Pulling off this Minecraft birthday party was harder {initially} than it might look at first glance. A miracle of Pinterest, Photoshop and lots and lots of crepe paper streamers!
With life as busy as it can be these days grabbing up at least a few pre-made supplies or decorations is usually a must. Problem? Minecraft party supplies do. not. exist.
The good news? They are crazy easy to make and oh so much fun! Here are the details of my DIY Minecraft Party.
because he really does porkchop Minecraft.
in black glitter for the Creeper faces.
For our party guests’ party favors, I used Silhouette Smooth Heat Transfer Vinyl
Don’t have a vinyl cutting machine? No problem! Visit my guest post on Lil Luna.com today for an easy way to DIY your own creeper T’s without any special tools!
I went ahead and cut some creeper faces out using my regular black vinyl. Voila’! Creeper balloons!
I can honestly tell you, I had the most fun making this party food! It was easy and just plain fun to look at.
I adored the Tissue Grass Mats for the table runners. They came in a package of 2 making them around $2.50
. Dipped in a little red candy coating and topped with upside down white chocolate morsels. See! Like I said, easy and adorable!
. Plus, I downloaded several Minecraft parody songs that my child is obsessed with and that was a big hit, too!
Some Minecraft Carrot Cake, if you’re into it. You might even like my version of this tried and true recipe even if you don’t usually like carrot cake. I’ll be sharing that recipe with you soon!
This was, by far, the easiest birthday cake I’ve ever made. I just poured half of the cake batter into a square pan and the other half in another and baked. Covered with icing as usual then topped it with randomly shaped squares cut from a Wilton Sugar Sheet in red
In addition to our t-shirt party favors, we also filled these Gold Bar Foil Favor Boxes
And what do you get a Minecraft lover anyway? Well, I’ll tell you this – none of it is cheap! Take this Minecraft Light-Up Redstone Ore
I seriously LOVE your blog. You have the greatest ideas and this Mine craft party is the best!! Thanks for sharing!!
Aww thank you! That’s an amazing compliment. Glad you enjoyed the party!
Hi! This is really cool im 11 and i thought this was very cool though i did have a minecraft cape custom game designer skin and heads it was nothing compared to this. BTW if you could tell me what is your sons Minecraft name because i would be happy to add him to my server staff. Signing off TheMcWalrus!
Maybe I missed this somewhere but I’m curious as to where you got the grass for all that? Or did you make it? My stepdaughter is wanting a minecraft party in 3 weeks and I feel like that grass really pulls it all together!
It’s ok Shea! There’s so much in that post it’s easy to overlook some things. I have a link for where I got those grass mats. You will find it just above the picture of the 3-tiered cake plate (with the dirt clod brownies on it). The paragraph starts out like this, “I adored the Tissue Grass Mats for the table runners. They came in a package of 2 making…” The Tissue Grass Mats is hyperlinked, meaning you can just click on the words and it will take you Amazon where I purchased them. Hope this helps! I thought they really pulled it all together, too. One of my favorite things from the day! Thank you!
Perfect! Thank you so much for responding so quickly, I’ve already ordered the Tissue Grass Mats! Thank you, thank you!
You are very welcome! Have a great party!
My son is turning 8 and his world is almost consumed by Minecraft – he has very few other things that he calls hobbies and none of them rank high enough to use for a party theme. After nearly every Christmas present was somehow tied back to MC, I know the scarcity of product and he already has most of what’s available (at least as much as I’m willing to buy for him). So, when he said that he wanted a MC bday party I wasn’t surprised, but I was filled with some dread. That was, until I found your pins and blog! I’m really excited about pulling this together and exercising some creativity – I don’t play the game but this is a way that I can connect to that world with them.
Thank you for all the printables and the how tos.
Aww that’s wonderful! I am so glad to hear that. I hope you guys have an amazing party!
So glad you posted your amazing party online…I’m having a Minecraft party for my sons next month and got lots of ideas for your blog! Your kids are very lucky to have such a creative mom!! Great job!!
Thank you so much! I hope you guys have an amazing party!
Thanks for posting all your great ideas for the Minecraft party. I am planning one as well and I was curious what you used for the individual slime containers? Thanks so much!
Well, because I had a store at the time we had those jars to pour paint samples. They were 4oz jars, I believe, with screw on lids. They were purchased from Uline.com but I think you might have to buy them in bulk there. You should be able to find something similar online though. Try Amazon.com. Good luck and thank you!
Dirt Clod Brownies. I’ve not heard of these. Is there a recipe for them, or is it just a boxed brownie/cake mix? I’m thinking of making Rice Krispie Treats with green frosting for the dirt/grass squares, but if I could pull off the brownies, I think it would be better. Thanks!
It’s just a box brownie mix done using the ‘for cake like brownies’ variation. You could also use a chocolate cake mix, too!
HA! Ha! You can totally tell I DON’T play minecraft… Dirt Clods are actually brownies! Not Dirt Clod Brownies! Ha! Ok. So, these brownies look rather thick/tall. Almost like cake. Did you make a specific type of brownie?
I just wanted to Thank you for all of the great ideas. My twin boys are turning 7 this month. It will be a minecraft pool party but I plan to incorporate the science enchantment table!!!! Thank you for making my life a tad bit easier!!!! I’ll let you know how it goes!! Thanks a bunch! 🙂
Thank you Jennifer! Enjoy your party!
Hello! Thank you sooooo much! You just made my life SOOO much easier! I was just wondering where you got the cupcake topper printables at?
That’s great to hear! Please be sure to check out part 2 of this post for a complete supply list and the free printables:
https://www.southernrevivals.com/2013/09/diy-minecraft-party-part-2-supply-list.html
Ok for the Large Marshmallows (mushrooms), Where can I find Red Candy Coating, and how do you use it?
Red candy coating is like that stuff you use at Christmas time to dip peanut butter balls in except it’s red. It’s made by Wilton. I got mine at Hobby Lobby but I think they may also have it at WalMart and certainly other retailers. It comes in a white and red bag and there large “chips” of the coating inside. Basically, following package instructions, you just heat, melt and dip. Easy peasy!
Hi there! What great looking ideas! Where can I find the boxes you used for the gold bars?
Here ya go! http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0065P5PNG/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B0065P5PNG&linkCode=as2&tag=southreviv-20
Hi Jamie! I am trying to copy your minecraft template to make a shirt. I just bought the silhouette machine…not too sure how to use it tho. I tried to right click on the picture as it says but I cant get ti to come up in the silhouette program. qny ideas??
Kim
Hi Kim
I know we’ve already worked this out via email but wanted to post here so that others can see I have added the cuttable file download in the post. Enjoy!
I’ve created a set if 54 Minecraft Food Tent cards that have been amazingly popular. They’re featured in my Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/235477524/
Very cool!
Hi Jamie!
Thanks so much for all of your wonderful ideas! I will definitely be putting some of these to use at my son’s 7th Birthday party in February! I was just wondering if you ever posted your carrot cake recipe? Thanks! 🙂
Thank you! I did not. Maybe I should get on that for this Spring!
Great party! Thanks for sharing. I’m going to use some of the food labels. 🙂
Good job on the party. It looked like it turned out great! Thanks for sharing, I’ll be using some of your food signs. 🙂
Thanks so much! Enjoy the printables!