging for Diamonds game too!
MINECRAFT INSPIRED WEDDING PROPS?
Okay, I'm trying to come up with Minecraft birthday props, not wedding props. However, when I saw these life sized boxes wrapped in paper to resemble pigs, sheeps and other Minecraft inspired animals on Yahoo I thought it would be so fun to include in a photo prop booth or as a decoration for your own party. See, I haven't lost my mind...yet.
MINECRAFT PAPER CRAFT
These printable Minecraft papers crafts would be a perfect craft for your party or great for your child who loves to assemble things. (I'm bookmarking it for a rainy day craft). You can also use them for table decorations or even an inexpensive cake topper.
CREEPER INSPIRED BIRTHDAY GIFT
If you want to extend the Minecraft themed birthday party to the gifts too, consider the talents of Krista of Five Speckled Eggs. She shows you how to make this creeper inspired knitted birthday hat. This would be perfect for the colder seasons! I might have to enlist my knitting neighbors to make this for my son!
MINECRAFT TIE
Do your boys wear ties to church? These ties are an easy and inexpensive gift for the little boy in your life. He will go to church in style with his creeper tie from Minecraft!
MINECRAFT PLUSH
Now your child can literally eat, play and sleep Minecraft. These adorable Minecraft plushes are perfect for girls or boys! While you could go with my route and buy them you could also opt for a DIY method if you're crafty.
Betsy @ Romance on a Dime
Wow - such great ideas!! Thanks for sharing this at Romance on a dime! I'm following you now.
DomesticFemme
Thank you so much for featuring my pinata and linking back to me 🙂 Hope your little one had a blast!
Keitha
Thank you for featuring the freezer stencil creeper t-shirt. Love the pics from your own party. Great collection of Minecraft info!
Keitha
Oops, just noticed that the picture does not link back to my blog post. Could you change that, please? http://keithaschaos.blogspot.com/2013/04/minecraft-birthday-party_7.html
Thanks!
burntapple
Done Keitha, thanks for pointing that out. Always love to give credit where credit is due.
Keitha
Thank you!
Ruby
Hello and thank you for this round-up! I can't believe, almost a year after you initially posted this, that things really haven't progressed in terms of the stores catching on to the Minecraft craze. Here in the UK I found one party company that offers Minecraft parties and they quoted me £600 (almost $1000) - and that excludes venue hire, food and cake! That's just a BIT over my budget, so I'm going the DIY route. One thing I've found, that you don't have on here, is a YouTube playlist of Minecraft 'parody' music videos based on current hits. I'm planning to project that onto a wall and do a Minecraft 'disco' of sorts. Fingers crossed! I may blog about it when I'm done and, if I do, will link back to your post. Cheers!
burntapple
Oh my goodness, my kids play those Minecraft music videos all the time! They drive me nuts, but they LOVE them. So glad you were able to find some DIY ideas for your party. Hope it goes well, please share when you are done. I can't wait to see how your party turned out. --Traci
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Heather
Great Ideas - Thank You! I put together a Minecraft - Stampy Cat magazine for the guests at our son's party, Feel free to download for free, and share. http://capturedinnocencephotography.blogspot.ca/2014/04/minecraft-birthday-party.html
burntapple
Thank you!
CupcakeMakeover
Great ideas! The crafting side of things is perfect as it gets the kids involved, gives them a break from the game 🙂
อุปกรณ์สักคิ้ว
Very nice write-up. I definitely appreciate this site.
Continue the good work!
charlene
Thanks so much for mentioning my Minecraft Creeper cupcakes! I wanted to let you know that I have now added a video tutorial on how to make them. http://candybarcupcakes.blogspot.com/2010/10/minecraft-cupcakes-creeper.html
burntapple
Thanks for linking your video. (I know those are NO small task to do). Love your cupcake recipe. Thanks for allowing me to add it.
David Coombes
Great article - the Creeper juice would go great with our Creeper cake over at http://www.minecraftcakes.com. Keep up the great work!
edel
where do I find the ties? Love your stuff btw
burntapple
The explanation on how to make the ties is here: http://www.nothingbutcountry.com/2013/06/diy-minecraft-birthday-gifts/
The ties are available here: (or search for lower prcies online) http://www.absoluteties.com
If you don't want to go the DIY route, you can just buy Minecraft ties here: http://www.stylinonline.com/tie-novelty-pixel-grn-brn-bow.html or http://www.amazon.com/8-Bit-Computer-Reusable-Fabric-Sticky/dp/B00B3GQKJU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1427144828&sr=8-2&keywords=minecraft+tie
Michela DiBucci-Koller
where can i get the Minecraft Hat its adorable
thanks so much for sharing
burntapple
Krista of Five Speckled Eggs actually knitted the hat. Here is the link to making the hat: http://fivespeckledeggs.blogspot.com/2013/01/cute-creeper-hat.html. It looks like the link I had to the instructions became broken, so I'll fix it. Thanks and have a great day!
shehnaz kadri
Awesome ideas.Really liked it.Really liked the Minecraft idea.Surely going for Minecraft TY games and Tie idea.
Jenifer mik
Really helpful ideas. Really liked it.Really liked the Minecraft idea.Surely going for Minecraft TY games and Tie idea.