Phineas and Ferb Rock!

I just hosted a Phineas and Ferb themed birthday party for my 7-year-old daughter this weekend.  What a blast!  We asked everyone to come as their favourite character, and we had Dr. Doofensmirtz, Agent P, Ferb, Vanessa, Candace, Isabella and few fireside girls attend.  I dressed up as Lindana (the Mom) and her Dad dressed as Dr. D, complete with lab coat and outrageous accent.

The house was decorated in lots of green and orange, and we created some drawings of the characters to hang in the living room.  We started off with a short episode of the show to get everyone in the Phineas and Ferb state of mind, then built a 'structure to the moon' using toothpicks and marshmallows.  We placed the creations on paper plates (labelled with their name of course!) so that they could be taken home at the end of the party.  We had all the Lego out during the party as well, so that kids could create as they so desired.

Up next was a game with Dr. D - his evil plan was to create the Sad Birthday-inator.  My two daughters wore their Agent P hats to help foil the plot!  The Sad Birthday-inator consisted of a pinata that Dr. D was going to fill with rocks instead of candy.  While Agent P distracted Dr. D, the rest of the party guests and I replaced the rocks with candy, foiling his evil plan!  What a lot of fun.

We then had lunch.  Great tip on birthday party table covering - buy a roll of brown wrapping paper and cover your table with it.  Provide crayons so that while kids are waiting for lunch, they can draw on the paper.  We still have it on the table, and the kids love it.

We then played a circle game where we hid Perry behind someone's back, and 'Dr. D' (the child in the middle of the circle) had to figure out where Perry was hiding.  Finally, we had purchased a whole whack of Bendaroos (a great product) for the children to build their own Phineas and Ferb invention.  We had some really cool creations!  We placed them in ziploc bags for the kids to take home in their loot bags.


And finally the cupcakes!  This is how I made them:  I downloaded various images of some of their favourite characters, printed them on photo paper and then laminated them.  Then I cut them out to make perfect cupcake toppers.  Each guest was able to take a cake topper home with them.

As guests left, they received a loot basket (I'm a big fan of placing the loot 'bag' in something reusable, like a storage container, basket or purse), filled with a Phineas and Ferb pencil and colouring sheets, a cool flashlight, a Phineas and Ferb CD of songs from the TV show, a large Tootsie Roll and a book.  They also got to take home their marshmallow creation and Bendaroo invention.

A really fun party, and great for any age or gender.  I think I had at least as much fun (if not more) as the kids!