Dragon Ball Z Party

I'm back.  I started working and boy is it way harder than I remember.  I could have used a little more time off, but oh well!  Now I'm playing catch up with my blog that I wasn't very good at to begin with and I'm craving that creativity even more :(  Anyway!

It was my son's 9th birthday and he wanted a Dragon Ball Z party.  If anyone is familiar with it, and I doubt it, it's very hard to find anything Dragon Ball Z that doesn't cost you an arm or a leg.  At the time of his party I was still out of work, but already officially hired, so I was (and am) counting pennies.  I decided to make whatever I could.

I started with the goodie boxes.  I used my Cricut cartridge Sweet Tooth Boxes and made these cute little Chinese take out boxes. ( I know it's Japanese, but Origami was to hard!)

The baby blue was for the girls and the purple was for the boys.  My son specifically asked for Gohan, but I thought the girls needed another girl.  I put some fortune cookies, candy, Dragon Ball Z characters I found on ebay, and Dragon Balls in there (bouncy balls)

I tried to make some Dragon Ball cake pops, using dyed white chocolate, but they weren't exactly round. They tasted good and they all got eaten.  I had them as a centerpiece on each table and at the main table.

Next I made some candy sushi.  It's way harder than it looks.  I took the idea from this website, http://pinterest.com/pin/53480314296200758/, but I had to improvise on how I made them.  I ended up just rolling the rice krispie treats with gummy fish inside, cutting in half, then wrapping the fruit roll ups around them.  The kids loved them, a little too sweet for the adults though.

Finally was the cake.  I tried this method of course from Pinterest, http://pinterest.com/pin/53480314295742969/, and it worked wonderfully.  I would recommend it to anyone that is fondant challenged like me.

Here's the overall pic.  I was limited because it was at Pump It Up and they don't let you put anything on the walls or ceilings, so I kept it simple. My son and his friends had a great time and that's all that matters!